2024 WRAP-UP
And just like that, 2024 is over!
It's been a busy year as I've spent more time enjoying other hobbies of mine. But I've still found time to read, whether that be on my commute, during lunch breaks or a dedicated cosy evening in.
My main achievement was becoming a chartered actuary. I've still got a couple more exams to go until I'm fully qualified, but after 5 years of studying, the end is finally in sight!
Like last year, I didn't set myself any specific reading challenges. My only goal was to reduce the number of unread books on my shelves. I did achieve this, but a mid-year investment in a Miss Marple box set did threaten to derail me!
Thank you to everyone who has followed my blogging. I wish you all a Happy New Year - full of lots of good books!
2024 reading stats
- Books read: 58
- Pages read: 23,132
- Longest book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (1,358 pages)
- Shortest book: Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan (110 pages)
- Oldest book: Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (1818)
- Top books: Northanger Abbey, Fourth Wing, The Bone Season, Queens of the Age of Chivalry
My 2024 reads:
- The Nine Tailors - Dorothy L. Sayers
- Cleopatra and Frankenstein - Coco Mellors
- My Name is Why - Lemn Sissay
- A Day of Fallen Night - Samantha Shannon
- The Sittaford Mystery - Agatha Christie
- The Power of Geography - Tim Marshall
- The Kiss Quotient - Helen Hoang
- War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
- A Turn of the Tide - Kelley Armstrong
- Daughters of Night - Laura Shepherd-Robinson
- The Wake-Up Call - Beth O'Leary
- Sinister Spring - Agatha Christie
- Steeple Chasing - Peter Ross
- The Tattooist of Auschwitz - Heather Morris
- The Bone Season - Samantha Shannon
- Red, White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
- Atalanta - Jennifer Saint
- Murder in Mesopotamia - Agatha Christie
- Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros
- The Temple of Fortuna - Elodie Harper
- Rule of Wolves - Leigh Bardugo
- Mrs England - Stacey Halls
- The Maiden - Kate Foster
- The Mime Order - Samantha Shannon
- The Song Rising - Samantha Shannon
- The Pact We Made - Layla Alammar
- A Curse For True Love - Stephanie Garber
- Finding Mr Write - Kelley Armstrong
- Queens of the Age of Chivalry - Alison Weir
- Midsummer Mysteries - Agatha Christie
- The Long Game - Elena Armas
- The Moving Finger - Agatha Christie
- City of Brass - S.A. Chakraborty
- Disobedient - Elizabeth Fremantle
- Love on the Brain - Ali Hazelwood
- Heartstone - C.J. Sansom
- Divine Might - Natalie Haynes
- Sword Catcher - Cassandra Clare
- The Pumpkin Spice Café - Laurie Gilmore
- Sleeping Murder - Agatha Christie
- Morgan is my Name - Sophie Keetch
- Babel - R.F. Kuang
- Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen
- Horseman - Christina Henry
- The Ruin of All Witches - Malcolm Gaskill
- The Pale Horse - Agatha Christie
- The Hacienda - Isabel Canas
- Life and Death - Stephenie Meyer
- The Memory Police - Yoko Ogawa
- Kingdom of Copper - S.A. Chakraborty
- All Quiet on the Western Front - Erich Maria Remarque
- The House in the Cerulean Sea - T.J. Klune
- Iron Flame - Rebecca Yarros
- The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World - Bettany Hughes
- The Toy Makers - Robert Dinsdale
- Upon a Frosted Star - M.A. Kuzniar
- Small Things Like These - Claire Keegan
- Midwinter Murder - Agatha Christie