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:
  1. The Nine Tailors - Dorothy L. Sayers
  2. Cleopatra and Frankenstein - Coco Mellors
  3. My Name is Why - Lemn Sissay
  4. A Day of Fallen Night - Samantha Shannon
  5. The Sittaford Mystery - Agatha Christie
  6. The Power of Geography - Tim Marshall
  7. The Kiss Quotient - Helen Hoang
  8. War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
  9. A Turn of the Tide - Kelley Armstrong
  10. Daughters of Night - Laura Shepherd-Robinson
  11. The Wake-Up Call - Beth O'Leary
  12. Sinister Spring - Agatha Christie
  13. Steeple Chasing - Peter Ross
  14. The Tattooist of Auschwitz - Heather Morris
  15. The Bone Season - Samantha Shannon
  16. Red, White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
  17. Atalanta - Jennifer Saint
  18. Murder in Mesopotamia - Agatha Christie
  19. Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros
  20. The Temple of Fortuna - Elodie Harper
  21. Rule of Wolves - Leigh Bardugo
  22. Mrs England - Stacey Halls
  23. The Maiden - Kate Foster
  24. The Mime Order - Samantha Shannon
  25. The Song Rising - Samantha Shannon
  26. The Pact We Made - Layla Alammar
  27. A Curse For True Love - Stephanie Garber
  28. Finding Mr Write - Kelley Armstrong
  29. Queens of the Age of Chivalry - Alison Weir
  30. Midsummer Mysteries - Agatha Christie
  31. The Long Game - Elena Armas
  32. The Moving Finger - Agatha Christie
  33. City of Brass - S.A. Chakraborty
  34. Disobedient - Elizabeth Fremantle
  35. Love on the Brain - Ali Hazelwood
  36. Heartstone - C.J. Sansom
  37. Divine Might - Natalie Haynes
  38. Sword Catcher - Cassandra Clare
  39. The Pumpkin Spice Café - Laurie Gilmore
  40. Sleeping Murder - Agatha Christie
  41. Morgan is my Name - Sophie Keetch
  42. Babel - R.F. Kuang
  43. Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen
  44. Horseman - Christina Henry
  45. The Ruin of All Witches - Malcolm Gaskill
  46. The Pale Horse - Agatha Christie
  47. The Hacienda - Isabel Canas
  48. Life and Death - Stephenie Meyer
  49. The Memory Police - Yoko Ogawa
  50. Kingdom of Copper - S.A. Chakraborty
  51. All Quiet on the Western Front - Erich Maria Remarque
  52. The House in the Cerulean Sea - T.J. Klune
  53. Iron Flame - Rebecca Yarros
  54. The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World - Bettany Hughes
  55. The Toy Makers - Robert Dinsdale
  56. Upon a Frosted Star - M.A. Kuzniar
  57. Small Things Like These - Claire Keegan
  58. Midwinter Murder - Agatha Christie