my reading challenge | 2024
i wanted to share the books i read last year, along with my ratings. last year, i set a goal to read 45 books and i ended up reading 58 books. my favorite book the of the year was ‘go as a river,’ by shelley read. however, there were so many books i enjoyed and i wanted to share those with you all. i hope you enjoy my 4 and 5 star readings as much as i did…
01. small fry by lisa brennan-jobs | 4 stars
02. wanting: the power of mimetic desire in everyday life by luke burgis | 2 stars
03. if he had been with me by laura nowlin | 2 stars
04. hello beautiful by ann napolitano | 4 stars (i loved her writing style)
05. the power of fun: how to feel alive again by catherine price | 4 stars (this one was eye-opening)
06. tell me everything by minka kelly | 4 stars
07. take me with you by andrea gibson | 3 stars
08. joie: a parisian’s guide to celebrating the good life | 5 stars
09. you could make this place beautiful by maggie smith | 4 stars
10. foster by claire keegan | 4 stars
11. yours truly by abby jimenez | 4 stars
12. life in the five senses by gretchen rubin | 5 stars (i think of this book all the time!)
13. wintering: the power of rest and retreat in difficult times by katherine may | 4 stars
14. chorus by rebecca kauffman | 4 stars
15. our missing hearts by celeste ng | 3 stars
16. the many lives of mama love by lara love hardin | 4 stars
17. the book of boundaries by melissa urban | 4 stars
18. the perfect other by kyleigh leddy | 5 stars
19. none of this is true by lisa jewell | 4 stars
20. dolores clairborne by stephen king | 4 stars
21. the last love note by emma grey | 4 stars
22. yellowface by r.f. kuang | 3 stars
23. sacred spaces by carley summers | 5 stars (a favorite coffee table book!!)
24. the sun does shine: how i found life and freedom on death row by anthony ray hinton | 5 stars
25. the seven year slip by ashley poston | 3 stars
26. how to walk into a room by emily p. freeman | 3.5 stars
27. good material by dolly alderton | 3 stars
28. the spirit catches you and you fall down by anne fadiman | 3.5 stars
29. the kinfolk table by kinfolk magazine, nathan williams | 5 stars
30. before we were innocent by ella berman | 2 stars
31. just kids by patti smith | 4 stars
32. the secret book of flora lea by patti callahan henry | 3.5 stars
33. group: how one therapist and a circle of strangers saved my life by christie tate | 4 stars
34. cloistered: my years as a nun by catherine coldstream | 3 stars
35. the lost apothecary by sarah penner | 2 stars
36. more: a memoir of open marriage by molly roden winter | 3 stars
37. still: the slow home by natalie walton | 4 stars
38. no one can know by kate alice marshall | 4 stars
39. bye, baby by carola lovering | 3 stars
40. before she knew him by peter swanson | 4 stars
41. girlhood by melissa febos | 4 stars
42. the drowning woman by robyn harding | 4 stars
43. go as a river by shelley read | 5 stars (i finished this on the beach in rosemary beach, fl on my birthday- it was a dream.)
44. adelaide by genevieve wheeler | 4 stars
45. weyward by emilia hart | 4 stars
46. find your people: building deep community in a lonely world by jennie allen | 4 stars
47. house rules: how to decorate for every home, style, and budget by myquillyn smith | 5 stars
48. the honey bus: a memoir of loss, courage, and a girl saved by bees by meredith may | 4 stars
49. white house by the sea: a century of the kennedys at hyannis port by kate storey | 5 stars (i loved this read!)
50. the shell seekers by rosamunde pilcher | 4 stars
51. honey, baby, mine: a mother and daughter talk life, death, love by laura dern, diane ladd | 5 stars
52. all the colors of the dark by chris whitaker | 4 stars
53. the long goodbye by meghan o’rourke | 5 stars
54. strange sally diamond by liz nugent | 3 stars
55. how to know a person: the art of seeing others deeply and being seen by david brooks | 4 stars
56. tom lake by ann patchett | 3 stars
57. the women by kristin hannah | 4.5 stars (i hosted a book club for this one and everyone seemed to love it dearly)
58. have i told you this already? by lauren graham | 3 stars
simple ways to read more books
this year, i set a goal to read 50 books and am currently reading book #8. i love using our public library (the library has been a love of mine since i was a very young child) and then the app, goodreads (if you are on there, come find me!)
what books have you loved recently?
past reading |
my 2023 challenge
my 2022 challenge
my 2021 challenge