Hi Page Turners,
Welcome to the long awaited and most anticipated post, my bookish wrap up of the year. In case you missed last years wrap up you can read it here- https://fizwrites.wixsite.com/website/post/my-year-in-review-end-of-year-book-tag-my-2023-reading-wrap-up
Here are some of my reading stats from the year which is one of my highlights as I love looking back at the end of the year and reminisce of what I have read.
At the end of the year I have read 143 books and 53,194 pages read.
I really enjoyed these books in 2024:
A Twisted Love Story
She and I
People who Knew Me
Everyone Here is Lying
Five Survive
Signal Fires
Drowning
In Memoriam
The Hike
Evil Eye
Yellowface
Every Smile You Fake
The Book of Fire
Exiles
Tom Lake
Piglet
Leave the World Behind
Tiny Pretty Things
When I Was Ten
And these books were my top 10 favourite books of 2024:
In Ascension
Babel
One Small Voice
Will
Loot
All This Twisted Glory
There Are Rivers in the Sky
What Remains
The Testaments
Much Ado about Nada
Here are my storygraph stats from 2024:
Reflecting on my 2024 reading goals.
If you read last year's post you will be familiar with the goals I set myself. As a reminder the goals I set were:
My reading goals for 2024:
- Re-read more of my favourites.
- Finish my TBR and accomplish at least 30 books on my reading list.
- Read at least one classic a month.
- Read more non-fiction and self help books including audiobooks.
- Read more guilty pleasures (fantasy, young adult etc)
- Create my own reading challenge and attempt to read 24 books that are different out of my comfort zone genres.
- Write shorter reviews (stick to 140 characters).
Let's go through all of them and reflect. My first goal was re-read more of my favourites, I only read four. I didn't exactly achieve this goal but I guess it was down to reading new releases and just not really being in the mood to read it. I definitely want to read more re-reads this year so I think instead of saying I want to read more I can instead write a quantifiable number and see if I hit that goal instead.
The next goal was to finish my TBR and accomplish 30 books on my reading list. I have to say I did read quite a few on my reading list however I didn't get close to finishing my reading list nor reading 30 books.
I also didn't achieve to read one classic a month. I think that was mostly down to preparation and not organizing one classic read a month. I also think to read one classic a month might be out of read for me so I will do this in another way.
I did achieve more non-fiction and self help/including audiobooks as my stats for reading this genre grew from last year.
I didn't create my own reading challenge and I always try to read outside of my comfort zone so I achieved half of it.
I did achieve writing shorter reviews. I didn't stick to the 140 characters but I did enjoy writing shorter reviews and it made me think and critically write which is a win.
So, from reflecting my 2024 goals I have come up with five new goals that I am setting for 2025 these are:
2025 Reading Goals:
Read 10 of my favourite books as re-reads.
Read 5 books each quarter of the year from my reading list.
Read 3 classics this year.
Read more personal development books at least 20.
Read/listen to at least 10 audiobooks/podcasts
I hope you enjoyed reading and reviewing my books with me and of course looking at the stats. Consider commenting and keeping the conversation going by writing on your reading year and your goals for 2024 and comment if you have read any of the books I have mentioned and if you agree/disagree and as always leave me your recommendations of the books you read that were your favourite or even the ones you didn’t like as I love reading bookish comment.
In the new year I will keep you updated with what I am reading whether I am sticking to my goals and updating you on my reading challenge that I have created.
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