26-ish books 2024

I'm going for 1 a week. Tried this last year but failed around June time when summer and life began!

First book of the year jaws. It is terrifying I love it

MargotMoon
For me, the tv series (as is often the case with adaptations) lacked the scope of the book and didn’t do it justice.

The only notable aspect was that the lead female actor was visually impaired, as in the book.

DH, who hasn’t read the book, enjoyed the tv series.

I was planning to watch the TV adaptation. I listened to it as an audio book which meant I didn't engage with it as fully as I would if I'd been reading. Is it not worth bothering with at all?

So I have now finished 'Burial Rites' by Hannah Kent and it's going to take some beating this year.... Utterly absorbing, beautifully researched and written and completely devastating.

Good to have the first one done.

2024

1. Burial Rites - Hannah Kent

Hello fellow bookworms!

I’m going to aim for 17, 25 is a step too far for me.

I’ve noticed some very excellent titles scrolling through this thread:
All the Light they Cannot See (avoid tv adaptation)
A Gentleman in Moscow
Small Pleasures

Loved them all!

I’m starting with The Promise by Damon Galgut. A book group choice.

I managed 121 last year! Not sure I'll get that far this year!

Thanks for the new thread.

1. A Stolen Life - Jaycee Dugard. I've read it before but having read the first chapter, I don't think I'll continue.

My sister sent me a few, so today I'll start afresh.

I don't have a target number as such - targets more being to read different authors and to try to read in bed - instead of scrolling.

Thanks @Tinkhasflown - I know I'll find some great recommendations here.

I finished my first book of 2024, it only took me a couple of days it was that good. Onto my next one Peter James Left You Dead.

I’m reading ‘Dk Greek myths’ with DS aged 9.

Have just finished book 1. Lessons on chemistry which I loved and now on to a non fiction 2. How to behave badly in renaissance Britain’ by Ruth Goodman which I’m not sticking with that much probably as it is reading a lot of the old English phonetically which I fine really hard being dyslexic. I’ll keep going though.

Please can I join in? I read 30 books last year so I'll aim for 31. New Year's resolution is to read at least a chapter a night to stop me scrolling rubbish on my phone.

That sounds really interesting @Tinkhasflown but also a little depressing.

I am always meaning to join in one of these threads so here goes. I am going to aim a bit lower and try for 12. First draft of my list looks like this:

1. The Guest Room - Tasha Sylva
2. Stone Yard Devotional - Charlotte Wood
3. Normal Rules Don’t Apply - Kate Atkinson
4. The Marriage Portrait - Maggie O’Farrell
5. The Wind Knows My Name - Isabel Alllende
6. Birnam Wood - Eleanor Catton
7. Zeus Is A Dick - Susie Donkin
8. The Missing Ones - Patricia Gibney
9. The Drowning Girls - Veronica Lando
10. Lessons In Chemistry - Bonnie Garmus
11. Limberlost - Robbie Arnott
12. Killing Jericho - William Hussey

I was enjoying it until about a third of the way in when it turned rather melodramatic, very appropriate for a 1980s tv miniseries! I'm past that part now and it's improved. It's the easy read I was looking for to start the new year.

Hi all,
Can I join please?
I got back into reading from last Oct. I'd been trying to read via my kindlae before that and just kept losing interest and not finishing, decided to try physical books and managed to read 10 from Oct to Dec. I have a big tbr pile but I think I will be able to manage 26 this year. Currently reading Rigged by Andy Verity about the Libor scandal. I worked in that industry many years ago and sone of the bankers that were taken to court were my colleagues so it's a sad but interesting read.

I think I only managed fewer than 5 last year! (First year with new baby, and struggling to stick at anything for more than five mins!)
Aiming for ten books this year 😊

How are you finding The Thorn Birds?
I also remember my dm watching it and have often wondered if the book would be worth a read.

Hello!

I'll join.

I managed my 26 in 2023:

1. Call of the Penguins by Hazel Prior

1. The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

1. Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons

1. The Switch by Beth O’Leary

1. Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty

1. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

1. Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

1. The Women Who Ran Away by Sheila O’Flanagan

1. The Girl Who Reads on the Metro by Christine Feret-Fleury

10. The Secret Life of Bess by Sue Monk Kidd

11. Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers

12. Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty

13. Em & Me by Beth Morrey

14. Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason

15. The Keeper of Stories by Sally Page

16. Ordinary People by Diana Evans

17. American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins

18. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

19. Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney

20. Old Baggage by Lissa Evans

21. The No-Show by Beth O'Leary

22. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

23. Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes

24. The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami

25. Summerwater by Sarah Moss

26. Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

Am aiming for 26 in 2024 too - starting with Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty.

Love seeing what other people are reading and look out for recommendations so thanks everyone - happy reading!

@drspouse I'm assuming you've read The Future Homemakers of America? Really enjoyed that book. I must look out for her other ones.

I'd love to join in. I'm going for 12 but would love to achieve a few more than that. I'm starting with Antarctica by Claire Keegan and then hoping to read either The Bee Sting or Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow. I've got piles ready to go so wish I had more time. Am going to go to bed now and make a start.

@hereandthere27 Noam Chomsky takes me back to my college days. We promptly christened him Noam Chimpsky. We thought we were hilarious! I'm afraid I don't remember much of his theories.

@MadamVastra I really liked The Alice Network

I haven't read that @Citygirlrurallife but will definitely give it a go afterwards. I am so moved by Agnes' plight and the descriptions of rural Iceland are completely captivating.

@Orangebadger My Family and Other Animals is an old favourite. I think I first read it as a child and have also come back to it over the years as an adult.