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I dominated my goal of 12 in 2023, so I'm going to up it this year. I'm going to go for 20 this year and hopefully get to 25. I read 22 last year and got back into a routine of reading everyday mostly. I will go update my 2023 list today. I am just going to put books that I know I am going to read this year in this list and add dates read when I read them and change or add others when I read ones not here.

1. The House that Jack Built by Willow Rose (started 1-2, finished 1-4)
2. Oscar Pistorius : The Former Paralympic Champion's Journey from Triumph to Tragedy and the Unforgettable Release from a Decade-Long Imprisonment on Parole. by John Gragg (started and finished 1-4)
3. The Beautiful Mystery- by Louise Penny (started 1-5, finished 3/15)
4. The Secret Family by S.L. Harker(Started 1/10, finished 1/16)
5. Cause to Kill by Blake Pierce (started 1/18, finished 1/24)
6. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot(started 1/27, finished 2/5)
7. Before He Kills by Blake Pierce (started 2/12, finished 2/29)
8. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins (started 3/15, finished 3/30)
9. The Women by Kristin Hannah (started 4/1 finished 4/7)
10. Once Gone by Blake Pierce (Started 4/10 finished 4/18)
11. Adamant by Emma L. Adams (started 4/19; finished 5/12)
12. Killers of the Flower Moon: Adapted for Young Readers: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann (started 4/22; finished 5/2)
13. Naked in Death by J.D. Robb(started 5/17; finished 5/28)
14. Sipping Proverbs- Jean Keezer Clayton (started 5/29; finished 6/8) (not in Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ)
15. The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden (started 6/8; finished 6/12)
16. 20 Answers: Scripture and Tradition by Jim Blackburn (Started 6/17; finished 6/23)
17. The Housemaid Is Watching by Freida McFadden (started 6/26; finished 7/6)
18. She's Not Sorry by Mary Kubica (started 7/6; finished 7/13)
19. 2024: The Coming Political Storm by Katrina Vasilnova (started 7/14; finished 7/26)
20. A Trace of Death by Blake Pierce (started 7/26; finished: 8/14)
21. Dis-ability to This-ability: Rising Above Life While Living with Spina Bifida: A Memoir by Meetra Nahavandi (started 8/14, finished 10/2)
22. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (started 10/2 finished 10/14)
23. The Gift by Freida McFadden (started 10/14) (started 11/1 finished 11/2 early morning)
24. Frankenstein: The 1818 Text by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (started 10/24 CURRENTLY READING)
24. The Silent Patient- Alex Michaelides
25. Winter Garden-Kristin Hannah
26. Ward D- Freida McFadden
27. You- Caroline Kepnes
28. Life of Pi- Yan Martel
29. The Handmaids Tale- Margaret Atwood
30. A is for Alibi- Sue Grafton
31. One for the Money- Janet Evanovich
32. Lady of the Rivers- Philippa Gregory
33. Happy, Happy, Happy- Phil Robertson
34. Her Last Wish- Blake Pierce
35. The Housekeeper- Natalie Barelli
36. Forgiving Paris- Karen Kingsbury
37. Corn, Cows and the Apocalypse- Felicia Jedlicka
38. The Girl on the Train- Paula Hawkins
39. Watching- Blake Pierce
40. Next Door- Blake Pierce
41. The Paris Wife- Paula McLain
42. Bird Box- Josh Malerman
43. The Baby I Stole- McGarvey Black
44. Zane Ambrose- N.R. Emerald
45. The Vampire's Assistant- Eva Alton
46. Quinlan Homecoming- Kevin Quilligan
47. Henrietta Lacks: The Untold Story- Ron Lacks
48. Edwina- Willow Rose
49. Local Woman Missing- Mary Kubica
50. Between Sisters- Kristin Hannah
51. Lady of the Lake- Laura Lippman
52. The Martian- Andy Weir
53. The Notebook- Nicholas Sparks
54. The Co-Worker- Freida McFadden
55. The Inmate- Freida McFadden
56. The Teacher- Freida McFadden
57. The Locked Door- Freida McFadden
58. A Man Called Ove- Fredrik Backman
59. The Orchardist- Amanda Coplin
60. House Rules- Jodi Picoult

I wish you a happy and prosperous New Year. May 2024 bring you many awesome, exciting, and fun reading adventures. May you succeed and surpass your goals.

May your shelves be stacked with great reads, and may each book you open transport you to new realms of wonder. Good luck on your reading journey in 2024!

I love your list, Alison. I've read a few of them and they were all great! Mazel tov!

I agree with Judith. That's such a great list of books you've got lined up for the year! I hope you have a blast.

I'll be curious to know what you think of Life of Pi if you manage to get to it. When you do pick it up and enjoy it, I recommend the movie aswell :)

Have an amazing year filled with fantastic books.
Happy reading!

Apparently im just reading whatever I want to and not going by my list. Hopefully i will get to some of them. My library holds keep coming in. I just added to the list and redid the numbers.

Boxalls and Guardian books I have read.
One of my book goals is to get through both lists. They do overlap a little. (35/1892)

Blood Meridian-Cormac McCarthy
Dracula- Bram Stoker
Fahrenheit 451- Ray Bradbury
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone- JK Rowling
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings� Maya Angelou
Les Misérables � Victor Hugo
Little Women � Louisa May Alcott
Lord of the Flies � William Golding
Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
My Antonia by Willa Cather
Of Mice and Men � John Steinbeck
Pippi Longstocking � Astrid Lindgren
Pride and Prejudice � Jane Austen
Return of the King (Lord of the Rings #3)-JRR Tolkien
Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
The Call of the Wild � Jack London
The Catcher in the Rye � J.D. Salinger
The Colour of Magic (Discworld, #1) by Terry Pratchett
The Fellowship of the Ring (Lord of the Rings #1)-JRR Tolkien
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
The Hobbit-JRR Tolkien
The Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia #1)- CS Lewis
The Little Prince- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The Old Man and the Sea � Ernest Hemingway
The Picture of Dorian Gray � Oscar Wilde
The Pit and the Pendulum � Edgar Allan Poe
The Red Badge of Courage- Stephen Crane
The Thirty-Nine Steps � John Buchan
The Two Towers (Lord of the Rings #2)-JRR Tolkien
The War of the Worlds- HG Wells
The Yellow Wallpaper� Charlotte Perkins Gilman
To Kill a Mockingbird-Harper Lee
War and Peace- Leo Tolstoy

Hey Alison,
First of all, congratulations on reaching your goal for 2024! 🥳 That's so awesome!

You directed a message at me on another member's thread, so I'm answering here:
Alison wrote: "Lisa I have Boxalls books and Guardians 1,000 books on a list to read before I die too. I'm not doing a good job getting to them though. I'm really into thrillers right now."

It looks like you're getting though some of them though.
As I was saying in Sharon's thread, I personally think sometimes we, or rather I, "forget" we only have one lifetime, when faced with "books to read before xyz" or "most influential books of xyz" type lists. Like, do I wish I could read all of Boxall's mentions? Sure. But realistically there's lots that don't interest me, or that just haven't aged well, but I also don't want to sacrifice enjoying new releases in the process of achieving that, you know? Like everything else, it's about balance. Read what makes you happy and leave it at that.

I love thrillers aswell though. Which ones have stood out thus far?
I'm excited to see what you'll be reading next, Alison! Have fun and happy reading! 😊

I updated my post for the books I have read this year, Im on a roll!

Alison wrote: "I updated my post for the books I have read this year, Im on a roll!"

You're cruising by, Alison - Way to go! Any new favorites? I was just looking through your books, and wanted to ask if you'd recommend The Secret Family?

Wishing you a fantastic week, and continued great reading year 😊 📚.

I think The Secret Family and Shes Not Sorry are my favorites this year. but I'm into thrillers like everyone is right now.

I started Frankenstein for Halloween and I can't get into it. I don't understand these letters at the beginning. They are probably important so I'm not skipping them, but the old English is hard to understand. I'll keep up with it, but to get me back into reading I am starting The Gift by Freida McFadden. it's a short book of hers.

ok so I just finished The Gift by Freida McFadden. it was only 50 pages long. This was the first book of hers I did not like. it was supposed to be her interpretation of Gift of the Magi. I seriously thought it was written as an interpretation of Ironic by Alanis Morrisette. Almost all of what happened in the song happened in the book. There was a twist at the end, but the book still wasn't good. It needed to be longer.

a couple days ago I finished The Girl on the Train. it was pretty good. the first half was pretty boring and it took a while for the excitement to start.

the one thing about Girl on a Train that bothered me was the England slang. I get it that the author is from England, but being from the US, I don't know all their different words. I do know some but there were quite a few I had to look up

way to go Alison! You almost nailed your goal for 2024!

I remember reading girl on the train a few years back but I ended up DNFing it because I thought it was boring - maybe I should give it another go.

Way to go on reaching your goals for the year, Alison!