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The Big Books of Summer 2025
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2024
My Year in Books
25,014
pages read
Sarah
57
books read
Sarah
Cut and Thirst by Margaret Atwood
Shortest Book
35
pages
House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas
Longest Book
835
pages
Average book length in 2024
438
pages
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Most Shelved
1,843,404
people also shelved
For Eternity by Geneva Lee
Least Shelved
22,730
people also shelved
Sarah’s average rating for 2024
4.1
4.1
The Blood Traitor by Lynette Noni
Highest Rated on ŷ
4.43 average
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

Sarah’s first review of the year

really liked it
4.5⭐️

Marcellus and Tova’s friendship is incredibly heartwarming. Cameron was annoying the whole time. I wish we had more from Marcellus’s charming point of view. He was indeed a remarkably bright creature.
鴡’S 2024 BOOKS
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
The Mountain Is You by Brianna Wiest
it was amazing
Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross
House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas
Never Finished by David Goggins
Book of Night by Holly Black
Eat to Live by Joel Fuhrman
Origins of an Academy Bully by Caroline Peckham
When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker
Bride by Ali Hazelwood
A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L. Jensen
it was amazing
Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli
Winter Gods & Serpents by Wendy Heiss
Cut and Thirst by Margaret Atwood
A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid
Frost by C.N. Crawford
A Fire Endless by Rebecca Ross
Where the Dark Stands Still by A.B. Poranek
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill
Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin
it was amazing
Blood & Honey by Shelby Mahurin
Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett
Kingdom of the Wicked by Kerri Maniscalco
Kingdom of the Cursed by Kerri Maniscalco
Kingdom of the Feared by Kerri Maniscalco
Throne of the Fallen by Kerri Maniscalco
Filthy Rich Vampire by Geneva Lee
Second Rite by Geneva Lee
Three Queens by Geneva Lee
For Eternity by Geneva Lee
The Book of Azrael by Amber V. Nicole
The Throne of Broken Gods by Amber V. Nicole
Apprentice to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
it was amazing
A Feather So Black by Lyra Selene
Powerless by Elsie Silver
The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
it was amazing
The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni
The Gilded Cage by Lynette Noni
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
The Blood Traitor by Lynette Noni
Immortal Dark by Tigest Girma
The Games Gods Play by Abigail Owen
The Wolf King by Lauren Palphreyman
101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think by Brianna Wiest
Night of the Witch by Sara Raasch
Phantasma by Kaylie Smith
it was amazing
The Coven by Harper L. Woods
The Cursed by Harper L. Woods
Quicksilver by Callie Hart
Babel by R.F. Kuang
For the Wolf by Hannah F. Whitten
For the Throne by Hannah F. Whitten
Throne of Secrets by Kerri Maniscalco
Leave Me Behind by K.M. Moronova
Anathema by Keri Lake
Sorcery and Small Magics by Maiga Doocy
it was amazing
Anathema by Keri Lake

Sarah’s last review of the year

really liked it
3.75 Stars

Anathema presents a captivating gothic fantasy with rich potential, though it is ultimately marred by pacing issues and inconsistent world-building. The inclusion of references such as "Faustian Bargain," "Egyptian Blue Corset," and "Pandora’s Box" feels out of place, invoking real-world mythologies and cultures that disrupt the immersion into the fantasy world the author has crafted.

At 700 pages, the narrative is undeniably drawn-out. ...more
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