What did you read this year?
Shortest Book
193
pages
Longest Book
800
pages
Average book length in
2024
427
pages
Most Shelved
1,591,670
people
also shelved
Least Shelved
7,832
people
also shelved
John’s
average rating for
2024
3.3
3.3
Highest Rated on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ
4.52
average
John’s first review of the year
liked it
This story is a curious intersection of two topics: the rise of newspaper reporting during America’s (specifically New York’s) so called “gilded age� and the feats of arctic exploration happening at this time. The intersection focuses on the zeal with with the newspapers pursued their “scoops� over one another, with the North Pole being viewed as a giant scoop. The claim of reaching the pole by both Cook and Peary in 1909 became the big story use
...more
´³°¿±á±·â€™S
2024
BOOKS
really liked it
it was amazing
it was amazing
it was amazing
John’s last review of the year
liked it
I had not read any of the previous novels where this character appears, but reviews of Holly said that this novel could be enjoyed stand-alone. Which is kind of true, however there are a lot of references to things that happened in the other books, and there’s some character development left out here as i assume it’s been done before. So I rounded this rating down one star for that. An intriguing story, however, with a two track timeline - one fo
...more
What did you read this year?
