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2024
My Year in Books
17,750
pages read
Ann G. Daniels
52
books read
Ann G. Daniels
All Systems Red by Martha Wells
Shortest Book
156
pages
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
Longest Book
658
pages
Average book length in 2024
341
pages
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Most Shelved
3,783,504
people also shelved
But You Look So Normal by Claudia Marseille
Least Shelved
238
people also shelved
Ann G.’s average rating for 2024
4.9
4.9
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Highest Rated on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ
4.78 average
The Measure by Nikki Erlick

Ann G.’s first review of the year

it was amazing
I love speculative fiction based on a simple, original premise that conjures up a world of questions about what everything is all about. Especially the “what if� kind - what if one day everyone in the world over age 22 got a box containing a string whose length told them how long they had to live? What would people do? What would societies do? Does anything we do matter if it’s all predetermined?

Some of the characters were better written than oth ...more
ANN G.’S 2024 BOOKS
The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer
The Measure by Nikki Erlick
it was amazing
Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano
Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead by Elle Cosimano
Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun by Elle Cosimano
Trust Me When I Lie by Benjamin Stevenson
When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill
Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder by C.L. Miller
The Postwoman by Michael Kenneth Smith
The Golden Gate by Amy Chua
The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto
A Coup of Tea by Casey Blair
it was amazing
Tea Set and Match by Casey Blair
Bleeding Heart Yard by Elly Griffiths
Kantika by Elizabeth Graver
The Last Word by Elly Griffiths
it was amazing
Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger
Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey
Strange Practice by Vivian Shaw
Dreadful Company by Vivian Shaw
Kissing Girls on Shabbat by Sara Glass
The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi
Bitter Waters by Vivian Shaw
it was amazing
The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
Amari and the Despicable Wonders by B.B. Alston
We Solve Murders by Richard Osman
The Full Moon Coffee Shop by Mai Mochizuki
Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily R. Austin
Interesting Facts about Space by Emily R. Austin
All Systems Red by Martha Wells
Joan by Katherine J. Chen
it was amazing
Mary B by Katherine J. Chen
Grave Importance by Vivian Shaw
But You Look So Normal by Claudia Marseille
How to Read a Book by Monica Wood
When We Were the Kennedys by Monica Wood
Somewhere Beyond the Sea by T.J. Klune
The One-in-a-Million Boy by Monica Wood
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
Ernie's Ark by Monica Wood
it was amazing
The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson
Baby, You're Gonna Be Mine by Kevin Wilson
Agent to the Stars by John Scalzi
A Few Seconds of Radiant Filmstrip by Kevin Brockmeier
There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin

Ann G.’s last review of the year

What a lovely book. It's yet another book about a small town bookstores and its quirky/curmudgeonly owner, a set piece I really don't much like. I've read two of Zevin's books now, and in both she creates characters who are almost but not quite believable. I can't call to mind all the well known novels that made famous all the different plot tropes she uses (although but it might be fun to try). I saw pretty much all of the twists coming from a m ...more
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