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2024
My Year in Books
8,366
pages read
28
books read


Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
Shortest Book
128
pages
Wild Swans by Jung Chang
Longest Book
562
pages

Average book length in 2024
298
pages

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Most Shelved
5,393,718
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Baba Iqbal Singh - Mission to Reboot Punjab Through Value Bas... by Benedict Paramanand
Least Shelved
17
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Pratibha’s average rating for 2024
3.1
3.1

Baba Iqbal Singh - Mission to Reboot Punjab Through Value Bas... by Benedict Paramanand
Highest Rated on ŷ
4.82 average

The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera

Pratibha’s first review of the year

really liked it
Man might carve his mark on the earth but unless he's vigilant, Nature will take it all back.


My first time reading a story based on Māori community, which was quite an experience.

This is a story based on whale rider, a role reserved for eldest son of tribe. However, for the first time it was taken by a female. She gets this role not only by birth order but also by ability to do whale whispering, a gift that is believed to be passed on by rev
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ʸ鴡ձᴡ’S 2024 BOOKS
Shelterwood by Lisa Wingate
The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera
really liked it
The Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas
Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa
Baba Iqbal Singh - Mission to Reboot Punjab Through Value Bas... by Benedict Paramanand
The Secret in Their Eyes by Eduardo Sacheri
Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi جوخة الحارثي
Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga
My Place by Sally Morgan
Bear by Julia  Phillips
The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali
House of Many Gods by Kiana Davenport
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
Long Island by Colm Tóibín
Ikigai by Héctor  García
really liked it
The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
Sky Burial by Xinran
Embers by Sándor Márai
really liked it
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
The Rice Mother by Rani Manicka
Broken April by Ismail Kadare
Wild Swans by Jung Chang
The Island by Victoria Hislop
The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
really liked it

The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali

Pratibha’s last review of the year

it was ok
Quite overhyped
Heartbreak is often too much romanticized, and I detest that.

There is not much happening in story. The author tried to build a story around a historical time point, which I found was total waste of opportunity. There are things that doesn't add up, even if you are not aware of culture, the society and off course the historic events. The end of story is totally rushed into. A very futile attempt was made to make connection between
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