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All The Books I've Read In 2024
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items I'm an avid reader, and here are all the books I've read in 2024 sorted by month! (Yes all of these counts are correct, I read a lot lol)
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January
February
March
April
January
I started my reading year off a little slow, only reading six books in January.
I gave this one four out of five stars. It's pretty easy to figure out what was going on and is a really dark premise but I still liked it!
Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell
Another four out of five stars. A great read for those looking for more perspective into what it's like to survive sexual assault. Keep in mind though, this is a very real account of what it can feel like to be a survivor and it's not always easy to ...
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell
I read this right after My Dark Vanessa, and it's a much lighter take on a similar subject. Still a good read. I gave this one four stars too!
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
I've had this book for years and finally got around to reading it and honestly, I wish I hadn't. It was so boring. The stories are connected but not connected enough to make sense and they're all out of order. Overall I gave this two stars. I was not...
Cities I've Never Lived In by Sara Majka
I wanted to like this book. And honestly, if I hadn't just read Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell I probably would have. But it's really hard to like a book that's been blatantly plagiarized and this book took it's entire plot from Then She Was Gone. ...
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
My first Lucy Score book, I started this series because I found the second one in Mexico on a chair in the middle of the night with no info on who to return it to. And I obviously can't read the second book without doing the first one first. I gave i...
Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score
February
February picked up a bit! I spent a week on a trip and read quite a bit reading then!
These being on Kindle Unlimited was great for an international trip! I didn't love this one, it felt like a cheap remake of the first book. I gave it three stars.
Things We Hide from the Light by Lucy Score
My first Emily Henry book and I was hooked! I loved this book! Poppy and Alex's love story was so sweet! I gave this four stars!
People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
My favorite of all the Knockemout series! Lucien and Sloan's relationship was the most hyped up relationship of the whole series and it did not disappoint at all! I loved this book! It had it all, childhood romance, friends to lovers, enemies to love...
Things We Left Behind by Lucy Score
I read this book really quickly, and then bawled my eyes out at the end. I was not okay at the end of this book and in a good way. It's a YA romance and you do have to remember that the main character is in high school and acts like a high schooler. ...
If He Had Been with Me by Laura Nowlin
Five stars all around! This book was so good! I read it in 24 hours and thought it was amazing! I borrowed it from my sister in law and will likely read it again since I ended up buying a copy for myself!
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
I thought this book was really interesting. I listened to it. It took me a really long time to finish (like years) but that's because I took a long time off of audio books. I gave it four stars.
Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny by Holly Madison
My first Lucy Foley book and I really liked it. I checked this one and The Paris Apartment out from the library and read them pretty much right after each other. This one was a little predictable but not overly so. I gave it four stars.
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
This book was a struggle, but in a good way. I loved that she wrote each section as though she was the age she was during that time frame. I can totally relate to her sentiment and it's incredibly brave for her to come out and make such a bold statem...
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
Ehhh this book was fine. It was interesting, but felt a little sloppy and not well thought out. It seemed like all of sudden they needed an ending and just made something random up. I gave three stars.
The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
This book had me until the ending. I hated the end, I thought it was dumb. But the rest of the book was good. I gave three stars.
The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes
I wish I could have given this book five stars. I thought the love triangle between the main character and her dead sister's fiance was creepy and gross. I loved the new guy. I ended up giving it four stars because I still liked it.
The Sky Is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson
This book was super sweet. I liked it a lot. There were some things I didn't fully understand but overall a pretty good book. I still liked One Day In December more. Overall four stars.
A Winter in New York by Josie Silver
This book was so cute, it was longggg and the chapters were really long too. But it didn't feel like it needed to be shorter to me and I really enjoyed reading it and everything that Alex and Henry went through. Overall four stars!
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
I had so many issues with this book it's crazy. There were some things that were great to talk about. But the show is actually so much better. I gave three stars because it was fine. But the author really pushed her viewpoints onto the reader while s...
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
I read most of Emily Henry's books so fast and I'm officially an Emily Henry girl. I loved this book. I gave four stars!
Beach Read by Emily Henry
My first poetry book of the year! I really liked this one, I'd say it was four stars. I ended up listening to it. Megan Fox read it herself, and that was definitely worth it!
Pretty Boys Are Poisonous: Poems by Megan Fox
March
All the books I read in March of 2024!
My first Ali Hazelwood book. I liked it, it was hard to keep up with some of the complicated terminology but I still enjoyed it and liked my first real STEMinist novel. I gave it four stars.
Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
Another new author for me and I liked this book a lot too. I look forward to reading more of her books as the year goes on! I would have given this book five stars if not for Will being super weird at the end for no reason. Even with his anxiety, Fer...
Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune
I struggle bussed with this book, Christian is a walking red flag especially when you're in his head. He's awful and possessive and just ugh, how she ended up with him makes even less sense when coming from his perspective. He doesn't even really res...
Grey by E.L. James
This has been my favorite Lucy Foley book so far. I liked that we got a perspective of the murder victim for most of the book and so we didn't really know who was going to be killed until later. I mean it was pretty easy to assume but still there was...
The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley
Another gem of a book by Emily Henry! I love Maine and love that this book takes place there! For those wanting a summer second chance romance with found family this is for you! I gave this five stars!
Happy Place by Emily Henry
The second book I've read by Grady Hendrix. I liked The Southern Book Club's Guide To Slaying Vampire's better, but still this was a good book that did it's job of freaking me out! I gave it four stars!
How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
The first Colleen Hoover book I've ever read, I know this book gets a lot of crap and I don't really understand why. It shows an accurate representation of what an abusive relationship can look like especially in the beginning. It can be really diffi...
It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
Oh Lisa Jewell, she's starting to lose me with this one. I felt like this book was super predictable and kinda boring because of it. There were way too many characters that connected but it was just a lot of connections. I gave this three stars.
I Found You by Lisa Jewell
This one was better than Grey, still not great though. Three stars.
Darker by EL James
I can appreciate her feeling the need to tell her story but I also feel like her story has been told a thousand times. And she did a lot of whining about things that weren't related to her conservatorship. She talked about how it wasn't normal to be ...
The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
This book had me, I read it in almost one sitting. It was on track to being five stars until the very end when I hit the conflict. The conflict was really bad. I don't get how they could have made it through that. Four stars.
Every Summer After by Carley Fortune
I wasn't originally going to read this book because I thought it was a prequel for some reason. I'm glad it wasn't. Still I'm disappointed that the author was convinced the make a money grab with this book. It was about two hundred pages too long and...
It Starts with Us: A Novel by Colleen Hoover
Very early on in this book Matthew Perry states that you can see this as his message from the beyond and I obviously listened to it after his passing which really hit me in the heartstrings. While I thought the title was kinda long and dumb. He menti...
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir by Matthew Perry
These novellas were okay, they felt really rushed which makes some sense for novellas but I feel like they needed to be full books in order to make sense. I gave these overall three stars.
Loathe to Love You by Ali Hazelwood
I've loved all of Josie Silver's books so far, not this one really. I feel like Freddie deserved better in this one and I don't love the ending. This was a three star read for me.
The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver
I feel like a hater because I am a fan of The Office but I did not like this book at all. There was some really interesting things in this book and I love their friendship but this book felt like a money grab. They already have their podcast and ever...
The Office BFFs: Tales of The Office from Two Best Friends Who Were There by Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey
I was shocked at the ending of this book but also pretty happy about it! I gave it three stars since it was pretty slow but it would have been two if not for the ending.
The Silent Wife by A.S.A. Harrison
April
April was a super good reading month for me! Here are all the books I read in April!
I started the month off with a tearjerker. This is the finale to the duet of If He Had Been With Me. I was worried I'd get the whole story from Finny's perspective and that it would feel a little repetitive but it didn't. And I bawled my eyes out sti...
If Only I Had Told Her by Laura Nowlin
The book that made Ali Hazelwood blow up and it was one that took me a while to read! Or feels like it since I read so much that books read in February feel like forever ago at this point. This was a cute story. Fake dating is a super fun concept I'm...
The Love Hypothesis - By Ali Hazelwood
No no no no no just no. This is a one star read. I would have DNF'd it if. I was capable of that. It's SOOOO long too long in fact. I hated almost every second of it
Freed by EL James
I'm glad this book is nice and short, about 250 pages because I don't think I could have done much longer with this one. I was really excited for it and ended up being a bit disappointed by the end of it, I gave it three stars.
In Five Years by Rebecca Serle
Another one star read. This book was AWFUL. It made no sense. Had unnecessary detail, was tryiing to make comments about race in a situation where race wouldn't have mattered. If someone showed up to my vacation rental in the middle of the night clai...
Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
I liked the classic whodunnit of this mystery. Though I didn't find the ending super believable, I did appreciate how everything came together in the end. Three stars.
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
I was pretty stoked to find this at the second hand store for less than a dollar! While I wish the author knew what Angel's name was when he was human (it wouldn't have been that hard for her to figure out). I still thought this was a decent adaptati...
Angel: City of by Nancy Holder
This was a really sweet book. I think the story around Archer was a really moving and interesting one. I don't really get how Bree feel so hard so fast for him, that's kind of my quam with most romance novels is them wanting to get married after two ...
Archer's Voice by Mia Sheridan
I don't fully get why this book has the hype it does. The motivation of the characters doesn't make any sense neither does their behavior. This was a two star read for me.
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
Serial killers and romance? Count me in! I gave this four stars! It filled my millenial heart!
Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver
Parts of this book felt really predictable, but overall it was super good and I'm glad I read it. I'm excited to read the rest of the series! Four stars!
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
Oh my goodness. If Butcher & Blackbird was my first dip into dark romance, then Hooked helped me dive. I read it in one sitting and LOVED it so much!!! Four stars!
Hooked by Emily McIntire
I listened to the audio of this book after watching the movie and liked it a lot. I think the movie does a pretty good job of telling the story so if you're someone who struggles with which one to do and is worried you missed too much then the movie ...
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
I rolled my eyes so much at this book. It just doesn't feel realistic. Maybe that's the point of Nicholas Sparks? But I like romances that can feel more real. Nothing in this book could have actually happened. I wanted to DNF it so badly. Two stars.
Every Breath by Nicholas Sparks
To think there's a movie out there that takes a story and fixes it. The book is AWFUL. Andy is a terrible person, she's spoiled, entitled and just so unlikable it's crazy. I don't really even get how this book was so well liked it got made into a mov...
The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger
This is such a sweet story. It took me forever to finish it but that's only because it was on my kindle and I purposefully read books on my kindle when I'm traveling. This book was great! I loved the love story and am super eager to get to the next o...
Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
I picked this up because I was out of town and it was on Kindle Unlimited and it didn't disappoint. I'm pretty excited to get to the next one when my hold at the library comes up!
The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
If Hooked was me diving into dark romance than Haunting Adeline feels like me drowning. My facial expressions during this book had my husband incredibly curious as to what I was reading. It's on Kindle Unlimited. I liked it a lot. I do get why people...
Haunting Adeline by HD Carlton
FINALLY! I was starting to get worried that Lisa Jewell books weren't for me after the last one but this book brought me back. I loved it! I'm hoping the second one is just as good! Four stars!
The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell