New Year – New Me (Or probably same old me)

As ever the dawn of a new year has inspired me to restart my writing career and seven of my sixteen NY resolutions are related to my inevitable domination of the literary world in 2024.

Write Every DayFinish “The Motley Life of Edison Swift”Finish “The Book of Lies”Finish “The Necromancer’s Son”Do something to improve “The Literarium” every dayWrite at least one blog post every weekRead for at least an hour every day

The last item on this list is to read more, which is an obvious method of improving my writing – as long as I read good things. So I have made a list of 29 fiction books which I will try and read this year. (I hope to add to this list throughout the year up to 52 books) I will also attempt to publish my thoughts on each of these as I tick them off – maybe even start a #booktok channel.

TitleAuthorAddedStartedFinishedReviewA Desolation Called PeaceArkady Martine1/1/24PiranesiSusanna Clarke1/1/24 The Midnight LibraryMatt Haig1/1/24 He Who Drowned The WorldShelley Parker-Chan1/1/24 Starling HouseAlix E. Harrow1/1/24The Endless WarDanielle L. Jensen1/1/24The Ten Thousand Doors of JanuaryAlix E. Harrow1/1/24My MurderKatie Williams1/1/24There Is No Antimemetics DivisionQNTM1/1/24I Am Homeless If This Is Not My HomeLorrie Moore1/1/24The Saint of Bright DoorsVajra Chandrasekera1/1/24The Heaven and Earth Grocery StoreJames McBride1/1/24The Bee StingPaul Murray1/1/241/1/24Old God’s TimeSebastian Barry1/1/24YellowfaceR. F. Kuang1/1/24Lone WomenVictor LaValle1/1/24Chain-Gang All-StarsNana Kwama Adjei-Brenyah1/1/24Prophet SongPaul Lynch1/1/24TrustHernan Diaz1/1/24The Art ThiefMichael Finkel1/1/24The Berry PickersAmanda Peters1/1/24Fourth WingRebecca Yarros1/1/24HollyStephen King1/1/24Small MerciesDennis Lehane1/1/24MobilityLydia Kiesling1/1/24Terrace StoryHilary Leichter1/1/24Lost PlacesSarah Pinsker1/1/24American DirtJeanine Cummins1/1/24Jade CityFonda Lee1/1/24Books to read this year

These books have been selected from various sources, from reviews to “best of” lists or just books that have been on my radar for a while.

I asked Google’s Bard to pick a random book from this list for me to read first and it’s chosen “The Bee Sting” so I’m off to do some reading.