2024 Reading Recap

When I ended 2023, I had not reached the goal I set myself in the Goodreads yearly reading challenge. And while it doesn't really matter, it still frustrated me. So, I lowered the goal for 2024 by five books. This is me, trying to learn how to live this life I've given myself with two kids, four jobs, etc. I figured that was attainable because I ALMOST read that many back in 2023.
Y'all. This year I read 125 of 120 books. I kid you not. I could have just left my goal the same as it has been for the last however many years. Life is crazy.
Anyway, want to know a little more about what I read?
Book club has been hit or miss. I still don't love all the choices we're getting each year. Especially if the books have bad language. If I knew going in that a book would have bad language, I wouldn't read it. So, I did skip a book or two. But I did end up reading a couple with bad language too. And the stories were good. But the language drove me crazy.
Several of the books I read this year were because I was reading along (or ahead of) my daughter. She'd been reading the Anne of Green Gables books and I couldn't remember how some of the ones near the end of the series went (I knew there was a baby lost. And a few other sad parts.) and I wanted to be able to caution her or let her talk to me about it. Those were rereads and enjoyed just as much as the last time I read them.
She also got into a series called Keeper of the Lost Cities. When she read the first one and told me it was "intense," I decided to read them with her so she could talk about it. It's an interesting series and we've only made it through about the first six books. But I heard the author included some agenda I don't approve of in the most recent release, so I'm not sure how much farther we'll go with that one.
Of course, the last month of the year, I read almost only Christmas stories. Why not? They were quick and easy and perfect for my tired brain.
I included all my books that I edited. And all the ones I wrote. Because, I DID read them. ;)
Was it a great year for reading? It definitely included some great stories, including some books from series I had started previously. But nothing really stands out as, "Oh my goodness! You have to read this book!" either.
Want to know more about what I read and the rankings I gave them? You can see the full list here.
How did your 2024 reading year go? Did you read anything amazing?