51. A book published in 2024

[Jackie, Solstitial Mod]

There's so many great books published every year and it's fun to get to a new release right away! What 2024 books have caught your attention?

ATY Listopia
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

[Nancy]

I had The Women down for this but there's no way I'm waiting until the end of the year to read it. Also since this prompt falls in December, and I like to read holiday books at that time, I will likely wait to see what holiday rom-com comes out in the fall.

[Pam]

The one 2024 release I know of and that I'm looking forward to is Table for Two: Fictions by Amor Towles.

[LeahS]

I am aiming for Fourteen Days: An Unauthorized Gathering which gives me a book set in New York and also The Future of Trust.

Both these are coming out early in the year, so might be in the library system by December!

[dalex]

Top of my list are The Eternal Ones by Namina Forna (the third book in the Gilded Ones trilogy) and Mirrored Heavens by Rebecca Roanhorse (the third book in the Between Earth and Sky trilogy).

[Tracy]

LeahS wrote: "I am aiming for Fourteen Days: An Unauthorized Gathering which gives me a book set in New York and also The Future of Trust.

Both these are coming out early in th..."

I have been waiting for Fourteen Days: An Unauthorized Gathering since December 2022! Other than an expected next-in-series, I don't think I've come across an expected book this far in advance! It's driving me crazy!!!

[Jill]

Pam wrote: "The one 2024 release I know of thatand that I'm looking forward to is Table for Two: Fictions by Amor Towles."

I didn’t know he had a new one coming out. This is great news and it is now on my TBR list!

[Pam]

Jill wrote: "Pam wrote: "The one 2024 release I know of and that I'm looking forward to is Table for Two: Fictions by Amor Towles."

I didn’t know he had a new one coming o..."

It comes out in April. I hope it's good! If I find something else for this prompt, I'll slot this one in the "number in a title" or "not a novel" prompt. I'm definitely reading this one, though!

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

This is always a fun prompt and an easy prompt for me. I read a lot of new releases because I subscribe to Book of the Month club, so this prompt will certainly be filled by one of the books I get next year through them!

I feel like I have quite a few prompts next year that I can't plan for!

[Marie]

I'm wildcarding this one, so I've adjusted it slightly to a recently published book, and I'll be reading The Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison.

In the unlikely event that I finish my plan early, and the library has something new that interests me, I might actually do it. My local library is a bit slow on new releases, but I've recently gained slightly dodgy access to be a big shiny library with lots of new books, so it might happen :)

[GailW]

I have 6 options at this point:

The Fury
The Great Divide

The Lantern's Dance
The Women
The Princess of Las Vegas
Wandering Stars

[Dixie]

I'm hoping Red Side Story will come out in 2024. It is the sequel to Jasper Fforde's Shades of Grey and was originally due out this year.

[Dana]

Hey guys,
I have this shelf on my Goodreads where I add all the newbies of 2024 that I'm curious of: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Check it out, maybe you want to add something new. :)

[Hayley]

I'm planning to read Expiration Dates. It seems fun and lighthearted, which is a good way to end the year. It comes out in March and should be in the library by the end of the year.

[Jaimi]

Mighty Millie Novak (disclaimer: I'm friends with the author) if you like YA, queer books, and/or roller derby. It comes out in the fall.

How to ADHD: An Insider's Guide to Working with Your Brain is being released January 2. (3rd? First week in January, anyway.)

[SadieReadsAgain]

I'm so out of the loop that I couldn't name a single book that's coming out next year. I'll need to leave this one open for now and start paying more attention!

[JenniferAustin]

I am particularly excited about Burma Sahib by Paul Theroux! Paul Theroux is an excellent writer, and this one is a novelization of the life of George Orwell.

I am also looking forward to James by Percival Everett. "A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view."

[John]

I will probably read The Women by Kristin Hannah for this prompt.

[Dixie]

JenniferAustin wrote: "I am particularly excited about Burma Sahib by Paul Theroux! Paul Theroux is an excellent writer, and this one is a novelization of the life of [author:George Orwell|..."

Ooh, that sounds interesting! I'll keep an eye out for that one.

[Denise]

I read a review in the Atlantic of a book coming out this month called Forgottenness, translated from Ukrainian, which is hard to describe but sounded interesting in the review. I've preordered it and will use it here

[Wendy]

Tana French has a new book out this year called The Hunter (it's a follow-up to The Searcher) so currently my plan is to read that unless anything else pops up that catches my attention first. I usually wait a bit for hype to die down on new books. Last year I started a handful of new books and didn't get on with most of them. It's just hard to figure out what I'll like when everything is so...oversold? I need to wait and see what my friends and trusted reviewers are recommending.

[Misty]

dalex wrote: "Top of my list are The Eternal Ones by Namina Forna (the third book in the Gilded Ones trilogy)"

I love that trilogy and read the book the day it came out! So good!!! I used that one for a different prompt though. For this one I read House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas. Also so good!!!

[Joy D]

For this prompt, I read:
Hard by a Great Forest by Leo Vardiashvili - 4* - My Review

[Guylian]

I read by Cristina Henríquez.

[Lizzy]

I read by Laurie Frankel.

[Wendy]

I ended up not going for the new Tana French book -- I miss her Dublin Murder Squad books, and after reading reviews that it's basically more of the same from the previous book which I didn't care for, I pivoted instead to Green Dot by Madeleine Gray. This book has been compared to Fleabag in the sense that involves a troubled young woman caught up in an unhealthy relationship and seems to be garnering "love it or hate it" reviews, so approach with caution. I liked it, but I also like to read about unlikeable characters. It's sort of like if Ottessa Moshfegh tried to write The Hating Game, I suppose?

My full review is here.

[Tracy]

Tracy wrote: "LeahS wrote: "I am aiming for Fourteen Days: An Unauthorized Gathering which gives me a book set in New York and also The Future of Trust.

Both these are coming o..."

Fourteen Days: A Collaborative Novel FINALLY came out on Feb 6, 2024 — after waiting since Dec 2022 — so I was able to read it for this prompt as I'd hoped. I was surprised at the lackluster average rating it was getting (3.31 on Goodreads, 3.8 on Amazon - not sure why the difference), but after reading it I can see why. I think like a lot of books of short stories, especially by more than one author, the experience can vary from story to story. Although technically this is NOT a book of short stories, it WAS authored by 36(!) authors, so of course there will be variations of skill and reader taste. I was going to give it 3.5⭐️ (in a world where this is possible) because I felt some sections were 3⭐️ and some were 4⭐️. In the end I rounded up because of the unexpected ending, the creative structure, and the overall effort to collaborate in a cohesive way with so many authors.

[Severina]

I read Until August by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, a book that apparently he was not happy with before his death and didn't want published. His sons should have listened to him.

[Jennifer W]

I don't pay much attention to new releases, but I saw this author on a morning show yesterday and my library has her book. It's at least part cookbook, and I don't read cookbooks, but it seems like it also has history along with recipes, so I'll see.

Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks

[J]

Severina wrote: "I read Until August by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, a book that apparently he was not happy with before his death and didn't want published. His sons should have listened to him."

Thanks for the heads up.

[Pam]

Severina - I agree with your comment about Until August. I DNF’d it. I was really disappointed.

[Book Concierge]

Wandering through the library "new books shelf" I found this one - First published: 30 January 2024

✔ – 20Apr24
The Queen of Sugar Hill – ReShonda Tate – 3.5***
Subtitle: A Novel of Hattie McDaniel. Tate’s novel begins with the Oscar ceremony when McDaniel won for best supporting actress for her portrayal of Mammy in Gone With the Wind. But Hattie McDaniel was so much more than that iconic role, and Tate gives us all of her. Having read this book, I have a new appreciation for the trailblazing McDaniel and other Black actors of her generation did.
LINK to my full review

[J]

This prompt proved to be the most challenging, so far.

Gabriel García Márquez had a release, but its posthumous and I've heard reports that it's not very good. I'm thinking I will continue to read his books in released order.

Ursula K. Le Guin had a release, but it turned out to be a re-release of an older book. So, not really a 2024 book at all. I'd still like to read it, but I feel duped.

Stephen King had a release (no surprise) but that happened this month and I am nowhere near the top of the wait list at my library.

I really want to read the sequel to Iron Widow, that is Heavenly Tyrant - but it won't come out until December. Though, I did pre-purchase it, so I can read it starting on release date.

So, finally I ended up with Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands. It was released in January and had no wait list at all. The only problem there was that I hadn't read the first book in the series. So, I guess I read them out of order.

[Anne]

I don't tend to read new releases as I already have a lot of books waiting to be read. I have just read The Murder after the Night before by Katy Brent.

[lexiskat]

The book I chose for this prompt was

short and sweet review: 3.5
This was a good love story. I felt as though it was missing many details. This book will put you in the mind set of the book The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. And I gave this book 5 stars.

[Kathy]

I read a book by one of my favorite authors Ann Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love.

[LeahS]

I ended up with two books of short stories - if you class Fourteen Days as short stories rather than a collaborative novel. I also read Quickly, While They Still Have Horses: Stories.

I enjoy reading individual short stories, but in a book of them, I find they tend to run into each other and get lost. I almost preferred the linking parts of Fourteen Days to the stories, though there were some very good ones (and some not so good). An excellent idea for a book, though.

Jan Carson is an excellent writer, and all of the stories in Quickly were good, though there were three I found difficult, [(view spoiler)[ deal with the death/loss of young children (hide spoiler)]

[NancyJ]

I finally completed my plan by reading a 2024 book.

- Whale Fall

[Denise]

I read The Women by Kristin Hannah. It was disappointing

[Robin H-R]

I read:
The House of Hidden Meanings by RuPaul

BIO: A book by an author you’ve never read before
REJECT: A character that is a fish out of water

Finished: 07/16/2024
Rating: 4 stars

An eye-opening memoir. His discussions of his various relationships really touched me. Seems we have the same perspectives, whether straight or gay. Also, an insight to the culture of the 70's. Very eloquently written.

[Stacey]

I read Come and Get It by Kiley Reid, which I didn't like.

[Robin H-R]

2nd time through I read:
Death in the Details by Katie Tietjen

REJECT: A book that features a hobby

Finished: 08/24/2024
Rating: 4 stars

A debut book set in 1946 Vermont. Hope the series continues.

[Jill]

I read The Last Word by Elly Griffiths

[Phil]

I read To the River by Vikki Wakefield Published March 14th, 2024 (Read 22nd September; 4*)

[Sherri]

I read Table for Two.I enjoyed it.

[Marie (UK)]

i read Love at First Book