2024 Reading Challenge discussion

Hi! I read 22 books in 2023 and blew my goal out of the water, so I'm going to stick with 20 this year. My goal last year was 12. Here I will post the challenges that I am going to be in and I will post the books that I have read.

YEARLY CHALLENGES
1-25 Personal Challenge Link
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Pages Challenge (Comment 97)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

A-Z Challenge (Comment 103) https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

QUARTERLY CHALLENGES

MONTHLY CHALLENGES
January- Marathon Challenge
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... (Comment 80)
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

BOOKS IVE READ IN 2024

1. The House that Jack Built by Willow Rose 268 pages (finished 1-4-24)
2. Oscar Pistorius : The Former Paralympic Champion's Journey from Triumph to Tragedy and the Unforgettable Release from a Decade-Long Imprisonment on Parole. by John Gragg 32 pages (finished 1-6-24)
3. The Secret Family by S.L. Harker 202 pages (finished 1-16-24)
4. Cause to Kill by Blake Pierce (finished 1-24-24) 204 pages
5. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (finished 2-5-24) 359 pages
6. Before He Kills by Blake Pierce (finished 2/29/24) 176 pgs
7. The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny (finished 3-15-24) 373 pages
8.The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins (finished 3/30/24) 541 pages
9. The Women by Kristin Hannah (finished 4/7) 473 pages
10. Once Gone by Blake Pierce (finished 4/18) 236 pages
11. Killers of the Flower Moon: Adapted for Young Readers: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann (finished 5/2) 334 pages
12.Adamant by Emma L. Adams (finished 5/12) 288 pages
13. Naked in Death by J.D. Robb (finished 5/28) 373 pages
14. Sipping Proverbs by Jean Keezer-Clayton (Not on Goodreads) (finished 6/8) 139 pages
15. The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden (finished 6/12) 311 pages
16. 20 Answers: Scripture and Tradition by Jim Blackburn (finished 6/23) 73 pages
17. The Housemaid Is Watching by Freida McFadden (finished 7/6) 383 pages
18. She's Not Sorry by Mary Kubica (finished 7/13) 327 pages
19. 2024: The Coming Political Storm by Katrina Vasilnova (finished 7/26) 226 pages
20. A Trace of Death by Blake Pierce (finished 8/14) 170 pages
21. Dis-ability to This-ability: Rising Above Life While Living with Spina Bifida: A Memoir by Meetra Nahavandi (currently reading ) 214 pages

read time: 153 hours 55 minutes
pages read: 5,802

I realized I didnt make a member corner for last year (2023) so I'll just document the books that I read here. I read some good ones!

1. Jingle Bell Hell
2. The DaVinci Code
3. The Nightingale
4.Black Beauty
5.The Nanny's Secret
6. Bruno's Unusual Journey
7. The Housemaid
8. The Homewreckers
9 &10. The Declaration of Independence / The Constitution of the United States
11.United States Bill of Rights
12. Not by Bread Alone: Daily Reflections for Lent 2023
13. Kaufman Field Guide to Birds of North America
14. Fade Away
15. Louisiana Longshot
16. Family of Liars
17. Lessons in Chemistry
18. If She Knew
19. Anyone But You
19. Finding Cinderella
20. The Fault in Our Stars
21. January
22. Still Life

I am going to keep track of these just for me. in an easier spot. I've been trying to get through the Bible for years now. I am doing a reading plan where I am reading it in chronological order. Thats why I have read some of the books down the way. And I read 1&2 Peter in College

Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Job
Psalms
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon (Song of Songs)
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obediah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Acts
Romans
1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
Galatians
Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians
1 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians
1 Timothy
2 Timothy
Titus
Philemon
Hebrews
James
1 Peter
2 Peter
1 John
2 John
3 John
Jude
Revelation

Boxalls and Guardian books I have read.
One of my book goals is to get through both lists. They do overlap a little. (35/1892)

Blood Meridian-Cormac McCarthy
Dracula- Bram Stoker
Fahrenheit 451- Ray Bradbury
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone- JK Rowling
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings– Maya Angelou
Les Misérables – Victor Hugo
Little Women – Louisa May Alcott
Lord of the Flies – William Golding
Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
My Antonia by Willa Cather
Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck
Pippi Longstocking – Astrid Lindgren
Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
Return of the King (Lord of the Rings #3)-JRR Tolkien
Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
The Call of the Wild – Jack London
The Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger
The Colour of Magic (Discworld, #1) by Terry Pratchett
The Fellowship of the Ring (Lord of the Rings #1)-JRR Tolkien
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
The Hobbit-JRR Tolkien
The Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia #1)- CS Lewis
The Little Prince- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The Old Man and the Sea – Ernest Hemingway
The Picture of Dorian Gray – Oscar Wilde
The Pit and the Pendulum – Edgar Allan Poe
The Red Badge of Courage- Stephen Crane
The Thirty-Nine Steps – John Buchan
The Two Towers (Lord of the Rings #2)-JRR Tolkien
The War of the Worlds- HG Wells
The Yellow Wallpaper– Charlotte Perkins Gilman
To Kill a Mockingbird-Harper Lee
War and Peace- Leo Tolstoy