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my 2024 in literature <3

key.
ᝰ .ᐟ - my loves
☁️ - read with someone
✩ - arcs
★ - best of 2024

ii. goals.
⤿ my number one goal is to just read for fun and not put too much pressure on myself. instead of skimming the book, i actually want to savor it and enjoy!
☐ read 70 books
☒ read more classics
☒ annotate
☒ increase # of books to grow a bookshelf
☒ finish 5 series
☒ write more reviews and improve my writing
☒ apply + get more arcs (# this year: 24)

⤿ most anticipated releases.
note: some of these aren't going to be released in 2024.

☒ i hope this doesn't find you by ann liang ✩
☒ a song to drown rivers by ann liang ✩
☒ nothing like the movies by lynn painter ✩
☒ the reappearance of rachel price by holly jackson
☒ i am not jessica chen by ann liang ✩
☒ asap by axie oh
☒ the grandest game by jennifer lynn barnes
☒ a crane among wolves by june hur

favorite authors.
- ann liang
- chloe gong

new favorites of 2024.
☒ chloe gong (flf + fhh, romajuliette christmas special, last violent call)
emily henry
☒ r.f. kuang (the poppy war, the dragon republic, babel)
☒ holly jackson (kill joy, the reappearance of rachel price, as good as dead, five survive)
☒ elizabeth lim (spin the dawn, unravel the dusk)
☒ axie oh (xoxo, asap)
fredrik backman
emma mills
amélie wen zhao
olivie blake
sally rooney

⤿ priority tbr.
☒ i hope this doesn't find you
☒ foul lady fortune
☒ foul heart huntsman
→ a million junes
→ foolish hearts
→ daisy jones and the six
→ beartown
→ pride and prejudice
☒ reread of little women
→ crying in h mart
→ the atlas six
→ six crimson cranes
☒ spin the dawn
☒ unravel the dusk
→ immortal longings
→ betting on you
☒ love from a to z
→ song of silver, flame like night
☒ as long as the lemon trees grow
☒ the poppy war
☒ babel
→ a magic steeped in poison
→ jade city
→ one for my enemy
→ reread land of stories (juju forced me, everyone)

recs from bffs.
⊹ rina: the poppy war, foul lady fortune, spin the dawn
⊹ cheska: babel
⊹ juju: asap, a romajuliette christmas special
⊹ iso: lonely castle in the mirror, a study in drowning, if we were villains
⊹ adira: anne of green gables, the cartographers
⊹ lila: if he had been with me
⊹ ren: the song of achilles, conversations with friends
⊹ mags: emily wilde's encyclopedia of fairies
⊹ sofie: as good as dead
⊹ irha: love from a to z, we hunt the flame, seven year slip
⊹ eden: foolish hearts
⊹ ingrid: kimi ni todoke, ninth house
⊹ tiffany: strange the dreamer
⊹ anna: just for the summer
⊹ bri: the picture of dorian gray
⊹ sumi: legend, coraline
+ give me some recommendations <3 i'd love to add them.

january:
- i hope this doesn't find you by ann liang. ᝰ .ᐟ ✩ 5 stars!
- our violent ends by chloe gong #2. 4.5 stars
- xoxo by axie oh. 3 stars
- a song to drown rivers by ann liang. ᝰ .ᐟ ✩★ 5 stars!
best of the month: a song to drown rivers

february:
- before the coffee gets cold by toshikazu kawaguchi #1. 3.5 stars (rec from syd)
- of jade and dragons by amber chen. ✩ 4 stars
- the poppy war by r.f. kuang #1. ★ 4 stars (rec from rina)
- if you could see the sun by ann liang + reread. ᝰ .ᐟ 5 stars!
- spin the dawn by elizabeth lim #1. 4 stars (rec from rina)
- foul lady fortune by chloe gong #1. ᝰ .ᐟ★ 5 stars!
- last violent call by chloe gong #1.5. 3.5 stars (novella)
best of the month: foul lady fortune

march:
- kill joy by holly jackson #0.5. 3 stars (novella)
- a romajuliette christmas special by chloe gong #0.5. ᝰ .ᐟ 4 stars (novella + rec from juju)
- foul heart huntsman by chloe gong #2. ᝰ .ᐟ☁️ (br with cheska)
- unravel the dusk by elizabeth lim #2. ᝰ .ᐟ 3 stars
- asap by axie oh #2. 2.5 stars ☁️ (br with adira)
- happily never after by lynn painter. ✩ 2 stars
- women of good fortune by sophie wan. ✩ 3 stars
- the night ends with fire by k.x. song. ✩ 4 stars (rec from rina + shehrbear)
- the dragon republic by r.f. kuang. ᝰ .ᐟ 5 stars!
- babel by r.f. kuang. ᝰ .ᐟ ★ 5 stars! (br with lils)
- little women by louisa may alcott. 4.5 stars
best of the month: babel

april:
- night by elie wiesel. not rated as it’s deeply personal + about the holocaust. (for school)
- the invisible life of addie larue by ve schwab. ᝰ .ᐟ 4 stars
- the chalice of the gods by rick riordan. ᝰ .ᐟ 3.5 stars
- the reappearance of rachel price by holly jackson. ☁️ 3.5 stars (br with juju)
- kill her twice by stacey lee. ☁️ ✩ 3.5 stars (br with dee)
best of the month: the invisible life of addie larue

may:
- we hunt the flame by hafsah faizal. 3.5 stars (rec from irha)

june:
- as good as dead by holly jackson. ᝰ .ᐟ 4 stars

july:
- love from a to z by s.k. ali. ᝰ .ᐟ 3.5 stars
- a crane among wolves by june hur. 3 stars
- powerless by lauren roberts. 2 stars
- a study with drowning by ava reid. 3 stars
- the seven year slip by ashley poston. ☁️ 4 stars (br with ria and nes)
- five survive by holly jackson. ᝰ .ᐟ 4 stars
- picking daisies on sundays by liana cincotti. 3.5 stars
- counting down with you by tashie bhuiyan. 1 star
- nothing like the movies #2 by lynn painter. ☁️ ✩ 3 stars (br with shehr and juju)
- beach read by emily henry. ᝰ .ᐟ 4 stars (rec from irha)
- shatter me #1 by tahereh mafi. 1 star (br with lulu)
- i am not jessica chen by ann liang. ᝰ .ᐟ ✩ ★ 5 stars!
best of the month: i am not jessica chen

august:
- the naturals #1 by jennifer lynn barnes. 3 stars
- the grandest game by jennifer lynn barnes. ᝰ .ᐟ 3.5 stars
- legendborn #1 by tracy deonn. ᝰ .ᐟ ★ 5 stars!
- bloodmarked #2 by tracy deonn. ᝰ .ᐟ 4 stars

mid-year stats
books read: 29
# of buddy reads: 5
# of dnfs: 0
# of books owned: 8
# of books annotated: 2
#1 favorite so far: i hope this doesn’t find you/babel

⤿ 2024 awards.
all time favorite:
worst:
best series:
best standalone:
cherished author:
favorite review that i wrote:
top new release:

love, mitra. ♡