tamara ౨ৎ˚⋆'s Reviews > 2024 on Goodreads

˖ ࣪ ⟡˚ 2024 in review ˚⟡ ࣪ ˖ | completed

⋆ goals:
- read 100 books [124/100] ✓
- read more books on my kindle ✓
- write longer reviews ✓

⋆ series i want to start/finish:
- a court of thorns and roses 🧝🏻‍♀️ [5/5] ✓
- throne of glass 🗡️ [8/8] ✓
- crescent city 🌙 [3/3] ✓
- the shepherd king 🥀 [2/2] ✓
- defy the night 🌸 [3/3] ✓
- the shadow and bone trilogy 🦌 [3/3] ✓
- six of crows 🐦‍⬛ [2/2] ✓
- red rising saga 🔺 [6/6] ✓
- the cruel prince 👑 [3/3] ✓
- crowns of nyaxia ⚔️ [3.5/3.5] ✓
- mistborn: era 1 🪙 [3/3] ✓
- arc of a scythe ⛏️ [3/3] ✓
- caraval 🎪 [3.5/3.5] ✓
- once upon a broken heart 🏹 [3/3] ✓

⋆ standalones i want to read:
- the song of achilles ✓
- the secret history ✓
- babel ✓
- a study in drowning ✓
- throne of the fallen ✓

⋆ 2024 releases i want to read:
- the familiar ✓
- lady macbeth ✓
- funny story ✓
- the crimson moth (the crimson moth, #1) 🪰 ✓
- reckless (the powerless trilogy, #2) 💜 ✓
- when the moon hatched (moonfall, #1)🌛 ✓
- five broken blades (the broken blades, #1) 🔪 ✓
- a fate inked in blood (saga of the unfated, #1)💧✓

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➙ key:
- star ratings: ⭐️
- dnf: 🗑️
- reread: ✨

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⭒ monthly reading wrap up: ⁀➴

❄️ january ౨ৎ
- a court of mist and fury | 2.5 ⭐️
- a court of wings and ruin | 3.5 ⭐️
- a court of frost and starlight | 1 ⭐️
- a court of silver flames | 1.5 ⭐️
- divine rivals | 2 ⭐️
- the assassins blade | 2.5 ⭐️
- throne of glass | 3 ⭐️
- crown of midnight | 3 ⭐️
- heir of fire | 4 ⭐️
- queen of shadows | 5 ⭐️
- empire of storms | 5 ⭐️
- tower of dawn | 4 ⭐️
- kingdom of ash | 4.25 ⭐️
- red, white & royal blue | 🗑️
- one dark window | 2 ⭐️

➙january stats:
- favorite book: queen of shadows
- least favorite book: a court of frost and starlight
- amount of books read: 14
- amount of pages read: 8,058
- average star rating: 3.09 ⭐️


💌 february౨ৎ
- house of earth and blood | 3 ⭐️
- house of sky and breath | 2 ⭐️
- house of flame and shadow | 1 ⭐️
- the song of achilles | 2 ⭐️
- bride | 🗑️
- two twisted crowns | 2 ⭐️
- a dowry of blood | 2 ⭐️
- red rising | 4.25 ⭐️
- golden son | 5 ⭐️
- morning star | 6 ⭐️
- the will of the many | 4 ⭐️

➙ february stats:
- favorite book: morning star
- least favorite book: house of flame and shadow
- amount of books read: 10
- amount of pages read: 5,581
- average star rating: 3.10 ⭐️


🌱 march ౨ৎ
- fourth wing | 2 ⭐️
- my year of rest and relaxation | 3 ⭐️
- the stranger | 3 ⭐️
- defy the night | 4 ⭐️
- defend the dawn | 3 ⭐️
- destroy the day | 3.75 ⭐️
- animal farm | 3.75 ⭐️
- white nights | 4 ⭐️
- the secret history | 5 ⭐️
- heartstopper: volume five | 4 ⭐️
- babel | 6 ⭐️
- done and dusted | 3 ⭐️

➙ march stats:
- favorite book: babel
- least favorite book: fourth wing
- amount of books read: 12
- amount of pages read: 4,474
- average star rating: 3.63 ⭐️


🌷 april ౨ৎ
- things have gotten worse since we last spoke | 1 ⭐️
- swift and saddled | 3 ⭐️
- the death of ivan ilyich | 3 ⭐️
- six of crows | 5 ⭐️
- crooked kingdom | 6 ⭐️
- powerful | 3.5 ⭐️
- the familiar | 2 ⭐️
- binding 13 | 🗑️

➙ april stats:
- favorite book: crooked kingdom
- least favorite book: things have gotten worse since we last spoke
- amount of books read: 7
- amount of pages read: 2,476
- average star rating: 3.35 ⭐️


🌸 may ౨ৎ
- dark rise | 5 ⭐️
- dark heir | 5 ⭐️
- iron gold | 3.5 ⭐️
- dark age | 4.25 ⭐️
- light bringer | 5 ⭐️
- shadow and bone | 3 ⭐️
- siege and storm | 2 ⭐️
- ruin and rising | 2.5 ⭐️
- beach read | 5 ⭐️
- the crimson moth | 4 ⭐️
- king of scars | 3.5 ⭐️
- rule of wolves | 3.75 ⭐️
- the poppy war | 2 ⭐️

➙ may stats:
- favorite book: light bringer
- least favorite book: the poppy war
- amount of books read: 13
- amount of pages read: 6,508
- average star rating: 3.73 ⭐️


🌈 june ౨ৎ
- the cruel prince | 3.75 ⭐️
- the wicked king | 4 ⭐️
- the queen of nothing | 5 ⭐️
- how the king of elfhame learned to hate
stories | 4.25 ⭐️
- magnolia parks | 🗑️
- the foxhole court | 1 ⭐️
- the raven king | 1 ⭐️
- the king’s men | 1 ⭐️
- people we meet on vacation | 2.5 ⭐️
- the serpent & the wings of night | 3 ⭐️
- six scorched roses | 4 ⭐️
- the ashes & the star-cursed king | 3.25 ⭐️

➙ june stats:
- favorite book: the queen of nothing
- least favorite book: the foxhole court
- amount of books read: 11
- amount of pages read: 4,089
- average star rating: 3.16 ⭐️


☀️ july ౨ৎ
- heavenbreaker | 1 ⭐️
- reckless | 1 ⭐️
- she drives me crazy | 4 ⭐️
- better than the movies | 3.75 ⭐️
- when the moon hatched | 2 ⭐️
- book lovers | 4 ⭐️
- red queen | 3 ⭐️
- glass sword | 2 ⭐️
- king’s cage | 2 ⭐️
- quicksilver | 🗑️
- the final empire | 5 ⭐️
- the well of ascension | 4 ⭐️
- the hero of ages | 5 ⭐️

➙ july stats:
- favorite book: the final empire
- least favorite book: heavenbreaker
- amount of books read: 12
- amount of pages read: 5,984
- average star rating: 3.06 ⭐️


🌻 august ౨ৎ
- five broken blades | 1 ⭐️
- happy place | 3.5 ⭐️
- nothing like the movies | 1 ⭐️
- scythe | 5 ⭐️ | ✨
- thunderhead | 3.75 ⭐️
- the toll | 2 ⭐️
- flawless | 🗑️
- a study in drowning | 5 ⭐️
- lady macbeth | 1 ⭐️
- throne of the fallen | 4 ⭐️
- a fate inked in blood | 2.5 ⭐️
- part of your world | 🗑️
- just for the summer | 3.25 ⭐️
- faebound | 🗑️

➙ august stats:
- favorite book: a study in drowning
- least favorite book: five broken blades
- amount of books read: 11
- amount of pages read: 5,216
- average star rating: 2.91 ⭐️


🍂 september ౨ৎ
- the scepter | 2 ⭐️
- the sword | 2 ⭐️
- the crown of oaths and curses | 🗑️
- the stolen heir | 2.5 ⭐️
- the prisoner’s throne | 3 ⭐️
- undead gods | 🗑️ | ARC
- funny story | 3.75 ⭐️
- the veiled kingdom | 2 ⭐️
- the hunted heir | 2 ⭐️
- the bastard king | 2.5 ⭐️ | ARC
- sword catcher | 🗑️
- quicksilver | 4 ⭐️
- to bleed a crystal boom | 🗑️
- the road of bones | 🗑️
- from blood and ash | 2 ⭐️
- a kingdom of flesh and fire | 1 ⭐️
- yours truly | 3.75 ⭐️

➙ september stats:
- favorite book: quicksilver
- least favorite book: a kingdom of flesh and fire
- amount of books read: 12
- amount of pages read: 5,428
- average star rating: 2.54 ⭐️


🎃 october ౨ৎ
- rain of shadows and endings | 🗑️
- caraval | 4 ⭐️
- legendary | 2.75 ⭐️
- finale | 2 ⭐️
- the awakening | 3 ⭐️
- ruthless fae | 3 ⭐️
- the reckoning | 3 ⭐️
- spectacular | 3.5 ⭐️
- the courting of bristol keats | 🗑️ | ARC
- on wings of blood | 3 ⭐️ | ARC
- once upon a broken heart | 3.75 ⭐️
- the ballad of never after | 5 ⭐️

➙ october stats:
- favorite book: the ballad of never after
- least favorite book: finale
- amount of books read: 10
- amount of pages read: 4,887
- average star rating: 3.33 ⭐️


🍁 november ౨ৎ
- a curse for true love | 2 ⭐️
- fourth wing | 3.25 ⭐️
- iron flame | 1 ⭐️
- nocticadia | 2 ⭐️
- the fifth season | 2.75 ⭐️
- the obelisk gate | 🗑️
- fear the flames | 3 ⭐️
- the songbird & the heart of stone | 3.75 ⭐️
- lightlark | 🗑️
- metal slinger | 🗑️

➙ november stats:
- favorite book: the songbird & the heart of stone
- least favorite book: iron flame
- amount of books read: 7
- amount of pages read: 3,506
- average star rating: 2.54 ⭐️


🎄 december ౨ৎ
- blood over bright haven | 5 ⭐️
- the eleventh metal (arcanum unbounded) | 3 ⭐️
- mistborn: secret history | 4 ⭐️
- elantris | 2.5 ⭐️
- the hope of elantris (arcanum unbounded) | 3 ⭐️
- the emperor’s soul (arcanum unbounded) | 3.75 ⭐️
- white sand (arcanum unbounded) | 2 ⭐️
- warbreaker | 5 ⭐️

➙ december stats:
- favorite book: warbreaker
- least favorite book: white sand
- amount of books read: 8
- amount of pages read: 2,556
- average star rating: 3.53 ⭐️

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⭒ summary:
- total books read: 124
- total average star rating: 3.16 ⭐️
- total pages read: 59,251
- total 5 ⭐️ books: 17 | + three 6 ⭐️’s
- total 1 ⭐️ books: 3
- total books DNF’ed: 17
- most read author: sarah j. maas (unfortunately)
- new favorite author: brandon sanderson
- favorite book: babel - r.f. kuang
- least favorite book: five broken blades - mai corland
- favorite series: red rising saga - pierce brown
- fav 2024 release: the crimson moth - kristen ciccarelli
- least fav 2024 release: lady macbeth - ava reid

- best reading month: may | 3.73 ⭐️
- worst reading month: november | 2.54 ⭐️

⭒ top 10 favorite books i read in 2024:
⤷ one book per series:
1. babel - r.f. kuang
2. morning star - pierce brown
3. crooked kingdom - leigh bardugo
4. the final empire - brandon sanderson
5. dark heir - c.s. pacat
6. blood over bright haven - m.l. wang
7. a study in drowning - ava reid
8. the ballad of never after - stephanie garber
9. warbreaker - brandon sanderson
10. the will of the many - james islington

⭒ top 5 favorite series i read in 2024:
1. red rising saga - pierce brown
2. mistborn - brandon sanderson
3. six of crows - leigh bardugo
4. dark rise - c.s. pacat
5. once upon a broken heart - stephanie garber

⭒ top 10 WORST books i read in 2024:
⤷ including DNF’s:
1. five broken blades - mai corland
2. lightlark - alex aster
3. house of flame and shadow - sarah j. maas
4. reckless - lauren roberts
5. to bleed a crystal bloom - sarah a. parker
6. faebound - saara el-arifi
7. iron flame - rebecca yarros
8. binding 13 - chloe walsh
9. nothing like the movies - lynn painter
10. the foxhole court - nora sakavic


⭒ more in detail:
➙ 6 ⭐️ reads of 2024:
- morning star - pierce brown
- babel - r.f. kuang
- crooked kingdom - leigh bardugo

➙ DNF’s of 2024:
- red, white & royal blue - casey mcquiston | 29/01
- bride - ali hazelwood | 15/02
- binding 13 - chloe walsh | 29/04
- magnolia parks - jessa hastings | 06/06
- flawless - elsie silver | 16/08
- part of your world - abby jimenez | 26/08
- faebound - saara el-arifi | 29/08
- the crown of oaths and curses - j. bree | 03/09
- undead gods - caitlyn battelle | 09/09
- sword catcher - cassandra clare | 20/09
- to bleed a crystal bloom - sarah a. parker | 21/09
- the road of bones - demi winters | 23/09
- rain of shadows and endings - melissa k.
roehrich | 30/09
- the courting of bristol keats - mary e. pearson | 24/10
- the obelisk gate - n.k. jemisin | 14/11
- lightlark - alex aster | 26/11
- metal slinger - rachel schneider | 28/11

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thank you for reading!! 🫶