2024 Reading Challenge Books in Review and Recommended Reads

I spent nothing on books this year (using promotional credits on Amazon worth $33.93, the library, and reading for reviews).

My favorite books I read this year:

Title	Author	Genre	Genre
Same Time Next Year	Tessa Bailey	Romance	Novella
Woke Up Like This	Amy Lea	Romance	YA
Advanced Physical Chemistry	Susannah Nix	Romance	Contemporary
Token Black Girl	Danielle Prescod	Nonfiction	Memoir
Don’t Forget to Write	Sara Goodman Confino	Historical	Jewish
The Real Deal	Caitlin Devlin	YA	Contemporary
Hurt for Me	Heather Levy	Romance	Thriller
Deconstructed	Liz Talley	Romance	Contemporary
Their Last Resort	R.S. Grey	Romance	Contemporary
What Is Love?	Jen Comfort	Romance	Contemporary
There’s No Coming Back from This	Ann Garvin	Romance	Contemporary
Housemoms	Jen Lancaster	Romance	Contemporary
The Rise and Fall of Ava Arcana	Jennifer Banash	Historical	Chick Lit
The Anti-Heroes	Jen Lancaster	Humor	Chick Lit
West Side Love Story (Queens of Mariachi #1)	Priscilla Oliveras	Romance	Contemporary
Friends with Secrets	Christine Gunderson	Mystery	Thriller
The Checklist	Addie Woolridge	Romance	Contemporary
Kat Girl: A sweet and spicy romantic comedy	Sarah Lahey	Romance	Australia
Chasing Karma: A small town, 2 brothers, lol romcom	Susan Murphy	Romance	Comedy
Rainbows and Lollipops: Friendship is the New Family	Mo Fanning	Friendship	Contemporary
Culture Hacks: Deciphering Differences in American, Chinese, and Japanese Thinking	Richard Conrad	Nonfiction	Japan
Yellowface	R.F. Kuang	Literary Fiction	Contemporary
Culture Hacks: Deciphering Differences in American, Chinese, and Japanese Thinking	Richard Conrad	Nonfiction	Japan
Tomo: Friendship through Fiction: An Anthology of Japan Teen Stories	Holly Thompson	Short Stories	Japan
Poverty, by America	Matthew Desmond	Nonfiction	Politics
The Upper Crush	Evie Alexander	Romance	Contemporary
Love ad Lib	Evie Alexander	Romance	Contemporary
An Unholy Affair	Evie Alexander	Romance	Contemporary
Bitterroot: A Novel	Suzy Vitello	Fiction
The Love Position (Foxbrooke, #4)	Evie Alexander	Romance	Contemporary
Atomica: Between Sea and Sky	Heather McKenzie	Fantasy
Tell Me It’s Right	Katie Wismer	Romance	Contemporary
Louie the Lynx and Ryan the Lion	Sarah Lahey	Romance	Australia
Christmas off Script: A Friends to Lovers, Steamy Romantic Comedy (Foxbrooke Book 5)	Evie Alexander	Romance	Contemporary

Out of the 53 books that I read, some reading stats:

5 from the same author (Evie Alexander)
29 with a romantic element
6 nonfiction – goal was 2
Only 4 YA
24 contemporary
17,567 pages (average of 325 pages)
Rated 34 books 5 stars (I’m more selective when choosing books to read)
27 books were from Amazon First Reads program
17 were review copies
4 audiobooks vs. 50 ebooks
6 books from the library
I read 1 book for book club (Yellowface)
I read 5 books in anticipation of traveling/set in that location (Japan) – goal was 6-12
I read 1 book from Obamas 2023 Favorite Book list – goal was 2
I read two books from book tubers (Chelsea Fagan and Katie Wismer)
In September my review for Kat Girl was featured on the homepage of Reedsy Discovery!
I reviewed 17 books this year for a total of 449 reviews written in my lifetime
I won a book contest by naming a character in Suzy Vitello’s WIP.