my reads in 2024

***Happy New Year everybody! Wishing you all a very happy 2024!!!***

The tentative goal is 50 books this year - and enjoy my reading time.

Kicking off this year's reading with
1. Looker by Laura Sims.

Hotel Africa (Book 47 from last year) is ongoing - it will be counted to 2023's reads once it's finished.

Started another one, a quick illustrated nonfiction,
2. Sharks: Savage predators of the oceans by John McIntyre.

Have finished Hotel Africa, book 47 of last year, today. Now that I've finished this, 2024 can really start for me in terms of reading.

Yesterday, January 6, I finished
1. Looker and started
3. Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Started 3. Carmilla on January 6 and finished it one day later, on Jan 7.
It was a reread for me and this time, I enjoyed it much more than the first time around. I remember it was 'meh' for me at the first time. This time, I enjoyed it greatly.

Today, I finished 2. Sharks: Savage predators of the oceans and subsequently
Started 4. The Winter People by Jennifer MacMahon.

Couldn't get into The Winter People for now. I just read 6 pages, and it's technically not a DNF, I'm just not in the mood for the writing style right now.

So started another book as my number four of 2024 yesterday, January 9:
4. Murder on the Christmas Express by Alexandra Benedict.

While 4. is ongoing, I started a fairy tale collection today:
5. Die schönsten georgischen Märchen (The most beautiful fairy tales of Georgia (in Europe))

Just finished 4. Murder on the Christmas Express, will most likely start another novel later today.

Started 6. The Gathering by Lisa Stone yesterday night.

Finished 6. The Gathering yesterday (January 16) night and just started
7. Into the night by Sarah Bailey.

5., the Georgian fairy tale collection, is an ongoing read.

Finished 7. Into the night. 5. is ongoing.

Started 8. Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas in addition to 5.

Just finished 5. Die schönsten georgischen Märchen, a collection of classic Georgian fairy tales ed. by Heinz Fähnrich.

Finished 8. Catherine House today. So good, this one!

Just started
9. Nanoland by Jack McGuigan, a LTER e-ARC and
10. The Reptile Room, volume 2 in A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket.

9. is ongoing, 10. just finished.

In addition to 9. I just started
11. Mirrorland by Carole Johnstone.

Finished 9. Nanoland this morning and subsequently started 12. The Retreat by Benjamin Compson.
11. Mirrorland is ongoing.

Finished 12. The Retreat yesterday, February 21. It's an ARC, so not in the database yet.

11. Mirrorland is ongoing. Today I additionally started
13. Beneath the moon by Yoshi Yoshitani.

in addition to 11. (The writing style makes it tough to get more than one page at a time read - but I refuse to give up yet) and 13. I started
14. The perfect friend by J.V. Cardy today (eARC, not in LT database yet).

Well, just gave up on 11. Mirrorland. After two weeks, I'm still just about 60 pages in and I don't want to risk a reading slump. So it's a DNF, at least for now.
13. Beneath the moon and 14. The Perfect Friend are ongoing.

Finished
13. Beneath the moon yesterday (February 27) night;
14. The Perfect Friend today, February 28. Am going to start a new read later today, still undecided which one it's going to be.

It's
15. Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott and
16. The Cyclist by Anthony Neil Smith (this one in German).

Finished 16. and started another eARC,
17. The New Son by Iain Maitland yesterday.

15. Thistlefoot is ongoing.

17. was finished today.
15. Thistlefoot is ongoing.

Started another eARC in addition to 15.
18: Don't Let Her In by Joanne Ryan

Finished 18. today.

Just finished my luxurious read of 15. Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott. What a book!

Started 19. The Noh Mask Murder by Akimitsu Takagi later in the day on the 20th.

Finished 19. The Noh Mask Murder on Monday, 25th.

Started both
20. The colour of blood by Declan Hughes and
21. Psychopathinnen by Lydia Benecke yesterday.

Threw in a quick one
22. True Friendship - Havi's Trumpet by Jack Gee (illustrated childrens book, 16 pages), a #Netgalley copy.

In addition to 20. + 21., I started another one
23. The Therapist by S.A. Falk today.

Just finished 23.
20. and 21. are ongoing.

Finally finished 20. The colour of blood by Declan Hughes today.

Threw in a quick childrens' nearly all picture book,
24. Moon Bear by Clare Helen Welsh and illustrated wonderfully by Carolina T. Godina.

21. Psychopathinnen is the only ongoing read atm.

Oh, I forgot to update a bit.

April 8th to 9th, I read
25. Onibi: Diary of a Yokai Ghost Hunter by Atelier Sento, an adorable graphic novel.
On April 9th, another graphic novel:
26. Gunhild Vol.2 by Fred Tornager.

21. Psychopathinnen is ongoing. Started another #Netgalley eARC,
27. The Lower Power by Michelle W. Miller, yesterday.

Just finished 21. Psychopathinnen shortly before midnight (yesterday, April 17).

Finally finished 27. today and have subsequently started
28. The pact by Amy Heydenrych and
29. 101 horror books to read before you're murdered by Sadie Hartmann.

Have finished 28. The Pact yesterday night (14 May).

Started
30. The Comeback by Ella Berman today.

Made my way very slowly through 29. and finally finished it today. Phew!

Finished 30. The Comeback earlier today. Debating with myself about what to start next...

Started
31. All's Well by Mona Awad and
32. All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare.

Decided to DNF All's well for now and wait till I'm in better headspace for it.
So my new no.
31. is going to be The Red Door and other stories by K.E. Karl.