I read or listened to 36 books in 2024, four more than last year.
I participated in the #ReadICT challenge again. Here are the 2024 categories, along with the book I read to fit the category.
- A book with a map: Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer
- A book you meant to read last year: Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
- A book about something lost or found: The Library Book, Susan Orlean
- A collection (stories, poems, essays: Holidays on ice, David Sedaris
- A book by or about someone neurodivergent: The Mystery Guest, Nita Prose
- A book set in space: I, Robot, Isaac Asimov
- A book someone told you not to read: The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephan Chbosky
- A book with a season in the title: Dead of Winter, Darcy Coates
- A book featuring an animal sidekick: Remarkably Bright Creatures, Shelby Van Pelt
- A book with a recipe: Recipe for a Perfect Wife, Karma Brown
- A book published the year you turned 16: Stepford Wifes, Ira Levine
- A book by an indigenous author: There There, Tommy Orange
I read “Looking for Jane” and “The Women” back-to-back. Both of those books are heavy, full of emotion and anxiety. “The Library Book” was a fascinating book about the 1986 fire at the Los Angeles Public Library, and “The Facemaker” chronicled the first plastic surgeons (plastic surgery started out as a way to help disfigured soldiers). “The Day the World Came to Town” is the only book about 9/11 I’ve been able to read.
“The House by the Cerulean Sea,” “Remarkably Bright Creatures,” and “The Book of Charlie” were heartwarming (bonus that “The Book of Charlie” was written by a Kansas author). Both of Ira Levin’s books, “Rosemary’s Baby” and “The Stepford Wives” were weird. I ended up watching the movie adaptations… also weird.
“The Mystery Guest” was the sequel to “The Maid,” which I read last year and enjoyed. I loved “Recipe for a Perfect Wife.” a book about an abused woman getting her revenge. It had a similar vibe as “The Lost Apothecary,” which I loved.
“The School for Good Mothers” was a disturbing dystopian book, and “Into the Wild” was heartbreaking.
Jodi Picoult produced another good one with “Mad Honey,” and “The Keeper of Lost Things” was interesting take on lost items.
One Kansas Girl 