🎯 My Reader Goals 2024
📚 Reading Challenge 2024: Read 54 books & 20,500 pages
Every year I look back at my reading list and think about my reader goals. I don’t have anything specific, other than the number of books/pages I want to tackle.
I will probably continue reading a lot more lighthearted romance books since they proved to be a great way to unwind and bring joy to my life. From my TBR pile (over 200+ books) I picked some to focus on this year:
Series that were on my goals last year that I still want to read in 2024:
A Closed and Common Orbit (Wayfarers, #2) by Becky Chambers
Aurora Blazing (Consortium Rebellion #2) by Jessie Mihalik
Wanderlust (Sirantha Jax #2) by Ann Aguirre
Ambush or Adore (Delightfully Deadly #3) by Gail Carriger
Defy or Defend (Delightfully Deadly #2) by Gail Carriger
Between Two Thorns (The Split Worlds #1) by Emma Newman
Any Other Name (The Split Worlds #2) by Emma Newman
Rosewater (The Wormwood Trilogy #1) by Tade Thompson
Lock In (Lock In #1) by John Scalzi
Diving into the Wreck (Diving Universe #1) by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Fire Logic (Elemental Logic #1) by Laurie J. Marks
The Cold Between (Central Corps #1) by Elizabeth Bonesteel
Series: The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher (I stopped at book #10)
Series: Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold
Series: Old Man’s War by John Scalzi (I stopped at book #3)
Series: The Expanse by James S.A. Corey (finish series: I stopped at book #6)
Series: Uptown Girls by Joanna Shupe
Books I want to read in 2024 (in no particular order):
The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling (currently reading)
The Apollo Murders by Chris Hadfield
One Dark Window (The Shepherd King #1) by Rachel Gillig
A Deadly Education (The Scholomance #1) by Naomi Novik
Iron Flame (The Empyrean #2) by Rebecca Yarros
Artemis by Andy Weir
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Truth or Beard (Winston Brothers #1) by Penny Reid
Not in love by Ali Hazelwood
Bride by Ali Hazelwood
Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood
The Winter King (Weathermages of Mystral #1) by C.L. Wilson
Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment #1) by Rebecca Ross
Book of Night (Book of Night #1) by Holly Black
Starter Villain by John Scalzi
Ninth House (Alex Stern #1) by Leigh Bardugo
System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries #7) by Martha Wells
Divinity 36 (Tinkered Starsong #1) by Gail Carriger
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
Shadowbound (Dark Arts #1) by Bec McMaster
Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes #0.5) by Travis Baldree
The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz
The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie
The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley
Paladin's Grace (The Saint of Steel #1) by T. Kingfisher
Pride and Protest by Nikki Payne
That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon (Mead Mishaps #1) by Kimberly Lemming
Beach Read by Emily Henry
The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels (Dangerous Damsels #1) by India Holton
The Widow of Rose House by Diana Biller
Silver Silence (Psy-Changeling Trinity #1) by Nalini Singh
Non-fiction books:
Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed by Ben R. Rich
Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout by Cal Newport
In Defence of Food by Michael Pollan
The Science of Time Travel by Elizabeth Howell
Power of Fun by Catherine Price
The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick by Mallory O'Meara
Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock by Jenny Odell
How to Focus by ThÃch Nhất Hạnh
The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times by Pema Chödrön
Last Chance to See by Mark Carwardine, Douglas Adams
â–¶ I will have at least 12 more books that are going to be picked for my local Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Club (we read 1 book/month).
This list is just a starting point, in case I run out of ideas!
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By Noisy Deadlines Minimalist in progress, nerdy, introvert, skeptic. I don't leave without my e-reader.