It’s Tuesday and the end of the year is drawing near. Since this week’s topic for Top Ten Tuesday is a freebie, I thought it would be a good time to take a look on my backlist books I wanted to read in 2024 and how well I did or did not do on this reading goal. I already did a mid-year check-in, but now it’s time for the end of the year results.
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.
- Book Lovers by Emily Henry – I already read this book at the start of the year, but it wasn’t that much of a success.
- Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett – I finally read this book last month and I thoroughly enjoyed it after having to put it aside earlier this year.
- True Biz by Sara Novic – I read this book in spring, but it’s by far not as gripping as Girl at War.
- Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng – No, I still haven’t read this one yet. I’m not sure whether I will succeed in doing so before we ring in the new year.
- Boy Queen by George Lester – Nope, haven’t read this either. This is one I can squeeze in however, it’s not that long.
- The Pearl that Broke its Shell by Nadia Hashimi – No, I still haven’t read it. I’m a bit hesitant after my reading experience with When the Moon is Low earlier this year.
- The Challenger by Taran Matharu – Oh gosh, I haven’t read this one either.
- The Chase by Elle Kennedy – I added this to my “up next” queue on The Storygraph, so that’s at least some progress right?
- Peach Blossom Spring by Melissa Fu – Yes, I read this one in summer finally.
- Rebel by Rebecca Yarros – I’m too bad at finishing series, because I haven’t read this one either.
Compared to my mid-year check-in, I only read 2 more books, which means that I have read 4 books of the initial 10 I had hoped to read.
How do you do on your backlist books? Do you keep track of them? Do you select a certain amount you definitely want to read in a year?
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