Sunday, January 5, 2025

New Authors (for me) and Pages Read in 2024

Here the authors I read in 2024 (not counting those assigned by the publicist) that I have not read before.

PJ Peterson

Kate Evans

Christina Lauren

Jessica Rosenberg

Janie Chang

Kristin Vukovic

Maddie Dawson

Susan Dormady Eisenberg

Monica Wood

Tami Anastasia

Richard Snyder

Erika Montgomery

Jill Fordyce

Jeffrey Deaver/Isabel Maldonado

Victor Method

Pages read - 13,757


 

Saturday, January 4, 2025

Top Books of 2024

Here are my top books of 2024.  Out of a maximum of 4.0, I've got 4.0, 3.75, and 3.5.  And, like before, they are listed in the order of my reading them.

4.0 -

Look What You Made Me Do - Erin Gordon

The True Love Experiment - Christina Lauren

The Women - Kristin Hannah

Hold Strong - Robert Dugoni/Jeff Langholz/Chris Crabtree

Last Christmas in Paris - Heather Webb/Hazel Gaynor

3.75 -

A Killing on the Hill - Robert Dugoni

Queens of London - Heather Webb

The Trail of Lost Hearts - Tracey Garvis Graves

Only the Beautiful - Susan Meissner

How to Read a Book - Monica Wood

A Summer to Remember - Erika Montgomery

Hello Stranger - Katherine Center

Fatal Intrusion - Jeffrey Deaver/Isabel Maldonado

3.5

The Phoenix Crown - Janie Chang/Kate Quinn

The Paris Widow - Kimberly Belle

The Cheesemaker's Daughter - Kristin Vukovic

The Incorrigibles - Meredith Jaeger

Let's Pretend This Will Work - Maddie Dawson

Find Me in California - Kerry Lonsdale

Her Deadly Game - Robert Dugoni

Ice Ice Maybe - Rich Amooi

The Silent Watcher - Victor Methos

Tilka Faces the Odds - L.A. Meredith




Friday, January 3, 2025

Books Read in 2024

Here are the 45 books I read in 2024.  The first list is the books I read for our book club or just because.  The 2nd list is the books I read for the publicist that I read and review for.  Both lists are in the order I read them:

One Will too Many - PJ Peterson

A Killing on the Hill - Robert Dugoni

Wanderland - Kate Evans

Look What You Made Me Do - Erin Gordon

The True Love Experiment - Christina Lauren

Queens of London - Heather Webb

Matterhorn - Christopher Reich

Last Dance - Sheldon Siegel

Butter, Sugar & Magic - Jessica Rosenberg

Endless in Love - Jennifer Skully/Bella Andre

The Women - Kristin Hannah

The Phoenix Crown - Janie Chang/Kate Quinn

The Paris Widow - Kimberly Belle

The Treasure of Trenalon - A.R. Silverberry

The Trail of Lost Hearts - Tracey Garvis Graves

Booth - Karen Joy Fowler

Winter Sky - Jenna Starly

The Cheesemaker's Daughter - Kristin Vukovic

Only the Beautiful - Susan Meissner

Rattlesnake - C. Lee McKenzie

The Incorrigibles - Meredith Jaeger

The Haters - Robyn Harding

Let's Pretend This Will Work - Maddie Dawson

One More Seat at the Round Table - Susan Dormady Eisenberg

How to Read a Book - Monica Wood

Essential Strategies for the Dementia Caregivers - Tami Anastasia

Find Me in California - Kerry Lonsdale

Her Deadly Game - Robert Dugoni

Defector in Paradise - Richard Snyder

A Summer to Remember - Erika Montgomery

Hello Stranger - Katherine Center

Belonging - Jill Fordyce

Fatal Intrusion - Jeffrey Deaver/Isabel Maldonado

Hold Strong - Robert Dugoni/Jeff Langholz/Chris Crabtree

Ice Ice Maybe - Rich Amooi

The Silent Watcher - Victor Method

Tilka Faces the Odds - L.A. Meredith

Last Christmas in Paris - Heather Webb/Hazel Gaynor


Publicist Books:

Dream Me Home - Laurie Elizabeth Murphy

Danger Close - Domestic Extremist - #1 Comes Clean - Patrick Byrne

The Mindset of a Dyslexic Entrepreneur - Don Steele

The Angel and the Amazing Life of Maggie Love - C.R. Fabis

All Mortal Greatness: A Novel - Nelson Cover

Tesla's Cottage - Barbara Daddino