#2024 read

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2024 reading goal!

I want to read more nonfiction! I do like it, but it can be hard to start a new one. So I'm trying to hold myself to more!

Last year I did 20% nonfiction reads, so let's try to double that!! My goal is 40% nonfiction reads! No requirements on my fiction.

This said, I NEED MORE NONFICTION for my tbr. I have some of course already waiting, but I will need more.

Recommend me nonfiction to read?!?

[thepigeonsreviews]

I really liked this book:) With knowledge that Ms Carleton writes some triggering and dark stuff, I don’t understand why people read it if they’re not comfortable with it. And then they leave nasty reviews. This book was written beautifully, and the plot was really great. I found the switching of times a little confusing, but it all added up in the end. Honestly it kinda feels like it’s left on a cliffhanger, but it’s a good ending!! The hardcover version I bought off of Amazon somehow did not come with a page 204. Soooo if anyone has that page, please message me because I seriously need that page 😭

[thepigeonsreviews]

First off, the trigger warnings were taken straight from the authors website 💀 Brynne Weaver is so funny I swear lol! Anyway, I loved this book! It was a book of the month for Feb and I saw the "murder games" and I was like YOINK gotta read that. And it did not disappoint! I loved how this story took place over a few years at a time. The annual games were such a fun aspect and I loved every bit of it!! It was a fun story that was super exciting and entertaining.

Sloan and Rowan were just the best. When they say get you a man who can cook, you find yourself a Rowan Kane!! He's a chef, and whats even better? He's a good serial killer (yk, the kind that kills the actual bad killers and r*pists)!! AND he's obsessed with his friend who he met while trying to kill the same guy??? STOP ITS THE CUTEST MEET CUTE I'VE EVER SEEN! Gosh, just such a good couple!

The spice... Woah ok. Well, you saw the trigger warnings! I loved it every bit of the way. AHHH i just don't have a lot to say about it lol it was just wild lmaoooooo

[bookishlyread]

December Wrap Up:

-Read: 6 books (1st photo)

-Hauled: 13 books (2nd book)

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November Wrap Up;

-Read: 6 books (1st photo)

-Hauled: 8 books (2nd & 3rd photo)

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October Wrap Up:

-Read: 6 books (1st & 2nd photo)

-Hauled: 13 books (3rd, 4th, 5th photo)

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I just finished The Willows by Algernon Blackwood and had to look it up. It felt like a sort of early precursor to Lovecraft's work. Lo and behold, right at the beginning of its Wikipedia page includes that Lovecraft was a fan of it. Definitely it was some inspiration for him.

And it was a good, short story! Some really beautifully evocative imagery. And the reactions of the men are really neat.

It's been really neat lately finding works that inspired other stuff I've read. A reminder that we never do anything entirely alone.

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September Wrap Up:

-Read: 6 books (1st & 2nd photo)

-Hauled: 11 books (3rd - 5th photo)