Well, I sort of made it. I did the reading but I don’t see me getting the last reviews posted before midnight as plans with the family feel a bit more important at the moment. Alas, if the review isn’t linked the review will be coming in the next few days. I’ll also announce my 2025 challenge categories soon. For the most part, it was a great year full of a lot of life changes for me at the tail end that leave me feeling pretty optimistic about 2025. Hope you all are also feeling optimistic and have a very happy and safe New Year’s if you still have yet to see the hour pass. And as always, thanks so much for reading!

1. An Alliterative Title: The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks by Shauna Robinson
2. Book from this Reader’s Digest List of “100 Best Books of All Time“: The Wind Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
3. Reese’s Book Club pick: Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
4. Book published in the 1800’s: Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells
5. Book by a Famous Author that is New-to-Me: The House of Last Resort by Christopher Golden
6. A Book Outside My Comfort Zone: Fragile Designs by Colleen Coble
7. Book Written in Verse: Don’t Call me a Hurricane by Ellen Hagan
8. Book by an author using a pseudonym: Silverview by John Le Carre
9. A Productivity Book: Tidy the F*ck Up: The American Art of Organizing Your Sh*t by Messie Condo
10. Own Voices Book: Homeward by Angela Jackson-Brown
11. Alliterative Author pick: Divine Rivals Rebecca Ross
12. Debut Novel: A Good House for Children by Kate Collins
13. Celebrity or Comedy memoir: In Pieces by Sally Field
14. Young Adult Fantasy: Dragonfruit by Makiia Lucier
15. Nonfiction title: The Serial Killer’s Apprentice by Katherine Ramsland and Tracy Ullman
16. Book Turned to Film in 2024: The Watchers by A.M. Shine
17. For my Henry – a Book About or Featuring Turtles: Lucky Turtle by Bill Roorbach (in fact, there aren’t any ACTUAL turtles in this book… oh well)
18. For my Willa – a Book About or Featuring Cats: An Inheritance of Magic by Benedict Jacka
19. Book Chosen by Cover Art: The Magic All Around by Jennifer Moorman
20. Book Recommended by a Fellow Blogger: The Women by Kristen Hannah
21. Bad Reader category: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
22. Oprah’s Book Club: Many Lives of Mama Love by Lara Love Hardin
23. A New to Me Classic: Fathers and Sons Ivan Turgenev
24. Goodreads Top Choice Awards 2023 winner : Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
25. Booker Prize: James by Percival Everett
26. Book in Excess of 500 pages: The Outsider by Stephen King