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2024
My Year in Books
3,915
pages read
14
books read


Becoming a Good Ancestor by Alexandra Asseily
Shortest Book
101
pages
The Mirror & the Light by Hilary Mantel
Longest Book
759
pages

Average book length in 2024
279
pages

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Most Shelved
4,930,526
people also shelved
Jean Pigozzi by Jean Pigozzi
Least Shelved
10
people also shelved

Elizabeth’s average rating for 2024
4.5
4.5

Becoming a Good Ancestor by Alexandra Asseily
Highest Rated on Goodreads
it was amazing
5.00 average

The Mirror & the Light by Hilary Mantel

Elizabeth’s first review of the year

This book tripped me up for my book count for 2023! The writer is amazing, fabulous, articulate, immersive. But I don't like reading about downfalls in general. It's the same issue with the movie Titanic or Henry James' Portrait of a Lady. I just lose my momentum and desire. I start going slower and slower because I know what's going to happen and I know I won't like it!
Anyways, I made it. I had to finish this trilogy. I now know more about Thom
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ELIZABETH’S 2024 BOOKS
The Mirror & the Light by Hilary Mantel
Jean Pigozzi by Jean Pigozzi
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
Restart by Gordon Korman
The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney
Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney
Becoming a Good Ancestor by Alexandra Asseily
it was amazing
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
A Girl's Story by Annie Ernaux
Theater Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
really liked it
The Years by Annie Ernaux
Bonjour Tristesse / A Certain Smile by Françoise Sagan
A Certain Smile by Françoise Sagan
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney

Intermezzo by Sally Rooney

Elizabeth’s last review of the year

Sally Rooney is the queen of dysfunctional relationships. She has an uncanny ability to drill down, line by line, into a romantic encounter while showing connection and dissociation at the same time. I really enjoy her work.
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