I've seen so many people doing these, so I decided to join in on the fun! This will be my very first yearly review and I'm excited :)

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GOALS

My Goodreads reading challenge this year is 30 books. I'm sure I'll pass that with ease, but I always like setting my goal to something tangible and realistic.

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Have fun! I don't have to read the most popular book of the moment right away because everyone else is reading it. I'm going to let my mood direct me this year and not let FOMO take over.

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Read more horror/weird books this year! I wanna get scared! I want to delve into all things scary and dark. I've always loved horror movies, so I want to experience the terror in written form.

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Don't be afraid to DNF!

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SERIES TO REREAD

The Nevernight Chronicle
  Nevernight
  Godsgrave
  Darkdawn

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MONTHLY WRAP UP

❀ January ❀
･ Lore Olympus: Volume 5 ･ ☆☆☆☆
･ The Will of the Many ･ ☆☆☆☆
･ In the Lives of Puppets ･ ☆☆☆☆
･ The Monster of Elendhaven ･ ☆☆☆
･ A Thousand Ships ･ ☆☆☆
･ Cursed Bread ･ ☆☆☆
･ The Testaments ･ ☆☆☆
･ Assistant to the Villain ･ DNF
･ Lapvona ･ ☆☆☆
･ Y/N ･ ☆
･ Earthlings ･ ☆☆

  Total Books Read: 10
  Total Books DNF'd: 1
  Average Star Rating: ☆☆☆
  Favorite Book: The Will of the Many
  Least Favorite Book: Y/N

❀ February ❀
･ The Last House on Needless Street ･ ☆☆☆☆☆
･ Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery ･ ☆☆☆☆
･ Manacled ･ DNF
･ The Laws of the Skies ･ ☆☆
･ The Monsters We Defy ･ DNF
･ Intercepts ･ ☆☆
･ A Little Life ･ ☆☆☆

  Total Books Read: 5
  Total Books DNF'd: 2
  Average Star Rating: ☆☆☆.2
  Favorite Book: The Last House on Needless Street
  Least Favorite Book: Intercepts

❀ March ❀
･ A Psalm for the Wild-Built ･ ☆☆☆☆☆
･ A Prayer for the Crown-Shy ･ ☆☆☆☆
･ Ghost Wall ･ ☆☆
･ Homegoing ･ ☆☆☆
･ Vladimir ･ DNF
･ Penpal ･ DNF
･ The Three-Body Problem ･ ☆☆☆

  Total Books Read: 5
  Total Books DNF'd: 2
  Average Star Rating: ☆☆☆.4
  Favorite Book: A Psalm for the Wild-Built
  Least Favorite Book: Ghost Wall

❀ April ❀
･ Hawk Mountain ･ ☆☆☆
･ Annie Bot ･ ☆☆☆
･ The Dark Forest ･ ☆☆☆
･ Finna ･ ☆☆☆
･ The Houseguest: And Other Stories ･ ☆☆☆

  Total Books Read: 5
  Total Books DNF'd: 0
  Average Star Rating: ☆☆☆
  Favorite Book: Finna
  Least Favorite Book: The Houseguest: And Other Stories

❀ May ❀
･ Open Water ･ ☆☆☆
･ Open Throat ･ ☆☆☆
･ The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II ･ ☆☆☆☆
･ Piranesi ･ ☆☆☆☆
･ The Allegory of the Cave ･ ☆☆☆
･ A Slow Death: 83 Days of Radiation Sickness ･ ☆☆☆☆

  Total Books Read: 6
  Total Books DNF'd: 0
  Average Star Rating: ☆☆☆.5
  Favorite Book: Piranesi
  Least Favorite Book: The Allegory of the Cave

❀ June ❀ the reading slump begins
･ Rouge ･ ☆☆☆☆
･ Diavola ･ ☆☆☆

Total Books Read: 2
Total Books DNF'd: 0
Average Star Rating: ☆☆☆.5
Favorite Book: Rouge
Least Favorite Book: Diavola

❀ July ❀
･ Babel ･ DNF

Total Books Read: 0
Total Books DNF'd: 1
Average Star Rating: N/A
Favorite Book: N/A
Least Favorite Book: N/A

❀ August ❀
･ Monstrilio ･ ☆☆☆☆
･ You Should Have Left ･ ☆☆
･ Hurricane Season ･ DNF

Total Books Read: 2
Total Books DNF'd: 1
Average Star Rating: ☆☆☆
Favorite Book: Monstrilio
Least Favorite Book: You Should Have Left

❀ September ❀
･ 24 Hours in Ancient Athens: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There ･ DNF

Total Books Read: 0
Total Books DNF'd: 1
Average Star Rating: N/A
Favorite Book: N/A
Least Favorite Book: N/A

❀ October ❀
･ It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle ･ DNF
･ Interview with the Vampire ･ DNF
･ Mary ･ DNF
･ Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents ･ ☆☆☆☆
･ The Elissas: Three Girls, One Fate, and the Deadly Secrets of Suburbia ･ DNF
･ The Girl Next Door ･ ☆☆☆

Total Books Read: 2
Total Books DNF'd: 4
Average Star Rating: ☆☆☆.5
Favorite Book: Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents
Least Favorite Book: The Girl Next Door

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-ˏˋ 2024 in Books ˎˊ-

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2024 Reading Goals ˗ˋˏ ♡ ˎˊ˗
♡︎ Read 20 books (30/20)
♡︎ Try different genres
♡︎ Write reviews for each book so I remember why I liked/didn't like it!
♡︎ Do not DNF if more than 50% done with a book
♡︎ Be less harsh with ratings but still honest about my feelings (stop pretending to be a literary critic)

Rating System ˗ˋˏ ♡ ˎˊ˗
✰ did not like/DNF
✰✰ super hard for me to finish and probably didn’t like it very much
✰✰✰ meh not bad, not good
✰✰✰✰ i REALLY enjoyed this book but something is missing
✰✰✰✰✰ LOVE LOVE LOVE

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Genre Tracker ˗ˋˏ ♡ ˎˊ˗
Tracking based on the main genre; each book will be listed as only one genre

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Rating Tracker ˗ˋˏ ♡ ˎˊ˗
1/2 ratings are rounded UP

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Format Tracker ˗ˋˏ ♡ ˎˊ˗
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Rereads Tracker ˗ˋˏ ♡ ˎˊ˗
♡︎ The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
♡︎ Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber
♡︎ The Ballad of Never After by Stephanie Garber
♡︎ A Curse For True Love by Stephanie Garber

Series Tracker ˗ˋˏ ♡ ˎˊ˗
♡︎ Throne of Glass (5/8)
♡︎ One Dark Window (2/2)
♡︎ Powerless (Roberts) (1/3)
♡︎ The House in the Cerulean Sea (1/2)

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Bookclub Tracker ˗ˋˏ ♡ ˎˊ˗

Cenntenial Park (February-June)
February: Powerless by Elsie Silver
March: What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall
April: The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters (did not finish in April

Hopefully 2024 will be a bit brighter than 2023 :)

✍︎ Read 100 Books (0/100)
✍︎ Read & review my ARC's
✍︎ Read more from my physical TBR: (0/10)
✍︎ Give an author/a book a second chance
✍︎ Read at least 2 series start to finish (0/2)
✍︎ Read a couple books in another language (0)
✍︎ Read some of the 2022 goodreads choice award winners & nominees/the one's I find interesting

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Series on my TBR:
⁂ Finish the Quarters novels
⁂ Nevernight series since I have them in my bookshelf anyway
⁂ Mistborn series
⁂ Skyward series
⁂Weyward Children series

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Emoji breakdown:

✅ = finished
❌ = removed, hard dnf or boycotting now