2024 Book Reads

2024 Reading Goals:  Along with an online challenge...or two...I hope to achieve the following:

1. to read an average of one book per week = minimum of 52 books
2. to read half of my goal from my own TBR pile = 26 books (these will be bolded).
3. to complete books for book clubs before the meeting time (love book clubs!)
4. to finish books from 2023 Book Club lists...I am always behind!
5. to read more series (love series!)
6. to completely read more professional books 
7. to continue to read more young adult books
8. to read a classic...or four!
9. ✔ = book read (Begins with Book Clubs)

Chronological Reading List

January

1. Swedish Art of Death Cleansing  (Paper Chase)                                                          
2. Lowcountry Getaway by Susan M. Boyer - ebook
3. The Sound of Sleigh Bells by Janet Dailey - ebook
4. Telling Lies by L.A. Dobbs (A Sam Mason K-9 Dog Mystery, Book 1) ebook
5. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (published in birth year)
6. Juliet by Anne Fortier (Bernadette's Jan Challenge)
7. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (Bernadette's Classic Book)
   February
8. Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke (Bernadette's Feb Chal) ebook
9. Inheritance by Nora Roberts - ebook
10. The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic by Breanne Randall - ebook
11. The Nightingale by Kristen Hannah (12Books/12Months/12Friends)
12. A Steadfast Surrender by Nancy Moser - ebook
13. Fear No Truth by Lyndee Walker - ebook
14. Leave No Stone by Lyndee Walker - ebook
15. No Sin Unpunished by Lyndee Walker - ebook
16. Nowhere to Hide by Lyndee Walker - ebook
    March
17. No Love Lost by Lyndee Walker - ebook                                                          
18. Tell No Lies by Lyndee Walker - ebook
19. The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen
20. Appalachian Song by Michelle Shocklee - ebook
21. Ascendant by Michael R. Miller - ebook
22. Spells for Forgetting by Adrienne Young - ebook
23. The Bad Weather Friend by Dean Koontz - ebook
24. Just Go for It by Caleb Anderson (Paper Chase Book Club - March)
25. Thunder and Rain by Charles Martin - ebook
26. Deadly Vendetta by Roxanne Rustand - ebook
27. Deadly Noel by Rosanne Rustand - ebook
28. It Is Finished by Charles Martin - 3-30-24 (Lent book)
    April
29. The Circle Maker by Mark Batterson - Bible Study text
30. Deadly Betrayal by Roxanne Rustand - ebook
31. Deadly Evidence - Book 4 by Roxanne Rustand - ebook
32. The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon - ebook
    May
33. Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen - ebook
34. Love Inspired Historical February 2014 (read three of the four) - ebook         
35. Ryan Kaine (Books 1-3) by Kerry Donovan - Kindle Unlimited
36. Ryan Kaine (Books 4-6) by Kerry Donovan
37. Ryan Kaine (Book 7) and DCI Jones (Book 5) by Kerry Donovan
38. Ryan Kaine (Books 8-10) by Kerry Donovan
39. Ryan Kaine (Books 11-12) and DCI Jones (Book 6) by Kerry Donovan
40. The Obsession by Nora Roberts - Libby - ebook
41. The MacKade Brothers (books 1, 3, 4)  by Nora Roberts - ebooks
    June
42. The Lady's Mine by Francine Rivers
43. Industry by David C. McKinney (Paper Chase)
44. The Book Woman's Daughter by Kim Michelle Richardson
45. The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams - SCHS Book Club
46. The Echo of Old Books by Barbara Davis
47. The Witness by Nora Roberts - ebook
48. Under Currents by Nora Roberts
49. Counter Attack by Patricia Bradley - library loan
50. Fatal Witness by Patricia Bradley - library loan
51. A Matter of Choice by Nora Roberts - ebook
52. Standoff by Patricia Bradley - Book 1 
53. Tribute by Nora Roberts
54. Obsession by Patricia Bradley - ebook - Book 2
55. The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters (ebook)
56. The Night Tales by Nora Roberts (four ebooks)
57. The Jury Master by Robert Dugoni - ebook
    July
58. The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hill by Robert Dugoni
59. The Seaside Library by Brenda Novak - Indep County Library
60. Team One by Brad Lee - ebook
61. Wayside Ranch series - ebooks 1, 2, 4
62. The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise by Colleen Oakley
63. The Winter Cottage by Rachal Lucas - ebook
64. The Liar by Nora Roberts
65. Perimeter (Levi Yoder, Book 1) by M.A. Rothman
    August
66. Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe by Heather Webber
67. The Wild Lavender Bookshop by Jodi Thomas
68. Mind Games by Nora Roberts
    September
69. Nightshade by Nora Roberts
70. Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingel Wilder
71. The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
    October/November - 0 Books read 
    December
72. The Wedding Dress Christmas by Rachel Hauck (ebook)
73. A Lighthouse Cafe Christmas by Jennifer Faye (ebook)
74. Christmas at Copper Mountain by Jane Porter (ebook)
75. The Autobiography of Santa Claus by Jeff Guinn
76. Marrying Noel by Melanie D. Snitker (ebook)
77. Polar Opposites by Susan Page Davis (ebook)
78. Jingle All the Way to Snowside by Kathy Coatne (ebook)
79. Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez (ebook)
80. South of the Buttonwood Tree by Heather Webber (PaperChase/Jan25)
81. The Old Testament

If All Arkansas Read the Same Book:  The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry

Book Clubs

• Paper Chase
1. January: Swedish Art of Death Cleansing (Lenora) ✔
2. February:  Of Mice and Men (Tammy) (Previously read...several times ;)
3. March:  Just Go for It by Caleb Anderson (Kathy Altom)  ✔
4. April:  Book Woman's Daughter (Brenda)  ✔
5. May:   (Mayfen)
6. June: Industry by David McKinney (Jane)  ✔
7. July:  The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise (Tammy)  ✔
8. August:  Midnight at The Blackbird Cafe (Stephanie)  ✔
9. September:  Little House on the Prairie (Ruth)  ✔
10. October:  The Whip by Karen Kondazian (Merry Anne)
11. November:  Thanksgiving Night by Bausch
12. December: The Autobiography of Santa Claus  ✔
• Lyon College
1. January:  The Sentence by Louise Erdrich - DNF
2. May:  The Strawberry Thief 
3. July:  The Little Liar by Mitch Albom   ✔  (Finished 1-2-25)
4. August:  The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise by Colleen Oakley ✔
5. November:  The Incorruptibles by 
• Friends and Fiction
• January:  A Book Published in Your Birth Year
• 1966:  Truman Capote's In Cold Blood ✔
• February:  A Debut Book by a Person of Color
• Ayana Gray's Beasts of Ruin and Beasts of War
• March:  A Book with Book Club or Bookstore in the Title
• The Echo of Old Books (Set in a bookstore!)  ✔
• April:  A Book by an Author Using  Pen Name
• Robert Galbreath (JK Rowling)
• The Ink Black Heart and The Running Grave
• May:  A Book Set in a Place You Would Like to Visit
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• June:  A Book with Summer in the Title
• Summers at the Saint, Mary Kay Andrews
• July:  A Book from a Little Free Library
• August:  A Book That Inspired a TV Show or Movie
• September:  A True Crime Book
• October:  Team Vampire or Team Werewolf?
• November:  A Collection of Short Stories or Essays
• December:  A Book Recommended by the Fab 4.
• The Girlfriend Book Club
• January:  Forth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
• January:  The Spectacular by Fiona Davis 
• February:  The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride - DNF
• March:  The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters - ebook ✔
• April:  The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon - ebook ✔
• May:  The Women by Hannah Kristen
• June : Go As a River by Shelley Read
• July:  Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez 
• August:  The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl
• September:  Sandwich by Catherine Newman
• October:  The Briar Club by Kate Quinn
  
• November:  All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
• December:  By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult
• 2024 Lowcountry Boil
• January: The Girl From the Red Rose Motel by Susan Zurenda
• February: The Last Original Wife by Dorothea Benton Frank - DNF
• March: Smile Beach Murder by Alicia Bessette
• April: The Sullivan's Island Supper Club by Susan M. Boyer
• May: Summers at the Saint by Mary Kay Andrews
• June: Swan Song by Elin Hilderbrand
• July: A Happier Life by Kristy Woodson Harvey
• August: Sweetgrass by Mary Alice Monroe
• September: The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center
• October: Beach Haven  by T.I. Lowe  ✔ (Read Jan. 2025)
• November: Kinfolk by Sean Dietrich
• December: The Christmas Spirit by Debbie Macomber
  
  
• Bernadette's Classic Book

  

• Jan/Feb:  Gone with the Wind ✔
• January Mini-Challenge - book with rose in title or on cover
• Juliet by Anne Fortier ✔
• February Mini-challenge - book with chocolate in title or on cover
• Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke ✔
• March:  Rebecca 
• March Mini-challenge - book with green cover
• The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen ✔
• April: Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden 
• April Mini-challenge - Musical instrument on cover
• May:  Persuasion by Jane Austin
• May Mini-challenge:  features a mother/daughter or mother/son relationship
• June:  The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
• June Mini-challenge:   features a father/daughter or father/son relationship
• July:  Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farms by Kate Douglas Wiggin
• July Mini-challenge:  red, white, blue on cover (words or colors)
• August:  The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
  
• August:  James by Percival Everett
• August Mini-challenge:  
• September:  Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
• October:  Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
• November:  Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
  
• December:  Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie
• SCHS Reads
• June:  The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams  ✔
• Bonus:  The Lady's Mine by Francine Rivers  ✔
• July:  The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoni  ✔
• Bonus:  The Exchange by John Grisham
• August:  The Women by Kristen Hannah
• September/October:  How the Best Did It: Leadership Lessons From Our Top Presidents by Talmage Boston 
• November:  Once upon a Wardrobe by Patti Callahan
• December:  The Autobiography of Santa Claus
  
  
• Arkansas Teen Book Award Nominees
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• LifeVerse
• January:  The Sisters of Sea View by Julie Klassen

Challenges

• 12 Books...12 Friends...12 Months
• January:  The Nightingale - Recommended by Abby Barker ✔
• February:  The Echo of Old Books - Recommended by Merry Anne McSpadden  ✔
• March:  The Day the World Came to Town - Recommended by Jeanne Trawick 
• April:  The Book Woman's Daughter - Recommended by Janet Davis   ✔
• May:  The Exchange - Recommended by Dorothy Pollett
• June:  The Source - Recommended by Lana Steed
• July:  The Reading List - Recommended by David Ward  ✔
• August:  Find the Happy You - Recommended by author Melissa Gallant
• September:  Anne of Green Gables - Recommended by Brenda Breckenridge
• October:  The Boys from Biloxi - Recommended by Peggy Alexander
• November:  Lonesome Dove - Recommended by Matt Carter
• December:  A Soul as Cold as Frost - Recommended by Clarissa Wyatt
• Extras!
• I Am the Messenger - Recommended by David Ward
• Between the Shades of Gray - Recommended by Cathy Lee