And this is it my final annual post for 2023 is here for you to read. My 2024 reading plan is a bit different from normal years. 2023 was an amazing year for me but also a stressful one. I had so many amazing opportunities through work and The British Fantasy Awards and I was able to expand upon my reading but I found that this year I felt I had restricted myself too much with all my themes and goals. I didn’t really feel like I could just read want I wanted to read in moment because I had planned way too much in the year.

So, this year I wanted to strip back A LOT for 2024 and really just give myself very simple and basic goals. No more themes or complicated challenges.

How many books do I plan to read in 2023? (Goodreads Reading Challenge)

Last year I was super successful and read over 160 books. I feel confident that I will have another great reading year this year but maybe not as successful as 2023. For this year I didn’t want to over-extend myself so I have decided to keep my challenge the same as last year and challenge myself to read 100 book. I think this is easily doable and won’t stress me out.

2024 Sequels Challenge

Another challenge from last year that stays the exact same. Every year I try to stay on top of all the series I am currently in the middle of. While last year I had 24 on-going series, 2024 has 37 WHOLE SERIES and again, like last year, I am not going to be able to read all of them so I am sticking to my 12 sequels a month challenge with very high hopes that I will read more than just 12.

Here are all the sequels lined up:

Title	Author	Series	No. in Series
A Very Lively Murder	Katy Watson	Dahlia Lively	2
The Shadow Cabinet	Juno Dawson	Her Majesty’s Royal Coven	2
The Bullet That Missed	Richard Osman	The Thursday Murder Club	3
The Atlas Paradox	Olivie Blake	Atlas	2
A Torch Against the Night	Sabaa Tahir	An Ember in the Ashes	2
The Republic of Thieves	Scott Lynch	Gentleman Bastard	3
Harrow the Ninth	Tamsyn Muir	The Locked Tomb	2
Haikyu!! Vol.4	Haruichi Furudate
Good Girl, Bad Blood	Holly Jackson	A Good Girls’ Guide to Murder	2
Sunbringer	Hannah Kaner	Fallen Gods	2
Artificial Condition	Martha Wells	The Murderbot Diaries	2
Down Amongst the Sticks and Bones	Seanan McGuire	Wayward Children	2
The Silvered Serpents	Roshani Chokshi	The Gilded Wolves	2
Blue Exorcist, Vol. 3	Kazue Kato
The Devil’s Flute Murders	Seishi Yokomizo	Detective Kosuke Kindaichi	5
The Heroic Legend of Arslan, Vol.2	Hiromu Arakawa
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, Vol. 6	Kanehito Yamada
Yona of the Dawn, Vol. 2	Mizuho Kusanagi
Dumb Witness	Agatha Christie	Hercule Poirot	17
The Fire Court	Andrew Taylor	Marwood and Lovett	2
Moriarty the Patriot, Vol.3	Ryosuke Takeuchi
Claymore, Vol.2	Yagi Norihiro
Spy X Family, Vol.2	Tatsuya Endo
Usotoki Rhetoric, Vol.2	Miyako Ritsu
Clouds of Witness	Dorothy L. Sayers	Lord Peter Wimsey	2
Inyuasha, Vol.2	Rumiko Takahashi
The Faraway Paladin, Vol.2	Mutsumi Okubashi
Children of the Whales, Vol.2	Abi Umeda
Drifting Dragons, Vol.2	Taku Kawubara
Snow White with the Red Hair, Vol.2	Sorata Akiduki
Twilight Princess, Vol.3	Akira Himekawa
Bloodmarked	Tracey Deonn	Legendborn	2
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 3	Naoko Takeuchi
Foxglove	Adalyn Grace	Belladonna	2
The Abducted Alchemist	Hiromu Arakawa	FMA: Light Novels	2
Heavenly Tyrant	Xiran Jay Zhao	Iron Widow	2
Nana, Vol. 2	Ai Yazawa

Physical TBR Challenge

Now I did really well with my TBR challenge last year so I feel I could do better this time around. last year I read 41 so I want to push myself a bit more and try to read 50 books from my Physical TBR.

30 Manga Volumes in 30 Days

Last year, on TikTok, I documented myself trying to read 30 books in 30 days. I read 20 novels/novellas and I am very impressed with myself. I wanted to do it again but knew I would never want to face that many novels and I saw a BookTuber/ex-bookseller do a manga version and knew that I wanted to do the same. So, in August 2024 I want to read 30 manga volumes in 30 days.

New Releases

And finally, not a challenge but something to be mindful of. I have the privilege through both IndiaReadsaLot and my work to have received a couple of 2024 releases. Last year, I felt I was quite slack on reading and reviewing the books I received on time. While I understand publishers are understanding of the big TBRs and other commitments I do want to make sure I have a strong new release focus this year so I can get back on track.