I can’t believe another year has flown past – how exciting!!! So, this year I didn’t really give myself many challenges so this post will not be as long as they have normally been!

Goodreads Reading Challenge

So, my goal for this year was to read 100 books, this was the same goal I had last year as well. Last year, I read 168 so while I was very confident I was going to complete my 100 books I was not feeling confident on beating 168. I can now confirm that this year I read 163 books!!! So while I didn’t beat 168, I still smashed my original goal.

2024 Sequels Challenge

This is another goal that doesn’t change with each year. Just the amount of books has heavily increased going from 12 to 24 to 37. Now my original goal was just to read 12 this year so a super easy manageable goal. I can confirm I read 25 sequels this year! I think this is down to reading a lot of manga during my 30 volumes in 30 days challenge!

New – This just means I read an extra sequel in a series I have already established I’m reading or a sequel to a series I started in 2024.

• January

  • Sunbringer – Hannah Kaner
  • Artificial Condition – Martha Wells
  • The Heroic Legend of Arslan, Vol.2 – Hiromu Arakawa
  • A Torch Against the Night – Sabaa Tahir
• February

  • Sweat and Soap, Vol.2 – Kintetsu Yamada
  • Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol.3 – Naoko Takeuchi
• March

  • Yona of the Dawn, Vol.2 – Mizuho
  • Witch Hat Atelier, Vol.3 – Kamome Shirahama
• April

  • Dumb Witness – Agatha Christie
• May

  • The Devil’s Flute Murders – Seishi Yokomizo
  • Good Girl, Bad Blood – Holly Jackson
• June

  • Children of the Whales, Vol.2 – Abi Umeda
• July

  • The Restaurant of Lost Recipes – Kashiwai
• August

  • The Faraway Paladin, Vol.2 –
  • Drifting Dragons, Vol.2 – Taku Kawabara
  • Orange: Future – Ichigo Takano
  • Snow White with the Red Hair, Vol. 2, 3, 4 – Sorata Akiduki
  • Nana, Vol. 2 – Ai Yazawa
  • Blue Exorcist, Vol.3 – Kazue Kato
  • The Girl from the Other Side, Vol. 4 – Nagabe
  • Usotoki Rhetoric, Vol. 2 –
  • Claymore, Vol. 2 – Nori Yagi
• September

  • Harrow the Ninth – Tamsyn Muir
• November

  • A Very Lively Murder – Katy Watson
  • Spy X Family, Vol.2 – Tatsuya Endo
• December

  • TLOZ: Twilight Princess, Vol. 3 – Akira Himekawa

The books I will be taking over into 2025 are –

• The Bullet That Missed – Richard Osman
• The Republic of Thieves – Scott Lynch
• Down Amongst the Sticks and Bones – Seanan McGuire
• The Silvered Serpents – Roshani Chokshi
• Clouds of Witness – Dorothy L. Sayers
• Inuyasha, Vol.2 – Rumiko Takahashi
• Heavenly Tyrant – Xiran Jay Zhao

Physical TBR Challenge

So, I challenged myself this year to read 50 books on my Physical TBR and I smashed it by reading 66 books! Absolutely incredible. That being said I won’t list all those books because there are so many!

30 Volumes in 30 Days

So I did a brand new challenge this year and decided to challenge myself to read 30 volumes in 30 days. I had a tiny bit of success in 2023 trying to read 30 books and managed to get up to 20 so I thought why not try to read manga and graphic novels.

I am happy to say I completed this challenge and read 30 volumes!!