Time is a strange concept. You think you’ll take a short break from writing, and before you know it a month has passed, then six months, a year, possibly even more. Then the burning question arises - how do I restart my blogging?
To pull myself out of the writing rut I set myself a challenge – read 52 books in 52 weeks and then if it seems like the challenge will succeed, blog about them all. I’ve been partaking in The 52 Book Club’s 2024 Reading Challenge but with an added blogging twist!
I’m currently on track to get the challenge completed, and so I’m going to share my thoughts about the books I chose to read throughout the year. (As you can see, there are still a few blanks on my list, but once those blanks have been filled, I’ll update the list and add the reviews!)
The joy of this type of challenge is reading books you might not normally read, finding new authors you love, and perhaps re-reading an old favorite you’ve forgotten about. I can’t say I’ve enjoyed every book I’ve read during the challenge, but I’ve still learnt something from it. I might not like a book for a certain reason, but someone else will love it. Never be dismissive of a book with a “bad” review, if the subject piques your interest, give it a go; you might find you enjoy something you would never normally read. (Equally, just because the book is by an established author people rave about, you might find the book as dull as dishwater.)
This is how my 2024 Reading Challenge has panned out, there were so many titles I could have chosen, and some that haven’t made it on the list will be read in the future! I hope that this list inspires you to add some of these titles to you TBR pile!
#1. Locked-Room Mystery – Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney (Audible)
#2. Bibliosmia: A
Smelly Book – The Burning Girls by C.J.Tudor (Audible)
#3. More Than 40
Chapters – Burial Rites by Hannah Kent (Audible)
#4. Lowercase
Letters On The Spine – The Quality of Silence by Rosamund Lupton (Paperback)
#5. Magical
Realism – The Murmur of Bees by Sofia Segovia (Kindle)
#6. Women In STEM - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (Hardback)
#7. At Least Four
Different POV – How Not to Murder Your Ex by Katie Marsh (Kindle)
#8. Features The
Ocean – Mr Peacock’s Possessions by Lydia Syson (Paperback)
#9. A
Character-Driven Novel – The Satsuma Complex by Bob Mortimer (Paperback)
#10. Told In
Non-Chronological Order – After the Silence by Louise O’Neill (Audible)
#11. Starting With
The Letter "K" – The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley (Audible)
#12. Starting With
The Letter "L" – Lullaby by Leila Slimani (Paperback)
#13. An Academic
Thriller – Three Hours by Rosamund Lupton (Paperback)
#14. A Grieving
Character – Eleven Liars by Robert Gold (Audible)
#15. Part Of A
Duology – Deeper Than The Dead by Debra Webb (Kindle)
#16. An Omniscient
Narrator – Arthur & George by Julian Barnes (Audible)
#17. Nominated For
The Booker Prize – Possession by A.S. Byatt (Audible)
#18. An Apostrophe
In The Title - tbc
#19. A Buddy Read
– The Trial by Rob Rinder (Kindle)
#20. A Revenge
Story – Crime & Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Audible)
#21. Written By A
Ghostwriter – There’s a Hole in My Bucket by Royd Tolkein (Kindle)
#22. A Plot
Similar To Another Book - The Guest List by Lucy Foley (Paperback)
#23. The Other
Book With The Similar Plot – Murder on Lake Garda by Tom Hindle (Paperback)
#24. A Cover
Without People On It – The Goodbye Cat by Hiro Arikawa (Paperback)
#25. An Author
"Everyone" Has Read Except You - tbc
#26. Hybrid Genre –
The Village Healer’s Book of Cures by Jennifer Sherman Roberts (Kindle)
#27. By A
Neurodivergent Author - tbc
#28. A Yellow
Spine – Butter by Asako Yuzuki (Paperback)
#29. Published In
A Year Of The Dragon – Ten Seconds by Robert Gold (Audible)
#30. Picked
Without Reading The Blurb – Pine by Francine Toon (Paperback)
#31. Includes A Personal
Phobia – The Narrator by K.L. Slater (Audible)
#32. Time Frame
Spans A Week Or Less – The Curfew by T.M. Logan (Audible)
#33. An Abrupt
Ending - tbc
#34. Set In A
Landlocked Country - tbc
#35. Title Matches
Lyrics From A Song – The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Audible)
#36. Has
Futuristic Technology – In Our Likeness by Bryan Vandyke (Kindle)
#37. Palindrome On
The Cover - tbc
#38. Published By
Hachette – The Running Grave by Robert Galbraith (Audible)
#39. Non-Fiction
Recommended By A Friend – The Haunting of Alma Fielding by Kate Summerscale
(Paperback)
#40. Set During A
Holiday You Don't Celebrate - tbc
#41. A Sticker On
The Cover – The Wicked Boy by Kate Summerscale (Paperback)
#42. Author Debut
In Second Half Of 2024 – Ghost Chilli by Nikkitha Bakshani (Paperback
pre-release)
#43. About Finding
Identity – Novelist as a Vocation by Murakami (Paperback)
#44. Includes A Wedding
– tbc
#45. Chapter
Headings Have Dates – Why Mummy Doesn’t Give a F$*! By Gill Sims (Audible)
#46. Featuring
Indigenous Culture – tbc
#47. Self-Insert
By An Author – Close to Death by Anthony Horowitz (Audible)
#48.
The Word "Secret" In The Title – Open Secret by Stella Rimington
(Paperback)
#49. Set In A City
Starting With The Letter "M" – Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell
(Audible)
#50. A Musical
Instrument On The Cover - tbc
#51. Related To
The Word "Wild" - tbc
#52. Published In
2024 – The Book That Broke the World by Mark Lawrence (Hardback)
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