The Reading Challenge Group discussion

As every year I'm going to post my goals for 2024 first. They are mostly the same but I added new category of rereadings.

My goals
1. Read at least 80 books
2. Participate in challenges and buddy reads
3. Finish or catch up with 10 series I started before 2024
- Detective D.D. Warren (read 7 books)
- Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children (need to reread last book in first trilogy and read whole second trilogy)
- A River of Royal Blood (read first book but I have to reread it)
- Keeper of the Lost Cities (read only first three books)DNF
- The Wild Wynchesters (read only the two books + novellas)
- Necessary Evils (read only three books so far)
- True Colors (one to go)
- Brutal Birthright (I still have to read last book)
- The Aurora Cycle (only last book)
- Cordially Invited (one to go)
- Divorced Men's Club (read all of them except System Overload, not sure if there is going to be more)
- The Sunbearer Duology (second book has to come out)
- Tokyo Ever After (I forgot about second book)
- Sinful Wallflowers (I read only the first one)
- K-pop Confidential (loved the fist one, still have to read second one)
- Primas of Power (last book is coming out this year)
- Bright Falls (read only the first one)
- CU Hockey (two to go)
- DNADuo
- An Ember in the Ashes (read two books)
- Kate Marshall (one more is out)
- Part of Your World (have to read second book in this duology)
- Stillhouse Lake (two more)DNF
- The Schoolomace (read only the first one)
- Thirteens (have to read last one)
4. Cut down my physical TBR - currently 65 books
5. DNF books if I'm not enjoying them
6. I'd like to reread these books in 2024

Most Anticipated Books of 2024

I will add more later

Books I read in 2024

January: 11


February: 11


March: 11


April: 10


May: 7


June: 7


July: 7


August: 11


September: 11


October: 9


November: 8


December: 5

Monthly Genre Challenge Part I

Read a book from ONE of the monthly genre choice listed below:

January: General Fiction (Novels at least 100 pages long) - The Curse of Misty Wayfair
February: Plays, Poetry, Romance - Flawless
March: Mystery, Suspense - The Red Palace
April: Western, Humour, Adventure - A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking
May: Female Authors - The Nature of Witches
June: Fantasy, Graphic Novels - The Gingerbread Witch
July: Children's, YA - Every Heart a Doorway
August: Memoirs, Biography, Travel
September: Science Fiction, Dystopia - Gleanings
October: Supernatural, Thriller, Horror - Ghost Station
November: Historical Fiction, Non-fiction (any topic)
December: Classics and Short Stories

Monthly Genre Challenge Part II

January
1. Read a book by an author new to you - Cutting Teeth
2. Read a book with a one-word title - Damaged

February
1. Read a book that has the name of a family member in the title: mother, father, son, daughter, husband, wife, etc. - Daughter of Mine
2. Read a book with a two-word title - Five Survive

March
1. Read a book where the main character's name, first or last, starts with "M" - Bunny
2. Read a book with the name of a flower, plant, fruit or vegetable in the title or with a green cover - Daisy Darker

April
1. Read a book where the author's first or last name starts with the same letter as your first name - The Dark Tide
2. Read a book with a four-word title - The Nature of Witches

May
1. Read a book with the name of a female character in the title - The Reappearance of Rachel Price
2. Read a book by a female author new to you - Come Closer

June
1. Read a book set in the country, state or province where you were born
2. Read any book in a series - Thunderhead

July
1. Read a book whose author's name, first or last, starts with "J" or "U" - Home Is Where the Bodies Are
2. Read a book set in the country, state or province where you live now.
Give yourself extra credit if it's set in the same city!

August
1. Read a book set in a place you would like to visit or revisit
2. Read a book whose title starts with "A" or "An" - A Fate Inked in Blood

September
1. Read a book with an orange, red, yellow or brown cover - Vicious
2. Read a book set in a place, real or imaginary, that starts with "S" - The Bell in the Fog

October
1. Read a book whose title starts with "O"
2. Read a book set on a farm, in the country, in a small town or in the wilderness - Darling Girls

November
1. Read a book about war-fiction or non-fiction
2. Read a book with a five or more word title, subtitles count - Down Among the Sticks and Bones

December
1. Read any book for the first time
2. Reread any book

Song Title Challenge from Horror Aficionados group

You're So Vain (vein) - read vampire stories
Bride

Werewolves of London - read werewolf stories

Monster Mash - read creature features or monster stories
The Hollow Places

Walk Like an Egyptian - read mummy stories

GhostBusters theme - haunted houses, ghost stories
The September House
Delicious Monsters
Murder Road
Within These Wicked Walls
Episode Thirteen

Riders on the Storm - meteorological horror

Welcome to My Nightmare - whatever scares you the most
Come Closer