booksbydorothea 2024 Annual Book Blog Wrap-up

 

Hello, all!

This is the booksbydorothea 2024 Book Blog Wrap-up! 

SPECIAL NOTE: Many books I read are ARCs (Advance Reader Copies). ARCs are usually published many months after I have read and reviewed them. It also means some books could be read and reviewed in one year and published the following year. The books that I have included in the booksbydorothea Best Books of 2024 are books I have read in 2024 regardless of when the book has or will be published.

booksbydorothea BEST BOOKS OF 2024

If you want more specific and detailed information about the Nominees, Finalists, and Winners, you can check it out HERE. 

18 total books vied for booksbydorothea Best Books of 2024.

EBOOK WINNER:

All We Were Promised by Ashton Lattimore 

ORIGINAL REVIEW LINK

AUDIOBOOK WINNER:

Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune

ORIGINAL REVIEW LINK

  

2024 GOODREADS STATISTICS

2024 Goodreads Book Goal: 100

2024 Goodreads Book Total: 93

I will continue with a goal of 100 for 2025 as it is a good stretch goal. My biggest issue is that my Pages Read differs greatly from the Goodreads calculation. Also, audiobooks are not included in the calculations at all. 

2024 MONTHLY WRAP-UPS

Here are all of the links to the 2024 Monthly wrap-ups!

January 2024: LINK

February 2024: LINK

March 2024: LINK

April 2024: LINK

May 2024: LINK 

June 2024: LINK

July 2024: LINK

August 2024: LINK

September 2024: LINK

October 2024: LINK

November 2024: LINK

December 2024: LINK

 

HELPFUL LINKS

Glossary: LINK

Book Ratings: LINK

 

2024 TOTAL STATISTICS:

Now for all of the statistics of 2024! It is all so fascinating to me, but you may find it boring so feel free to skip this!

Biggest Takeaway

This is the first year I have read more audiobooks than any other type of book. I really enjoy listening to memoirs and autobiographies as audiobooks.  

 

2024 total books (ALL book types)

TOTAL: 93 physical, ebooks, and audiobooks

2024 Ebooks

TOTAL: 38 ebooks

2024 Audiobooks

TOTAL: 55 audiobooks

2024 Personal Books

TOTAL: 0 personal books

 

2024 Library books (ebooks/audiobooks)

TOTAL: 53 Library ebooks

 

2024 Amazon Prime First Reads books (First Reads) (also counted as ebooks)

TOTAL: 10 First Reads ebooks

 

2024 ARCs (Advance Reader Copy) (also counted as ebooks)

TOTAL: 30 ARCs

 

2024 Total Listening Time (audiobooks)

TOTAL: 365 hours, 56 minutes Listening Time

 

2024 Pages Read

TOTAL: 21,956 Pages read 

 

2024 BOOK RATINGS

Overall book rating

4.24 stars

5.0-star books

TOTAL: 23 books

 

4.5-star books

TOTAL: 27 books

 

4.0-star books

TOTAL: 23 books

 

3.5-star books

TOTAL: 11 books

 

3.0-star books

TOTAL: 9 books

 

CLOSING

I hope I have been helpful by suggesting and recommending the books I have read. If you think so, please share booksbydorothea with anyone who would enjoy it!! I would appreciate any referrals to friends or family to share my love of reading more broadly!

Note: I will be on a holiday break from social media and blogging from December 20, 2024, through January 5, 2025. I will resume blogging and social media on January 6, 2025. 

Please join me in 2025 for more adventures in reading!!

Happy Holidays and Happy Reading!

Dorothea 💜