Thursday, December 26, 2024

2024 Year-end Recap. I fell short.

Falling double-digits short of my goal is disappointing. Yikes! I have no excuse. I could have finished a good book instead of doing some of the other lazy activities I chose. I also had very little enthusiasm to write about my reading experiences. Overall, I was uninspired, unmotivated, and distracted. 

the 2024 Totals:

read (incl bails): 34/50

reread: 6

bailed: 2 

TWEM poetry: 8

books donated: -4

new books added: +8

unread books finished: -13

unread books remaining: 54 

the 2024 Winners:

intriguing new-to-me fiction: 
Anthem
agreeable reread/fiction: (tie) 
The Great Gatsby
Nineteen Eighty-Four
agreeable reread/non-fiction: 
In Order to Live
amazing new biography/memoir:
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt 
excellent biblical non-fiction:
Thru the Bible with J. Vernon McGee
endearing children's historical fiction: 
The Endless Steppe
disappointing tome:
Les Misérables
most gratifying poetry:
Paul Laurence Dunbar
insightful children's/YA non-fiction
Red Scarf Girl
enjoyable honorable mention:
One Bad Apple

THE BREAKDOWN:

(KEY: CR = currently reading / UR = unread / RR = reread / 💣 = did not finish)


FICTION:

Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby  ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (RR)

Orwell: 1984 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (RR)

Wharton: House of Mirth ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (RR)

Hugo: Les Misérables : ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (UR)

Rand: Anthem ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (UR)

Kovaciny: One Bad Apple ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Buck: Sons ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (UR) / A House Divided 💣
Van Dyke: The Other Wise Man ⭐⭐⭐⭐

NONFICTION:

McCullough: 1776 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (UR)

Morris: The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (UR) / Theodore Rex (CR) 

Park: In Order to Live  ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (RR)

McGee: Through the Bible, Vol. I - V ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (CR)

Hughes: Unmet Expectations ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (UR)

Popov: Tortured for His Faith ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (RR)

Lewis: The Four Loves ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (UR)

Gladstar: Medicinal Herbs: A Beginner's Guide ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (UR)

Marshall / Manuel: The Light and the Glory ⭐⭐⭐ (UR)

Chambers: My Utmost for His Highest ⭐⭐⭐ 

Oursler / Armstrong: The Greatest Faith Ever Known 💣


CHILDRENS/YA:

Fraser (editor): The Little House Books, Vol. I & II ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (UR / RR)

Ji-li Jang: Red Scarf Girl ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (UR)

Tolkien: Letters From Father Christmas ⭐⭐⭐⭐

DeJong: House of Sixty Fathers ⭐⭐⭐ 

Wartski: Boat to Nowhere ⭐⭐⭐


WEM POETRY:

Dunbar, Paul Laurence ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Frost, Robert ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Hughes, Langston ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Auden, W. H. ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Sandburg, Carl ⭐⭐⭐

Williams, William Carlos ⭐⭐⭐

Pound, Ezra ⭐⭐⭐

Eliot, T. S. ⭐⭐⭐

This concludes the poetry section from TWEM. There are others, listed as post-modern, but I only read up through the suggested modernists. To see the other sections, including fiction, history, and biographies, visit HERE:


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