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2024
My Year in Books
18,434
pages read
Samantha
66
books read
Samantha
The Pearl by John Steinbeck
Shortest Book
96
pages
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
Longest Book
576
pages
Average book length in 2024
279
pages
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Most Shelved
4,656,343
people also shelved
Classic Fairytales by Scott Gustafson
Least Shelved
12
people also shelved
Samantha’s average rating for 2024
4.6
4.6
Little Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Highest Rated on Goodreads
4.81 average
Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes by Jonathan Auxier

Samantha’s first review of the year

it was amazing
An absolute delight. Fun and entertaining. My first encounter with Jonathan Auxier and I will certainly be reading more of his books
SAMANTHA’S 2024 BOOKS
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Ragweed by Avi
In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
Food Rules by Michael Pollan
The Read-Aloud Family by Sarah Mackenzie
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
it was amazing
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Theology of Home by Carrie Gress
The King of the Golden City by Mary Loyola
The Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo
Theology of Home II by Carrie Gress
Emma by Jane Austen
Lunch Money by Andrew Clements
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
it was amazing
Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton
Maureen by Rachel Joyce
The Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease
The Father Brown Reader by Nancy Carpentier Brown
The Well-Read Mom by Marcie Stokman
The Brave Learner by Julie Bogart
A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien
Vincent and Theo by Deborah Heiligman
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes by Jonathan Auxier
it was amazing
Give Your Child the World by Jamie C. Martin
Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George
The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander
Dorothy Day by John Loughery
The Women by Kristin Hannah
it was amazing
Invincible Louisa by Cornelia Meigs
The 10 Habits of Happy Mothers by Meg Meeker
Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry
The Call of the Wild and Free by Ainsley Arment
The Labors of Hercules Beal by Gary D. Schmidt
Odder by Katherine Applegate
Classic Fairytales by Scott Gustafson
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
it was amazing
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
The Sheep, the Rooster, and the Duck by Matt Phelan
One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Catholic Tales for Boys and Girls by Caryll Houselander
Forming Intentional Disciples by Sherry A. Weddell
Hunt, Gather, Parent by Michaeleen Doucleff
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
it was amazing
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
Hannah's Children by Catherine Pakaluk
The Aeneid by Virgil
The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
it was amazing
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
My God and My All by Elizabeth Goudge
Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance
All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
Little Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Shadow and Light by Tsh Oxenreider
it was amazing
The Pearl by John Steinbeck
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

Samantha’s last review of the year

it was amazing
will re-read.
my psychologist heart loved all the existential themes- loneliness, love, death, the search for meaning, finding the Truth through art (and beauty and creation), sin, the tortuous struggle with the Truth and unhappiness.
Cordelia’s description of the chapel closing 💔
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