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Iōunn‘s story pulled me in from the first page and didn‘t let go until I finished it some hours later.

Iōunn wakes up exhausted every morning. She has no idea what causes this until her fancy new pedometer watch reveals that she‘s walking over forty thousand steps at night. From there things start spiraling in her life which seems so ordinary but isn‘t.

I am not sure about the ending but I loved this contemporary and atmospheric creepy story.

Megabooks, sarahbarnes

Megabooks 💯💯💯 agree! Glad you loved it, too. Very thought-provoking. 13h

jhod Sounds great and wonderful scenery! 13h

sarahbarnes Ohhh, great review! Can‘t wait to read this one! 13h

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julesG I really loved this. It's among my favourite books in '24 12h

Hooked_on_books Oooo, that sounds interesting! 6h

BarbaraBB @julesG I am going to add it to my #Top24of24 too! (edited) 5h

BarbaraBB @jhod @sarahbarnes @Hooked_on_books It‘s refreshingly different from the books I‘ve been reading lately. The setting in Iceland adds to that probably! 5h

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BarbaraBB

The Pachinko Parlour | Elisa Shua Dusapin

#12BooksOf2024 #January

I‘ll try to use some other books than the ones I used for my #Top24Of24 when posting my monthly favorites during #12DaysOfChristmas.

I had to repost this one again though for January. So poignant. So much said in just a little book.

Andrew65

Andrew65 Looks a good read. 1d

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youneverarrived

2024 | George H. Easton

#top24of24 I feel like I‘ve been on a streak of really good books this year - lots of 4.5/5 star reads.

squirrelbrain We have a LOT the same! ☺️ I really want to read Levy‘s memoirs though - maybe this year. 2d

TrishB Some good ones there 👍🏻 2d

BkClubCare Good stuff! 2d

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BarbaraBB Great collection! We‘ve loved so many similar books! 2d

youneverarrived @squirrelbrain we read a lot of the same books ♥️ they‘re so good, been ‘saving‘ the last. now

youneverarrived Thanks @TrishB hope you‘re having a lovely Christmas 🤍 now

youneverarrived @BkClubCare definitely been on a roll with the good books 💕 now

youneverarrived @BarbaraBB that doesn‘t surprise me 👯 hope you‘re having a lovely Christmas in France 🤍 now

BarbaraBB Thanks I have! I hope you‘re having a lovely time to with your family! 🩷 now

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Caroline2

The Paper Palace: A Novel | Miranda Cowley Heller

Pic collage will only let me add 20 pics. But here‘s my #Top24of24
The other four are:
You could make this place beautiful by Maggie Smith
Britney‘s memoir
All the colours of the dark
And The Christmas Guest by Peter Swanson

BarbaraBB

TrishB Another screenshot! Thank you for the card 😁 much appreciated. Have a lovely Christmas xx 3d

BarbaraBB Wow, such good books! Screenshotting for inspiration! 3d

Tamra Oh, reminder to read 15 Wild Decembers! 😁 3d

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Caroline2 @TrishB I don‘t normally do Christmas cards but it was so bookish I couldn‘t resist. 😂 3d

sarahbarnes This is a great list! A few I haven‘t heard of here that I might need to check out! 3d

squirrelbrain Same here @tamra! I need to get to that one too! 3d

squirrelbrain Hint on PicCollage…. I made 4 pictures with 6 books on each and then put all 4 onto a new PicCollage. 🤓 3d

Caroline2 @Tamra @squirrelbrain I absolutely loved it but it‘s is a very quiet, sad book so just make sure you‘re in the right mood for it. 👍 3d

Caroline2 @squirrelbrain Yes! I noticed you did that afterwards and thought…. Oh yeah, good thinking. 🤦‍♀️ 😂 3d

squirrelbrain Good to know, thanks Caroline! 3d

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Books! Books! Books!: Explore the Amazing Collection of the British Library | Mick Manning

#top24of24

Here are my favourites of this year - probably quite similar to a lot of other Littens‘ lists! 🤪 There‘s a fair few from prize lists and, of course, many recommended (or even gifted) by Litsy friends.

I think the top 17/18 were easy but there were a few vying for those last few spots. Those that just missed out included Lula Dean, The Wedding People, Wolf at the Table, The Collected Regrets of Clover and Notes on an Execution.

BarbaraBB

kspenmoll So many for me to read! Thanks! 4d

ChaoticMissAdventures Greta and Margo are real stand outs this year! I loved them both. I am reading Martyr! now and cannot make myself make a best of list yet. What if I read my favorite book ever this week? 😂 4d

AmyG Love your list! It showed me all the books I still need to read! 🤣😳 4d

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AmyG @ChaoticMissAdventures Ha! That is SO true. Last year I read North Woods at the very end of the year and waited until 1/1 to finish it. It was one of may most favorite books of 2024 but I didn‘t want to screw up my 2023 picks. 🤣 4d

ChaoticMissAdventures @AmyG this is so relatable!! 4d

squirrelbrain I was a bit worried about that @ChaoticMissAdventures but, although I‘m enjoying the 4 😳 books I‘m reading now, none of them are ‘best of‘ material. However, I‘ll bear your trick in mind @AmyG 🤪 4d

TrishB We have 6 the same currently! Off to look at some and some where on my list last year 😁 4d

BarbaraBB Such an incredible list! I didn‘t realize we had SUCH a similar taste. I must read the ones I haven‘t yet! 💝 4d

squirrelbrain 6 the same isn‘t bad going! @TrishB 4d

squirrelbrain I think we have very similar taste @BarbaraBB - and we learn off each other about the best books all the time! 4d

TrishB I‘ve put another 5 on my to buy list! I have a big list for after Christmas 😁 always good to have one ready. 4d

Caroline2 A great looking list. Plenty on here for my tbr list. 👍 3d

Centique Wonderful list! And im so glad to see someone else loving Greta and Valdin. 💕 3d

youneverarrived Fab list 🤍 a few of these will be on my list too. And quite a few are on the tbr. 3d

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BkClubCare

A Cold Christmas: A Mystery Featuring Susan Wren | Charlene Weir

#Top24of24 + 1!
I love deep thoughts of contemporary lit, and I love interesting themes given wit and care. Make me laugh, make me cry, be silly, #FoundFamily #ExquisiteWriting, daring and considerate treatment of the human condition.

Suet624 Great list!! 6d

BarbaraBB Many five ⭐️ reads and so many great ones. Thanks for sharing and the inspiration for my tbr! I have to get my hands on

I Make Envy on Your Disco

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Readerann I loved the ones on your list I‘ve read. 👍 6d

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Megabooks

Books! Books! Books!: Explore the Amazing Collection of the British Library | Mick Manning

This is my #top24of24! I was a bit stingier with the 5⭐️ this year, and only 8 received that (upper left quadrant plus Dead Bastards and Cue the Sun in bottom right). The rest are 4.75⭐️ and 4.5⭐️. Nine of these are nonfiction, which is about normal and pretty close to my reading NF/F split. Can‘t wait to see even more of these as the year winds up! 👏🏻📚

BarbaraBB

squirrelbrain Great list! ❤️ 7d

MallenNC I really liked Margot, Small and the Mighty, and The Husbands. The only other one I‘ve read is The Wedding People, which I liked but the audiobook didn‘t completely work for me. I think I should have read it. I still need to get to James and Cue the Sun. They‘ve been on my TBR. (edited) 7d

Deblovestoread Fantastic list! Screenshot for TBR explosion 📚 7d

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AmyG I still have a few of these to read. Great list…..but then, I expect nothing less. 🙌🏻 Ha! Yes @Deblovestoread (edited) 7d

Suet624 Screenshot!! Thanks for putting your list together. 7d

BarbaraBB I am happy to see the Piñeiro here and am I now extra looking forward to The Wedding People and Playground and Model Home. The ones I haven‘t heard of I need to check out. Great list Meg, screenshotting! 7d

Chelsea.Poole As always, I love your list and we are pretty much in sync! Several you have here will make my list and the ones I haven‘t read I‘m already on hold for 👯‍♀️ will soon start Wedding People, loved Keanu and on hold for

If You Can't Take the Heat: Tales of Food, Feminism, and Fury

Chelsea.Poole Ooh and LOVED The Husbands and Margo…not as familiar with the Widows, need to fix that apparently! 6d

Megabooks @squirrelbrain Thanks! 6d

Megabooks @MallenNC Both were great. Cue the Sun was especially interesting for me because I always have reality TV on in the background during the day. I just kind of let it run. Right now I've got on Teen Mom: Next Chapter. My reading taste is definitely more refined than my TV! 6d

Megabooks @Deblovestoread Yay! Enjoy! 6d

Megabooks @AmyG Thank you! 6d

Megabooks @Suet624 Awesome! Hope you find one you like. 6d

Megabooks @BarbaraBB Yes, thank you so much for A Little Luck! It was really fantastic! I hope you like Wedding People. So serendipitous that it was on the ToB short list! 6d

Megabooks @Chelsea.Poole I think you'll love Widow's! By far the best memoir I read this year. Heat was interesting reading in concert with my Bourdain year because the author originally went viral with an indictment of Mario Batali and his being called out in #MeToo. Bourdain disavowed him publicly despite their long friendship. They also shared an assistant who has a memoir coming out in April! Exciting!

Care and Feeding

BarbaraBB I think you have a sixth sense for that. Are you feeling better yet? 🩷 6d

Megabooks @BarbaraBB Maybe, but I was surprised by that one! I am feeling a bit better. I'll write you and Cindy soon. 💜 💜 6d

Centique Oooh what s good list. It will take me ages but ill get to some of these! Im reading Wedding People right now and loving it! 6d

BarbaraBB 🤍🤍 6d

youneverarrived So many on my tbr 💜 5d

Megabooks @Centique thanks Paula! That‘s such an enjoyable book. I loved (and rooted for) those characters. 4d

Megabooks @youneverarrived fantastic!! I always love seeing what you‘re reading. 4d

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BarbaraBB

Books! Books! Books!: Explore the Amazing Collection of the British Library | Mick Manning

Just two weeks until the end of the year, it‘s time for our tradition to share our #Top24of24.

This is mine so far. And yes, if you look good it are actually 25 books 😉.

I‘ll tag a few people to get things started, please share your favorites and tag a few more 💝

Megabooks, Hooked_on_books, CarolynM, youneverarrived, TheLudicReader, Suet624, Librarybelle, squirrelbrain, Cathythoughts, Ruthiella, sarahbarnes

Soubhiville I‘ve been thinking about what may have made my list 🙂. Looking forward to compiling it! 7d

Soubhiville I also loved the warehouse! So many on here I want to read. These end of year lists always build my TBR up! 7d

Vansa I should do this too! This is motivational! 7d

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BarbaraBB @Soubhiville @Vansa Can‘t wait for yours! Like you said, so good (or bad?!) for our TBR! 7d

BarbaraBB @Soubhiville The Warehouse has been so underrated, I hope many more people will read it! 7d

Suet624 So many great reads here!!! Now I have to make note of the ones I haven't read so I can scour the Vermont libraries for them. Delighted to see how many of them we share as top reads of the year. 7d

sarahbarnes So many good ones here! And some I haven‘t read and want to especially knowing they made your favorites list. ♥️ I will definitely be making my list soon! 7d

sarahbarnes I loved Safekeep, Pew, Sorrow and Bliss, and All Fours. I have History of Sound in my stack right now. I‘m going to stack Warehouse now. And some of these are already on my TBR! I‘m really excited to read that Everett one of these days! 7d

BarbaraBB @sarahbarnes @Suet624 We have been so in sync this past year, I am super excited to both your lists to see which of your favorites I have missed! 7d

AmyG Great list. 7d

Bookwormjillk I am still delusional enough to think I am going to finish the 25 unread books from my December TBR in the next two weeks. I'll get back to you 😂 7d

Librarybelle Great list. I think I need to screenshot this to put some of these on my tbr list (if they‘re not already!). Thanks for the tag. I‘ll have to think about this for a bit and then post! 7d

BarbaraBB @Bookwormjillk 🙌🏽 I hope you‘ll share yours too after finishing those 25 😊 7d

BarbaraBB @AmyG Thanks. I hope you‘ll share yours too! 7d

Megabooks Great list, and I‘m really happy to see two gifts from me on there!! 💜💜 i haven‘t gotten to Cherry Blossoms yet from Hooper, so I‘ll have to move that up. 💯💯 screenshotted this! 7d

Deblovestoread Not surprised to see some of my favorites are yours as well. Some I need to move to the top and some new to me that I need to check out. Fantastic list! 7d

BarbaraBB @Megabooks Many others were recommended by you 🩷. Are you feeling my better? 7d

AmyG I will eventually get around to sharing mine. 🤣 7d

BarbaraBB @Deblovestoread I‘ll feel the same about your lists I‘m sure. I hope you‘ll share it too! (edited) 7d

squirrelbrain Some of these will be on my list, and some were on last year‘s list I think! ☺️ I‘ll have a look at mine over the weekend, if I get chance! 7d

BarbaraBB @AmyG 😀😀 7d

BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain I hope so but Gin comes first I guess, at the end of the year 😉😘 7d

Ruthiella Thanks for the tag! 7d

youneverarrived Thanks for the tag 😘 a few here I really want to read! 7d

squirrelbrain You make me sound like I‘m doing nothing but *drinking* gin! 🤪 Hmmmm, maybe I should consider it. 🤔 7d

Suet624 Oh, and I just got my copy of The View on the Way Down from a Kentucky library (go figure) and The Warehouse is waiting for me at the local library. Excited to read both of them. 7d

BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain 😜 7d

BarbaraBB @Suet624 The pressure 😱😊 7d

Cathythoughts Great choices Barbara. I loved The Safekeep and Pet too. Reading Is Mother Dead at the moment, really good. 😊 7d

BkClubCare Fun!🤩 what is the Percival Everett? I don‘t recognize that cover 7d

Hooked_on_books Great list! Only you accidentally put All Fours on there, so if you fix that error, then you‘ll be at 24. 😉 I expect The History of Sound to be on my list and Black Butterflies was a favorite for me last year. And I‘m thrilled to see The Warehouse! I‘ll definitely be making a list but waiting until the true end of the year. I always worry I‘ll read something amazing and wish I had included it. 😬 7d

BarbaraBB @BkClubCare It‘s an oldie but real good

Assumption

BarbaraBB @Hooked_on_books 😂😂 All Fours! I may make changes of if I am reading another 5⭐️ before the end of the year! 7d

BarbaraBB @Cathythoughts I am looking forward to your thoughts. I will be reading her newest soon

If Only

BkClubCare @BarbaraBB - you had me searching non-US covers for all his books! Ty 6d

CarolynM Interesting choices! I‘m not sure if I‘ve read enough to have 24 books that deserve the recognition, but we‘ll see😆 6d

TrishB Having a look at mine at the moment! But I‘m nowhere near 24 🤷‍♀️ 6d

BarbaraBB @TrishB No 24 good reads? You read so much!! 6d

Chelsea.Poole Thanks for getting the ball rolling on this! Isn‘t it satisfying to see all the year‘s best reads in one place? ☺️ 6d

BarbaraBB @Chelsea.Poole I love this time of year even though it messes with my TBR. Can‘t wait for your list! 6d

TrishB I have 17 so far on the best of list and then a lot just below that! We have 2 the same this year!. Though some of yours would appear on my previous years. One of yours would also be the worst book I read this year 😉 I‘m with @Hooked_on_books 6d

BarbaraBB @TrishB Hahaha it‘s definitely a love or hate book 😂😂 6d

Centique Oh i love this time of the year! Awesome list and i know i will like so many of them because we often like the same books. I loved Sorrow and Bliss too. Adding lots of these to my TBR 😍 5d

BarbaraBB @Centique Yes we do love many of the same books. I hope you will post your favorites too! 5d

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