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[Hemmi]

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[Critteranne]

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[library addict]

Weekly Report:

Read:

• The Games Gods Play (The Crucible #1) by Abigail Owen (B/4 stars)
• Cold Case Protection (Hudson Sibling Solutions #5) by Nicole Helm (B+/4 stars)

Purchased:

[library addict]

What were your favorite reads of 2024?

Impossible for me to pick just one book or even one series as so much depends on my mood. Not all of these were new releases as I regularly read a lot of backlist. But as usual I limited myself to books read for the first time this calendar year.

alphabetically by author, then by release date:
Pursued by Peril by Lindsay Buroker Feb 2024 (Tracking Trouble #4)
Tested by Temptation by Lindsay Buroker Mar 2024 (Tracking Trouble #5)
Scions of Change by Lindsay Buroker Nov 2024 (The Curse and the Crown #4)
People in Glass Houses by Jayne Castle May 2024 (Arcane Society #23)
Cold Case Identity by Nicole Helm Feb 2024 (Hudson Sibling Solutions #2)
Cold Case Scandal by Nicole Helm July 2024 (Hudson Sibling Solutions #4)
The Girl in the Yellow Vest by Loretta Hill Jan 2014 (Barnes Inc #3)
Much Ado About Nada by Uzma Jalaluddin June 2023
The Twelve Days of Snowball by Kristen McKanagh Oct 2021 (Snowball #2)
Sarai's Fortune by Abigail Owen May 2015 (Shadowcat Nation #2)
An Accident Waiting to Dragon * by Abigail Owen Mar 2024 (Brimstone Inc #7)
The Shadows Rule All by Abigail Owen Nov 2024 (Dominions #3)
Brutal Fortress by L Penelope Mar 2024 (The Bliss Wars #3)
Daughter of the Merciful Deep by Leslye Penelope June 2024
The Scenic Route by Katie Ruggle July 2024 (Beneath the Wild Sky #1)
Star Cruise: Captain’s Prequel * by Veronica Scott Oct 2024 (Sectors #18.9)
* indicates novella
Above are my five star reads for the year. Below are some of the ones I rated as B+ I would also consider favorites.

Honorable Mentions:
Snowy Mountains Dawn by Alissa Callen Feb 2024 (Bundilla #4)
As Good As Dead by Karen Chester Dec 2017 (Pelican Bay Mysteries #2)
Last Dance with the Texas Bull Rider by Rebecca Crowley June 2024 (The Stars of Texas #3)
Pawsitively Secretive by Melissa Erin Jackson Dec 2019 (A Witch of Edgehill #3)
A Mythical Case of Arson by Melissa Erin Jackson May 2024 (Mythical Pet Sitting Mystery #1)
A Mythical Case of Murder by Melissa Erin Jackson Nov 2024 (Mythical Pet Sitting Mystery #2)
The Mirror by Nora Roberts Nov 2024 (The Lost Bride Trilogy #2)
Saving the Sheriff by Kadie Scott Jan 2018 (The Hills of Texas #1)
You Can Kill by Rebecca Zanetti Oct 2024 (Laurel Snow #4)

My main reading goal for the year was to finish Abigail Owen’s backlist (including her Kristen McKanagh and Kadie Scott titles). I had 22 titles to go at the start of 2024 plus she added another 3 during the year (not including her newsletter short stories). I also read the entire 14 book backlist for Karen Chester (the cozy mystery penname for Coleen Kwan). My favorite new-to-me author from Mount TBR is Melissa Erin Jackson. I read her entire Witch of Edgehill series and the books published so far in A Mystical Pet Sitting Mystery series. Still debating if I want to try her various Urban Fantasy series. I did a good job of only buying books I planned to read right away. There are only 3 books I bought in 2024 on sale/freebies that I added to Calibre but haven't yet read.

It’s taken me 8 years but I have now caught up on all the big backlist piles for the authors I consider autobuy/favorites where I own every book they’ve published. So my goal in 2025 is to read a few of the trilogies/complete series I own by new-to-me authors. And keep up with the new releases of my remaining autobuy authors.

[salty-horse]

The Friend Zone Experiment by Zen Cho is $3 in the US (Kobo, Amazon)

A delightfully funny romance about family, class, and love in modern London.

From the outside, Renee Goh’s life looks perfect. She’s thirty and beautiful, runs a glamorous—and profitable—women’s clothing company in London, and is dating a hot Taiwanese pop star.

But Renee is lonely. Estranged from her family in Singapore, she practically lives at the office, and now she’s just been dumped by her supposed boyfriend. Who she never saw anyway, so why is she ruining her Instagram-ready makeup by crying?

Before she can curl up on the couch with a pint of Ben & Jerry’s, Renee’s father calls. He’s retiring, and, thanks to the screw-ups of her wastrel brothers, he is considering her as the next CEO of the family business: Chahaya Group, one of the largest conglomerates in Southeast Asia. That stamp of her father’s approval would mean everything to Renee, but can she cooperate with the brothers who drove her out of Singapore?

But fate isn’t done with her. That same night, Renee bumps into her first love, Yap Ket Siong, who broke her heart during university. They spend a wonderful night together, but Ket Siong is pursuing a dangerous vengeance for his family. In the light of day is there any hope for the two of them?

[Terisa de morgan]

Originally Posted by library addict

What were your favorite reads of 2024?

Impossible for me to pick just one book or even one series as so much depends on my mood. Not all of these were new releases as I regularly read a lot of backlist. But as usual I limited myself to books read for the first time this calendar year.

alphabetically by author, then by release date:
Pursued by Peril by Lindsay Buroker Feb 2024 (Tracking Trouble #4)
Tested by Temptation by Lindsay Buroker Mar 2024 (Tracking Trouble #5)
Scions of Change by Lindsay Buroker Nov 2024 (The Curse and the Crown #4)
People in Glass Houses by Jayne Castle May 2024 (Arcane Society #23)
Cold Case Identity by Nicole Helm Feb 2024 (Hudson Sibling Solutions #2)
Cold Case Scandal by Nicole Helm July 2024 (Hudson Sibling Solutions #4)
The Girl in the Yellow Vest by Loretta Hill Jan 2014 (Barnes Inc #3)
Much Ado About Nada by Uzma Jalaluddin June 2023
The Twelve Days of Snowball by Kristen McKanagh Oct 2021 (Snowball #2)
Sarai's Fortune by Abigail Owen May 2015 (Shadowcat Nation #2)
An Accident Waiting to Dragon * by Abigail Owen Mar 2024 (Brimstone Inc #7)
The Shadows Rule All by Abigail Owen Nov 2024 (Dominions #3)
Brutal Fortress by L Penelope Mar 2024 (The Bliss Wars #3)
Daughter of the Merciful Deep by Leslye Penelope June 2024
The Scenic Route by Katie Ruggle July 2024 (Beneath the Wild Sky #1)
Star Cruise: Captain’s Prequel * by Veronica Scott Oct 2024 (Sectors #18.9)
* indicates novella
Above are my five star reads for the year. Below are some of the ones I rated as B+ I would also consider favorites.

Honorable Mentions:
Snowy Mountains Dawn by Alissa Callen Feb 2024 (Bundilla #4)
As Good As Dead by Karen Chester Dec 2017 (Pelican Bay Mysteries #2)
Last Dance with the Texas Bull Rider by Rebecca Crowley June 2024 (The Stars of Texas #3)
Pawsitively Secretive by Melissa Erin Jackson Dec 2019 (A Witch of Edgehill #3)
A Mythical Case of Arson by Melissa Erin Jackson May 2024 (Mythical Pet Sitting Mystery #1)
A Mythical Case of Murder by Melissa Erin Jackson Nov 2024 (Mythical Pet Sitting Mystery #2)
The Mirror by Nora Roberts Nov 2024 (The Lost Bride Trilogy #2)
Saving the Sheriff by Kadie Scott Jan 2018 (The Hills of Texas #1)
You Can Kill by Rebecca Zanetti Oct 2024 (Laurel Snow #4)

My main reading goal for the year was to finish Abigail Owen’s backlist (including her Kristen McKanagh and Kadie Scott titles). I had 22 titles to go at the start of 2024 plus she added another 3 during the year (not including her newsletter short stories). I also read the entire 14 book backlist for Karen Chester (the cozy mystery penname for Coleen Kwan). My favorite new-to-me author from Mount TBR is Melissa Erin Jackson. I read her entire Witch of Edgehill series and the books published so far in A Mystical Pet Sitting Mystery series. Still debating if I want to try her various Urban Fantasy series. I did a good job of only buying books I planned to read right away. There are only 3 books I bought in 2024 on sale/freebies that I added to Calibre but haven't yet read.

It’s taken me 8 years but I have now caught up on all the big backlist piles for the authors I consider autobuy/favorites where I own every book they’ve published. So my goal in 2025 is to read a few of the trilogies/complete series I own by new-to-me authors. And keep up with the new releases of my remaining autobuy authors.

Thank you, I think you have given me new authors to try.

[library addict]

I don't buy a lot of audio as I feel it needs to be something I would listen to more than once. Finally decided to spring for a few of the early Arcane Society novels by Jayne Ann Krentz (+ as Amanda Quick and Jayne Castle) in audiobook that my library system doesn't have and they've been pulled from Kobo, Libro.FM, and Audible. I swear they were they last week.

I have read them all and still own in digital and print. Will have to find something else to spend my credits on before my discount trial ends.

[library addict]

Weekly Report:

Read:

• Way of the Wolf (Magnetic Magic #1) by Lindsay Buroker (B/4 stars)
• The Honey Jam Murder (Luscious Delights #4) by Meg Benjamin (B-/3 stars)

Purchased: