Hope everyone had a good holiday! I got Wal-Mart gift cards for Christmas. orz Needed them but still, sorta sad.
I could maybe buy a book from Wal-Mart tho. > u>

1 down, 2 to go!!

Kent, do iiiittt!!!!

The walmart selection of books isn't huge or anything but you can find some gems in there sometimes >.>

Sure is nice to see manga and comics there from time to time. X3 I like it when I see YA books like Heartstopper too.

I love that the library also has manga. Mine never has my favorite series though.

Still nice to see though! I tend to read a lot of BL/GL manga and those tend to be less seen in Libraries

• ziggle's 2024 Book List •

1. Don't Let Her Stay by Nicola Sanders ☆☆
2. Something Wilder by Christina Lauren ☆☆☆☆
3. The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah ☆☆☆☆
4. The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride by Daniel James Brown ☆☆☆☆☆
5. The Hunger by Alma Katsu ☆☆☆☆
6. Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tusimura ☆☆☆☆☆
7. Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six by Lisa Unger ☆☆☆☆
8. Red London by Alma Katsu ☆☆☆☆☆
9. Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys ☆☆☆☆
10. Watch Over Me by Nina LaCour ☆☆☆☆
11. Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh ☆☆☆☆☆
12. Beach Read by Emily Henry ☆☆☆☆
13. Confessions on the 7:45 by Lisa Unger ☆☆☆☆☆
14. All the Lovers in the Night by Mieko Kawakami ☆☆☆
15. The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks to You by Julie Zhuo ☆☆☆☆☆
16. If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch ☆☆☆☆
17. Fifty Words for Rain by Asha Lemmie ☆☆☆☆☆
18. The Couple at No. 9 by Claire Douglas ☆☆☆☆☆
19. Please Love Me at My Worst by Michaela Angemeer ☆☆☆☆
20. None of This is True by Lisa Jewell ☆☆☆☆☆
21. DK Eyewitness Top 10 Berlin by DK Eyewitness ☆☆☆☆☆
22. A History of What Comes Next by Sylvain Neuvel ☆☆☆
23. Wow, No Thank You. by Samantha Irby ☆☆☆☆☆
24. The Indigo Girl by Natasha Boyd ☆☆☆
25. Lone Women by Victor LaValle ☆☆☆
26. The Indians in Oklahoma by Rennard Strickland ☆☆☆
27. The Healer's Apprentice by Melanie Dickerson ☆☆
28. The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur ☆☆☆☆
29. Survivor Song by Paul Tremblay ☆☆☆
30. The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman ☆☆☆☆
31. The Stranger in the Mirror by Liv Constantine ☆☆☆☆☆
32. The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters ☆☆☆☆☆
33. The House of Cotton by Monica Brashears ☆☆
34. Inciting Joy by Ross Gay ☆☆
35. A Place for Vanishing by Ann Fraistat ☆☆☆☆☆
36. Wolfpack by Amelia Brunskill ☆☆☆☆☆
37. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir ☆☆☆☆☆
38. The Language of Trees: A Rewilding of Literature and Landscape by Katie Holten ☆☆☆☆
39. Dune by Frank Herbert ☆☆☆
40. The Tatami Galaxy by Tomikiko Morimi ☆☆☆
41. Ascend: Unlocking the Power of AI for Associations by Amith Nagarajan ☆☆☆
42. Star Wars Jedi Apprentice: The Hidden Past by Jude Watson ☆☆☆
43. Star Splitter by Matthew J Kirby ☆☆☆☆☆
44. What Stalks Among Us by Sarah Hollowell ☆☆☆☆☆
45. Tired as F*ck: Burnout at the Hands of Diet, Self-Help, and Hustle Culture by Caroline Dooner ☆☆☆☆
46. How to Train Your Human: A Cat's Guide by Babas ☆☆☆
47. A Short Walk Through a Wide World by Doiuglas Westerbeke ☆☆☆☆
48. The New Couple in 5B by Lisa Unger ☆☆☆☆
49. The Overstory by Richard Powers ☆☆☆☆☆
50. The Lamplighters by Emma Stonex ☆☆
51. The Measure by Nikki Erlick ☆☆☆☆
52. Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami ☆☆☆
53. Myrrh by Polly Hall ☆☆☆
54. Home Is Where the Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose ☆☆☆☆
55. Bird Day: A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Avian Lives by Mark E. Hauber ☆☆☆☆
56. Fat Girl Magic by Kat Savage ☆☆☆☆☆
57. Just the Nicest Couple by Mary Kubica ☆☆
58. Tallchief by Elise Paschen ☆☆☆☆
59. The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi ☆☆☆☆☆
60. The Women by Kristin Hannah ☆☆☆☆☆
61. Happiness Falls by Angie Kim ☆☆☆☆
62. The Tatami Time Machine Blues by Tomihiko Morimi ☆☆☆
63. How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler ☆☆☆☆
64. The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd ☆☆☆☆
65. Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister ☆☆☆☆
66. Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert ☆☆☆
67. The Apocalypse Seven by Gene Doucette ☆☆☆
68. Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre by Brandy Colbert ☆☆☆☆
69. Our Dreams at Dusk Volume 1 by Yuhki Kamatani ☆☆☆
70. Demon Slayer Volume 1 by Koyoharu Gotouge ☆☆☆
71. RWBY Official Manga Anthology Volume 1 by Monty Oum ☆☆☆
72. The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America by Koyoharu GotougeMatt Kracht ☆☆☆
73. Teen Titans: Raven by Kami Garcia & Gabriel Picolo ☆☆☆☆☆
74. God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. ☆☆☆☆
75. The Robber Bridegroom by Brothers Grimm ☆☆☆☆
76. The Life of a Stupid Man by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa ☆☆☆☆
77. Wailing Ghosts by Pu Songling ☆☆☆
78. The Steel Flea by Nikolai Leskov ☆☆☆☆
79. Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer ☆☆☆☆
80. An Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena ☆☆☆☆
81. A Magical Girl Retires by Park Seolyeon ☆☆☆☆☆
82. The London Séance Society by Sarah Penner ☆☆☆☆
83. The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell ☆☆☆☆
84. Shark Heart A Love Story by Emily Habeck ☆☆☆
85. Good Bad Girl by Alice Feeney ☆☆☆☆
86. How a Ghastly Story Was Brought to Light by a Common or Garden Butcher's Dog by Johann Peter Hebel ☆☆☆
87. The Inmate by Freida McFadden ☆☆☆☆
88. Awake by Natasha Preston ☆☆
89. This Wretched Valley by Jenny Kiefer ☆☆☆☆
90. Hokuloa Road by Elizabeth Hand ☆☆☆☆
91. The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline ☆☆☆☆
92. You Won't Believe Me by Cyn Balog ☆☆☆☆
93. One by One by Freida McFadden ☆☆☆☆
94. How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu ☆☆☆
95. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder by David Grann ☆☆☆
96. Walk With Me: New York by Susan Kaufman ☆☆☆
97. A Pair of Silk Stockings by Kate Chopin ☆☆☆
98. The Cellar by Natasha Preston ☆☆☆
99. What Have You Done? by Shari Lapena ☆☆☆
100. Last Girl Ghosted by Lisa Unger ☆☆☆☆☆
101. The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi ☆☆☆☆
102. The River by Peter Heller ☆☆☆☆
103. The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow ☆☆☆☆
104. Lavender Clouds by Bex Ollerton ☆☆☆☆☆
105. Night Road by Kristin Hannah ☆☆☆☆
106. The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa ☆☆☆☆
107. Starling House by Alix E. Harrow ☆☆☆☆☆
108. The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman ☆☆☆☆☆
109. Xingu by Edith Warton ☆☆☆
110. Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman ☆☆☆
111. The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey ☆☆☆☆
112. A Necessary Chaos by Brent Lambert ☆☆☆
113. Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra ☆☆☆
114. The Heartbeat Library by Laura Imai Messina ☆☆☆
115. Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing ☆☆☆☆☆
116. Invisible Girl by Lisa Jewell ☆☆☆☆☆
117. Crazy Love You by Lisa Unger ☆☆☆☆
118. Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky ☆☆☆☆☆
119. The Shape of the Keyhole by Denise Bergman ☆☆☆
120. Soft Science by Franny Choi ☆☆☆
121. Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss ☆☆☆
122. The Little Frog's Guide to Self-Care by Maybell Eequay ☆☆☆☆☆
123. Mistlefoe by Kimberly Lemming ☆☆☆☆☆
124. Stolen Ice Bride by Angela J. Ford ☆☆☆☆☆
125. Uprooted by Naomi Novik ☆☆☆☆☆
126. The Prince and the Sea Witch by A.G. Marshall ☆☆☆
127. ADHD is Awesome: A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD by Penn Holderness ☆☆☆
128. Thriving with Adult ADHD: Skills to Strengthen Executive Functioning by Phil Boissiere ☆☆☆
129. The Traveling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa ☆☆☆☆
130. The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley ☆☆☆☆
131. Scary Stories To Tingle Your Butt: 7 Tales of Gay Terror by Lucy Foley ☆☆☆☆
132. Big Feelings: How to Be Okay When Things Are Not Okay by Liz Fosslien and Molly West Duffy ☆☆☆☆
133. We'll Prescribe You A Cat by Syou Ishida ☆☆☆☆☆

2023 Challenge: 85 books read • ziggle's 2023 Book List •
2022 Challenge: 70 books read • ziggle's 2022 Book List •
2021 Challenge: 64 books read • ziggle's 2021 Book List •
2020 Challenge: 90 books read • ziggle's 2020 Book List •
2019 Challenge: 101 books read • ziggle's 2019 Book List •
2018 Challenge: 44 books read • ziggle's 2018 Book List •
2017 Challenge: 28 books read • ziggle's 2017 Book List •
2016 Challenge: 51 books read • ziggle's 2016 Book List •
2015 Challenge: 66 books read • ziggle's 2015 Book List •

Is that books you want to read or ones you've already read o.0

These are the books that I'm in the process of reading and hope to finish this year! I finished by reading 85 last year so I'm interested to see how many I can read in 2024!

wow it's so cool to see your stats, Ziggie! that comeback after 2017 though do you feel like you've gained a lot of insight from all your reading?

Haha, thanks! I think in recent years I've learned more from my readings as I've incorporated some nonfiction books or self help books. In the past I was mostly only reading fiction. Last year I really really enjoyed Killers of the Flower Moon. It taught me a lot about local history and native american history.

You really did slay the reading this year! I'm excited to see what I can get through too. I should keep better track, I kinda fell off the mark last year on recording

I'm a religious Goodreads user and participate in the reading challenge which makes it super easy to keep track of everything but it's extra fun to share and discuss on here!

I'm about halfway through my first audiobook of the year. I'm feeling so/so about it. I know it's supposed to be a thriller type book but I can't tell if the main character is being gaslit or not and it's kind of unsettling and stressing me out, lol. Today I started a book about management. We're in the final stages of hiring my first direct report so I suppose it's high time I got on that one.

Goodness, if a book is stressing you out then that isn't Any good, hopefully you get answers soon!

Well I ended up finishing it just now. The book was rubbish, I don't recommend it. Two stars for the first book of the year.

Originally Posted by zigbigadorlube

Well I ended up finishing it just now. The book was rubbish, I don't recommend it. Two stars for the first book of the year.

Well, you have 362 days to read better things and totally forget about it

Haha, sounds like a plan! I am enjoying the book about becoming a manager though. This one is much better written than the one I finished at the end of last year.

Originally Posted by zigbigadorlube

Haha, sounds like a plan! I am enjoying the book about becoming a manager though. This one is much better written than the one I finished at the end of last year.

Oh good! Good writing will also make it more memorable which is what you need most in a book like that too!

Yeah, I mean the other book wasn't poorly written, it just wasn't a very personable tone of voice, this one is vibing with me more. I'm about 1/4th of the way through so far. I'm trying to figure out which audiobook to listen to next. I'm still pretty traumatized by the last one, lol.

Originally Posted by Cora

Still nice to see though! I tend to read a lot of BL/GL manga and those tend to be less seen in Libraries

My library has a real nice amount. * u* They tend to buy most things I request them to buy too! It's been so nice!

Maybe I'll actually keep track of what I finish reading this year...

Oh! I recommend the audiobook for The Great Passage by Shion Miura! It's been fun so far.

Ooh, thanks for the recommendation, I'll have to look that up! It'd also be great to try to tackle some of the books on my "want to read" list but it's hard because a lot of them are not available from the library...

What books? o: And what's your library? If I may ask. XD You may be able to ask for them to purchase it or borrow it through inter-library loan.

All my "to read" books on Goodreads, lol! I've got about 170 or so. I've been mostly trying to get books electronically through my library. It's possible if I search for physical copies they may have some that they don't have electronically or ones that I can get through inter-library loan as you mentioned. I'm actually going through my Goodreads list now and cross referencing on my library's digital loans which ones I can get and adding them to a special wish list so I can start working on some of those and also have a back log of audiobooks to pull from when I finish one.

Sounds like you have it all figured out then. X3 So you mostly read ebooks?
Can I see your Goodreads account? o:

I mostly read either physical books or audiobooks but sometimes I'll do ebooks. I used to pretty much only get physical books from the library but in the past few years a lot of my books I've gotten for free from a friend who loves thrifting and passed them on or that I've found in little free libraries. I have started buying more books these days though.

Sure! Here's my profile: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/7991450-danielle Are you on Goodreads as well?