The Book of Dust Vol.2 by Philip Pullman - Unread
Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern - Unhauled
The Ill-Made Mute by Cecilia Dart-Thornton - Unread
The Primrose Railway Children by Jacqueline Wilson - Read
Sepulchre by Kate Mosse - Unhauled
A Clock of Stars: The Shadow Moth by Francesca Gibbons - Read
The Garden of Lost and Found by Harriet Evans - Unhauled
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke - Read
Dracul by Dacre Stoker & J.D. Barker - Unread
The Wizards of Once: Twice Magic by Cressida Cowell - Read
Read - 4
Unread - 3
Unhauled - 3
So I've, as of last year, decided that if I keep putting off a book to read I'm probably not going to read it and those three books that I've unhauled had been on my shelves for many years. Before I donated them I did look into them a little more online and realized they weren't for me after all.
As for the 4 I did read, I had mixed feelings...
- The Primrose Railway Children by Jacqueline Wilson I rated a mere 1 star and I was so disappointed with it. I don't want to clog up this post with my ranting but if you're interested to know why I hated it so much I did talk more about it in my previous quarterly reading round-up here > What I Read Last Quarter // October - December.
- A Clock of Stars: The Shadow Moth by Francesca Gibbons I gave 4 stars. It's been about 7 months since I read this so I can't pinpoint anything in particular that I liked but it was an enjoyable premise and I look forward to reading the second book at some point.
- Inkheart by Cornelia Funke got a 3-star rating from me. If I hadn't seen the movie before reading this I'd maybe have enjoyed it more, but the pacing seemed a bit off and I feel some chunks could have been missed out completely and it would still have been a perfectly fine book.
Technically there should be 5 read books, as originally I had The Book of Dust Vol.1 on that list. However, I read it in January before I published the blog post so thought I couldn't count it. I wish I had counted it though because I never got around to it and like the other unread books it has been brought forward into my 2024 list, as seen below!
The Ill-Made Mute by Cecilia Dart-Thornton (from last year's list) - 586 pages
Dracul by Dacre Stoker & J.D. Barker (from last year's list) - 563 pages
Murtagh by Christopher Paolini - 665 pages
Reynard the Fox by Anne Louise Avery - 424 pages
Inkspell by Cornelia Funke - 675 pages
Mossflower by Brian Jacques - 427 pages
As I probably said in last year's post, I know that a 'Big' book with be different to everyone. The majority of the books I read are usually between 200-300 pages so for me 400-800 pages is pretty long! I look forward to getting around to (hopefully) all of these books this year and have my fingers crossed for some more 4 and 5-star books in 2024!!
It's such a shame you unhauled The Night Circus as it's a brilliant book- though, it is hard to get in to as the beginning 100-200 pages are quite slow. I've read quite a lot of big books in the last year, but for me, that's over 600 pages, and 400 pages is average. The last three I finished were 800 or more each, so I need to read a few shorter ones next to bump up my reading goal. LOL. Good luck with your goal. I'm sure you'll smash it!
ReplyDeleteIt just sat on my shelf for so many years without me picking it up so it had to go! I had no idea about it starting out quite slow, but that would have put me off a bit too. You must have a very strong attention span haha!
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