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2024
My Year in Books
29,957
pages read
Jonathan K (Max Outlier)
85
books read
Jonathan K (Max Outlier)
Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson
Shortest Book
145
pages
Southern Man by Greg Iles
Longest Book
966
pages
Average book length in 2024
352
pages
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Most Shelved
1,660,789
people also shelved
The Right Mistake by Walter Mosley
Least Shelved
2,233
people also shelved
Jonathan’s average rating for 2024
4.0
really liked it
4.0
One Long River of Song by Brian Doyle
Highest Rated on Goodreads
4.62 average
Known to Evil by Walter Mosley

Jonathan’s first review of the year

liked it
Its always interesting to see how a character evolves. Having read the latest installment of this series, I felt it important to learn the character's roots. In the latest book, we witness a chameleon like PI who's able to disguise vocabulary, appearance and identity with ease as well as 'box' his way out of difficulties. And while there are some of these elements with this one, its not at all what I'd hoped for.

We find Leonid T. McGill, a NY pr ...more
JONATHAN’S 2024 BOOKS
Known to Evil by Walter Mosley
All I Did Was Shoot My Man by Walter Mosley
When the Thrill Is Gone by Walter Mosley
really liked it
Being Henry by Henry Winkler
Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
A Man Named Doll by Jonathan Ames
Be Mine by Richard Ford
The Wheel of Doll by Jonathan Ames
The Fury by Alex Michaelides
Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf
Diablo Mesa by Douglas Preston
Trouble Is What I Do by Walter Mosley
Plainsong by Kent Haruf
Lightning Strike by William Kent Krueger
it was amazing
The Great Man Theory by Teddy Wayne
Thunder Bay by William Kent Krueger
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Thunderhead by Douglas Preston
The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger
it was amazing
Fox Creek by William Kent Krueger
The Scorpion's Tail by Douglas Preston
Windigo Island by William Kent Krueger
Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger
This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
Manitou Canyon by William Kent Krueger
Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice by Elle Cosimano
The Comfort of Crows by Margaret Renkl
it was amazing
Wild and Distant Seas by Tara Karr Roberts
The Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston
James by Percival Everett
Mr. Flood's Last Resort by Jess Kidd
Sulfur Springs by William Kent Krueger
Desolation Mountain by William Kent Krueger
Himself by Jess Kidd
Tamarack County by William Kent Krueger
The Wheel of Darkness by Douglas Preston
The Night Ship by Jess Kidd
Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella
it was amazing
The Unseen World by Liz Moore
Robert B. Parker's Broken Trust by Mike Lupica
Mink River by Brian Doyle
How the Penguins Saved Veronica by Hazel Prior
The Plover by Brian Doyle
Robert B. Parker's Old Black Magic by Ace Atkins
Martin Marten by Brian Doyle
it was amazing
Robert B. Parker's Cheap Shot by Ace Atkins
One Long River of Song by Brian Doyle
Who Ordered This Truckload of Dung? by Ajahn Brahm
Chicago by Brian Doyle
The Queen of Sugar Hill by ReShonda Tate
The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers by Samuel Burr
Crow Talk by Eileen Garvin
The River Why by David James Duncan
The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young
it was amazing
The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown
Southern Man by Greg Iles
In Ascension by Martin MacInnes
After the Lights Go Out by John Vercher
Camino Ghosts by John Grisham
The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
Farewell, Amethystine by Walter Mosley
Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Daniel Silva
The Curse of Pietro Houdini by Derek B. Miller
it was amazing
The Collector by Daniel Silva
Devil Is Fine by John Vercher
Norwegian by Night by Derek B. Miller
The Cellist by Daniel Silva
The Heist by Daniel Silva
Small Worlds by Caleb Azumah Nelson
The English Experience by Julie Schumacher
Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson
The New Girl by Daniel Silva
it was amazing
How to Find Your Way in the Dark by Derek B. Miller
Spirit Crossing by William Kent Krueger
The Black Widow by Daniel Silva
American by Day by Derek B. Miller
A Death in Cornwall by Daniel Silva
The Incredible Winston Browne by Sean Dietrich
The Order by Daniel Silva
The Right Mistake by Walter Mosley
The Horse by Willy Vlautin
A Calamity of Souls by David Baldacci
Deacon King Kong by James McBride
it was amazing
I Am Not Sidney Poitier by Percival Everett
I Am Not Sidney Poitier by Percival Everett

Jonathan’s last review of the year

it was amazing
Second time around was as good or better than the first. When you become enamored with an author as I am with Professor Everett, you gobble up everything he writes.

The point I'm making is that books written after this come to mind and then you return to the favorite characters from the later ones were developed from those in this one which is way cool.

Example, Everett inserts himself as a character who teaches the philosophy of nonsense at Mooreh ...more
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