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2024
My Year in Books
12,458
pages read
Peggy Hess Greenawalt
48
books read
Peggy Hess Greenawalt
Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree by Robert E. Barry
Shortest Book
32
pages
Becoming Madam Secretary by Stephanie Dray
Longest Book
544
pages
Average book length in 2024
259
pages
Circe by Madeline Miller
Most Shelved
2,777,467
people also shelved
Grace Heard a Whisper by Kathy Izard
Least Shelved
3
people also shelved
Peggy Hess’s average rating for 2024
4.5
4.5
Grace Heard a Whisper by Kathy Izard
Highest Rated on Goodreads
it was amazing
5.00 average
The Many Lives of Mama Love by Lara Love Hardin

Peggy Hess’s first review of the year

it was amazing
I loved this book. For those who said she got off too easy, I believe you don't get how addictive these drugs are and how easily users make terrible choices. This book added to my understanding, compassion, and grace to those who become involved in drugs, and I become less judgmental. I am more upset with our prison system and the lack of help to stop the drugs and give support to those released. Lara's recovery was something worth sharing. Her s ...more
PEGGY HESS’S 2024 BOOKS
Horse by Geraldine Brooks
it was amazing
The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer
The Many Lives of Mama Love by Lara Love Hardin
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
Still Me by Jojo Moyes
The Wedding Veil by Kristy Woodson Harvey
Dinners with Ruth by Nina Totenberg
A Few Beautiful Minutes by Kate Allen Fox
Bear Finds Eggs by Karma Wilson
The Women by Kristin Hannah
it was amazing
Indigo Isle by T.I. Lowe
Spider in the Well by Jess Hannigan
Animal Albums from A to Z by Cece Bell
The Which Way Tree by Elizabeth Crook
Mostly What God Does by Savannah Guthrie
The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians by James Patterson
Capyboppy by Bill Peet
Tree. Table. Book. by Lois Lowry
The Room on Rue Amelie by Kristin Harmel
The First Ladies by Marie Benedict
it was amazing
Grace Heard a Whisper by Kathy Izard
The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl by Stacy McAnulty
Trust the Whisper by Kathy Izard
Looking for Jane by Heather Marshall
Sipsworth by Simon Van Booy
God Got a Dog by Cynthia Rylant
The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
Theo of Golden by Allen Levi
it was amazing
Goldfish on Vacation by Sally Lloyd-Jones
Ghost Cave by Helen Currie Foster
Circe by Madeline Miller
The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley by Courtney Walsh
The First Week of School by Drew Beckmeyer
The Library by Bella Osborne
We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter
The North American Animal ABC Book by Mark Ludy
The Spoon Stealer by Lesley Crewe
The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife by Anna Johnston
How to Read a Book by Monica Wood
it was amazing
The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali
Becoming Madam Secretary by Stephanie Dray
Hot Dog! Eleanor Roosevelt Throws a Picnic by Leslie Kimmelman
Mr. Texas by Lawrence Wright
Holiday Hideaway by Mary Kay Andrews
Alice in a Winter Wonderland by Jan Brett
The Answer Is No by Fredrik Backman
A Happier Life by Kristy Woodson Harvey
Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree by Robert E. Barry
it was amazing
Alice in a Winter Wonderland by Jan Brett

Peggy Hess’s last review of the year

really liked it
A whimsical and creative take on Alice in Wonderland, but in snowy Alaska. Inspired by Jan's own trip to the Mendenhall Glacier in Alaska. The illustrations are absolutely beautiful! ...more
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