TBR 2024

For my TBR 2024 I will be using  The 52 Book Club reading challenge.

To up my game this year re quantity of reading I am undertaking the 52 book challenge. 52 books in 52 weeks. See Here for more details. Each week there is a prompt. I choose a book from that prompt. The book I choose will be in blue. They may be undertaken in any order. When I complete a book, the title and author will switch from blue to red and if you click the red it will take you to my review of that book. If you see a prompt without a book title against it please contact me with your suggestion. Hope that all make sense..

So here goes.

1. Locked room mystery. The Last Straw by Paul Gitsham. suggested by Natalie Freeman.
2. Bibliosmia: A smelly book. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes and Other Lessons From The Crematory by Caitlin Doughty.
3. More than  40 Chapters The Dead Will Beckon. Crime Cymru
4. Lowercase letters on the spine. 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C Clarke
5. Magical realism. Island of Apples
6. Women in STEM. The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks suggested by Matthew Evans
7. At least 4 different POV. What happened to Evie Del Rio
8. Features the ocean. The Book Club Murders by Alan Gorevan.
9. Character driven novel. The Citadel by AJ Cronin
10. Told in non chronological order. Delilah by Rhodri Wyn Owen.
11. Title starting with the letter K. Kingdom of Shadows by Alan First.
12. Title starting with the letter L. Lies After Death by KJ Dando
13. Academic thriller. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
14. A grieving character. The Beautiful Blue by Lucinda Hart.
15. Part of a duology. Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers suggested by @creativetype14 (Darren)
16. Omniscient narrator. The Last Murder at the End of the World. By Stuart Turton.
17. Apostrophe he in the title. A Death at St Jude's by Mary Grand. Crime Cymru
18. Nominated for the Booker Prize. Bomber by Len Deighton nominated in 1970
19. A buddy read. Fingersmith by Sarah Waters with my lovely daughter Adele. 😁
20. A revenge story Different Class by Joanna Harris
21. Written by a ghost writer. The Icarus Ascent by Mike Lewis
22. A plot similar to another book. Make Room! Make Room! By Harry Harrison.
23. The other book with similar plot. Tender is the Flesh by Augustina Bazterrica.
24. A cover without people on it. Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin. suggested by Michael Lynes.
25. An author "everyone" has read except you. The Trial by Franz Kafka
26. Hybrid genre. Malachi Ruse Master by Pam Schloesser Canepa
27. By a neurodivergent author. A Kind Of Spark by 
28. A yellow spine. My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Tallent. suggested by Mark Lowes.
29. Published in the year of the dragon. Nod by Adrian Barnes. suggested by Mark Lowes
30. Picked without reading the blurb. Duchess of Cwmderi by Abi Bardon. Crime Cymru
31. Includes a personal phobia. Hostage by Clare Macintosh Crime Cymru
32. Time frame spans less than a week. 10minutes 38seconds In This Strange World by Elif Shafak. suggested by Catherine McCarthy.
33. An abrupt ending. Lord of the Flies by William Golding.
34. Set in a land locked country. God's spy by Juan Gomez Jurado. Vatican City.
35. Title matches song lyrics. Park Life by Peter Roberts.
36. Has futuristic technology. Artemis by Andy Weir
37. Has a palindrome on the cover.
38. Published by Hachette.
39. Non-fiction rec by a friend. A Pilgrimage Around Wales by Anne Haywood
40. Set during a holiday you dont celebrate.
41. Sticker on the cover.
42. Author debut second half 2024.
43. About finding identity. All Our Squandered Beauty by Amanda Huggins
44. Includes a wedding.
45. Chapter headings have dates. Ascension by Nicholas Binge. suggested by Mark Lowes.
46. Featuring indigenous culture. The Winter King by Bernard Cornwall.
47. Self Insert by author.
48. The word "secret" in the title. One Last Secret by Adele Parks. suggested by @lolobozzle
49. Set in a city begining with the letter M. The Fire People by Alexander Cordell set in Merthyr
50. Musical instrument on the cover. The Secret Chord by Geraldine Brooks.
51. Related to the world wild. With Grave Consequences by Jacqueline Harret D.I. Mandy Wilde series Crime Cymru
52. Published in 2024. Sea Of Bones by Greg Shepherd