Christine Gabrièlle

I’ve said it before, and I’ll lie to myself again: I will finish the books on my shelf before buying new books this year!

I wasn’t going to make a TBR list for the year, but the book club subgroup in my small group group chat (so many “groups”!) asked us to post our reading list for the year.

Naturally, I had to redact my list—this is a religious group chat and my reading tastes are indiscriminate and not particularly religious-leaning—but it caused me to be intentional about a reading plan (of sorts) for the year.

As always, you can find my reading list history on my Reading List page.

My intent is to begin 2024 by finishing the following (some of which I’ve been reading for years):

How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents - a somewhat interesting, but still slow read.

Cry, the Beloved Country – a very slow read. I’ve talked about my issues with this book, but I’m determined to see how it ends. Still keeping this one as a bedtime read. Nothing particularly exciting happens, so it doesn’t overly stimulate my brain before sleeping.

Creep – I’ve only read two or three pieces in this collection. So far, they have been tough to get through. I want to know this book is as interesting as it sounded in the blurb on the back cover.

The Source of Self-Regard – I don’t even know how far I got in this book before I stopped reading it. I like Toni Morrison, though, so I want to read more of her non-fiction pieces.

Drawing Near – I was reading this as a morning devotional before I stopped to read Holier Than Thou instead. I’m now going through Jackie Hill-Perry’s devotional Upon Waking and will return to Drawing Near afterward.

Some Kind of Animal – this is the first book I’m reading from my newest stack of Dollar(25) Tree books. This is the book I take when I know I have to wait somewhere (Dr. Appt, tire rotation, etc.) and it has provided decent company thus far.

As usual, the reading of these books will likely be interrupted by something more interesting that comes along (including other books I already own but haven’t cracked open yet). I don’t usually include actual devotionals (as opposed to spiritual books I’m reading during my devotional time) in my reading list—it’s reading, but not reading, you know—but maybe I will.

What are you reading this year? Don’t worry, you can give me your unredacted list. 😉

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