**Reading Goals and Book List**

As I sit here reflecting on my reading goals for the year, I must admit that I have an obsession with vampires. It's not just one book that sparked this fascination, but rather a combination of factors that have led me to become enthralled by these creatures of the night. One of the books that set me on this path was "Wildfire" by Hannah Grace, which is actually a sequel to "Icebreaker". I recall TikTok blowing it up and thinking it was worth checking out, but ultimately found it to be just okay.

However, my excitement for vampires was reignited when I discovered another book that caught my attention. Although I don't remember the title (it's stuck in my mind as a summer camp setting), it was a really cute read. The thought of finding another vampire-themed novel has left me feeling hopeful and eager to dive into its pages.

My list of books to read this year is quite extensive, with a mix of fiction and non-fiction titles that I've been eyeing for some time. Non-fiction has always been a favorite genre of mine, and one book that has been on my library list forever is "I Feel You" by Britney Spears. As someone who grew up listening to Britney's music, reading her autobiography feels like a duty-bound obligation to my inner 13-14 year old self.

Of course, vampires are not the only creatures of fantasy that I'm drawn to. Sarah Adams' books have also caught my attention, with "Practice Makes Perfect" being the sequel to "When in Rome". Her stories are known for being cutesy and clean, with small-town romances that seem like a perfect escape from reality. The thought of reading more of her work is exciting, especially since I've already enjoyed two of her books.

My love for fantasy author Karissa Broadband has led me to discover another vampire-themed novel called "Slang: The Vampire Conqueror". I was thrilled when I learned that this book was part of a series, as it's one of my favorite fantasy novels. With its captivating premise and promises of an epic adventure, I can hardly wait to dive into the world of vampires.

Another author who has piqued my interest is Maria Zapata, known for her Lukov Duet series. Her books have been praised for their unique blend of romance and sports fiction, which sounds like a winning combination. Although I've only read two of her books so far, I'm eager to explore more of her backlist and discover what other stories she has in store.

In the realm of Western romances, Elsie Silver's books have caught my attention, particularly "Flawless", which is part of a series that promises sweeping romance and drama. With its focus on small-town life and relationships, I'm intrigued by the prospect of reading more of her work.

My final confession is that I've recently stumbled upon an author named Ka Tucker, whose books promise a blend of fantasy and romance. "Fate of Wrath and Flame" seems like an exciting addition to my TBR list, as it delves into a world of magic and adventure. Although I don't know much about her other works, the thought of exploring more of her stories has left me feeling hopeful.

Last but not least, I've added another book to my list: "A Dawn of Onyx" by Kate Golden. As part of an epic fantasy romance trilogy, this book promises a thrilling adventure that spans multiple worlds and characters. With its promise of magic, action, and suspense, I'm eager to dive into the world of The Sacred Stones.

**Reading Goals**

One of my main goals for this year is to read more physical books. As someone who's been accumulating digital books on their e-reader, it's time to revisit my love for paperbacks. With 24 books on my list, I'm excited about the prospect of tackling them one by one and making progress in my reading journey.

While some of these titles are new releases, others have been sitting on my TBR cart for quite some time. I've decided to focus on reading these non-new release books first, as they're already familiar to me and don't require any research or background knowledge.

I must admit that the thought of reading all 24 books in one go is daunting, but it's also exciting to have a clear goal in mind. Whether I manage to finish them all before my next video or not, I'm confident that this exercise will help me develop my reading skills and increase my reading speed.

As always, I appreciate your feedback and encouragement. If you've read any of these books, please share your thoughts with me! I'd love to hear about your experiences and discover new authors and series to add to my TBR list.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhello everyone my name is Heather and welcome to the channel book so it is officially 2024 it's been 2024 for a little bit now but still I like to do this video every year because I like challenging myself do I ever do an update on them I don't remember I did one year but I have 24 books I want to read in 2024 so when I write these list out of 24 books I want to read or 23 books in 2023 so and so and so on I don't ever talk about new releases because that's just kind of a given for me I love to read new releases these are just mainly for books that are my TBR cart books that I've been meaning to read for a while and that is my challenge this year I did this a couple years ago where I really focused on like back list books I wanted to read and I did really well and I found some favorite reads of mine so I wanted to kind of do that again because I enjoy doing that as with every year the list gr is more I have 24 books will I read all these I would like to hope so I will do an end of the year check-in um hopefully I'll remember but yeah these are 24 books I want to read and I told you guys in my my goals video that one of my primary goals is to read for my TBR cart cuz it's quite full and I just love ebooks cuz they're just easier I've told you guys I have two kids which is easier to have my phone but one of my goals is to be off my phone so I just want to get back into physical books and I'm hoping this Challenge and that goal will help me out a ton so these are no order I just wrote down some so we're just going to go with it first up I have one that I bought somewhat recently and that is murdering the family by Cara Hunter this is a mixed media book and it's basically like a crew crew trime show like kind of like documentary them trying to figure out this murder that happened years ago like I said it's mixed media so it's all to in interviews and stuff and yeah I'm very excited to read it so I tried to get on eBook on my library but I was like no this book is just better I think read to be physically so that is one of them and um I have some sequels I wanted to read number one in the weeds by BK borison so this is the second book in her love light farm series I've read book one and book three you can read them out a order really but I have not yet read book two so I want to read book two this one follows um Becket and Evelyn so I'm very excited for it I know I can for sure read it this year because I've read two in the series already speaking of sequels I have two back here that I've been meaning to get to for a while first up House of sky and Breath by Sarah J moss the second book in the Crescent City series I haven't read this yet because look at it sheer size and the sequel's coming out this month so it's the perfect time to read it likewise with iron Flame by yaros this is the sequel to Fourth wi I haven't read it yet because I'm nervous I won't like it because the reviews have not been that great and I will say I did fall in the hype train of fourth Wing I did so these are two sequels that I would like to read this year this no kidding will probably take me like 3 weeks to read so I'm going to just have to buckle down and do it will it be a moth where I read two books it might be but I'm just going to have to be okay with that then I have a ya book it might be my only ya book in this entire list and that is check inmate by Ali Hazel this is her ya one it's about Chess and I just think it sounds really cute and I really want to read Ali Hazelwood speaking of which I did not read her last year's release love theoretically so I'm going to have lots of Ali Hazelwood to read this year because not only do did she have these come out in 2023 but she has another new one coming out in February and in the summer so I'm going to read like four Ali Hazelwood books this year I just never a bad thing kind of going out of my order so if I don't list 24 don't tell me then it have done in dusted this is a western that I bought um last year and it's part of a series I will admit I bought it because of the cover because the cover is freaking adorable and all I know it's about a western and that's all I know so hopefully I'll read it then I have Mile High by Liz Tom for so coincidentally enough is another series that I read out of order so the first book I read this year for 2024 was the second book in this series called the right move because everyone raved about it and I can see why it's an amazing book and I was like I have to read the whole series so I want to read the first book even though you know you can guess where it's going to go blah blah blah but Mile High focuses on Stevie and xanders I believe and it's a hockey romance and I'm super excited for it and I know her third book just came out and that's baseball my favorite is baseball I love baseball so I want to read this first book so I can finally get them all read in order and things like that we have another Thriller the maids diary by lorth and white I've heard this kind of compared to the maid is that what it's called by Freeda mcfaden which I just don't think I Jive well with her writing so I want to check out this one I bought this like last year have I read it yet obviously not I hope to read it this year we have um terms and conditions and final offer both by Lauren aser I'm putting them in one spot because they're part they're two books in a series so I read the final print last year enjoyed it thought it was cute but I want to read the sequels to this this is part of the dream land billionaires series I believe each one focuses on a different brother I want to read that one likewise I would love to read another book by her a new series called the lakefront billionaires love redesigned um so I want to read like more romance this year even though I read a lot of romance you get what I'm saying then one I did not get to last year which I was really bummed about is the burnout by Sophie canella you guys know I love Sophie canella she's like my favorite chicklet author she was one of the first ones I've read I will admit her latest few books have not been the best in my opinion but I will always read them they're a good time so I will for sure be reading this one I'm on the wait list for my library how long it will take you never know but I definitely plan to read this one I have another sequel ruthless vows yes I bought this book even though I wasn't the biggest fan of divine Rivals I will admit the covers made me by them and I do want to read it it's a duology I figured I've read the first one I should read the second one this is another y one so I guess I have two y on this TBR but it's it's like a World War II kind of fantasy really light on the fantasy I just want to see how the story wraps up and it is beautiful writing I just don't think it's worth all the hype I know then I have one I've been meeing to read for a while half a soul by Olivia Atwater this is a cozy fantasy I've heard amazing things about it I need to get to it as of all of these I will continue to say and I have a vampire one the Radley's by Matt Hy I never knew about this book until a lot of people started talking about it especially in my vampire reads books and I want to do a whole vampire reading Vlog because there's several of them I want to read this year but this is one that just really stands out to me it's like kind of a contemporary with vampires and if you guys don't know me I have an obsession with vampires is it weird probably I have wild fire by Hannah Grace this is the kind of sequel to Icebreaker which I read last year Tik Tok blew it up do I think it was worth it it was okay but this one's like set in summer camp It's s really cute so I mean hopefully I'll like it I don't know with all these these could be a total shot in the dark like it could be a failure too I don't know um then I have probably my only non-fiction well I have several non-fiction that I want to read I'm not putting on this list but this one I have been on my library list for forever will I ever get it I don't know and then is the woman to me by Britney Spears if you don't know I'm 35 I literally listened to Britney Spears growing up when I was 13 14 when I was like 10 to like 15 so I have to read this I feel it's Duty bound to my 9s kid self speaking of vampires I have Slang The Vampire conqueror by Karissa Broadband if you guys don't know she wrote my favorite fantasy that I read last year called um serpent in the wings of night and this one's another vampire one I'm going do a vampire thing as you can see I'm very excited for this one it sounds amazing then I have practice makes perfect by Sarah Adams I've read two Sarah Adams books this is the sequel to When in Rome they're just just cutesy clean small town romances this one's about the the sister that owns a flower shop it sounds adorable then I have some Elsie silver books so I have read the first book in the series called I want to say Flawless so I want to read heartless which I believe is the second book then we have powerless which is the third book then there's also Reckless and hopeless I don't know if I'll get to those two but I want to read books oh crap which one is it two and three in the series because it's kind of like um a like Western romances May I'll do a western reading Vlog I don't know but either way everyone raised about Elie silver I did like Flawless so I do want to read this series then I have Maria Zapata from luk off with love I really want to read this one if I can I also want to read colti by her but I'm just going to count this one because this is one for sure I know I read since I physically this is about ice skating if you guys don't know I love Marana zot I've read two of her books I want to read all of her backlist then I have one I just stumbled across and I've heard amazing things about called out on a limb I forget the author's name please forgive me but I've heard it's a very romantic sweeping very kind of serious love story that sounds amazing and I really want to get to it and then I have a whole bunch of um Romany that I want to read um I don't know much about them so please forgive me I have a fate of Wrath and Flame by Ka Tucker I've read several of K Tucker's romance books and really enjoy them so I want to see what she's going to do with fantasy like Romany I think that would be awesome and I hope to really like it I also have the coven this is like kind of a witchy coven spooky book that sounds really awesome perhaps I'll save it for the fall but I would like to read it and the last one I have is a dawn of Onyx by Kate golden this the first book in The Sacred Stones I don't know much about it it says it's the first in the Epic Fantasy romance Trilogy I don't know but that's all the books I have is that 24 I for sure really hope so if it's not please don't let me know because I don't like to fail but either way hopefully I'll read all these 24 that would be awesome because if I take all of them off my TBR cart it's looking pretty reasonable so I would like to do that that's one of my main goals this year is to read more physical books and a lot of these books what do you know I have physically so it would be working out great so there you have all of the 24 books that are not new releases that I will be focusing on when I'm not reading new releases did I repeat myself yeah probably be either way I'll let know if you do these goals like this where you do 24 books or 23 books you know yada y y I would love to know um but as always thank you so much for watching and I will see you in my next video byehello everyone my name is Heather and welcome to the channel book so it is officially 2024 it's been 2024 for a little bit now but still I like to do this video every year because I like challenging myself do I ever do an update on them I don't remember I did one year but I have 24 books I want to read in 2024 so when I write these list out of 24 books I want to read or 23 books in 2023 so and so and so on I don't ever talk about new releases because that's just kind of a given for me I love to read new releases these are just mainly for books that are my TBR cart books that I've been meaning to read for a while and that is my challenge this year I did this a couple years ago where I really focused on like back list books I wanted to read and I did really well and I found some favorite reads of mine so I wanted to kind of do that again because I enjoy doing that as with every year the list gr is more I have 24 books will I read all these I would like to hope so I will do an end of the year check-in um hopefully I'll remember but yeah these are 24 books I want to read and I told you guys in my my goals video that one of my primary goals is to read for my TBR cart cuz it's quite full and I just love ebooks cuz they're just easier I've told you guys I have two kids which is easier to have my phone but one of my goals is to be off my phone so I just want to get back into physical books and I'm hoping this Challenge and that goal will help me out a ton so these are no order I just wrote down some so we're just going to go with it first up I have one that I bought somewhat recently and that is murdering the family by Cara Hunter this is a mixed media book and it's basically like a crew crew trime show like kind of like documentary them trying to figure out this murder that happened years ago like I said it's mixed media so it's all to in interviews and stuff and yeah I'm very excited to read it so I tried to get on eBook on my library but I was like no this book is just better I think read to be physically so that is one of them and um I have some sequels I wanted to read number one in the weeds by BK borison so this is the second book in her love light farm series I've read book one and book three you can read them out a order really but I have not yet read book two so I want to read book two this one follows um Becket and Evelyn so I'm very excited for it I know I can for sure read it this year because I've read two in the series already speaking of sequels I have two back here that I've been meaning to get to for a while first up House of sky and Breath by Sarah J moss the second book in the Crescent City series I haven't read this yet because look at it sheer size and the sequel's coming out this month so it's the perfect time to read it likewise with iron Flame by yaros this is the sequel to Fourth wi I haven't read it yet because I'm nervous I won't like it because the reviews have not been that great and I will say I did fall in the hype train of fourth Wing I did so these are two sequels that I would like to read this year this no kidding will probably take me like 3 weeks to read so I'm going to just have to buckle down and do it will it be a moth where I read two books it might be but I'm just going to have to be okay with that then I have a ya book it might be my only ya book in this entire list and that is check inmate by Ali Hazel this is her ya one it's about Chess and I just think it sounds really cute and I really want to read Ali Hazelwood speaking of which I did not read her last year's release love theoretically so I'm going to have lots of Ali Hazelwood to read this year because not only do did she have these come out in 2023 but she has another new one coming out in February and in the summer so I'm going to read like four Ali Hazelwood books this year I just never a bad thing kind of going out of my order so if I don't list 24 don't tell me then it have done in dusted this is a western that I bought um last year and it's part of a series I will admit I bought it because of the cover because the cover is freaking adorable and all I know it's about a western and that's all I know so hopefully I'll read it then I have Mile High by Liz Tom for so coincidentally enough is another series that I read out of order so the first book I read this year for 2024 was the second book in this series called the right move because everyone raved about it and I can see why it's an amazing book and I was like I have to read the whole series so I want to read the first book even though you know you can guess where it's going to go blah blah blah but Mile High focuses on Stevie and xanders I believe and it's a hockey romance and I'm super excited for it and I know her third book just came out and that's baseball my favorite is baseball I love baseball so I want to read this first book so I can finally get them all read in order and things like that we have another Thriller the maids diary by lorth and white I've heard this kind of compared to the maid is that what it's called by Freeda mcfaden which I just don't think I Jive well with her writing so I want to check out this one I bought this like last year have I read it yet obviously not I hope to read it this year we have um terms and conditions and final offer both by Lauren aser I'm putting them in one spot because they're part they're two books in a series so I read the final print last year enjoyed it thought it was cute but I want to read the sequels to this this is part of the dream land billionaires series I believe each one focuses on a different brother I want to read that one likewise I would love to read another book by her a new series called the lakefront billionaires love redesigned um so I want to read like more romance this year even though I read a lot of romance you get what I'm saying then one I did not get to last year which I was really bummed about is the burnout by Sophie canella you guys know I love Sophie canella she's like my favorite chicklet author she was one of the first ones I've read I will admit her latest few books have not been the best in my opinion but I will always read them they're a good time so I will for sure be reading this one I'm on the wait list for my library how long it will take you never know but I definitely plan to read this one I have another sequel ruthless vows yes I bought this book even though I wasn't the biggest fan of divine Rivals I will admit the covers made me by them and I do want to read it it's a duology I figured I've read the first one I should read the second one this is another y one so I guess I have two y on this TBR but it's it's like a World War II kind of fantasy really light on the fantasy I just want to see how the story wraps up and it is beautiful writing I just don't think it's worth all the hype I know then I have one I've been meeing to read for a while half a soul by Olivia Atwater this is a cozy fantasy I've heard amazing things about it I need to get to it as of all of these I will continue to say and I have a vampire one the Radley's by Matt Hy I never knew about this book until a lot of people started talking about it especially in my vampire reads books and I want to do a whole vampire reading Vlog because there's several of them I want to read this year but this is one that just really stands out to me it's like kind of a contemporary with vampires and if you guys don't know me I have an obsession with vampires is it weird probably I have wild fire by Hannah Grace this is the kind of sequel to Icebreaker which I read last year Tik Tok blew it up do I think it was worth it it was okay but this one's like set in summer camp It's s really cute so I mean hopefully I'll like it I don't know with all these these could be a total shot in the dark like it could be a failure too I don't know um then I have probably my only non-fiction well I have several non-fiction that I want to read I'm not putting on this list but this one I have been on my library list for forever will I ever get it I don't know and then is the woman to me by Britney Spears if you don't know I'm 35 I literally listened to Britney Spears growing up when I was 13 14 when I was like 10 to like 15 so I have to read this I feel it's Duty bound to my 9s kid self speaking of vampires I have Slang The Vampire conqueror by Karissa Broadband if you guys don't know she wrote my favorite fantasy that I read last year called um serpent in the wings of night and this one's another vampire one I'm going do a vampire thing as you can see I'm very excited for this one it sounds amazing then I have practice makes perfect by Sarah Adams I've read two Sarah Adams books this is the sequel to When in Rome they're just just cutesy clean small town romances this one's about the the sister that owns a flower shop it sounds adorable then I have some Elsie silver books so I have read the first book in the series called I want to say Flawless so I want to read heartless which I believe is the second book then we have powerless which is the third book then there's also Reckless and hopeless I don't know if I'll get to those two but I want to read books oh crap which one is it two and three in the series because it's kind of like um a like Western romances May I'll do a western reading Vlog I don't know but either way everyone raised about Elie silver I did like Flawless so I do want to read this series then I have Maria Zapata from luk off with love I really want to read this one if I can I also want to read colti by her but I'm just going to count this one because this is one for sure I know I read since I physically this is about ice skating if you guys don't know I love Marana zot I've read two of her books I want to read all of her backlist then I have one I just stumbled across and I've heard amazing things about called out on a limb I forget the author's name please forgive me but I've heard it's a very romantic sweeping very kind of serious love story that sounds amazing and I really want to get to it and then I have a whole bunch of um Romany that I want to read um I don't know much about them so please forgive me I have a fate of Wrath and Flame by Ka Tucker I've read several of K Tucker's romance books and really enjoy them so I want to see what she's going to do with fantasy like Romany I think that would be awesome and I hope to really like it I also have the coven this is like kind of a witchy coven spooky book that sounds really awesome perhaps I'll save it for the fall but I would like to read it and the last one I have is a dawn of Onyx by Kate golden this the first book in The Sacred Stones I don't know much about it it says it's the first in the Epic Fantasy romance Trilogy I don't know but that's all the books I have is that 24 I for sure really hope so if it's not please don't let me know because I don't like to fail but either way hopefully I'll read all these 24 that would be awesome because if I take all of them off my TBR cart it's looking pretty reasonable so I would like to do that that's one of my main goals this year is to read more physical books and a lot of these books what do you know I have physically so it would be working out great so there you have all of the 24 books that are not new releases that I will be focusing on when I'm not reading new releases did I repeat myself yeah probably be either way I'll let know if you do these goals like this where you do 24 books or 23 books you know yada y y I would love to know um but as always thank you so much for watching and I will see you in my next video bye\n"