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Dec 2024
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#273 - 2024 READING WRAP UP & STATS!!

Ariel Bissett & Raeleen Lemay
About this episode

OUR BIGGEST EPISODE OF THE YEAR IS HERE!! WE ARE SO EXCITED!! Our favourite books, authors, covers, sub genres, and more! All of our reading statistics! It’s huge!


Links mentioned:

Our reading spreadsheet template: https://www.booksunboundpodcast.com/stuff

Books Unbound Reading Survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdw699d4vD5qbQ7coa3M7Qq9XuH9cGvvvUMymAoI7qDglpATw/viewform

Max from WellDoneBooks: https://www.instagram.com/welldonebooks?igsh=MWdvYzYyYm56c3FrNg==


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Chapters:

00:00:00 - Raegreen

00:02:38 - Table of Contents

00:03:48 - Raeleen’s Top Books of 2024

00:13:03 - Ariel’s Top Books of 2024

00:23:30 - STATISTICS

00:34:17 - Spreadsheets

01:03:58 - QUESTIONS

01:12:12 - Sub-Genre of the Year

01:16:25 - 2025 Reading Trend Predictions

01:19:07 - Favourite Authors of 2024

01:21:22 - Cat Books: Final Edition

01:27:32 - DNF’s of 2024

01:30:02 - Book Memories

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