The best books of 2024

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My favorite read in 2024

Book cover of The Notebook

Ella Buckley ❤️ loved this book because...

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Emotions 🥈 Character(s)
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Nicholas Sparks,

Why should I read it?

3 authors picked The Notebook as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Celebrating 25 years of The Notebook - the classic novel which became the heart-wrenching film.

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Once again, just as I do every day, I begin to read the notebook aloud...

Noah Calhoun has returned from war and, in an attempt to escape the ghosts of battle, he sets his mind and his body to restoring an old plantation home to its former beauty.

But he is haunted by memories of the beautiful girl he met there years before. A girl who stole his heart at the funfair, whose parents didn't approve, a girl he wrote to every day for…


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My 2nd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of Daisy Jones & The Six

Ella Buckley ❤️ loved this book because...

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Character(s) 🥈 Originality
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Taylor Jenkins Reid,

Why should I read it?

13 authors picked Daisy Jones & The Six as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

SOON TO BE AN AMAZON PRIME TV SERIES STARRING SAM CLAFLIN, RILEY KEOUGH AND CAMILA MORRONE

THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

From the author of THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO and the bestselling MALIBU RISING

'I LOVE it . . . I can't remember the last time I read a book that was so fun' DOLLY ALDERTON

Everybody knows Daisy Jones and the Six.

From the moment Daisy walked barefoot on to the stage at the Whisky, she and the band were a sensation.

Their sound defined an era. Their albums were on every turntable. They…


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My 3rd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of The Sun and Her Flowers

Ella Buckley ❤️ loved this book because...

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Teach 🥈 Outlook
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Rupi Kaur,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked The Sun and Her Flowers as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Watch rupi kaur live now on Prime Video.

“Rupi Kaur is the Writer of the Decade.” — The New Republic

From rupi kaur, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of milk and honey, comes her long-awaited second collection of poetry. A vibrant and transcendent journey about growth and healing. Ancestry and honoring one’s roots. Expatriation and rising up to find a home within yourself.

Divided into five chapters and illustrated by kaur, the sun and her flowers is a journey of wilting, falling, rooting, rising, and blooming. A celebration of love in all its forms.

this is the recipe…


Don‘t forget about my book 😀

The Garden Warrior

By Ella Buckley,

Book cover of The Garden Warrior

What is my book about?

It is the early 1930s, and a little girl named Diane and her older brother, Christopher, are sent away to live at their grandmother’s house for a week. But what Diane does not know is that the secret garden, that is forbidden, is magical. The garden always speaks to her, but Christopher does not believe that is true. Will Diane be able to convince her brother, find out her grandmother’s darkest secret, and possibly prove that she is the garden warrior she is supposed to become?