{"id":7868,"date":"2024-12-31T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/readwithstefani.com\/?p=7868"},"modified":"2024-12-30T20:24:54","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T18:24:54","slug":"best-books-i-read-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/readwithstefani.com\/mk\/best-books-i-read-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Books I Read in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thatartsyreadergirl.com\/top-ten-tuesday\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/readwithstefani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image.png?resize=500%2C203&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/readwithstefani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image.png?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/readwithstefani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image.png?resize=300%2C122&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/readwithstefani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image.png?resize=18%2C7&amp;ssl=1 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Click the image to be taken to the blog hosting Top Ten Tuesday<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Time for the end of year wrap up. Here are my top 10 books I read this year: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"263\" height=\"400\" data-id=\"7869\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/readwithstefani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/22551730.jpg?resize=263%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/readwithstefani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/22551730.jpg?w=263&amp;ssl=1 263w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/readwithstefani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/22551730.jpg?resize=197%2C300&amp;ssl=1 197w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/readwithstefani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/22551730.jpg?resize=8%2C12&amp;ssl=1 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img 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decoding=\"async\" width=\"322\" height=\"500\" data-id=\"7876\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/readwithstefani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/75015825.jpg?resize=322%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/readwithstefani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/75015825.jpg?w=322&amp;ssl=1 322w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/readwithstefani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/75015825.jpg?resize=193%2C300&amp;ssl=1 193w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/readwithstefani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/75015825.jpg?resize=8%2C12&amp;ssl=1 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 322px) 100vw, 322px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"339\" height=\"500\" data-id=\"7875\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/readwithstefani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/208455470.jpg?resize=339%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7875\" 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