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New year, newish goals, new books!
I considered not setting any reading goals for the year but when I was going over my reading log for last year, I saw soooo many DNFs and...
Jan 28, 20242 min read
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Finally read a challenge book: The Mill on the Floss
I don't know if any two characters I've come across in the hundreds of books that I've read in my life have made me half as tired as Tom Tul
Oct 13, 20232 min read
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My 2022 reading challenge check-in
Well, it wasn't great, and it wasn't bad. Part of my reasoning behind this goal (read my own shelves) was that I am always buying new...
Jan 10, 20236 min read
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Halloween reads for 2022
It's time for my annual tradition of scaring myself half to death by late October! Books: King, Stephen- 'Salem's Lot Searles, John- Help...
Oct 21, 20223 min read
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The mid-year reading challenge check-in
Last December, I set myself what seemed like an easy challenge: each month, I'd read one book from my own shelves. I thought I'd ace...
Jun 27, 20223 min read
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A short YA fantasy list
Levine, Gail Carson- Fairest Levine, Gail Carson- Ella Enchanted Novik, Naomi- A Deadly Education Novik, Naomi- The Last Graduate and...
Apr 26, 20223 min read
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2022 reading challenge: read my own shelves
I've seen this come up on other book blogs, so it seems to be a pretty popular resolution. I decided last summer, when I got my books...
Jan 26, 20222 min read
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Nonfiction
Harmon, Claire- Jane's Fame Worley, Jeff (ed.)- What Comes Down to Us: 25 Contemporary Kentucky Poets Zinsser, William- Writing Places...
Jan 9, 20223 min read
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Alphabet challenge: v, x, y, z
Yeah, I know it's a bit out of order. Vuong, Ocean- On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Xiao Bai- French Concession Yu, Charles- Interior...
Jan 9, 20223 min read
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Goodreads list challenge: completed!
Moreno Garcia. Silvia- Certain Dark Things Kantra, Virginia- Meg & Jo Joy, David- When These Mountains Burn I haven't read a book for the...
Dec 27, 20212 min read
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Alphabet Reading Challenge: s, t, u, w
Strong, Anthony M- The Haunting of Willow House Tarkington, Booth- The Magnificent Ambersons Unsworth, Emma Jane- Grown Ups Walker,...
Dec 12, 20213 min read
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Books for young'uns: The Dragonet Prophecy and Tales of the Hinterlands
Sutherland, Tui T- The Dragonet Prophecy Narrated by: Shannon McManus Albert, Melissa- Tales from the Hinterland I don't know if I've...
Nov 5, 20213 min read
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Alphabet reading challenge: Q and R
Quentin, Patrick- A Puzzle for Fools Rao, Mahesh- Polite Society A Puzzle for Fools: This is a release from the American Mystery...
Oct 10, 20212 min read
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Goodreads list challenge: August and September
Yang, Susie- White Ivy Mascarenhas, Kate- The Psychology of Time Travel McDermid, Val- Northanger Abbey Moreno-Garcia, Silvia- Velvet Was...
Sep 30, 20213 min read
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Alphabet challenge check-in: M, N, O, and P
Martin, Valerie- The Ghost of the Mary Celeste North, Claire- The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August Olson, Neil- Before the Devil Fell...
Aug 30, 20214 min read
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What I've learned from my Goodreads challenge, and summer check-in
I'm going to move my list into Storygraph bit-by-bit. It will import the whole thing, but since I don't like how I set up my list, that doe
Aug 1, 20215 min read
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The six things I learned from my alphabet reading challenge
Last December, I wanted to try something new with my reading and set up some challenges for the new year. I think that this is by far...
Jul 19, 20215 min read
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April '21 reading challenge round-up
Alphabet reading challenge, Goodreads challenge, and a non-fic.
May 7, 20213 min read
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Challenge check-in: halfway(ish) through April
Reading Paradise Lost, Shakespeare essays, The Night Swim, Wives and Daughters, and starting on Plain Bad Heroines.
Apr 30, 20215 min read
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March 2021: challenge check-in and a galley
Titles from my alphabet reading challenge and my Goodreads reading challenge. Also one YA book and one galley.
Apr 4, 20216 min read
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