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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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