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...
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- Oct 21, 2022
- 3 min
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...
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- Jun 27, 2022
- 3 min
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...
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- Apr 26, 2022
- 3 min
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...
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- Jan 26, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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- Jan 9, 2022
- 3 min
Nonfiction
Harmon, Claire- Jane's Fame Worley, Jeff (ed.)- What Comes Down to Us: 25 Contemporary Kentucky Poets Zinsser, William- Writing Places...
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- Jan 9, 2022
- 3 min
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...
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- Dec 27, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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- Dec 12, 2021
- 3 min
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,...
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- Nov 5, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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- Oct 10, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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- Sep 30, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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- Aug 30, 2021
- 4 min
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...
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- Aug 1, 2021
- 5 min
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
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- Jul 19, 2021
- 5 min
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...
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- May 7, 2021
- 3 min
April '21 reading challenge round-up
Alphabet reading challenge, Goodreads challenge, and a non-fic.
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- Apr 30, 2021
- 5 min
Challenge check-in: halfway(ish) through April
Reading Paradise Lost, Shakespeare essays, The Night Swim, Wives and Daughters, and starting on Plain Bad Heroines.
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- Apr 4, 2021
- 6 min
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.
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- Mar 3, 2021
- 3 min
Challenge Check-in: February 21
The titles that I read for an alphabet reading challenge and my Goodreads reading challenge.
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- Feb 20, 2021
- 4 min
Challenge check-in: mid-Feb 21
Goodreads list: Haig, Matthew- The Midnight Library Nonfiction: Didion, Joan- Let Me Tell You What I Mean Stretch: Dickens, Charles-...
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