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2021 was a big year of reading for me! I stepped outside my comfort level and read books from new genres, took up some classics, and discovered new favorites. I discovered my favorite writer (Michael Crichton) and Waterstones, and those things alone make it a pretty successful year if I do say so myself. I [...]
In 2020, my goal was to read 45 books. I fell behind a little bit because of school, and then quarantine happened. You would think that having nothing to do for months on end would have given me plenty of time to read, but alas, it did not happen. My mental capacity to read was [...]
In 2019, my goal was to read 50 books. I kept on track until the end of the year when I had some personal stuff happen, but I still managed to read a total of 42 books. I was stressed at first about not making my goal but my therapist reminded me that reading is [...]
One of the things I'm most thankful for this year is the gift of reading. I fell in love with reading again after being apart from it for so long, and it's been amazing. I've read some great books this year, and I can't wait to see what amazing things I'm able to read in [...]
Hello, friends! I'm surprised I have any words left in me to type because I just finished the first draft of my very first novel at 76,479 words!! I've been wanting to write a book since I was in elementary school. I remember looking up at the clouds while my mom was driving one day [...]
Growing up, I never read or watched Harry Potter. Some of my friends around me loved it and talked about it, but my family wasn't a huge fan of it so I never had much of an interest in reading the series. My middle school self just stuck with the Hunger Games. The summer after [...]
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