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kelly_virginia
Librarian Early Bird
Currently reading (1)
Corregidora by Gayl Jones

Mainly reads fiction books that are reflective, emotional, and dark.

Typically chooses medium-paced books that are <300 pages long.

Read recently
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu Miri
Communion: The Female Search for Love by bell hooks
The First Four Books of Poems by Louise Glรผck

To-Read Pile
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A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories by Lucia Berlin
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Night by Elie Wiesel
I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence by Amy Sedaris

Challenges

2024 Reading Goal

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Reading goal of 60 books met!

108% (65 books)

2024 Pages Goal

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Pages goal of 20,000 pages met!

106% (65 books), 21,236 pages

Hosted challenges
Pen Hemingway Award Winners

49 books | 2 participants

National Book Award for Translated Literature - Winners and longlists

12 prompts | 7 participants | 60 books added

Joyce Carol Oates Prize Nominees and Winners

16 prompts | 1 participant | 96 books added

NYT Best Books since 2000

24 prompts | 17 participants | 235 books added

National Book Award's Distinguished Contribution to American Letters Winners

36 prompts | 3 participants | 167 books added

National Book Awards - 5 Under 35

19 prompts | 6 participants | 99 books added

Pen Hemingway Award Winners

49 prompts | 10 participants | 49 books added

National Book Award for Fiction 1990s

10 prompts | 4 participants | 50 books added