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Currently reading (7)
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts by Oliver Burkeman
The Valley of Horses by Jean M. Auel
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

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

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

Read recently
A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley
Solo: What Running Across Mountains Taught Me about Life by Jenny Tough
The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

To-Read Pile
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A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
This Accident of Being Lost: Songs and Stories by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
World of Wonders by Robertson Davies
Vortex by Robert Charles Wilson

Challenges

2025 Reading Goal

48 books

2% (1 book)

Hosted challenges
The Book Awards Backlist Challenge

10 prompts | 23 participants | 97 books added

30 Books to Celebrate 30 Years of Writers and Company

30 prompts | 4 participants | 17 books added