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July - Independent Reading
I finished 2 more books bringing my total to 3/52. Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty
3. Fuzzy Mud by Louis Sachar
Okay, I took awhile to decide but I'm joining this challenge for 3 books:The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Persuasion by Jane Austen
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
(I'm also reading 2 additional books, but they are part of a series).
Update to message #7PROGRESS: 11/15
2/71: Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
2: Things You Save in a Fire
Update to message 113:Finished The God of Small Things
1/3
6/5 books finishedRed White and Royal Blue
Lindsay wrote: "I'm in for 3 booksPossibilities
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
The Power
The History of Bees
Paper Towns
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The wonder has a great Twist at the end!! unexpected!
Update to post 113Finished Persuasion (Jane Austen)
2/3
Update to msg 3✔️6. Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimananda Ngozi Adichie)
✔️7. The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World (Michael Pollan)
✔️8. The Penelopiad (Margaret Atwood)
Progress: 8/10
Congratulations everyone who has finished! There are still 2 weeks left of the month so there's still plenty of time to get some more books in!I'm having a slow reading month, myself. I'm at 4/5
4. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Updated message 10: 3/3. Challenge completed!
Updated Message #214/5
I saved the saddest for last.
Updated message 26-- 5/5 Challenge Complete!
We should all be feminists Dear lijeawele, or a feminist manifesto in 15 suggestions
Both by chimimanda adiche
Progress 8/5
Update: 7/71. The Miseducation of Cameron Post
2. Outside
3. Hag-Seed
4. Bruiser
5. Run, Clarissa, Run
6. Queer Intentions: A (Personal) Journey Through LGBTQ + Culture
7. When The Curtain Falls
Finished "Three Women" by Lisa Taddeo 4.5/5 stars. WOW! What a read. Ok, I have three left in the waning days of July! On it!!That's 2/5 for me!
Update to message 78.Finished
1) Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel.
2)The Clockmaker's Daughterby Kate Morton
3)Spark by John Twelve Hawks
Update: 3/5 Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life
Three Women
A Prayer for Owen Meany
update to message #23challenge complete: 3/3
9/5 completed!!Geekerella by Ashley Poston
Update for posting #124/7
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I was out of town for most of the week (seeing Hugh Jackman!!) so I just got this all updated. Let me know if I missed anything!