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joemkl
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Currently reading (7)
Introducing Psychoanalysis: A Graphic Guide by Ivan Ward
Choosing a Counselling or Psychotherapy Training: A Practical Guide by Sylvie K. Schapira
Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones by Dolly Parton
Children of Dune by Frank Herbert

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

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

Read recently
Introducing Psychotherapy by Nigel Benson
The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients by Irvin D. Yalom
The Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic Novel by Margaret Atwood
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

To-Read Pile
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Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
Heartstopper Volume 1 by Alice Oseman
Suicide Notes by Michael Thomas Ford
Pierre Menard, author of Don Quixote by Jorge Luis Borges

Challenges

2024 Reading Goal

40 books

15% (6 books)

2024 Pages Goal

8,000 pages

16% (6 books), 1,242 pages

2024 Hours Goal

24 hours

7% (6 books), 1.77 hours

Hosted challenges
2024 Variety Pack

8 prompts | 8 participants | 33 books added

As and When: Intro to Biographies, Memoirs and Autobiographies

24 prompts | 25 participants | 233 books added

As and When: Intro to Graphic Novels

23 prompts | 2 participants | 49 books added

The Henry VIII Six Wives Challenge

8 prompts | 22 participants | 46 books added

The Equatorial Reading Challenge

14 prompts | 2 participants | 34 books added