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Currently reading (3)
The Husbands by Holly Gramazio
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
Up in the Old Hotel by Joseph Mitchell

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

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

Read recently
Blood in the Cut by Alejandro Nodarse
The Hearing Test by Eliza Barry Callahan
Last Date in El Zapotal by Mateo García Elizondo, Robin Myers
Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel

To-Read Pile
5 starstar iconreads
The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan
The Nursery by Szilvia Molnar
The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan
Lore Olympus: Volume One by Rachel Smythe

Challenges

2024 Reading Goal

75 books

33% (25 books)

2024 Pages Goal

20,000 pages

22% (25 books), 4,403 pages

2024 Hours Goal

150 hours

53% (25 books), 79.1 hours

Hosted challenges
The Dayton Literary Peace Prize Winners

36 prompts | 1 participant | 0 books added

The PEN/ Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story Winners

47 prompts | 8 participants | 5 books added

The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Winners

43 prompts | 9 participants | 22 books added

National Book Award Winners for Translated Literature

27 prompts | 8 participants | 7 books added

National Book Award Winners for Fiction

94 prompts | 46 participants | 95 books added

The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Winners

18 prompts | 9 participants | 18 books added