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Having finished #readharder2019 and #aussiesrule2019, I move on toward finishing #readingwomen2019. Here is my challenge so far. Any recs for books in Appalachia, Lambda winners,books from 2018 Reading Women shortlist? Prefer SF, YA, romance, maybe mystery /thriller.

I don‘t *actually* want this job (for a whole bunch of reasons: it‘s part-time, it‘d be an hour & a half commute *at best* [this is me talking myself out of applying]). But, oh man! (Assistant) Children‘s Librarian at a “Ladies Library” (in a seaside town)? Fuck yeah! 🙌🏻 If only...

Honestly, I think if it were full-time, I‘d do it & just eat the commute. Sigh...

For the month of Dec we have “Idle Tears”🤔 by Edward Robert Hughes.

I have my books planned for the 2019 #ReadingWomenChallenge now, too. 😃 Almost all are from my existing tbr, and every one of them is by a female author.

Together with my planned books for #Booked2019 and #Popsugar2019 I have exactly 100 books scheduled for next year. That should still leave me time for at least 50 other books I can choose as I go. So, I‘m probably done signing up for 2019 challenges now. Possibly. Maybe. 😂

@thereadingwomen have a photo challenge going this month! Woo hoo! #readingwomenmonth

I‘m not keeping up with any photo challenges this month but I had to share for #ReadingResolutions #bookishpodcast 🎉🎉 Simply the best!

I'm so happy that @thereadingwomen podcast is now available on Spotify - I'm a fierce Spotify user and now I'll be sure to never miss an episode by downloading them on my phone! If you've never listened to this podcast, be sure to go check them out 📚❤

@MrBook 's list of #booksaboutbooks reminded me of this gem. To this day one of my favorite books, the author talks about the books she read in her Women's Studies classes and how they affected her life. It's a wonderful little book with lots of breadcrumbs to feminist classics. (Many of which I bought because of what she wrote about them.) If you don't know where to start with #FeministLit, start here!

This year I'm making reading a number one priority. I'm participating in 7 reading challenges, 2 real life book clubs + an online book club. My goal is to read at least 75 books + graphic novels with at least 60% female or femme authors, 25% authors of colour + 10% LGBTQ+ authors or main characters. I'll be using each book I read across all 7 challenges (where possible) + trying to slot the book club books into reading challenge prompts if I can.

Love my new small calendar, fillled with pictures of works of art portraying women engaged in our favorite activity! #newyear

Came across another 2018 challenge worth sharing. This one is hosted by The Reading Women and it‘s appropriately called the #ReadingWomenChallenge 💁🏻‍♀️ This seems like a fun way to read more female authored books. I‘m not sure how many of these I‘ll get to in 2018, but I‘ll certainly tag the ones I do! 🤗 Who is participating in this one?

For more info visit: https://www.readingwomenpodcast.com/reading-women-challenge-2018

These are some of my favorite books written by women--at least the ones I own!! 😄😄😄 This stack is crowned by my #currentread that I KNOW will be a favorite. 😍 #readathon #thereadingwomen #readmorewomen #deweysreadathon #minichallenge

My 2017 #ReadingGoals:

*Read 50 books
*Read at least 30% authors of color
*Read at least 50% women authors
*Finish the #ReadHarder Challenge
*Finish the #LitsyAtoZ Challenge

Tonight's project is working on a 2017 reading journal. It is loosely based on a bullet journal format, but I'm doing it my own way. I've color-coded the challenges, and am making a list of all the books I've selected, leaving room for more as I continue to fill in challenge categories. The plan is then to make notes and comments on everything I read.