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March was a busy month for me, and I only finished 5 books. However, that included Evelina, The Brothers Karamazov, and The Silmarillion, which are all pretty long and/or in-depth reads. My favorite this month was absolutely rereading The Silmarillion. I‘m also thoroughly enjoying slowly making my way through The Complete Sherlock Holmes. Orlando is currently paused/in hibernation.

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February #BookSpinBingo
I finished 8 books and have several longer reads in progress.

#BookSpin Misty of Chincoteague
#DoubleSpin The Year of the Hare

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January 2024 #BookSpinBingo

This was a good reading month with 14 completed books (including 7 #1001books), planned progress on 2 long reads, and 3 bingos! I think Cloud Atlas and Mrs. ‘Arris Goes to Paris were probably my favorites. Since I‘m not doing weekly book reports this year, I also noted my in progress reads at the bottom.

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2023 was an interesting reading year. #Clarissa was the longest book and greatest challenge of the year, and Don Quixote was plenty long as well. I don‘t really do simply favorites, instead also considering the books that I think will be the most memorable. As of this moment, these are those books of 2023 for me.

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Some graphs of my 2023 reading

All of my 5 star reads were rereads, but there were some great 4 star reads and only a single 1 star read.

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I completed 45 books from the #1001books list this year for an updated total of 253 out of 1,318!

A few were rereads but from long enough ago that I didn‘t have dates in Goodreads. As usual, there were books I just pushed through to finish as well as fantastic reads.

Several were read for the #Reading1001 group, including 13 for #TBRTakedown. Many others were read with or for various readalong groups and challenges listed in the comments.

2023 #BookSpinBingo
I know this graphic is too small to see the details, but it was fun to go back through each of my bingo boards and see the variety for the year. I read 20 of 24 chosen #BookSpin & #DoubleSpin books. I appreciate the flexibility of this method to track progress on long reads as well as completion. There are 130 completed books represented for the year!

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I‘m compiling my reading statistics for this year, which also includes updating the tabs in my copy of this book. Whenever I look at the list and think it‘s never ending, this print copy helps me realize I am making progress. It also makes me wish for an edition with all 1,300+ books on the list because I sometimes have to add tabs for a book that has been removed or added in a newer edition.

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Although I still have some reading to do this week, I think I‘ve finished all I‘m going to fit in for #ReadingTheAmericas2023. I completed at least 15 books and experienced more countries through them. 7 of these books are also on the #1001books list. This challenge was a great way to continue to broaden my reading, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

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I read 148 books as well as my first complete read through the Bible in 2022. There was a good mix of books by both male & female authors, over 60% were from the library, and 20% were owned books. I listened to more audio than in previous years. I tried making a list of 22 for 2022 and couldn‘t make decisions, so I cut it more drastically to a list of my newly read 10 most memorable and impactful, rather than favorites.

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