ReadHarder2019

And December was the month I found my reading rhythm again, and managed not to leave five books from #readharder2019 until the 18th. So many standouts this month, only Trust Exercise let me down.

BookishMarginalia I hated Trust Exercise and bailed halfway through 5y

Reagan I loved

What My Mother and I Don't Talk About: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence

BarbaraBB Some great reads to find your rhythm again! 5y

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ClairesReads @BookishMarginalia strongly support this and wish I had too. It was terrible 5y

ClairesReads @Reagan same! Discovered some writers I want to read more of there 5y

ClairesReads @BarbaraBB it was a pretty great month 5y

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CorLie

Read Harder (a Reading Log): Track Books, Chart Progress | Book Riot

Finished 2019s #ReadHarder challenge. A few books that I really loved (Binti, Punakau), a lot that I liked and otherwise never would have read. A few that is always meant to read and finally did... And yes, a few klunkers.

Will try again in 2020!!!
#ReadHarder2019

rachelm Nice work!! 5y

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CorLie

Naked Came the Stranger | Penelope Ashe, Mike McGrady

so-so

#ReadHarder
#ReadHarder2019 - fewer than 100 reviews on Goodreads

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effani

All Systems Red | Martha Wells

Since the year is almost over I figured I should post my 2019 #ReadHarder list. I actually finished it this summer (before I joined Litsy) - no putting it off until the very end for me this year! There are some great books on this list, a couple of duds, and a lot in between. The tagged book was probably my favorite. #ReadHarder2019

effani The actual prompts are hard to read on this graphic, but they're at https://bookriot.com/2018/12/12/2019-read-harder-challenge/ if anyone is curious. 5y

sprainedbrain Great job! Wish I had finished one over the summer, but I‘m still working on finishing two challenges. 😂 5y

effani @sprainedbrain You can do it! My secret is to just do one challenge. 😂 5y

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ClairesReads

Bluebird, Bluebird | Attica Locke

It‘s the final #readharder2019 hurdle! A book by a woman and/or an AOC that won a literary award in 2018 (The Edgar Award)

charl08 Great book! 5y

ClairesReads @charl08 I‘m loving it 5y

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ClairesReads

The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine (movie tie-in) (Movie Tie-in Editions) | Michael Lewis

A business book #readharder2019

AceOnRoam The last one? 5y

ClairesReads @AceOnRoam one more after this- the book that won a prize in 2018 by a woman or AOC... I‘m going for

Bluebird, Bluebird

AceOnRoam Good choice, then you can read the sequel 😊 I look forward to your review. 5y

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ClairesReads

Hope Never Dies: An Obama/Biden Mystery | Andrew Shaffer

#readharder2019 a cozy mystery, because everyone needs this kind of joy in their lives

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ClairesReads

The Mere Wife: A Novel | Maria Dahvana Headley

pick

an exquisitely told, brutal revisioning of Beowulf, set in modern, Stepford-like suburbia. It is a story of mothers and sons, the equal intensity and distance of that bond. Set against the backdrop of an unnamed war, this is a story about the distancing of domestic life from global crisis, and what happens when those two worlds intersect. It‘s a story of the wild and the tamed. Headley asks her reader big questions about the impact of othering.

JanuarieTimewalker13 Great review! 5y

ClairesReads @JanuarieTimewalker13 thank you 🙏🏻 5y

ClairesReads #readharder2019 5y

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Redheadrambles

Catch and Kill | Ronan Farrow

Here is my month in books. A not entirely satisfying collection but two books did stand out : Catch and Kill is as good as everyone is saying and Kevin Wilson is a new author to me that I want to read more from. On the “ticking off” on achievements front I have finally completed the Booker longlist novels and have one book remaining for #Readharder2019 ! Woohoo, it might nearly be time to read what I want ;)

Redheadrambles #Novemberwrapup #monthlywrapup #novemberreads (edited) 5y

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ClairesReads

The Mere Wife: A Novel | Maria Dahvana Headley

A very loose interpretation of “a book of mythology” #readharder2019

Redheadrambles Ohh yes this is one I wanted to get to but it slipped me by 5y

ClairesReads @Redheadrambles I‘ve only read a few pages but it‘s amazing so far 5y

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