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I read ten books in March, but six of them were novellas, so that’s more like five books – a little slower than usual, but the short novellas help cover that up! At 25 books cumulatively, that puts me exactly on track to hit my goal of 100 books by December 31. Of my ten books this month, I gave two novels and two novellas five stars – check them out for sure! 5 stars: Family Family, by Laurie Frankel: This book was PHENOMENAL! India Allwood grew up desperately wanting to be an actor – and now, she’s a Hollywood …

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I read another seven books in February, which I was thrilled with in a short month. At fifteen books cumulatively, that puts me exactly on track to hit my goal of 100 books by December 31. Great! And I had a solid mix this month of fiction and non-fiction, which makes me feel like I’m learning and not just relaxing 🙂 5 stars: House of Glass, by Sarah Pekkanen: Stella is an attorney who is assigned to serve as the advocate for 9-year old Rose, who seemingly witnessed the murder of her nanny Tina. Tina was having an affair with …

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I read eight books in January, starting off the year strong. Yay! I am still shooting for 100 books in 2024, and I’m hopeful that this year I’ll come a lot closer than last year. Here we go! 5 stars: Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection, by Charles Duhigg: This was absolutely fantastic. Researcher Charles Duhigg teaches a framework for recognizing three different types of conversations people have (“what’s this really about?”, “who are we?”, and “how do we feel?”), and then teaches how to match those and take the other person’s emotions and experiences into account …

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I read nine books in December; that average of 1.5 books a week is what I should have been reading all year, but because I was less prolific most months, I only closed out the year at 81 books. That’s one of my lowest book reading years in a while, and I wouldn’t have even gotten to 81 if it hadn’t been for Bookmas! I am still keeping my 2024 goal at 100 books, though, as I think it’s a good stretch goal… and hopefully December starts a trend of me taking more intentional time for reading, especially in my …

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