003 The Beauty of Reading Challenges

Wherein we discuss the benefits of doing a reading challenge, why you should not bite off more than you can chew, and how to find joy, not limitations in a reading challenge.

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Books reviewed in this episode:

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• The Awakening of Miss Prim by Natalia Sanmartín Fenollera

• Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson (not set in South America, Ambre!)

• The Sociopath Next Door by Martha Stout (Ambre’s light read for summer)

• Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

• Midsummer’s Mayhem by Rajani LaRocca

• Adventures With Waffles by Maria Parr

• The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore

• Medallion by Dawn L. Watkins

• Shield: A Prequel to Medallion by Dawn L. Watkins

• Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

• Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls

Other reading challenges we’ve used/recommend and mentioned in this episode:

1,000 Books Before Kindergarten

Literary Life “2 for ‘22” Reading Challenge

Goodreads 2022 Challenge