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It's the end of week three of the challenge, how goes it for all of you? Hope you've all had a better reading week than I have, mine really doesn't bear close scrutiny! (I finished a book! It wasn't one from my list/pile.)

Are we starting to flag a bit as November grinds on or have we triumphs to share? Anyone defeat a book that's been taunting them for long and weary? Share your reading triumphs and disasters in the comments below.

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kore

I finished some books! A couple of mysteries and the Diary of a Bookseller series, which really weren't as funny as I'd thought they'd be. Still failing at reading a serious novel which demands attention, but I'm just not sure I can do that right now. I have a ton of rec lists and a list of my own but I just can't seem to get stuck into a novel in particular, unless it's based on trashy true crime, or it's a thriller/mystery. /o\

I got Barack Obama's autobiography but did not realize it is ALMOST EIGHT HUNDRED PAGES. It looks great but OMFG that is a lot to read right now. I also read the new Sylvia Plath biography a little while back, which is over 1100 pages! That took quite a while and it was hard to hold a book that long in my head over different reading sessions. (I typically just gobble books.) I get the feeling I'm reading a lot of nonfiction because it's less immersive, less emotionally challenging....maybe I'll try some short stories. or Michelle Obama's autobiography, which looks 1) intriguing and 2) a lot shorter

Edited Date: 2020-11-21 03:49 am (UTC)

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kore

I have to add a note, I started grazing through Obama's book and his charming actually modest yet intellectual voice overcame my reservations, JUST LIKE ALWAYS. I bet it's even better in the audiobook version!

I also reread a Kinsey Millhone (I is for Innocent) and had forgotten how well Grafton writes, so that was definitely a step up from trashy thrillers.