I didn't go hog wild adding books to my TBR on Goodreads, but there are enough to warrant a mid-month update. Jane Austen and the War of Ideas by Marilyn Butler

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I have actually read some books this month! Enough to even require a mid-month wrap up. Why Read? by Mark Edmundson - The only thing this book had going for it is that

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Once again, I am having trouble remembering what day it is. I keep having to say, out loud, "It is Friday." This does not look good for the state of my

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I had some reading struggles in November, but I ended up reading 7 books. It wasn't as much as I hoped, but it could have been much worse. Dirty Thirty by

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Forget everything you've seen on my previous Friday Reads posts. It is all null and void as we get down to the nitty gritty of finishing up all my challenges for

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Today was weird. The last two days have not gone as planned, so this is going up rather late. I need 7 more books from my shelves to meet the goal to read

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Oops! I did it again. I thought I had been so busy that I didn't have time to add books. But there was that section of time I was on the

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My library account is pretty boring this month. I'm focusing on reading books on my actual shelves right now, so I have no books checked out. We'll just skip

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This came through the library in delivery the other day and I decided to give it a look-see. I'd heard of it, but I'd never seen a copy. It

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I have a real problem. I have 10 books left on my Read Books From My Shelves challenge. I've started 3 of them. I'm not getting anywhere fast in

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I had a birthday a few weeks ago, and as per usual, I got a bunch of books! I know I'm late, but I wanted to wait until all the books

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This has not been a reading-forward week. Most days I didn't read 50 pages and one day I didn't read anything at all. I just wasn't feeling

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