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librarian4Him02 | 312 comments Started reading yesterday, but forgot to make a posting here. While I"m hoping to read 50, i'm committing to reading at minimum 30 minutes a day.

No rules regarding format, but I did give myself one rule. The minimum 30 minutes is outside my morning Bible reading and needs to be done before I spend time on social media or personal email. So far I'm on a roll keeping this rule. We'll see how it goes when I start back to work next week. :)

Hope you all have a great year of reading!


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Tiffany | 2075 comments Mod
librarian4Him02 wrote: "Started reading yesterday, but forgot to make a posting here. While I"m hoping to read 50, i'm committing to reading at minimum 30 minutes a day.

No rules regarding format, but I did give myself ..."


Sounds like a great plan! I've certainly gotten in the bad habit over the past few months of waking up in the morning and immediately checking Twitter and my e-mail, so maybe I should think about your "no social media until 30 minutes of reading" plan!


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librarian4Him02 | 312 comments January

I'm off and reading for the year!

1) The Ickabog - by J.K. Rowling
1/1-1/8
4 stars
274 pages

2) The Story of the Constitution
1/9-1/22
4 stars
192 pages

Total Pages Read: 466


librarian4Him02 | 312 comments February

3) This is How We Fly - by Anna Meriano
1/23-2/4
3 stars
480 pages

4) Whose Body? - by Dorothy Sayers
1/24-2/6
3 stars
Classic Tales Podcast - 6.9 hours

5) William Shakespeare's the Phantom of Menace - by Ian Doescher
2/8-2/16
4 stars
176 pages

Total Pages Read: 1122
Total Hours Listened: 6.9


librarian4Him02 | 312 comments March

6) Brokenness Surrender Holiness - by Nancy Leigh DeMoss
2/17-3/17
5 stars
416 pages

7) Eyes that Kiss in the Corners - by Joanna Ho
3/17
5 stars
30 pages

Total Pages Read: 1568
Total Hours Listened: 6.9


librarian4Him02 | 312 comments April

8) The Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
3 stars
117 pages

Total Pages Read: 1685
Total Hours Listened: 6.9


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librarian4Him02 | 312 comments May

9) Black Sun - by Rebecca Roanhorse
4/18-5/15
5 stars
454 pages

10) Unveiled: Tamar - by Francine Rivers
5/8-5/9
3 stars
1 audio file - 4 hours

Total Pages Read: 2139
Total Hours Listened: 10.9


librarian4Him02 | 312 comments June

11) The Meaning of Marriage - by Timothy Keller
??-6/6
4 stars
330 pages

12) The City we Became - by N.K. Jemisin
5/15-6/30
4 stars
427 pages

13) The Most Magnificent Thing - by Ashley Spires
6/30
4 stars
unpaged

Total Pages Read: 2896
Total Hours Listened: 10.9


librarian4Him02 | 312 comments August

Wow, looks like July was a bust as far as reading goes. Here's how August went.

14) Chef Yasmina and the Potato Panic - by Wauter Mannaert
8/5-8/7
3 stars
140 pages

15) Brief Histories of Everyday Objects - by Andy Warner
8/7-8/8
3 stars
206 pages

16) The Hollow Needle - by Maurice leblanc
8/7-8/8
3 stars
Classic Tales Podcast - 8.06 hours

17) The Willows
8/8
4 stars
Classic Tales Podcast - 2.5 hours

18) William Shaekspeare's The Merry Rise of Skywalker - by Ian Doescher
7/5-8/18
5 stars
169 pages

19) Discovering the Treasures of a Godly Woman - by Elizabeth George
finished 8/31
5 stars
152 pages

20) Frost - by M/P. Kozlowsky
8/18-8/31
4 stars
336 pages

Total Pages Read: 3,899
Total Hours Listened: 21.46

I'm way behind for this year and am sensing quite a few short books in my near future :


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librarian4Him02 | 312 comments September

21) How to Stop Time - by Matt Haig
8/31-9/19
5 stars
328 pages

Total Pages Read: 4,227
Total Hours Listened: 21.46


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librarian4Him02 | 312 comments October

22) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - by J.K. Rowling
9/19-10/10
5 stars
309 pages

23) Elinor Oliphant is Perfectly Fine - by Gail Honeymoon
10/6 - 10/23
4 stars
11.03 hours

Total Pages Read: 4,536
Total Hours Listened: 32.49


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librarian4Him02 | 312 comments November

24) Piranesi - by Susanna Clarke
10/10 - 11/13
5 stars
245 pages

25) Ecclesiastes & Song of Songs - by Kathleen Bushwell Nelson
9/7 - 11/16
5 stars
177 pages

26) The Midnight Bargain
10/10 - 11/23
4 stars
378 pages

Total Pages Read: 5,336
Total Hours Listened: 32.49


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librarian4Him02 | 312 comments December

27) Mexican Gothic - by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
11/23 - 12/14
3 stars
301 pages

28) The Gutenberg Bible - by James Thorpe
12/14 - 12/18
5 stars
48 pages

29) Creed : What Christians Believe and Why - Adam Hamilton
12/18 - 12/26
3 stars
190 pages

30) A Spectacle of Glory - by Joni Eareckson Tada
1/1 - 12/31
5 stars
359 pages

Total Pages Read: 6,234
Total Hours Listened: 32.49


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librarian4Him02 | 312 comments And with number 30, I'm done with my reading year. Didn't reach 50, but I enjoyed what I read this year. My top reads in no particular order were:

1) The Ickabog - by J.K. Rowling
2) Brokenness Holiness Surrender - by Nancy Leigh DeMoss
3) Black Sun - by Rebecca Roanhorse
4) The City we Became - by N.K. Jemisin
5) Elinor Oliphant is Perfectly Fine - by Gail Honeymoon
6) How to Stop Time - by Matt Haig
7) Frost - by M.P. Kozlowsky
8) Piranesi - by Susanna Clarke

Looking forward to 2022 and the reading adventures that await!


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Tiffany | 2075 comments Mod
librarian4Him02 wrote: "And with number 30, I'm done with my reading year. Didn't reach 50, but I enjoyed what I read this year. My top reads in no particular order were:

1) The Ickabog - by J.K. Rowling
2) Brokenness Ho..."


Yay! 30 is still an impressive number, and enjoying them is even better :)

Happy new year!


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