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Reading Harder in 2018

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Aside from keeping a journal, which is something I've been doing for over twenty years, reading is my most consistent habit.  Since late elementary school, junior high I have pretty much always been reading something.  While I love talking to others about books and giving and getting recommendations, reading for me is a solitary enjoyment.  While I'm not a member of a book club, I am trying a reading challenge for the first time -- Book Riot's 2018 Read Harder Challenge .   The whole point is to challenge you to read outside of your normal preferences and get introduced to authors and formats you've maybe never heard of or considered. The 2018 challenge includes 24 categories.  It is perfectly acceptable to read books that fulfill more than one challenge category but I'm working towards reading a book for each one.  Just this past week I reached the halfway point...reading my twelfth book.  I thought it was a good milestone that called for a book blog.  My 2018