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Final 19 before starting '19

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In addition to all the other books I've already blogged about in 2018 (37), I read another nineteen books.  You can read my other book blogs at: From Heartburn to Soul Food (November 17, 2018) Reading Harder in 2018 (Part 2) (August 25, 2018) Reading Harder in 2018 (May 28, 2018) We're six days into the new year and I'm gearing up for this year's Read Harder Challenge .  But I wanted to take the time to bring the year to a close in the book department.  I read more books in 2018 than I've ever read in a single year - 56.  I didn't set out to read over 50 books but my usual reading coupled with the Read Harder Challenge helped me achieve that number.   I just started following @simoneandherbooks on Instagram and I'm going to borrow her model of summarizing her 2018 reading, with a couple slight variations.     Number of books read this year: 56 Number of books written by a female author:  34/56 or 60% Number of nonfiction books read this ye