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2017 Reading Challenge. One of the fun features on GoodReads is their annual reading challenge. You can set a goal for how many books you want to read during the year, and they’ll help you track your progress. Over the weekend, I hit the goal I’d set for myself—30 books. So I went ahead and adjusted my goal for 2017. I’m now working toward 50 books for the year. Here are three (great!) titles I read in June.

amreading, June 2017

In addition, I joined a GoodReads group—Great Middle Grade Reads. Members can take part in their annual A-Z Challenge by Continue reading #amreading Challenge →

Sitting on the spot, the boy tried to think of the sorts of things only he knew. Holding up one finger at a time, he silently made his list—where he liked to hide when the house was too noisy, the best place to catch fish, which tree the honeybees had chosen, his fondest wish, the promises he’d made, the things he dreamed about at night, what made him want to cry. Seven fingers already!

—MEADOWSWEET by C. J. Milbrandt

Ulrica’s gaze gradually slipped out of focus. She’d relished street festivals when she was young, whirling gracefully through the complicated choreography of a traditional dagger dance, where a misstep could end in bloodshed and humiliation. Lovely times.

—HARROW by C. J. Milbrandt