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Over the past few years I've really got into reading more. I've been doing a challenge on Good Reads where I read 22 books in 2022, 23 in 2023 and so on. I have achieved my targets for 2022 and 2023 and am on target for meeting my 2024 one!


Books I've read so far this year:


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