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About a month ago I proposed a personal reading project for myself: read 3,000 pages in the 30 days of my Christmas break. Technically, I still have one magazine story to revise and turn in, but it’s so close to being done with the semester that I’m going to start today, yay!

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It hit me a few nights ago just how much I love everything about reading.

I love being asked for a book recommendation, then giving one I think is exactly right.

I love looking at my bookshelves and knowing every book on it, the story, the characters, the cover, the feelings when I finished.

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My Bookish Path to Feminism

by Kim on December 7, 2009 · 2 comments

Today I had the honor of guest posting over at the Women Unbound Challenge blog. I wrote about the book that helped open my eyes to what the feminist movement could mean and inspired me to rethink my own political ideologies on the topic.
To find out what the book was, head on over to the [...]

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Last week a friend slept on my couch over a night on a drive from the Twin Cities down to Louisville, Kentucky. I had homework, sadly, so we spent a quiet evening around the apartment. As it turned out, he forgot the book he was reading in his car, so I got the chance to [...]

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How I Get Hooked on Books

by Kim on October 16, 2009 · 31 comments

When you’re browsing through the bookstore, reading reviews online, or just chatting about books in general, what makes a book stick out for you? Are there any subjects or themes or character types that make you look more closely?
What follows is a list of things that will pretty much guarantee I’ll give an unfamiliar book [...]

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