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Read Harder Challenge #20: Writing Our Way Out, Read Harder Challenge #21: As the Crow Flies & Read Harder Challenge #22: Full Cicada Moon

Posted about 7 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
Prompt #20: A book written in prison First, a warning.  I know I’ve been writing about YA books for the Read Harder Challenge; however,  Writing Our Way Out: Memoirs From […]
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Read Harder Challenge #17: Girl Mogul, Read Harder Challenge #18: The Lost Coast & Read Harder Challenge #19: Hole in My Life

Posted about 7 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
Prompt #17: A business book Girl Mogul, by Tiffany Pham (founder and CEO of Mogul), is a must read for all teen girls who are destined for greatness! In Girl Mogul, […]
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Read Harder Challenge #15: Zahrah the Windseeker & Read Harder Challenge #16: Josephine

Posted about 7 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
Prompt #15: A book of mythology or folklore Zahrah the Windseeker, by Nnedi Okorafor, is a fantasy novel rooted in West African folklore.  Thirteen year-old Zahrah lives in northern Ooni […]
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Read Harder Challenge #13: Kids Like Us & Read Harder Challenge #14: A Study in Charlotte

Posted about 7 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
Prompt #13: A book by or about someone that identifies as neurodiverse I was super pumped to complete this prompt.  Writing about characters who identify as neurodiverse is definitely trending […]
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Read Harder Challenge #11: Fruits Basket & Read Harder Challenge #12: Maus

Posted about 7 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
Prompt #11: A book of manga Ok, try not to be too appalled by what you are about to read…this is my first time reading manga.  I know, I know.  […]
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Read Harder Challenge #10: A Translated Book and/or Translated by a Woman

Posted about 7 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
Posted in Book Reviews
Ok, first things first.  I am way behind on this challenge.  I believe we are in week 25 of the year and I’m only on book 10.  That’s terrible!  I […]
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Read Harder Challenge #8: Meet Me at the Intersection & Read Harder Challenge #9: Lost in the Red Hills of Mars

Posted about 7 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
Posted in Book Reviews
Prompt #8: An #ownvoices book set in Oceania If you read my Read Harder planning post back in December, you know that I had planned to read a different book […]
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Read Harder Challenge #6: Ignite the Stars & Read Harder Challenge #7: The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind

Posted about 8 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
Posted in Book Reviews
Prompt #6: A book by an AOC set in or about space Full disclosure:  I was dreading this particular prompt.  Scifi is probably my least favorite genre to read.  So, […]
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Read Harder Challenge #4: The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue & Read Harder Challenge #5: We Say #NeverAgain

Posted about 8 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
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Read Harder Challenge #3: Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers

Posted about 8 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
For prompt #3 of the Read Harder Challenge, a book by a woman and/or AOC (Author of Color) that won a literary award in 2018, I read Vincent and Theo: […]
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