Reflection: 2011 Reading Challenge

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This year, I participated in the Goodreads Reading Challenge.  I am happy to report that I completed my challenge of five books (I know this may seem like a small amount, but these were the books that I chose to read as compared to the array of books requested by my daughters at bedtime).

Femme du Monde: Poems
Femme du Monde: Poems by Patricia Spears Jones

Quicksand and Passing
Quicksand and Passing by Nella Larsen

Glorious
Glorious by Bernice L. McFadden

Rhythms
Rhythms by Donna Hill

Half-Lit Houses
Half-Lit House by Tina Chang

I am currently, reading The Yellow House on the Corner by Rita Dove and A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle for 2012.

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