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Currently reading (4)
The Bangalore Detectives Club by Harini Nagendra
Greenteeth by Molly O'Neill
Shades of Magic by V.E. Schwab
The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport by Samit Basu

Mainly reads fiction books that are adventurous, informative, and lighthearted.

Typically chooses medium-paced books that are <300 pages long.

Read recently
Consumed: The Need for Collective Change: Colonialism, Climate Change, and Consumerism by Aja Barber
The Elements of Baking: Making Any Recipe Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Egg-Free Or Vegan by Katarina Cermelj
City of Blades by Robert Jackson Bennett
Amelia Fang y el baile barbárico by Laura Ellen Anderson, Laura Ellen Anderson

To-Read Pile
5 starstar iconreads
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
The Subversive Copy Editor, Second Edition: Advice from Chicago (or, How to Negotiate Good Relationships with Your Writers, Your Colleagues, and Yourself) by Carol Fisher Saller

Challenges

2025 Reading Goal

100 books

11% (11 books)

2025 Pages Goal

30,000 pages

9% (11 books), 2,579 pages

2025 Hours Goal

100 hours

26% (11 books), 25.52 hours

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