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Still not much reading cause school is still kicking my butt. I did manage to get through the goal for the year, though a lot of them were fairly short near the end. I'm sure I'll be squeezing in a few more once I'm on winter break and have the two remaining weeks of the year free.

Before Halloween, I bought and read Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories Boxed Set. If you don't know what that is, you were obviously deprived as a child.

Next was the first book in a new series called The Sisters Grimm. Book 1 is The Fairy Tale Detectives. Kids' lit of the fractured fairy tale variety, which is a double whammy of great in my book. I have the second and third books in the series, and I can't wait to read them.

After that I ventured back to Narnia. I read The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and The Silver Chair. These four form the most cohesive narrative out of all the books, so reading them and skipping the ones that don't quite fit made for a much better reading experience this time through them. I still have The Last Battle to get through, then two other ones in the series that don't go into that overall story arc. I did some research on each of the books as I was reading them and tried to get a sense of what Lewis was trying to accomplish with each one. I think that gave me a much better appreciation of the books than I previously had, and I'd like to do more research into Lewis and Narnia at some point.

Finally for this batch was Aesop's Fables. I'd been meaning to read these forever but never have until now. I don't really have an opinion on them either way, but I feel like they're literary classics that deserve at least one read through. I feel like they might also be a useful teaching tool for vocabulary, grammar, and introductory analytical activities, so maybe someday I'll get to use them in the classroom.

Not too many for this time, but I guess I'm officially done. I'll still be reading till the end of the year, though, so I'm sure you'll be hearing from me at least once more.