Day 8: Tuesday, May 18th

 10:00 am

Voices of Color does not meet today, so I will just be reading today. I made a lot of progress in my book yesterday, and I am hoping I can get even more done today since that's all I need to do. I also need to see if the second book came in yet, since it was supposed to come in today. 

1:00 pm

I haven't been checking in hourly because there's really nothing exciting going on, I am just reading. I added a few more discussion topics to the list, and I hope to be able to add in a few more by the end of the day. I have made a lot of progress so far today, I can't believe how good this book is! (Anyone reading this HAS to read "The Water Dancer" by Ta-Nehisi Coates)

3:00 pm

I know that this was a short and boring blog today, but there hasn't been much to really talk about except that I have been reading the whole time, and no one wants to read a repetitive blog, right? I am hoping to finish up the novel within the next few days so that I can jump right into "The Best We Could Do" (the graphic novel) ASAP. I put in 5 hours today which brings my total up to 34 hours total. Getting close to the end, these weeks are going by so fast!


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