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    Book Talk: What I Read in October

    Guess who’s read 50 books this year? This writer. Seriously, I opened Goodreads this morning and saw the banner and that’s pretty cool actually. I’d initially set my target for forty-two books, aimed at reading a book a week, but I upgraded it to 62. So, pretty close. Next year, I’ll aim for 75.  Now, I’ll admit that this is pretty low for me. In the past, I’ve read upwards of a hundred books a year. In fact, during my teens—at one point in time—I read at least a book a day. But in my old age (of twenty-seven), between work and school now it seems, I have to actively…