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My name is Ardis and I am an avid reader and budding writer. I want to share my love of books with others. I work with kids and am interested in finding and creating books that will ignite the reader in everyone. Contact me at: ardis.atkins@gmail.com

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I Owe You One
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Love, Hate & Other Filters
The Wartime Sisters
The Belles
The Gilded Wolves
Hey, Kiddo
Blackberry and Wild Rose
Queen of Air and Darkness
Firestarter
The Retribution of Mara Dyer
The Evolution of Mara Dyer


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Why Am I Writing a Blog?

 "You're just like your mother!"  Hearing someone say that, I think most women would cringe and take it as an insult.  Up until a few years ago, I would have had the same reaction.  I would often get those comments as I looked and acted exactly like my Mom.  Same light skin, same unruly hair, same outgoing personality.

     One thing my mom was known for, but I was not, was her love of reading.  I have never in my life seen anyone make such good use of the public library system as Rita.  She would go online and reserve copious amounts of books (and DVDs), so all she would have to do was go to her local branch and pick them up.  Then she would set up books in every room in the apartment.  Going from room to room she would read whatever book was laid on a table.  This made it possible for her to read three to four books at once!  I would find this habit baffling, but she got a kick out of multi-tasking.

     I didn't get why she loved books so much while she lived.    Perhaps she was filling up her life with books to keep busy after my father died and she retired.  Her passing two and a half years ago has definitely left a void in my life.  And now I find I'm turning out to be very much like my mom.  Using my own method, one book at a time, I read over 70 books last year.  



     I hope to use this blog to learn about myself, and get other people's views on how books have affected them.  I look forward to when friends and family might look at my reading habit and say, "You're just like your mom!"

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2022 Reading Challenge

2022 Reading Challenge
MsArdychan has read 7 books toward her goal of 96 books.
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