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Level: Hard
Duration: 3/21/13-6/21/13
1. Could Never Make it Fit:
Bohemian Girl by Terese Svoboda - 4/13/13
2. The Right Time:
Out of the Black Land by Kerry Greenwood - 4/7/13
Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit of Lance Armstrong by David Walsh- 4/23/13
3. 6 Months:
Gertrude by Hermann Hesse - 4/29/13
Ship of Fools by Katherine Anne Porter - 5/12/13
4. 1 Year:
Tiger, Tiger: A Memoir by Margaux Fragoso - 4/26/13
The Dark Bride: A Novel by Laura Restrepo- 5/9/13
5. 1 + Year:
Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez -3/21/13
Giraffe by J.M. Ledgard - 3/24/13
6. Redo!:
The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Pötzsch - 5/16/13










Date started: 5 June 2013
Level: Medium
Read: 0/6
2. The Right Time


3. 6 Months



4. 1 Year


*Formally know as The "I've Gotta Finally Read This!" Challenge
8/1/13-11/1/13
Levels
Hard – 9 books
Could Never Make it Fit:
NOS4A2
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
Pick a book for this category that you’ve been wanting to read, but could never make it fit into a challenge. Until now!
The Right Time:
Maya's Notebook
And the Mountains Echoed
Pick a book for this category that you’ve been waiting for the right time to read…which is now!
6 Months:
Ready Player One
Beautiful Ruins
Pick a book that has been on your shelf for 6 months.
1 + Year:
Kill Alex Cross
Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War
Doc
Pick a book that has been on your shelf for over a year.










Medium – 6 books
Hard – 9 books
~Aug. 1 - Nov. 1~
9/9 --- DONE!!!
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Medium – 6 books
Hard – 9 books
~Nov. 1 - Jan. 31~
9/9 DONE!
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Start: 1 December 2013
End: 28 February 2014
(I chose the books earlier, just haven't posted them unil now:)
Could Never Make it Fit:
Ready Player One
1984
Out of the Silent Planet
The Right Time:
The High Lord
Eragon
The Neverending Story
1 + Year:
Across the Nightingale Floor
The Dragonbone Chair
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?










1. Could Never Make it Fit: * Pick a book for this category that you’ve been wanting to read, but could never make it fit into a challenge. Until now! - The Book Thief
2. The Right Time:* Pick a book for this category that you’ve been waiting for the right time to read…which is now! Storm Front-DONE
3. 6 Months: *Pick a book that has been on your shelf for 6 months.The Great Gatsby
4. 1 Year: *Pick a book that has been on your shelf for a year. Good in Bed done
5. 1 + Year: *Pick a book that has been on your shelf for over a year.The Kite Runner done
6. Redo!: *Pick a book that you started, put down (for whatever reason) and didn’t finish. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children-done

2. The Right Time:* Pick a book for this category that you’ve been waiting for the right time to read…which is now! Night Road
3. 6 Months: *Pick a book that has been on your shelf for 6 months. Size 12 Is Not Fat
4. 1 Year: *Pick a book that has been on your shelf for a year. Marriage by Mistake
5. 1 + Year: *Pick a book that has been on your shelf for over a year. Virgin River
6. Redo!: *Pick a book that you started, put down (for whatever reason) and didn’t finish. Just Breathe

17/01/2014 --> 17/04/2014
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Result: DONE

Time Frame (3 Months): 1/21/14-4/21/14
3. 6 Months: *Pick a book that has been on your shelf for 6 months.: Hemlock Grove
4. 1 Year: *Pick a book that has been on your shelf for a year.: This Is How You Lose Her
6. Redo!: *Pick a book that you started, put down (for whatever reason) and didn’t finish.: House of Leaves

Medium – 6 books
Hard – 9 books
~Feb.1 - May.1~
5/6 ~~~ FAILED :(
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4. Divorce Papers
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DURATION March 1-May 30
Medium 6/6
1. Could Never Make it Fit: * Pick a book for this category that you’ve been wanting to read, but could never make it fit into a challenge. Until now!
Eclipse Bay by Jayne Ann Krentz-read 3/8
2. The Right Time:* Pick a book for this category that you’ve been waiting for the right time to read…which is now!
Wake by Amanda Hocking-read 3/23
3. 6 Months: *Pick a book that has been on your shelf for 6 months.
Carnal Secrets by Suzanne Wright-read 3/21
4. 1 Year: *Pick a book that has been on your shelf for a year.
Bitten by Kelley Armstrong-read 3/18-added 12/28/12
5. 1 + Year: *Pick a book that has been on your shelf for over a year.
Quicksilver by Amanda Quick-read 3/3- added 7/7/12
6. Redo!: *Pick a book that you started, put down (for whatever reason) and didn’t finish.
The Warlord Wants Forever by Kresley Cole-read 4/29

Level: Medium
Completed: 6/6
6 Months:
1. Hostage by Kay Hooper 6/27/14 3♥
1 Year:
2. The Look of Love by Bella Andre 5/2/14 3.5♥
1+ Year:
3. Almost Forever by Deborah Raney 4/17/14 3♥
4. Afterglow by Cherry Adair 5/22/14 3.5♥
5. Kiss of Midnight by Lara Adrian 4/3/14 3.5♥
Redo:
6. The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo 6/30/14 2.5♥

6/6
1. Six Months Later 5-30-14
2. Fracture 4-25-14
3. Twenty Boy Summer 5-8-14
4. I Thought My Soul Would Fly 6-21-14
5. Lost Lake 5-5-14
6. Daughter of Smoke and Bones 6-19-14

1. Could Never Make it Fit: * Pick a book for this category that you’ve been wanting to read, but could never make it fit into a challenge. Until now!
2. The Right Time:* Pick a book for this category that you’ve been waiting for the right time to read…which is now!
3. 6 Months: *Pick a book that has been on your shelf for 6 months.
4. 1 Year: *Pick a book that has been on your shelf for a year.
5. 1 + Year: *Pick a book that has been on your shelf for over a year.
6. Redo!: *Pick a book that you started, put down (for whatever reason) and didn’t finish.

Medium – 6 books
Hard – 9 books
~May.1-Aug.1~
6/6 - DONE!!
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Attack of your TBR Challenge
Level: Hard - 9 books
Duration: 3 months from start date
Started: 07/01/14 - 10/01/14
Finished: 1/9
On TBR since 2012
1. The Iron King | Julie Kagawa 07/12/14 ♥♥♥♥
2. Alfabethuset | Jussi Adler-Olsen


On TBR since Early 2013
3. Beautiful Creatures | Kami Garcia
4. Unearthly | Cynthia Hand
5. City of Fallen Angels | Cassandra Clare 08/28/14 ♥♥♥♥.5
6. The Amulet of Samarkand | Jonathan Stroud




On TBR for a year
7. Inferno | Dan Brown
8. Anna and the French Kiss | Stephanie Perkins 06/18/14 ♥♥♥


On TBR you 6 months
9. Worth The Weight | Mara Jacobs 09/09/14 ♥♥


4/9
1. Could Never Make it Fit: * Pick a book for this category that you’ve been wanting to read, but could never make it fit into a challenge. Until now! Storming Hell's Gate
2. The Right Time:* Pick a book for this category that you’ve been waiting for the right time to read…which is now! A Table for Three
3. 6 Months: *Pick a book that has been on your shelf for 6 months. Out of Bounds
A Marrying Man
4. 1 Year: *Pick a book that has been on your shelf for a year.
5. 1 + Year: *Pick a book that has been on your shelf for over a year.
6. Redo!: *Pick a book that you started, put down (for whatever reason) and didn’t finish.
Today is August 3rd 2014 and I am electing to do this challenge because it has a lot of categories of book s that I have on my bookshelf. So here goes nothing...
1. The Dude and the Zen Master by Jeff Bridges and Bernie Glassman. This one is kind of a cheat because I have already read it, but I would love to read it again. DONE August.4.14
2. Cash by Johnny Cash
3. The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
4. Barney's Version by Mordecai Richler
5. Neuromancer by William Gibson
6. The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
This looks like a heavy list for 3 months but I want to really challenge myself and see if I can accomplish a very large goal.
1. The Dude and the Zen Master by Jeff Bridges and Bernie Glassman. This one is kind of a cheat because I have already read it, but I would love to read it again. DONE August.4.14
2. Cash by Johnny Cash
3. The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
4. Barney's Version by Mordecai Richler
5. Neuromancer by William Gibson
6. The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
This looks like a heavy list for 3 months but I want to really challenge myself and see if I can accomplish a very large goal.







Medium – 6 books
Hard – 9 books
~Aug.1-Nov.1~
6/6 - DONE!
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Level: Hard (9 books)
Duration: Aug 10-Nov 10
1. Could Never Make it Fit:
2. The Right Time: Lover Awakened by J.R. Ward Sep. 3, 4 stars
3. 6 Months:
4. 1 Year: Mount København by Kaspar Colling Nielsen Aug. 31, 3 stars
5. 1 + Year: Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire Aug. 16, 2 stars.
Flawless by Sara Shepard Aug. 12, 3 stars.
Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks Sep. 1, 3 stars
6. Redo!:

Attack of Your TBR Challenge
Level: Medium (6 books)
Duration: 11.08.14 - 11.11.14 (3 months)
6 out of 6
1. Could Never Make it Fit:
✔
2. The Right Time:
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3. 6 Months:
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4. 1 Year:
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5. 1 + Year:
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6. Redo!:
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Duration: 3 months -> 08/15/14-11/15/14
Hard –> 9 books (10/9)
PROGRESS: COMPLETED
Could Never Make it Fit:
✔1. Ink My Heart read 8/18/14 ★★★
Six Months:
✔2. Blood Bound read 8/22/14 ★★★★
✔3. The Knife of Never Letting Go read 8/19/14 ★★★★.5
✔4. Sugar Kisses read 10/06/2014 ★★★.5
One Year:
✔5. A Beautiful Struggle read 9/20/14 ★★★
✔6. Here Without You read 9/16/14 ★★★★
✔7. Unwind read 8/30/14 ★★★★
One Year or More:
✔8. Inhale read 9/10/14 ★★★
✔9. Until the Sun Falls from the Sky read 9/1/14 ★★★
✔10. This Man read 9/2/14 ★★

Level: Medium (6 books)
Duration: 11.08.14 - 11.11.14 (3 months)
6 out of 6 - COMPLETED!!!
1. Could Never Make it Fit:
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2. The Right Time:
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3. 6 Months:
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4. 1 Year:
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5. 1 + Year:
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6. Redo!:
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9/9 ~~ finished Dec 28th
Could Never Make it Fit:
Dandy's Little Girl by Ari McKay ~~ Read 12/27/14 ~ 3★
The Right Time:
When Adam Kissed Me by Chris Scully ~~ Read 11/17/14 ~ 3★
6 Months:
A Sinner Born by Avril Ashton ~~ Read 11/08/14 ~ 4★
Dirty Deeds by Rhys Ford ~~ Read 12/03/14 ~ 5★
1 Year:
Piggyback by Charlie Richards ~~ Read 11/10/14 ~ 3.5★
Late Night Snack by Lou Harper ~~ Read 12/28/14 ~ 3★
1 + Year:
Stranded by Andrew Grey ~~ Read 11/23/14 ~ 3★
Prize Package by Kyle Adams ~~ Read 12/04/14 ~ 3★
Redo!:
Papa's Boy by Sue Brown ~~ Read 12/25/14 ~ 4★










Medium – 6 books
Hard – 9 books
~Jan.1-Apr.1~
3/3 DONE!
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4/21/15 - 7/20/15
8/9
1. Could Never Make it Fit: Pick a book for this category that you’ve been wanting to read, but could never make it fit into a challenge. Until now!
Reindeer Games ~ 5/28/15 ~ ★★★★
Hard Knocks ~ 6/26/15 ~ ★★★1/2
2. The Right Time: * Pick a book for this category that you’ve been waiting for the right time to read…which is now!"
David's Selfie ~ 4/29/15 ~ ★★★
Cross & Crown ~ 4/22/15 ~ ★★★★
3. 6 Months: Pick a book that has been on your shelf for 6 months
Let It Snow ~ 5/2/15 ~ ★★★★★
The Trouble With Elves ~ 4/29/30 ~ ★★★★★
4. 1 Year: Pick a book that has been on your shelf for a year
Hold on Tight
6. Redo!: Pick a book that you started, put down (for whatever reason) and didn’t finish
Falling for Max ~ 5/12/15 ~ ★★★★1/2
Stone Cold Touch ~ 5/18/15 ~ ★★★★1/2










Attack of Your TBR Challenge
*Formally know as The "I've Gotta Finally Read This!" Challenge
Duration: 6/6/15 - 9/6/15
Level: (downgraded to) Easy – 3 books
Progress: 3/3 (completed)
CATEGORIES
1. Could Never Make it Fit: * Pick a book for this category that you’ve been wanting to read, but could never make it fit into a challenge. Until now!
2. The Right Time:* Pick a book for this category that you’ve been waiting for the right time to read…which is now!
3. 6 Months: *Pick a book that has been on your shelf for 6 months.
4. 1 Year: *Pick a book that has been on your shelf for a year.
5. 1 + Year: *Pick a book that has been on your shelf for over a year.
6. Redo!: *Pick a book that you started, put down (for whatever reason) and didn’t finish.




End: 8/28/15
Level: Medium: 6 Books
4/6
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4. 1 Year: Where She Went
5. 1+ Year: Opposition
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*Formally know as The "I've Gotta Finally Read This!" Challenge
Level: Hard (9 books)
Start Date: June 1, 2015
(view spoiler)
Round 2:
1. Could Never Make it Fit: * American Gun: A History of the U.S. in Ten Firearms 8/18/15
2. The Right Time:* Battle Ready: Memoir of a SEAL Warrior Medic 9/16/15
3. 6 Months:* Pick a book that has been on your shelf for 6 months.
4. 1 Year:* Pick a book that has been on your shelf for a year.
5. 1 + Year:* Night Bites 8/21/15
6. Redo!:* Throne of Glass 9/2/15
24 Declassified: Operation Hell Gate 9/23/15

*Formally know as The "I've Gotta Finally Read This!" Challenge
Duration: 6/1/15 ~ 9/30/15
Levels: HARD - 9 books
11/9 read
1. Could Never Make it Fit: The Siren 8/13/15 3♥
2. The Right Time: Behind His Eyes - Truth 6/1/15 3♥ (1/2014)
Dirty Deeds 7/26/15 4♥
3. 6 Months: Trust Me If You Dare 6/17/15 3.5♥
Down and Dirty 8/3/15 3.75♥
4. 1 Year: Entwined 6/3/15 4♥
5. 1 + Year: Giving Chase 6/5/15 3♥ (on tbr since 11/2012)
For I Have Sinned 6/2/15 3♥ (10/2011)
Behind His Eyes - Consequences 6/1/15 3♥ (1/2014)
Acheron 8/24/15 4♥ (11/10/2011)
The Mane Squeeze 8/16/15 3.75♥ (2/19/2012)
6. Redo!: *Pick a book that you started, put down (for whatever reason) and didn’t finish.


*Formally know as The "I've Gotta Finally Read This!" Challenge
Duration: 6/1/15 ~ 9/30/15
Levels: HARD - 9 book
9/9 read
CATEGORIES
1. Could Never Make it Fit: * Pick a book for this category that you’ve been wanting to read, but could never make it fit into a challenge. Until now!
Holidays with the Walker Brothers - 06/24/15 - 3.5 stars
2. The Right Time:* Pick a book for this category that you’ve been waiting for the right time to read…which is now!
King of Snowflakes - 06/23/15 - 3.5 stars
Carry the Ocean - 07/17/15 - 4 stars
3. 6 Months: Looking At Forever(on TBR since 11/29/14) - 06/09/15 - 4 stars
GABRIEL 3: Heroes and Villains(On TBR since 08/04/14) - 06/28/15 - 4 stars
4. 1 Year: *Pick a book that has been on your shelf for a year.
Complementary Colors(On TBR since 06/21/14) - 07/10/15 - 4 stars
5. 1 + Year: *Pick a book that has been on your shelf for over a year.
Ethan - 06/26/15 - 4 stars (added 2/02/2013)
Rainbow Blues(On TBR since 5/20/14)
Temptation(On TBR since 12/11/12) - 06/29/15 - 3.5 stars
Past Hurts(On TBR since 06/03/14) - 07/05/15 - 4 stars
6. Redo!: *Pick a book that you started, put down (for whatever reason) and didn’t finish.

Just not time yet now it is, red queen, Victoria
Give it another try, against all odds
Six months, sabotage
One year, mortal danger
One year + Fury, fierce
You + , little mercies
Stealing parker



Attack of Your TBR Challenge
*Formally know as The "I've Gotta Finally Read This!" Challenge
Duration: 6/1/15 ~ 9/30/15
Levels: HARD - 9 book
10/9 read
CATEGORIES
1. Could Never Make it Fit: * Pick a book for this category that you’ve been wanting to read, but could never make it fit into a challenge. Until now!
Holidays with the Walker Brothers - 06/24/15 - 3.5 stars
2. The Right Time:* Pick a book for this category that you’ve been waiting for the right time to read…which is now!
King of Snowflakes - 06/23/15 - 3.5 stars
Carry the Ocean - 07/17/15 - 4 stars
3. 6 Months: Looking At Forever(on TBR since 11/29/14) - 06/09/15 - 4 stars
GABRIEL 3: Heroes and Villains(On TBR since 08/04/14) - 06/28/15 - 4 stars
4. 1 Year: *Pick a book that has been on your shelf for a year.
Complementary Colors(On TBR since 06/21/14) - 07/10/15 - 4 stars
5. 1 + Year: *Pick a book that has been on your shelf for over a year.
Ethan - 06/26/15 - 4 stars (added 2/02/2013)
Rainbow Blues(On TBR since 5/20/14)
Temptation(On TBR since 12/11/12) - 06/29/15 - 3.5 stars
Past Hurts(On TBR since 06/03/14) - 07/05/15 - 4 stars
6. Redo!: *Pick a book that you started, put down (for whatever reason) and didn’t finish.

08/28/15: Finished! :D
Attack of Your TBR Challenge
*Formally know as The "I've Gotta Finally Read This!" Challenge
Level: Easy (3 books)
Start Date: July 31, 2015
End Date: October 31, 2015
2/3 finished
1. Could Never Make it Fit:
4. 1 Year:
6. Redo!:

Attack of Your TBR Challenge
*Formally know as The "I've Gotta Finally Read This!" Challenge
Level: Hard (9 books)
Start Date: June 1, 2015
1. Could Never Make it Fit: The Blood of Olympus 6/26/15
2. The Right Time: SEAL Team Six: Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper 6/18/15
3. 6 Months: The Remaining 6/22/15
4. 1 Year: * Ozma Of Oz 7/27/15 (at least a year)
5. 1 + Year: * A Writer's Book of Days: A Spirited Companion and Lively Muse for the Writing Life 7/21/15 (before joining goodreads TBR)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 8/1/15
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 8/13/15
6. Redo!: Cinder 6/20/15
Fast Fiction: A Guide to Outlining and Writing a First-Draft Novel in Thirty Days 8/13/15

Attack of Your TBR Challenge
*Formally know as The "I've Gotta Finally Read This!" Challenge
Duration: 6/1/15 ~ 9/30/15
Levels: HARD - 9 books
11/9 read
1. Could Never Make it Fit: The Siren 8/13/15 3♥
2. The Right Time: Behind His Eyes - Truth 6/1/15 3♥ (1/2014)
Dirty Deeds 7/26/15 4♥
3. 6 Months: Trust Me If You Dare 6/17/15 3.5♥
Down and Dirty 8/3/15 3.75♥
4. 1 Year: Entwined 6/3/15 4♥
5. 1 + Year: Giving Chase 6/5/15 3♥ (on tbr since 11/2012)
For I Have Sinned 6/2/15 3♥ (10/2011)
Behind His Eyes - Consequences 6/1/15 3♥ (1/2014)
Acheron 8/24/15 4♥ (11/10/2011)
The Mane Squeeze 8/16/15 3.75♥ (2/19/2012)
6. Redo!: *Pick a book that you started, put down (for whatever reason) and didn’t finish.

August 28, 2015-November 28, 2015
9/9
1. Could Never Make it Fit:The Boy with the Painful Tattoo8/29♥♥♥♥♥
2. The Right Time::The Nothingness of Ben10/1♥♥♥♥Summer Son10/30♥♥♥
3. 6 Months::Snowball in Hell9/12♥♥♥♥Admit One9/20♥♥♥♥Light10/26♥♥♥♥
4. 1 Year: Alaska, With Love10/29♥♥♥
5. 1 + Year::Secrets and Ink8/30♥♥♥♥Houseboat on the Nile8/30♥♥♥♥










Completed - 0/6
1. Could Never Make it Fit: The Wives of Henry Oades
2. The Right Time: The Secret Place
3. 6 Months: The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
4. 1 Year: Case Histories
5. 1 + Year: The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag
6. Redo!: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

For this challenge I am going to alter my own personal rules slightly (I hope this is ok). Because my choices may or may not still be ones I want to read, if I decide to throw in the towel and stop reading them, then I must replace it with a different one from my “Other Options” list.
Duration: 3 months from Nov 1/’15 – Feb 1/’16
Level: Easy – 3 books only that way I can still read some of the ones I “must” read as well
The Right Time:

6 Months:


Other options:
• Unbroken
• Sarah’s key
• Silver Lining Playbook
• Dead Mountain
-Completed Nov 21/'15

1/9
14 December 2015 - 14 March 2016
1. Could Never Make it Fit: The Best Yes: Making Wise Decisions in the Midst of Endless Demands
2. The Right Time: The Little Friend
3. 6 Months: Stone Mattress: Nine Tales
4. 1 year: The Ice People
5. 1+ year: Tigers in Red Weather
6. Redo: Uncommon Arrangements: Seven Portraits of Married Life in London Literary Circles 1910-1939
7. 6 months: The Monogram Murders
8. 1 year: My Life in Middlemarch
9. 1+ year:
UPDATE: Only managed 1/9, but I guess it's better than nothing! I will be back...
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