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Michael’s 2025 Year in Books

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My 2026 Book Challenge - Increasing the Spectrum

If you want to write, you need to read a lot of books.

2025 was an incredibly fulfilling year for me as a reader. I actually completed my goals of 25 books in 2025, which was a first for me!. While I held onto some of my comfort zone genres (science and science fiction), I also recognized as the year progressed for the need to challenge myself to broaden my spectrum a bit. As a result, in 2025 as

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	Genetics 101 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Groundbreaking Scientific Experiments, Inventions, and Discoveries of the 17th Century it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2001	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Digestive System really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2004 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Groundbreaking Scientific Experiments, Inventions, and Discoveries of the 19th Century 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Human Body Systems: 2 volumes 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2004	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Encyclopedia of Global Warming 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Biology 1802 by Michael Windelspecht (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Concepts of Biology 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Heart of the Jaguar: The Extraordinary Conservation Effort to Save the Americas' Legendary Cat

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