Three years ago, I joined Goodreads’ annual reading challenge. Since then, I’ve read between 65 and 100 books a year. Frequently, I randomly choose books, then find that their topics are connected, like Camille Dungy’s memoir “Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden” and Ron Rash’s novel “Serena. “
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