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Tying 2 Challenges Together

I worked at a pediatric hospital for about three years, so childhood disease is particularly close to my heart.  I worked mostly on the medical unit, so many of the kids I knew personally who passed away suffered from Cystic Fibrosis.  But I occasionally floated up to the hem/onc unit, and we often had some of those patients on our floor when all of the beds up there were taken.

Suffice it to say, I spent a lot of time around sick kids.  

That’s why I was interested right away when I saw that Wendy from Caribou’s Mom was going to host the Reading for a Cure Challenge this year.

Wendy has set this challenge up at four different levels, and no set dollar amount.  She urges participants to read as much as possible during 1, 3, 6, or 12 months, and donate a certain amount for every page or book read or review written.

I’m going to combine this challenge with J. Kaye’s 100+ Books Challenge.  Now, I have no illusionsthat I will meet this challenge.  I tend to read a lot of really long books.  I’m not sure why that is, but it is what it is.  Probably because I don’t read a lot of YA or “light” reads, I tend to read slower as well.  

But, I’m going to try!  And to add a little oomph, I’m going to commit to donating $1 per book started and finished in 2010 to the Pediatric Center Foundation.

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