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The Overachievers
The Overachievers: The Secret Lives of Driven Kids | Alexandra Robbins
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A look at the world of teens who face unbearable pressure to succeed explores such issues as intense stress, sports rage, parental guilt, the study drug black market, and the cutthroat college admissions process, as well as their impact on young people.
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I cut out two of my research questions, and my masters paper is still out of control. I still have seven more books to analyze, plus the conclusion, plus the appendices, plus references. Why am I like this?????

CrowCAH You can do it; good luck 🍀 6y
ness @CrowCAH Thank you!! 💚 6y
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umbrellagirl
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If 40 books isn‘t enough, here are the other ten items on the #popsugarreadingchallenge advanced list

umbrellagirl I‘ll have to make sure I‘m carrying something good when I‘m out and about in case I‘m the stranger in someone else‘s challenge. 7y
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I read this book for my AP Lang class this summer and I loved it! I don't normally read nonfiction, but I was really interested in this story. I would consider myself an overachiever so I could relate to the struggles that the characters went through as they went through the school year. I would highly recommend this book because if you're a hardworking student, you will definitely carry the information from this book with you.

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I am so far ahead! I think I'm going to just watch cheesy Christmas movies for the entire month of December.

BarbaraTheBibliophage Haha. Great idea! 🎅🏻🤶🏻🎄 7y
Alfoster You go girl!👏👏👏 7y
Zelma There is nothing wrong with that, reading goal or not. 😋 7y
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This non-fiction book about the cut-throat college admissions process has actually made my treadmill running every morning fairly enjoyable.

RinaBrahmbhattBarot Did you read and run? 8y
Librarylady Yes. I read while I'm on the treadmill. It's probably not the fastest reading but it's better than focusing on how much I don't want to exercise. 8y
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TheCanuckReader
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So here's my list of lofty goals for 2017.
100 books will be a hopefully achievable goal and I'm banking on lots of overlap in my challenges and lots of help from you guys. As for luring more readers to Litsy say hi to @ErleLynne and give her a follow..my latest recruit and real life friend! #readjanuary @RealLifeReading #overachiever #readharder #mmd2017

Hooked_on_books Love that last goal! 😂 8y
BetweenTheCoversBlog "Lure more readers to Litsy" sounds like it involves a panel van with blacked out windows, a bag of candy, and/or a plea to help find a lost puppy. ? 8y
BookBabe Love the last one! 🙌🏻 @MrBook and I are constantly on a mission to do just that! 😁 8y
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MrBook Aye! 😎👍🏻 8y
mom2bugnbee @BetweenTheCoversBlog Haaaaaa! Creeper van vibe for sure! 8y
Marchpane Welcome @ErleLynne!! 👋 8y
Cinfhen Hi @ErleLynne welcome 8y
TheCanuckReader @BetweenTheCoversBlog I was planning on using a "free books here" sign and wafting tea and coffee fumes around ??? 8y
Eliza-beta I like the lure more readers to Litsy goal. I have been unable to get my friends involved - but I'll try again in 2017!!! 👏👏 8y
BetweenTheCoversBlog @TheCanuckReader Free books?! Where?! Oh wait...Yes, I can see now how that would work. Hehe! 😁 8y
TheCanuckReader I have a better bait..."free bookshelves here" ? 8y
Tanner Oh yeah, free bookshelves would definitely lure me in... 8y
Bostonmomx2 @TheCanuckReader I'm always mentioning Litsy in the fb groups I'm in. It's the best app out there and everyone needs to be on here 😂 8y
Bobznbits I'm doing the same MMD2017 challenges - and I'm new to Litsy, due mostly to MMD 😀 8y
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Last year was the first year I lowered my Reading Challenge (from 75 to 73). Little did I know that I'd stumble across Litsy. Now 105 books later, I'm trying to decide what will be realistic for 2017.

Hmmm, I am just now realizing that my Reading Challenge as more of a Reading Prediction.

In summary, I read a lot of good books this year but overall the best and worst were:

Best:A Man Called Ove, Dark Matter

Worst: Fallen, We Were Liars

carys14 PS I am still pissed about Fallen and We Were Liars. 8y
carys14 PPS I might finish Turn Coat today however it would thrown the symmetry of my grid off so we are going with the nice balanced number of 105 books. 8y
TrishB I didn't enjoy We Were Liars either, definitely didn't understand the hype! 8y
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carys14 @TrishB I could see how it would appeal to some people but it just made me angry. To me, I will be dating myself here, it was like the whole Bobby Ewing shower scene copout. 8y
TrishB Lol 😀 well remember the Bobby Ewing scenario! Good analogy! 8y
BookFreakOut If you want a good (painful) laugh you should watch the Fallen movie trailer! 😜 I thought the book was fine but didn't care to continue, but that movie looks totally ridiculous! 8y
Reviewsbylola Great year! Litsy had a big impact on my reading total too. 8y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa Great year!! 8y
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