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2026 Reading Challenge

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Billy has read 18 of 50 books.

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Billy Deakin

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Average rating: 3.8 · 45 ratings · 4 reviews · 3 distinct works

	Proper Pasties: How To Make An Award Winning Cornish Pasty 3.78 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Boa Care Made Easy really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2009	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
	Cocktail Recipes : How To Mix 230 Incredible Cocktails really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 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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Tree-spotting: A Simple Guide to Britain's Trees

by Ros Bennett

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The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #6)

by Matt Dinniman (Goodreads Author)

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Rabbits (Rabbits, #1)

by Terry Miles

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Billy rated a book it was amazing My Friends by Fredrik Backman (Goodreads Author)	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
Not the sort of book I would normally pick up but ended up being one of my favourite novels of all time!
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Billy rated a book it was amazing Jayeonhwa - Cultivating Natural Principles - Volume 1: Forging my Practice from the Texts of Hwang Kee, Kwanjang Nim: A Guide and Commentary by Dan Bernardo	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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Billy wants to read Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea by Steven Callahan	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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