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Photo Credit: Shutterstock     One of my goals for this summer is to get A LOT of reading done. And looking back on how many books I read this month, as well as those I finished reading, it looks like I accomplished that goal. Nice! I definitely read A LOT this month. But I also wrote a lot, too. I am very happy about this! I got more writing and reading done this month alone compared to the average month! There was one day, in fact, that I was writing poetry all day. It was great!   With the addition of more reading apps on my phone, it looks like I am set to get even more reading done! When I can squeeze it in, of course. After my kids go back to school in the fall, it’s back to jumping in and out of my car a lot and sticking to schedules! So I will squeeze in time to read on apps when I’m in the car or waiting for either of the kids to get ready, finish up what they’re doing, etc. Sometimes I get more time to read on the apps than I do with regular books.   ...

  Last night, I spent some time reading one of the many books I am reading for this month. One of those books is Don’t Give Up, Don’t Give In by Louis Zamperini. I finished reading this book today. It’s a really good book and very inspirational. So inspirational, in fact, that also last night, I tweeted a few good quotes from the pages I was reading.   I first became familiar with Louis Zamperini when I read the book, Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand. (I also saw the movie, after reading the book.) Louis’ story of how he survived in a POW camp in Japan is amazing and I was greatly inspired by his story. So of course, I was excited to read this book when I came across it. (I have not read his other book, The Devil at My Heels , but I plan to.) It’s an excellent book and I highly recommend it. And although Louis used his transformation to Christianity in his speaking engagements as a subject during his many talks, you really don’t need to be a Christian to appreciate the messa...