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Welcome 2018!


Welcome 2018!
Bus reader is a blog about a young adult that loves read inside a bus.
Along this year, you gonna see my english writing skills get better and some shared experiences of all the books that I will read.

The goal is to write something here for 100 days without a pause. After that, the posting will be weekly (probably). So, let's begin the grind!

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