Midterm Check-In

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 Wow! Midterm already! AAAAAA


    I have attended all eight classes since the beginning of the year, missing none. Tallying up all of the books I have read, based on the Featured and Queer Pathways pages, I have sixty four points. As well, there were a couple of books I did not have a point total for as well as my Lord of the Rings marathon, so I guessed as follows. My stunted reading of Kwaidan I guessed two points, Nimona three points, and the marathon three points.  

In totality, I got 80 points. (8 attendance, 64 books, 8 guessed) I hope I was accurate in my math, it has been a hot minute since I had to add that much. 

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