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Entry No. 1: Reading Schedule

The copy I am reading is 9 chapters and 189 pages long, therefore I have come up with the following reading schedule:


Week 1: December 11th to December 17th 

Read chapters one, two and three of the book (64 pages in total)


Week 2: December 18th to December 24th 

Read chapters four, five, and six of the book (53 pages in total)


Week 4: December 25th to December 31st 

Read chapters seven, eight, and nine of the book (70 pages in total)


P.S Throughout all these journal entries when I reference the novel I am referring to the 2021 Penguin Books edition of The Great Gatsby edited by Philip McGowan.

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