I’ve got more and more into the habit of watching BookTube videos while I’m getting ready or otherwise pottering about the house recently and one of my favourite channels is Lauren’s, Lauren and the Books. I trust her recommendations because…
Dewey’s 24 Hour #Readathon
I originally hadn’t signed up for this Autumn’s readathon because I had plans. I had a wisdom tooth out a couple of days ago, though, and it was a bit more complicated than expected so I’m still taking it easy…
Bout of Books 14.0: Goals and Updates from Monday to Wednesday
THE GOALS I hadn’t actually planned on joining up to do Bout of Books 14.0 but, as usual, I saw everybody getting started with the hashtag #boutofbooks on Twitter and decided to join in! It was my birthday yesterday and…
Dewey’s 24 Hour Read-a-thon: Sunday
UPDATE 4: 10.35am, Sunday Pages read since last update: 57 pages Total pages read: 259 pages Snacks consumed since last update: I had a couple of spoonfuls of Ben & Jerry’s cookie dough ice cream and half a (large) bag…
Dewey’s 24 Hour Read-a-thon: Saturday
READ-A-THON TIME! Given that I only decided that I was going to take part yesterday, I’m pretty excited. Very excited, actually. I’ve never done one of the 24 hour read-a-thons “properly” and this time will be no exception. I have…
Bout of Books 11: Wrap-Up
Well. The final couple of days of my read-a-thon, although filled with bookish goodness of a different kind, did not do much to my page count. Rather than re-capping the weekend in a separate post, I’m going to just sort…
Bout of Books 11: Monday to Friday
Here is where I’ll keeping my daily updates until the weekend comes and I stand an outside chance of getting to post my musings a little bit more frequently. My goals are hanging out here, if you fancy a nosey.…
Bout of Books 11: Over-Ambitious Goal Making Time
What would a read-a-thon be without setting myself some ludicrous goals?! I very briefly pondered being sensible but then I decided that just because I’m now 28 (ugh), there’s no need to behave completely like a grown up. I’m hoping…
Bout of Books 11: I’m in!
The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, August 18th and runs through Sunday, August 24th in whatever…
December Read-alongs and Read-a-Thon: Wrap up
Ah, Christmas! I love you and I miss you already. I should probably feel a teensy bit guilty about the fact that I drifted off round about the 18th, abandoning a couple of events that I was taking part in,…