Opening Meme Where Are You Reading? Sydney, Australia What Do You Hope To Read? As you can see by the late posting of the readathon opening meme, I'm not really on top of anything at the moment. My plan is to read some cosy crime and maybe finish one of the books by my bed … Continue reading Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon
What could be better on another Covid-19 lockdown weekend than aDewey's 24hr Readathon!Our world may be different, but here the rules are the same - very relaxed and easy.Join in as little or as much as you like. Read for all 24 hours or read as much as you can, when you can.Tweet, insta, blog, hashtag … Continue reading Dewey’s Readathon
Dewey's 24hr Readathon is here once again, bigger and better than ever.Please check that your name is on the 1000+ list. I thought I had signed up weeks ago, but when I double-checked recently, I realised that I had somehow forgotten to follow through with my good intentions.It's not too late to sign up here.The rules … Continue reading Dewey’s 24hr Readathon 2019
Once again it's time to gather your books, find a cosy reading nook, organise your family and friends to leave you undisturbed and read, read, read!All the details for how to join in are over at Dewey's 24 Hour Readathon. The rules are very relaxed, join in as little or as much as you like. Read for … Continue reading 24hr Readathon
Can you believe it's time for another Readathon? Where does that time go? All the details for how to join in are over at Dewey's 24 Hour Readathon. The rules are very relaxed, join in as little or as much as you like. Read for all 24 hours or fit in as much reading as you can, when you … Continue reading 24 Hour Readathon
One of the things I love about reading is the synchronicity that can happen sometimes. Last night I finished A Gentlemen in Moscow after a wonderful reading week in its company. This morning I started Frankenstein, which I thought was set in Europe somewhere, maybe Switzerland. It may still be, as I've only just tackled the … Continue reading Stories & Shout Outs #17
Things a Bright Girl Can Do is a YA story that grabs its title from a much older book called Three Hundred and One Things a Girl Can Do. Published in 1911, it included things like how to decorate a church, make coloured fires, the rules of croquet, how to pitch a tent, do magic … Continue reading Things A Bright Girl Can Do by Sally Nicholls
The #reversereadathon is just what I needed this weekend. Hosted by our wonderful friends at the 24hour Readathon, the reverse readathon is a lowkey 24 hr reading event that 'reverses' the usual starting time. It's still a 24 hour thing, but, for me, instead of starting at 10pm on the Saturday evening, I get to … Continue reading Reverse Readathon
I love Dewey's 24 Hour Readathon, but it is truly amazing how many times other major life events fall on these two of the years! This year I will be travelling in Japan, so I'm sorry to say that I will not be stopping everything to read for 24 hours this time.However, I still want to … Continue reading Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon
I recently spotted this at Paula's Book Jotter blog:Why am I so excited?My name is the first give away - Bronwyn (although my variation is apparently a masculine Anglicized take on the traditional Welsh spelling of Bronwen).My mother's ancestors are the next clue. My grandmother's maiden name was Llewellyn, although less salubriously, it was her grandfather … Continue reading Dewithon 2019
Touted as a pocket-sized antidote to fake news, Leigh Sales essay On Doubt has been re-released eight years after it's initial 2009 publication in the Little Books on Big Themes series. With the on-going, even increased need for a discussion on self-doubt, balance and truth in our modern lives, this little book has struck a chord … Continue reading On Doubt by Leigh Sales
Dewey's Readathon is here once again, bigger and better than ever.This time around they're celebrating 10 years of readathon wonderfulness.Check out the blog to read all sorts of lovely memories about the early years and the inspirational Dewey who began it all.Please check that your name is on the 1000+ list - I thought I … Continue reading Dewey’s Readathon
After taking a bit of a break from joining in things - to give myself time to get ready for AusReading Month in November (warm up post coming very soon) - a few bookish events, readalongs and readathons have now come along and caught my eye. The fine folk in Canada recently celebrated Science Literacy … Continue reading Stories & Shout-Outs #13
Dewey's Readathon is one of my favourite weekends of the entire year - a whole 24 hours to settle down with a good book or ten and binge read A L L day!Last October we had 1723 readers participating from all around the world - Australia, Austria, Bosnia, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, … Continue reading Dewey’s Readathon April 2017
I believe that this is now my 6th or 7th Dewey's 24 hr Readathon.I love them to pieces.A whole day devoted to reading as little or as much as you can, with a whole bunch of people all around the world who love reading as much as you do. It doesn't get much better!Life stuff … Continue reading Dewey’s 24hr Readathon
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