JMill Wanders is hosting a spontaneous, casual readathon this weekend for those suffering from 24hr readathon withdrawal.The idea is to focus on all those TBR books cluttering up your shelves...or in my case, the bedside chair!It's Memorial Weekend in the States, but in Australia this is our first calendar weekend of winter *big sigh*I am … Continue reading Take Back Your Shelves Readathon
The Dewey 24 Hour Readathon begins in Sydney, Australia at 10pm on Saturday 23rd April.Most years, no matter how well I plan, something always crops up on the day of the #readathon to spoil my all day binge reading plans.With only a few hours to go until start time, I'm feeling fairly confident that finally, this year … Continue reading Dewey’s 24 Hour Readthon
I'd rather be busy than bored, but I do feel like I'm constantly chasing my tail and never really getting anywhere. In an attempt to gain a semblance of order in my chaotic life, it's time to write a Stories & Shout Out housekeeping post. In real life October has been a month of family … Continue reading Stories & Shout Outs #4
This is only my second and a half Dewey Readathon (the half was the time when I found out about the readathon the day after, but then realised that due to the 11 hr time difference, I could actually join in the last half!)Without fail the Readthon always falls on a busy weekend for me. … Continue reading Dewey Readathon
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running was the second book I read during last weekends Dewey 24 hour readathon.I've now read and enjoyed Haruki Murakami's two latest books.Before hitting his backlist, I wanted to find out more about Murakami himself. His memoir on running & writing seemed a logical choice.Obviously, the title … Continue reading What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Murakami
Every year for the past 5 years I have missed the start date for the Dewey 24 Hour readathon!Even though I follow them on fb, twitter & insta...I still miss it...and I almost missed it again this year.Thanks to my mini reading & blogging slump of late, I haven't been as active as I usually … Continue reading Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon
I have to say that today has been a thoroughly enjoyable day.A day completely devoted to books and reading. Not as much reading as I would have liked, but I spent a lot of time thinking about reading!It has been a long time since I spent a whole day reading and curiously I found it … Continue reading Readathon ends…
I finally settled on 2 books for the Classics Club Readathon - The Beautiful and Damned by F Scott Fitzgerald (1 because I love the cover and (2) because I recently finished Hemingway's A Moveable Feast and the chapters on Fitzgerald were the most fascinating). - A Good School by Richard Yates (because it was … Continue reading Readathon begins….
I'm not sure what I'm letting myself in for but I've just signed up for my first readathon!It's with the Classics Club which may go some of the way to explaining why (I love this group and how it has inspired me to read more classics).The timing is also right for me. It's not only … Continue reading My First Ever Readathon
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