This one is pretty special. This is the 10th year of Dewey’s 24-Hour Readathon! Though Dewey is no longer with us, I know she’d be proud of what the team have done. So, here’s my intro. 1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today? Sunderland, UK. 2) Which book in your … Continue reading Dewey’s Readathon October 2017 – Prep and Hour 1
Hour 24 – Closing Survey and Summary
I had a lovely long sleep and woke up about 8am. I've been dozing between reading since. I have completed 2 books since my last post. The first was Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones and the second was not on my original tbr list, but merel a book I decided to … Continue reading Hour 24 – Closing Survey and Summary
Hour 10 – Update
I'm doing this now as I can feel myself drifting into sleep. I've been productive so far. I've managed 5 books in 10 hours. TBR LIST Novels Wintersong – by S Jae Jones The Wrath and the Dawn – by Renee Ahdieh Stars Above – by Marissa Meyer The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet – … Continue reading Hour 10 – Update
Hour 6 – Quarter Way Update
It's 25% of the way through the Readathon and I've managed 2 books so far! My first was Rainbow Rowell's Kindred Spirits, a 90 page short story about Star Wars geekery and camping out in cinema queues. Then I continued reading Wintersong, by S Jae-Jones. This Labyrinth-inspired romantic fantasy about a girl rescuing her … Continue reading Hour 6 – Quarter Way Update
Hour 0 – Opening Survey
1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today? Jolly Old England. The north-east part of it. 2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to? So many! Probably Stars Above (The Lunar Chronicles), as I haven't gotten round to it yet and I'm still in the dark about … Continue reading Hour 0 – Opening Survey
Readathon April 2017 Prep
Once again, like a bi-annual Easter I have returned from Blogging Death to bring forth a few posts about my 24-Hour Readathon aspirations before falling into a deep and silent slumber for the next 6 months. Or perhaps not. We'll see. The April 2017 Readathon starts soon and I feel decently prepared for it. I … Continue reading Readathon April 2017 Prep
Let the October 2016 Readathon begin!
1pm and it's that time again - another attempt at reading for 24 hours, and another pile of books to attempt to get through. I love the Readathon events! I may not always get through the full 24 hours reading (and I tend to spend a lot of time blogging instead of reading, which is … Continue reading Let the October 2016 Readathon begin!
Reboot
I decided to reboot my website with a new name. I loved CabbitCorner, but I felt I needed a more mature bookish site rather than a cutesy and vaguely titled site. I'm still working on things for the site and hope to update more regularly with more bookish content, but I'm pretty busy with my … Continue reading Reboot
April Check-in – Reading Progress
Technically, I should have done this last month, as a quarterly check in, but I only decided to do this today after updating my Reading Spreadsheet. This year I set myself a Goodreads target of 100 books to read. I am currently smashing that, as I have read 52 books so far this year. The … Continue reading April Check-in – Reading Progress
Book Riot Read Harder Challenge 2016
This year I decided to take part in the Read Harder Challenge from Book Riot. It is about reading more widely and trying things you may not normally try. Read a horror book - Afraid by Jack Kilborn (15/02/16) Read a non-fiction book about science - Read a collection of essays - Jack the Ripper: … Continue reading Book Riot Read Harder Challenge 2016
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