The Readathin was hosted by Donna at momsbookcollection, and you can read the announcement post there. There’s also a Readathin Twitter account. How I Did Overall I’m pleased that I read 10 books that qualify for the Readathin, but I didn’t make Bingo, and I really neglected the self-care prompts, which… Read more »
No, you didn’t misread that; it says Read-A-THIN, not Read-A-Thon. The Read-A-Thin (or Readathin) takes place four times per year, in February, May, August, and November. Each Readathin is a month-long challenge intended to “thin out” your TBR. You can read physical or ebooks, but the focus is on books… Read more »
Books Read – June 2022 Title links to go my reviews. Never Less Than a Lady (Mary Jo Putney) – reread Nowhere Near Respectable (Mary Jo Putney) – reread No Longer a Gentleman (Mary Jo Putney) – reread Sometimes a Rogue (Mary Jo Putney) – reread Not Quite a Wife… Read more »
Books Read – March 2022 The Wounded Sky (Star Trek) (Diane Duane) – reread Go Hex Yourself (Jessica Clare) – ARC Under Lock and Skeleton Key (Secret Staircase Mystery #1) (Gigi Pandian) – ARC Carry On (Mysterious Powers #1) (Celia Lake) The Fossil Door (Mysterious Powers #2) (Celia Lake) Eclipse… Read more »
The Backlist Reader Challenge 2022 Is your TBR pile more of a mountain? Are there hundreds (or thousands) of books on your Goodreads to-read shelf? Then join the club — or rather, The Backlist Reader Challenge! I don’t know about you, but my Goodreads to-read shelf has over a thousand… Read more »
I did pretty well on the #TrekAThon! I managed to “beam up” all but one of the crew members. (Sorry, Yeoman Rand… but since your uniform is red, you were in jeopardy from the start.) I did have to count one book, Project Hail Mary, more than once for my… Read more »
June was a slower-than-usual reading month for me, and I am not sure why. I read or listened to only nine books during the entire month, and one of those was a novelette (longer than a short story, but not as long as a novella.) I started several other books… Read more »
Louise at Foxes and Fairy Tales is hosting a Star Trek-themed readathon! No, you don’t have to read Star Trek books for the #TrekAThon (though you can.) Basically, there is a prompt associated with each character, and the idea is to “beam up the entire crew” by reading books for… Read more »
COYER now runs all year, and has built a whole community of readers and bloggers. For 2021, it has become 2 separate but connected challenges: COYER Seasons and COYER Community (the latter takes place mostly within the Facebook group.) I am participating in both all year. The Spring Season runs from… Read more »
The 2020 Challenge ended on December 31, 2020, at midnight in your time zone. Click here to sign up for the 2021 Backlist Reader Challenge. The Backlist Reader Challenge 2020 is over! Time to link your wrap-up post! 2020 is over (thank goodness!) and so is The Backlist Reader Challenge… Read more »
