Bout of Books: Updates

Bout of Books has begun! This post will house my updates for the whole week. I’ll keep running totals for the week up top and add each day’s notes at the end. Weekly Totals Hours read: 9 hours, 53 minutes Pages read:  462 Books finished: The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro The Space Between …

Sunday Salon: Gearing Up for Bout of Books!

I had so much fun participating in the recent readathon that I was delighted to discover there’s another reading-focused event (albeit a more laid-back one) kicking off tomorrow. Bout of Books is completely new to me, though this is the tenth time the event is being held. As I write this post, there are more …

Sunday Salon: It’s Readathon Time!

I’m so excited. Last fall was my first Readathon, and I’ve been anxiously awaiting my second ever since. Dewey’s 24-Hour Readathon is just what it sounds like: readers around the world spend the same 24 hours (or as many of those hours as they want) immersed in books. People read on their own, listen to …