You’ve probably heard of The Reading Promise in which a father and his 4th grade daughter make a pact to read together for 100 days and end up continuing without a miss until she goes off to college. It’s a great idea… unfortunately the book is unbelievably boring. Since reading together is one of Sir … Continue reading »
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Catching Up
I may not have been writing much since the readathon in April but I sure as heck have been reading! It’s been a busy few months but here’s what I’ve been up to: Been there, done that: Fifty Shades of Grey – 3/5 An attractive, young billionaire meets an even younger college graduate and proceeds … Continue reading »
Where the hell have I been?
Remember me? Yep, I still exist. I wasn’t caught on a sinking ship, fighting for my life in an arena or recruited to be a quirky tech analyst for the FBI, I just got mega overwhelmed by life. Some pretty big stuff is happening for this little lady and my coping mechanism was to crawl … Continue reading »
April Round Up
April is over (come on Spring!) and it was a weird reading month. I didn’t read any of the predicted books (although I’m 1/2 way through Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy) but thanks to Dewey’s Readathon I still managed to finish four books. I also took a two week blogging and reading break after the readathon … Continue reading »
Readathon Updates!
It’s Saturday, Saturday, everybody reads all Saturday. Gotta get ready for the readathon. Reading, reading, yah! Reading, reading, yah! Gotta get ready for the readathon. And on that super awesome note we begin my coverage of my attempt to read for 24 hours: 4:45am Where my head’s at: It’s cloudy and confused but psyched. You … Continue reading »
30 before 30 Update: Failtown, population me.
So I skipped my March update because I had literally nothing to report. Nothing except that I seem to be backsliding. Remember when I bragged about breaking up with Diet Coke? Exercising every day? Cross stitching all the time? Well, the honeymoon’s over and pretty much none of that’s happening anymore. Here’s what happened: #8 … Continue reading »
What are you doing this weekend? Me? I’m reading for 24 hours!
Yep. You heard me, 24 hours. Saturday (April 21) is the Spring edition of Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon. Starting at 5am on Saturday morning I’ll be joining 274 other bloggers as we begin reading and attempt to keep reading until 5am Sunday morning. Throughout the readathon I’ll be creating updates (1 every three hours or … Continue reading »
