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  • August Haul

    August Haul

    “Books are a uniquely portable magic” – Stephen King Yeah, not if you have a stack of them and you just want to read all of them at the same time, Stephen, I think then I’d need a bag a la Mary Poppins or Hermione Granger to consider them portable. Which is my obnoxious way…

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  • Bout of Books Day 7

    The final update post for the Bout of Books 11 Read-a-thon, it’s day 7, aka the final day, the end, the home stretch etc. etc. I’m not sure how I feel about the progress I’ve made but I will say this has helped show me how I can blog about books and join a community of…

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  • Bout of Books Day 6

    Another quick update post for the Bout of Books 11 Read-a-thon, day 6 is here and since yesterday I’ve done nothing more than enjoy my visit to Liverpool. On reflection, perhaps this week wasn’t the best week in which to do a read-a-thon but a low-key, low-fuss read-a-thon like the Bout of Books is perfect…

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  • Bout of Books Day 5

    Another quick update post for the Bout of Books 11 Read-a-thon, day 5 dawns *cue dramatic music* Updates: 2pm – having read on the train I added another 200ish words to my word count read in this week, suggesting that I should do all my reading on trains. Having said that, I have arrived in…

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  • Bout of Books Day 4

    Another quick update post for the Bout of Books 11 Read-a-thon, day 4 dawns *cue dramatic music* Updates: 2pm – I have officially read… precisely no more pages since yesterday on account of taking care of a very squirmy toddler who demands attention. I’m going out for a meal tonight which once again means reading will…

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  • Bout of Books Day 3

    Another quick update post for the Bout of Books 11 Read-a-thon, day 3 dawns *cue dramatic music* Updates: 12pm – I have officially finished my first book, The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. I enjoyed it a lot more than I actually realised whilst I was reading it; it only really hit me when I’d…

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  • Bout of Books Day 2

    So yesterday didn’t go quite as well as I’d hoped and I have job seeker-y things to do this afternoon but hopefully I can hurry home from those, lock myself away in my room, and get to reading! Updates: 11am – read for a little while in bed this morning – laziness enables reading haha…

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  • Bout of Books Day 1

    Just a quickie from me to update on my day 1 progress in Bout of Books 11! Updates: 1pm – I had to do some admin-y things for the writing journal I’m part of plus finish cataloguing my books plus proof-read some things… which means my words read count is currently at 0. Oh dear,…

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  • Popping my read-a-thon cherry

    I’m fairly new to this whole blogging about books thingymajig (you may have noticed??) and through perusing many booktube videos I have come across many a read-a-thon that I have, unfortunately, been too late to attend. So imagine my delight when I found out about this super low-key, low-pressure read-a-thon called The Bout of Books…

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  • Sexy Book Spines

    Sexy Book Spines

    I love me a pretty book. They say never judge a book by its cover but let’s face it, we do. Even in the most literal sense, when it comes to facing a shelf of new releases in a local bookshop, I will always be drawn to the prettiest covers. Or, actually, when you think…

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