The Terror of Knowing

Tag: reading

  • 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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  • Used Books and Book Monogamy

    Used Books and Book Monogamy

    I have a confession to make: barely 3 days after compiling my August TBR list (which I already thought might be tricky to get through in terms of sheer page count), I cheated on it. Yes, that’s right, having committed monogamously to that poor TBR list, I found myself swayed by the allure of another. Specifically, I made…

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  • August TBR

    Over the last few weeks I have left the comforting bubble of undergraduate education and entered into the scary chaos that is Real Life. You know that place that I avoided entering for 3 years by going to university to study English? Yeah, that place. Along with that, I have began the job search. This started…

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  • “We read to know that we are not alone”

    I love lists. There’s nothing better than waking up feeling alarmingly productive and drawing up a to-do list for the day. Well, I lied, there’s nothing better than drawing up a to-do list for the day and being able to cross off 2 or 3 things before you’ve had your second cup of coffee. There’s…

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