AlexFeb 23 minJanuary's Books - A RetrospectiveJanuary is always the easiest month in the 52 books challenge. You head out to the bookshop and grab an armful of interesting-looking stories and devour them...
AlexJan 22 min52 Books & Blogs in 52 WeeksIt’s been so long that while I have again decided to pick up the 52 books in 52 weeks challenge, I have also decided to spice it up.
AlexJan 1, 20193 min52 Books in 52 Weeks - Completed!Well, I did it. After three years of attempting to read a book a week, I squeaked through and managed 52 in 2018. Granted, I spent the last week furiously re...
AlexDec 19, 20181 min52 Books in 52 Weeks - November's BooksI'm late again on an update - but I have a good excuse. At the end of November I started a new job, and have been settling into things. Still, for most of No...
AlexNov 1, 20181 min52 Books in 52 Weeks - September & October's BookYes, I know, I've spent two months AWOL from this blog. That was mainly due to the fact that I read so little in September that it would have been embarrassi...
AlexSep 12, 20181 min52 Books in 52 Weeks - August's BooksThe end of year slowdown continues! I once again found myself reading some non-fiction in August, though I managed to keep it to small books, this time. No 5...
AlexAug 6, 20181 min52 Books in 52 Weeks - July's BooksAugust already?! Much more than half the year has gone by and I am *still* struggling in terms of pace. I ended up giving up on Making Sense of the Troubles:...
AlexJul 12, 20181 min52 books in 52 weeks - June's BooksThis took me far too long to write, and in many ways that mirrors my progress in June. I was awful for the entire. I spent roughly 20 days of the month abroa...
AlexMay 2, 20182 min52 Books in 52 Weeks - April's BooksI was hoping that April would be the month in which I cross over the "halfway" mark and hit book 26, but a busy work schedule and a lot of free time spent pl...
AlexApr 3, 20182 min52 Books in 52 Weeks - March's BooksComparatively, March was a failure. I only managed to read four books this month, the same number I managed in February, which was a smaller month. I put the...
AlexMar 1, 20182 min52 Books in 52 Weeks – February’s BooksAfter seeing the clutter that separate posts for every book were doing to the blog section of the site, I decided to do a round-up each month in my 52 books ...
AlexJan 30, 20181 min52 Books: #5 - Night by Elie WieselBook: Night Author: Elie Wiesel Page count: 132 Date started: 26/01/18 Date finished: 29/01/18 Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, whic...
AlexJan 29, 20181 min52 Books: #4 - The Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliBook: The Prince Author: Niccolò Machiavelli Page count: 140 Date started: 24/01/18 Date finished: 26/01/18 The first of my sub-200 page books and I manage t...
AlexJan 19, 20181 min52 books: #2 - The Templars by Dan JonesBook: The Templars Author: Dan Jones Page count: 432 Date started: 01/01/18 Date finished: 19/01/18 This one took some time because it was quite a long book,...
AlexJan 9, 20182 min52 Books: #1 - Men at Arms by Terry PratchettBook: Men at Arms Author: Terry Pratchett Page count: 377 Date started: 01/01/18 Date finished: 09/01/18 “The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reason...
AlexJan 2, 20182 min52 books in 52 weeksThose following me on Twitter may already have noticed mentions of it, but this year I intend to re-attempt the 52 books in 52 weeks challenge. The clue is i...