January's Books - A Retrospective
January is always the easiest month in the 52 books challenge. You head out to the bookshop and grab an armful of interesting-looking...
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Alex
- Jan 2, 2020
- 2 min
52 Books & Blogs in 52 Weeks
It’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.
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Alex
- Jan 1, 2019
- 3 min
52 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...
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Alex
- Dec 19, 2018
- 1 min
52 Books in 52 Weeks - November's Books
I'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....
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Alex
- Nov 1, 2018
- 1 min
52 Books in 52 Weeks - September & October's Book
Yes, 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...
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Alex
- Sep 12, 2018
- 1 min
52 Books in 52 Weeks - August's Books
The end of year slowdown continues! I once again found myself reading some non-fiction in August, though I managed to keep it to small...
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Alex
- Aug 6, 2018
- 1 min
52 Books in 52 Weeks - July's Books
August 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...
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Alex
- Jul 12, 2018
- 1 min
52 books in 52 weeks - June's Books
This 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...
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Alex
- May 2, 2018
- 2 min
52 Books in 52 Weeks - April's Books
I 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...
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Alex
- Apr 3, 2018
- 2 min
52 Books in 52 Weeks - March's Books
Comparatively, March was a failure. I only managed to read four books this month, the same number I managed in February, which was a...
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Alex
- Mar 1, 2018
- 2 min
52 Books in 52 Weeks – February’s Books
After 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...
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Alex
- Jan 30, 2018
- 1 min
52 Books: #5 - Night by Elie Wiesel
Book: 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...
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Alex
- Jan 29, 2018
- 1 min
52 Books: #4 - The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
Book: 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...
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Alex
- Jan 19, 2018
- 1 min
52 books: #2 - The Templars by Dan Jones
Book: 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...
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Alex
- Jan 9, 2018
- 2 min
52 Books: #1 - Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett
Book: 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...
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Alex
- Jan 2, 2018
- 2 min
52 books in 52 weeks
Those 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...
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