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 sto...
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 la...
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. S...
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 ...
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 bo...
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 Se...
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 day...
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 o...
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 smal...
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 m...
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...
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 ...
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 wa...
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 s...
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 chal...