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Dewey’s Readathon Recap

April 27, 2014

I'd love to say I made it until 5am but I didn't. By 1:30am I was loopy enough to think that all I needed was fresh air and I should go out and take a walk- in the midst of urban Seattle. Thankfully, I reconsidered but even sitting in an uncomfortable desk chair and taking a brief nap didn't help so I headed to bed hoping to read some more before crashing. All told I made it ... Read More...

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Dewey’s Readathon: Introducing the Books

April 26, 2014

dewey's readathon

Twice a year the book blog world stops its reading for, well...reading. But not just reading, nothing but READING for 24 hours. It's Dewey's 24 Hour Readathon, a time when chores go undone, family is ignored, and bad TV goes unwatched. Instead book lovers find different spaces to curl up in and read as many books as are physically possible. In theory, I am thrilled for the ... Read More...

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Dewey’s 24-Hour Read-A-Thon

October 12, 2013

lexicon

I'm way behind at this point but won't make excuses. I'm a first timer who heard about this from my blogging friend Shannon at River City Reading. The read-a-thon started at 5am PST but if you know me even remotely, you know I barely acknowledge 5am much less read at that hour. So now I'm up and going. I'm 100 pages into my first book Lexicon which I've wanted to read for some ... Read More...

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