Beat the Backlist Bingo 2020 ~ Wrap Up

Beat the Backlist is a year long reading challenge focused on reading your way through your backlist, as well as making a dent in your TBR the challenge also had some bingo cards to complete. I managed to complete just shy of 100 books this year and most of the smaller bingo prompt.   This…

Very Merry Readathon 2020 TBR

Very Merry Readathon is returning for a 5th year on the 13th December, I took part in this last year and really enjoyed it mostly because it introduced me to fireplace videos on YouTube and we've used those so much over the last year to add some much needed cosiness to our living room.This year all…

Off the Grid-athon October 2020

Just to let everyone know about a mini readathon happening next weekend that I'm hoping to take part in. Off The Grid-athon is a readathon hosted by Justine @ I Should Read That and Shana @ Bionic Book Worm. The readathon runs quarterly across a weekend and the main aim is to stay off your phone/social…

Magical Readathon ~ NEWTs 2020 Wrap Up

Throughout August I was halfheartedly taking part in the NEWTs, this is the last time the Magical Readathon will be Harry Potter themed and while I wanted to finish what I started back in May with the OWLs for me this just wasn't the same without all the social media interaction. I'm looking forward to…

Magical Readathon ~ NEWTs 2020 TBR

Throughout August the 2020 Magical Readathon is continuing with the NEWTs, G has already said this will be the last round of the NEWTs with plans for the readathon to move away from its Harry Potter theme going forward. If you want anymore info on the readathon or the prompts you can see the video…

Galleyathon Round Two TBR

Galleyathon is back for a second round, running from 10th - 16th August the main aim is to get ARCs off your Netgalley shelf and onto your Goodreads read shelf. I really enjoyed the first round back in June so was excited to see it brought back so soon. The main prompts are the same…

The Reading Rush 2020 ~ Wrap Up

I've been looking forward to The Reading Rush for a while, I'd planned to get involved on the forums and on twitter but this ended up being quite a busy week at work and at home so there was much less time for reading than I'd have liked, let alone interacting with other readers -…

House Cupathon Round Three Challenges

House Cupathon ran throughout all of June and while all the books I read earned me points based on the page count, below are the ones that ticked off challenges.The Boy the Mole, the Fox and the Horse ~ ★★★★★Polyjuice Potion ~ Read a book in a non-traditional formatFollowing the Spiders ~ Read a hyped bookIf you've…

Magical Readathon ‘Hogsmeade Trip’ Wrap Up

The 'Trip to Hogsmeade' Magical Readathon ran from 22nd - 28th June, G has created a beautiful printable map with ten prompts corresponding to different stops in Hogsmeade. Now there's no way I was going to get through 10 books in a week but I'm pretty happy with the 6 that completed.Harry Potter & The…

Galleyathon June 2020 ~ Wrap Up

The first round of Galleyathon ran from 15th - 21st June; the aim was simple. Make a dent in your list of ARCs.I'll hold my hands up and say I can get a bit click happy when I'm on Netgalley, getting caught up in all the books that catch my eye without thinking too much…