Book Riot puts on this challenge every year and I swear, every year it gets harder and I often give up mid-year. Some of the prompts are too obscure, and too far out of my comfort zone for the reading to actually be enjoyable. I never want reading to feel like I chore for me, as … Continue reading 2019 Read Harder Challenge
I picked up this reading challenge because it's so freaking easy and I knew I would only have a few spaces open. Basically, you pick a book or author whose title or last name (respectively) fit a letter of the alphabet. I went with book title, because that was a bit easier and I didn't … Continue reading 2019 LitsyAtoZ Reading Challenge
I liked a lot of these prompts, almost better than the ones for Popsugar. The prompts pushed me a little bit more and the focus on female authors challenged me to look past some more obvious choices to fill these prompts. A mystery/thriller written by a woman of colorConfession—Kanae MinatoA book about a woman with … Continue reading 2019 Reading Women Challenge
All of these are subject to change, because I am a fickle beast and regularly change my mind. A book becoming a movie in 2019Pet Semetary—Stephen KingA book set in spaceBinti—Nnedi OkoraforA book that makes you nostalgicThe Westing Game—Ellen RaskinA book written by a musician (fiction or nonfiction)Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl—Carrie BrownsteinA book … Continue reading 2019 Popsugar Reading Challenge
A blog like this has been a long time coming for me. I've started and stopped several like it, always over analyzing what I want it to be. I set grand goals that usually have something to do with "branding" and "professionalism" and "building a portfolio." The blog wanders away from what I always wanted … Continue reading What We’re About Here
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