Last year I participated in Rose City Reader’s European Reading Challenge and I really enjoyed it. Although I reached my goal of reading at least 5 books for this challenge, in the end reading 17, I did not “visit” every European country on the list. So, I am back at it again this year and Read More »
As it’s the start of a new year, I have been searching for a new reading challenge. My favourite challenge from the past few years, The Reading Women Challenge, is not being renewed in 2022, so I needed a new one. A review of my reading stats from 2021 has revealed a disturbing lack of diversity in the books I have been reading. And I want to change that! Read More »
I can’t quite believe that 2021 is already over. Is anyone else amazed at how quickly that year passed!? I have had a fairly good year in terms of reading, with some slumps and quieter periods scattered around. At the start of this year, I had initially set myself a target of 70 books, but Read More »
At the start of the year, I embarked on a virtual tour of Europe, thanks to Rose City Reader’s European Reading Challenge. The idea of the challenge being to read books by European authors or books that are based in different European countries. There are various levels at which you can join the challenge. I Read More »
Since we are now halfway through the year (please can someone explain to me how and when that happened!?), it is time for an update on my progress with my reading challenge for 2021. If you missed my earlier post, you can find it here. This year, I am once again participating in the Reading Read More »
I have decided to participate in a second reading challenge this year! The European Reading Challenge is hosted by the lovely Gilion from Rose City Reader, who I have been following on Instagram for quite some time. The idea of the challenge is to read books by authors from European countries, or books which are Read More »
What a year 2020 has been! I don’t think any of us will forget it in a hurry, much as we might like to. At the start of the year, I set myself a personal challenge of reading 30 books and trying to complete the 2020 Reading Women Challenge. As I read 73 books this Read More »
We are nearing the end of the year which means it is nearly time for another reading challenge. Once again, I will be joining the Reading Women Challenge next year. Reading Women is a weekly podcast about books, celebrating books written by women and I have participated in their challenge for the past two years. Read More »
Time for an update on my progress for the 2020 Reading Women Challenge! My first post on this blog was about this reading challenge and I listed all the prompts and some of the books I was planning on reading as part of the challenge (if you haven’t already, check out that post here first, Read More »
The end of June seemed like the right time to call a halt on my self-isolation reading challenge. Many countries are relaxing lockdown restrictions and re-opening the non-essential businesses and facilities. We have been very lucky here in Switzerland, in that the government handled the situation well, on the whole people followed the guidelines and Read More »
