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    October TBR: Becca’s Spookoplathon 2023

    Ever since 2020, I have been participating in Becca‘s monthlong readathon based on the well-known Monopoly board game. For this purpose, Becca makes her own version of the Monopoly board, specifically for picking the books you will read that month. This year, however, there was no September bookoplathon announcement, which was to be expected given Becca’s busy schedule for September.…

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    First Law Along #4: Best Served Cold

    The next phase of the FirstLawAlong has commenced! After finishing the finale of the first trilogy in June, we are now continuing on with a series of standalone stories in the same world.

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    First Law Along #3: Last Argument of Kings

    After finishing Before They Are Hanged I just couldn’t wait to continue with this series. According to the schedule of the First Law Along readathon the third book is to be read by the end of June, but I already finished it in April. Since this is the third book of the first First Law trilogie, it’s quite possible that…

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    First Law Along #2: Before They Are Hanged

    Tonight is the live show for the second book in the First Law Along readathon. If you don’t know what this is, I talked about this earlier in my Readathons for 2023 post and also in the first update made for this readathon, but in short the plan for this readathon is to read one book from Joe Abercrombie‘s First…

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    Magical Readathon Year 2: Spring Equinox TBR (April)

    Yesssp, it’s that time of the year again! Magical Readathon time, by far my favourite readathon! On April 1st, all students of the magical Academy of Orilium are expected back in class, to kick off the spring equinox! If you don’t know what I’m talking about, BookRoast, the creator of this readathon, made a wholeoverview video here. For the announcement…

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    First Law Along #1: The Blade Itself

    In my post from last week, about my readathon plans for 2023, you could already read that I was joining the Catch-up Book Club’s new readalong, a book club founded by Becca (@BeccaandTheBooks) to read big intimidating series together. The new readalong for 2023 and the first half of 2024 is for all of author Joe Abbercrombie’s books in his…

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    2023 TBR: readathon plans

    Readthons and reading challenges have been a staple in my reading for a couple of years now. I find them motivating and often the extra boost that I needed to finally pick up some of my most intimidating books. So it’s no surprise that for 2023 I also have a number of these challendes lined up. Its quite possible that…

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    September TBR: Becca’s Bookoplathon 2022

    One readathon hasn’t quite finished yet and the next one is already in the starting blocks! Becca’s Bookoplaton has been a tradition for me since September 2020. This year will be my third year participating. In this readathon, your next book is determined using a modified Monopoly board. Every year, Becca creates a completely new board for this readathon, with…

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    Magical Readathon: Orilium Autumn Equinox TBR

    August is already the third readathon in G’s (Book Roast) Magical Readathon Series. Until a few years ago, The Magical Readathon was a reading challenge inspired by Harry Potter, but now G has taken a completely different route and invented her own universe: Orilium. In essence, Orilium is a prestigious, magical university in the world of Aeldia. We, as readers,…