At the end of my last reading challenge update I wrote “Pop back in a month or so for my next update”. That was in mid-March, almost nine months ago. Since then I’ve been so busy reading and keeping up with my other hobbies that I haven’t made the time to update you on what I’ve… Continue reading Reading Challenge – 26 Down, 14 To Go
So, it has been a year. This day last year I began my 40-by-40 reading challenge. 12 months gone, 15 books read, another 4 or 5 begun and set aside for later. As I write I am halfway through the 16th book and number 17 is on my beside table, ready for starting in a… Continue reading 15 Down, 25 To Go
The past month has been a good one in many ways – sunshine, holidays, day trips and meals out all featured as did making time for hobbies. Housework, social media and routines took a backseat. As a result, books were taken out more often than usual and I made a good bit of progress with… Continue reading 10 Down, 30 To Go
Summer has resumed. May gave us a good start but then June brought thunderstorms and a lot of rain for several weeks. Thankfully though,the weather has picked up. We have temperatures up into the thirties and sunshine till long after the children have gone to bed. Having done so well with my reading in during… Continue reading 6 Down, 34 To Go
It has been a while since I gave you an update on how my reading challenge has been going. I’m still not flying through books the way I used to and I have begun and rejected at least one book lately but on the whole, things are improving. Having finished – and thoroughly enjoyed –… Continue reading 5 Down, 35 To Go
About ten years ago a good friend of mine said she was trying to get to thirty countries before she turned 30. I loved the idea and tried but didn’t quite make it (I got to 24). Having a baby at the age of 29 kind of put a halt to my foreign holidays. The… Continue reading My 40-By-40 Reading List
