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  • My free reading challenge: Peaks and Troughs

    Down in the dumps I missed posting last week, but you didn’t miss much, I promise: “I did some reading” makes for a less than riveting post, so I spared you all. I also didn’t blog because I was at a bit of a low point, reading-wise. I spent much of the week mildly disgruntled (well,…

  • My free reading challenge: temptation!

    My quest to read as much as I like without spending money on a book for myself until Christmas continues… Dear and lovely readers, this week was hard. Offspring found an unspent book token, so we headed off to Waterstones to spend it. A will of iron Now, that’s not the hard part. I’m –…

  • My free reading challenge: lost in Netgalley

    I signed up for Netgalley recently. I wouldn’t have bothered, but a book I’d requested to review for a blog tour was only available via Netgalley, so I got myself an account. I’ve tried to be disciplined, I swear I have. But it’s a bit like another bookshop – except one where most of the…

  • My free reading challenge: I bought a book – but I can’t read it yet

    This week I have something a little different to report because I have pre-ordered a book which costs actual, real money. It comes out before Christmas (so, while my free reading challenge is on-going), but it also comes under my exception of buying a book by a friend to support their launch. Unbearable suspense It also…

  • My free reading challenge: independent writers oozing with talent

    This week has been more reading, reading, reading to slim down my TBR pile. Most of the books I’ve read in the past couple of weeks have been independently published because it turns out independent publishers are mostly the people I know and thus their books are the ones I get to hear about. All my…

  • My free reading challenge: pay with a review

    My challenge to keep reading without paying for a book for myself until Christmas continues… This week I have been mostly fighting my TBR pile, which – even containing only free books – has reached teetering levels. I’ve spent this week reading, reading, reading in a vain attempt to slim down my teetering TBR pile (it’s…

  • My free reading challenge: I bought a book

    When I started my free reading challenge, I knew it was going to be difficult, so I gave myself some let-outs. This week I used my joker to buy a book from an author I’ve read a free book from in order to help with their launch. Like one – Love the next A couple of weeks…

  • My free reading challenge: a delightful glut

    Well, last week’s giveaway source of free books provided rich pickings. I’ve only started three so far, and I’ve already finished and loved two of them – the third I’m not so sure about, but we’ll see. To be fair (and to armour myself against future disappointment), I started with the ones that attracted me most.…

  • My free reading challenge: giveaways

    My endeavour to spend no money on books for myself until Christmas continues… This week I found another fabulous source of free books: giveaways. I entered a contest run by several YA authors I’ve heard of but haven’t yet read, and as well as being in the draw to win a kindle (I think that’s…

  • My free reading challenge: loopholes

    Well, when I set the rules for my free reading challenge (I’m going to read only books I’ve got (legitimately) for free until Christmas), I granted myself the loophole that I was allowed to buy books as gifts for other people. I’m kind of hoping I’m not stretching that too much with my recent activity. I’ve…