What You Should Know Who Dewey’s 24 Hour Read-a-thon is, AFAIK, the longest running event in the book blogging community. It’s named for its founder Dewey, who blogged at The Other Side of the Leaf. She hosted the first Read-a-thon back in 2007. Dewey passed away in 2008. From 2013 to April 2020, Andi @ Estella’s Revenge and Heather @ Capricious Reader hosted the Read-a-thon. Now it’s in the hands […]
I haphazardly participated in Wyrd & Wonder during the inaugural event in 2018. I didn’t participate in 2019, focused instead on finishing grad school. This year, due to COVID-19 layoffs, I had plenty of time to throw myself into writing and reading all sorts of Wyrd & Wonder posts. I know I’m not the only participant especially grateful for the opportunity that Wyrd & Wonder gave most of us for […]
What You Need to Know Who? Hosted by Imyril @ One More, Lisa @ Dear Geek Place, and Jorie @ Jorie Loves a Story What? A month long celebration of fantasy in all its variations (high, low, supernatural, superhero, etc.) and forms (books, movies, games, podcasts, etc.), including: A month long readalong of The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison Plenty of prompts for celebrating fantasy on your blog A master […]
Organized by Nadia @ Headscarves and Hardbacks. This readathon takes place from April 23 to May 23 to coincide with Ramadan 2020 (which begins after sundown today). To learn about Ramadan (especially in this year’s pandemic context) check out this article. The aim of the readathon is to celebrate and support Muslim authors by reading books they’ve written. I’m finding these kind of online bookish events especially important these days, […]
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In honour of Tolkien Reading Day 2020, I wanted to share the collection that’s grown around the first Tolkien book I ever read and purchased: The Hobbit.