The 20 Books of Summer Reading Challenge is hosted by Cathy from 746 Books, and I have taken on the full challenge of reading 20 books from June 3rd to September 3rd. The following is an update on my progress two months in.
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20 Books of Summer 2019 | Update #1
The 20 Books of Summer Reading Challenge is hosted by Cathy from 746 Books, and I have taken on the full challenge of reading 20 books from June 3rd to September 3rd. The following is an update on my progress one month in.
Monthly Wrap-Up | June 2019
Halfway through the year – who else is panicking about the books you haven’t read yet? š¬ Fortunately – and I hope this is true for you too – the books I have read so far have been wonderful, including the few I read in June.
2019 Louisa May Alcott Reading Challenge | Final Update
The 2019 Louisa May Alcott Reading Challenge has come to an end (officially tomorrow, June 30th), so I’m here with my final reading update. I finishedĀ Rose in Bloom, and although I said in my Halfway Update that I was going to startĀ Work, I instead proceeded to theĀ Stories & Other WritingsĀ portion of The Library of America edition I checked out of the library. My thoughts are as follows.
2019 Louisa May Alcott Reading Challenge | Halfway Update
<< The 2019 Challenge has ended. You can read my Wrap-Up here. >>
Despite feeling like June just started, we are now closer to the end of it than the beginning. Iāve decided to use this [just over] halfway point to talk about my progress with the Louisa May Alcott Reading Challenge. You can learn more about this Challenge in my introductory post and at In The Bookcase; otherwise, keep reading for my thoughts on Rose in Bloom so far.
20 Books of Summer | 2019
Summer reading has always felt like a special event to me. It definitely has a lot to do with getting out of school and having much more time to read what I wanted to – even if I happened to enjoy the books I read during the school year. The beginning of summer meant the start of my local library’s summer reading program, which was exceptional. Every year, young readers (it was geared towards school-aged kids) would write their name on a special paper “placard”, and during a library visit stickers symbolizing books read would be awarded by the librarians then placed on the placard by the reader. It was thrilling – both the feeling of accomplishment when looking at my stickers, and seeing how many books other kids had read (we were allowed to tape up our placard almost anywhere in the library).
