Category: Buzzword Readathon
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BUZZWORD READING CHALLENGE 2023 – INTRODUCTION + GOALS
A look ahead to what I hope to be reading in 2023 for Kayla’s Buzzword reading challenge! JANUARY – “life” and “death” Top choices:A Quiet Life by Ethan JoellaThe Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi Arthur Ashe: A Life by Raymond ArsenaultFrom Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to…
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BUZZWORD READATHON + READING CHALLENGE 2022 – THIRD QUARTER UPDATE
JULY – a book with a book related word in the title Book Lovers by Emily HenryRock Paper Scissors by Alice FeeneyThe Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller AUGUST – a book with an item/object in the title In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley WinsteadThis is a Book by Demetri MartinLemon…
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BUZZWORD READATHON + READING CHALLENGE 2022 – SECOND QUARTER UPDATE
APRIL – a book with LITTLE or BIG in the title A Million Little Pieces by James FreyA Little Hope by Ethan JoellaBig Little Lies by Liane Moriarty MAY – a book with a direction in the title Behind Her Eyes by Sarah PinboroughBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates JUNE –…
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BUZZWORD READATHON + READING CHALLENGE 2022 – FIRST QUARTER UPDATE
JANUARY – who, what, where, when, why, how How Lucky by Will LeitchThe Girl Who Died by Ragnar JónassonWhat White People Can Do Next: From Allyship to Coalition by Emma Dabiri FEBRUARY – pronouns or possessions The City We Became by N.K. JemisinCall Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman MARCH – a…
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BUZZWORD READATHON + READING CHALLENGE 2022 – INTRODUCTION
A look ahead to what I hope to be reading in 2022 I’m so excited to start planning and reading for the buzzword readathon, created and hosted by Kayla of Books and Lala on booktube! In her words, “The Buzzword Readathon (#buzzwordathon) is a monthly readathon, running the first week…
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BUZZWORD READATHON + READING CHALLENGE 2021 – FOURTH QUARTER UPDATE + CONCLUSION
FOURTH QUARTER UPDATE And just like that, the 2021 Buzzword Readathon has come to an end! Here’s what I read in the last quarter of the year: October – elements A Slow Burning Fire by Paula HawkinsWhen Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi November – “lost” The Lost Ones by Sheena Kamal December…
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BUZZWORD READATHON + READING CHALLENGE 2021 – THIRD QUARTER UPDATE
Surprised myself this quarter with reading 6 books considering we moved out of our apartment in July and were road tripping across the US during August and September. I tried so hard to get into The Devil and the Dark Water in September but found it so slow going, so…
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BUZZWORD READATHON + READING CHALLENGE 2021 – SECOND QUARTER UPDATE
Half way through the year and half way through the Buzzword Readathon! Of the 7 books I read in the past 3 months for this challenge, 3 I gave 5 stars and 2 I gave 4 stars with no real duds in the bunch. I know it’s barely the middle…
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BUZZWORD READATHON + READING CHALLENGE 2021 – FIRST QUARTER UPDATE
I can confidently say this challenge has pushed me out of my comfort zone and into some books I never would have read otherwise *cough, cough* Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic and A Brief History of Time. No duds in this first quarter of the challenge and…
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BUZZWORD READATHON + READING CHALLENGE 2021 – INTRODUCTION
In December, I stumbled upon booktuber Kayla, of BooksandLala on youtube, and became quickly infatuated with her videos, content, and book recommendations. One of her recent videos (imbedded below) introduces her Buzzword Reading Challenge and I immediately started making plans to join in the fun. According to her Goodreads challenge…
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