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The Secret History Readalong: The First Half Recap 21 Aug 2013 | 06:23 pm
Yeah, yeah, I know. I said Sunday. That obviously didn’t happen, but I hope this will make up for that. If you’re following along, you should be starting on Part II with Chapter 6. If you need a remin...
First Line Friday: The Secret History by Donna Tartt 16 Aug 2013 | 07:02 pm
I apparently suck at writing posts that I’ve committed to other people I’ll be writing. Sorry, fellow The Secret History readalong-ers. I promise you’ll get a half-way mark post on Sunday, as promised...
#24in48: Hour 44 Update 5 Aug 2013 | 05:16 am
We are almost at the end! Apologies for not posting an Hour 36 update, but today was also my parents’ anniversary and we went out to a celebratory brunch where I had far too many mimosas. Which led to...
#24in48: Hour 24 Update 4 Aug 2013 | 08:59 am
We are officially at the halfway point! It has been so fantastic watching everyone’s updates on Twitter and I’m so impressed how much everyone is reading. Myself, I’ve surrendered for the night. I kep...
#24in48: Hour 12 Update 3 Aug 2013 | 09:11 pm
We are a quarter of the way through! Huzzah! How’s everyone holding up so far? I was up at 8am this morning and so far I’ve finished one book and have started on a second, Defending Jacob by William L...
24 in 48: It Begins! 3 Aug 2013 | 09:01 am
So marks the beginning of our epic reading weekend! This post is going live at 12:01am on Saturday morning, Eastern time. Which means we are off and running for the next 48 hours. From now until midni...
First Line Friday Double Header: The Unknowns & Whistling Past the Graveyard 2 Aug 2013 | 09:30 pm
I rarely read more than one book at a time. I used to have several books going all at once, but once I started grad school, being able to focus on more than one story at a time was just too much for m...
24 in 48 Readathon: Book Stack 30 Jul 2013 | 06:43 pm
This part- the one where you plot and plan the books you want to read during a readathon – might be my favorite part of any readathon. For this #24in48 ‘thon, it’s a little more difficult than it has ...
August Readalong: The Secret History by Donna Tartt 29 Jul 2013 | 05:17 pm
If you missed my post on Friday, this is the introductory post for an August readalong of The Secret History by Donna Tartt. Here’s the story: with the release of Tartt’s novel The Goldfinch in Octobe...
First Line Friday: Big Brother by Lionel Shriver 26 Jul 2013 | 10:25 pm
Bookish confession time: I’ve never read We Need to Talk about Kevin. This is not for lack of trying. I own it, I’ve picked it up a couple of times, but the narrator is so unlikable for me, and I had ...
