After the success of my previous go at the Try a Chapter Challenge, I decided to do it again, only with some of the library books I had on my StoryGraph TBR. So I stopped at my usual branch of the public library and picked up another handful of books so I could read the … Continue reading Try A Chapter Challenge #2
Try a Chapter Challenge
Try a Chapter Challenge
Like most readers, I own a lot of unread books. It's hard to resist cheap, interesting-looking books at the used bookstore or the library sale shelves. But as I have limited shelf space for new(er) books, I need to go through them now and then and get rid of the books I'm not going to … Continue reading Try a Chapter Challenge
Try A Chapter Challenge: SFF Edition
Science fiction and fantasy are my favorite genres, so it's no surprise that I have a bunch of unread SFF titles on my shelves. Most of them are from library sales and the used bookshop downtown, so I feel like I can take more of a risk with them and try something new. But I … Continue reading Try A Chapter Challenge: SFF Edition
Try a Chapter Challenge: Library Sale Edition
I have bought a lot of inexpensive secondhand books thanks to my public library's annual book sale and the sale shelves at my usual library branch. On the last day of the annual sale, the price drops to five dollars a box, while the prices on the sale shelves at the neighborhood branches run from … Continue reading Try a Chapter Challenge: Library Sale Edition
Try a Chapter Challenge, pt. 2
Last week, I posted Part One of the 'Try a Chapter Challenge' and talked about the books I had chosen as part of the challenge. Thanks to the computer issues I spent most of my writing time dealing with, I'm writing the follow up later than I wanted to. Oops. Anyway. Thanks to the … Continue reading Try a Chapter Challenge, pt. 2
Try a Chapter Challenge, pt. 1
I've seen the 'Try a Chapter Challenge' on several BookTube channels, and because I have several books that have been sitting on my shelves for quite some time, unread and routinely forgotten about, I thought I would give it a try. The idea of the challenge is to read the first chapter from a book … Continue reading Try a Chapter Challenge, pt. 1
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