Penny Thoughtful: All Things Books and Running
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February 2025 TBR
The set up for the monthly TBR worked so well in January (as you will see in the wrap up) that I’m doing it again in February. I’m interested to see how this will work on months with readathons like The Amazing Readathon. We have a little bit of a test run this month with…
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Classroom Library Graphic Novels Project – Episode 1
I don’t know when I thought of the idea to check out graphic novels from the library to read in my classroom and evaluate for possible addition to my classroom library but the project is going well so far. Since many of them are significantly shorter than my normal reads and my primary purpose for…
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Recent Reads – January 19-25
I had marginally high hopes for this book because I have read Dylan’s debut novel. Since that was sci-fi and I prefer fantasy, the genre of this book, to sci-fi, I thought that this one might work even better. I did temper my expectations after reviews came out expressing disappointment. Unfortunately, my experience feel in…
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Pokethon – the first gym
As I mentioned in one of my goal posts, I want to make this readathon a priority. So far, so good. I had this first gym planned out and the time set aside to plough through the three Doctor Who comic collections I chose for most of the prompts. Along with the Doctor Who comic…
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The “Forgotten” Books of 2024
Okay, so technically, these books did not get forgotten, they just happened to fall between the last recent reads post of 2024 and the monthly wrap up for December. (This may or may not become a recurring thing on the blog since I want to make sure that I review every book that I read.)…
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Recent Reads – January 12 – 18
Don’t let the low (for me) number fool you. I read several other books this week. The graphic novels show up in a new recurring series, the first post of which will show up soon. Saturday’s reads show up in my first Pokethon Gym post which will also show up soon. Oof. This one his…
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Series Update
I have quite a few series that I have started with some vague general intention of finishing. Thanks to one of my goals last year, I did manage to complete or unhaul quite a few series. Not as many as I started though which is where my series goal this year comes in. To make…
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Any and All Other Reading Challenges
I have a few other challenges I hope to complete this year. Do I know when to stop? Not really. First, we have the challenges included in Little Inkling Designs Always Fully Booked Planner which I finally managed to snag this year! I chose books from my owned TBR with some overlaps with other challenges…
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Recent Reads – January 5 – 11
This post starts with the elevant in the room, a book so long tha tthe audiobook lasts, at normal speed for a full 2 and a half days. Yes, I mean Wind and Truth. I chose specifically to pick up this book first to start 2025. I have come a long way as a Sanderson…
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Buzzwordathon x 2 and 25 in 25
This year Kayla from booksandlala, announced two different versions of her annual year long reading challenge. Of course, I made TBRs for both of them. One is her usual with prompts of specific words or general ideas, the other is based on covers. Since I’m trying to focus on reading what I own, I filled…
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