image: my september calendar for my journal so i may have accidentally signed myself up for 3 read-a-longs, a buddy read, and a book tour all in the same month without considering the fact that: ah yes, i am a grad student, and school is back in session.
insanity is about to ensue.
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so... i read 35 books this month. yeah. i can easily say that it was a mixture of excitement (for wikathon and other good reads) and an outlet for my stress and anxiety (moving, starting grad school, etc.).
here we go trying to unpack... all of that. image: journal with reading logs laid out over books if you've been keeping up with me at all, you know that lately i've been reading... a preposterous amount of books. while no one should ever willingly read as many books as i do, if you're interested in how i manage it, keep reading!
so wikathon has been successful so far to say the least. i thought i'd try to get some of my thoughts down and promote some of the books i've loved so far.
(vlog) reading vlog #2: TBW trilogy tears, last book haul for a while, and quiet daily life8/13/2020 i'm so excited to share another reading vlog for the second week of wikathon!! this week was a little quieter as i began running out of books to read and pretty much spent all of my time at home not doing much. it was still a lot of fun to do, so i hope to continue as my life gets busier!! like last time, please turn on CC for commentary on the books i read and other fun stuff!! click here to watch.i read the bone witch and knew before i even finished it that i was going to love the rest of the series. i hadn't, however, predicted how much it was going to crush me when it ended.
this is me trying to convince you to read the bone witch trilogy anyway. i can't believe it's live and ready to be shared with the world!! this was really fun to do if i'm honest. this could flop, and i'd still be super proud!! turn on the captions (CC) to see some commentary on the books i read throughout the vlog! click here to watch.you read that right. 19 (and a half) books. it was a really good month for reading books, to say the least.
2020 mid-year book freak-out: completed goodreads challenge & contemporary cuteness and crying7/20/2020 75 books in less than 7 months. yeah, if you had told me i was going to do that at the beginning of the year, i probably would've laughed at you so hard.
my decision to participate in wikathon has four major motivations:
* to read more works by filipino authors * to introduce myself to more filipino authors outside of my usual sphere * to make some friends * to get the ugly taste that my last readathon left in my mouth the competitive spirit of the olympic games readathon made it highly motivating to read. however, an amalgamation of disappointing reads, a time crunch, and a strict TBR made the experience suboptimal for me. i was 99% sure i was never going to participate in another readathon again... until i heard about the wikathon. |
hi, i'm mari, and i'm a STEM grad student, i watch baseball, and i read... a lot of books. i hope you learn some-thing new while you're here!
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