My Goodreads Reading Challenge was off to such an incredible start in January, but has since dropped off of the radar due to crochet commitments! It has taken me 3 months to finish one book (which was about 400 pages long) which is sooo long for me!
I finally finished The Book Thief a few days ago, and I bloody loved it. The first quarter really didn’t do much for me, but it really picked up after that and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Even shed a little tear at the end! Definitely one I would recommend to everyone, and advise them to persevere! I have since moved onto something a little different, and not the kind of book that I would usually opt for – So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed.
I first heard about this book a couple of years ago on Radio 2, during an interview with the author. I thought it sounded interesting, so downloaded it onto my Kindle and it’s sat there since. Whilst scrolling through my “to-read” list the other day, looking for something shorter and not too challenging (after my epic 3 months with The Book Thief) I chose to give it a go, and was not disappointed! I have just reached the halfway mark, and am absolutely loving it! I’ll let you know what I think in detail, once I have finished.
I am currently 1,168 pages into my 2017 challenge, which isn’t too bad. My all-time page record for one year goes to 2013 though, with 7,065 pages read. Hoping to try and get past that this year, but we shall see what happens. I am 3 (excellent) books into my year, and halfway through my 4th.
From a crochet perspective, I have just two more large flags to make for my 12m of bunting! Then I will start on the rest of the small flags, before the small task of assembling it all. I’m feeling really positive about it all, to be honest! I think it’ll look fab on the day. As always, I am constantly adding to my crochet to-do list…it’s absolutely never ending. I’m hoping to crack on with some amigurumi again once I get my bunting out of the way though. Watch this space!
That’s all for now; had a busy weekend and am back to work tomorrow. Will catch up again soon!