This Winter Mini Persephone Readathon was certainly short and sweet! I hope you all had a cozy and relaxing weekend of reading, reviewing, discussing, and celebrating Persephone Books. Thank you so much to everyone who participated, posted, and/or spread the word on social media. I really enjoyed spending the past three days interacting and reading along... Continue Reading →
Would it really be a readathon without some challenges? For those interested, I’ve put together a list of six optional challenges that can be completed at any point during the weekend. Feel free to do as many or as few as you’d like. You can share your responses on your blog, on social media with... Continue Reading →
Welcome to the Winter 2020 Mini Persephone Readathon! This open post will serve as a central place to share your reading progress, your completed challenges, share links to your readathon posts, and just to chat about anything Persephone books/readathon related. I’ve also listed a few reminders/links below. I hope you all have an enjoyable, cozy,... Continue Reading →
The news feels unrelentingly bleak at the moment. I don't know about you, but I for one could use a quiet distraction. Since the pages between certain iconic grey covers never fail to offer just that, I thought a weekend-long readathon celebrating all things Persephone Books would be a good place to start. I'm happy to... Continue Reading →
Welcome to the third round of the Persephone Readathon! I hope you are as excited as I am to read, review, and chat about Persephone Books over the next ten days. Keep scrolling for some important readathon details… A few reminders: -The readathon runs from Friday, May 31st through Sunday, June 9th. –Don’t forget to... Continue Reading →
Since we're almost halfway through the reading year, what could be better than a celebratory readathon?! I'm happy to announce that the Persephone Readathon is back for a third round. Whether this will be your first Persephone book* or your one hundredth, I hope you'll join me for ten days of reading, reviewing, chatting, and... Continue Reading →
Happy #Readathon Day! I’ll be updating my readathon progress here throughout the 24 hours. Make sure to scroll down to catch all the earlier posts: That's a wrap on another fun #readathon! I'm already looking forward to the next one! Closing Survey 1. What hour was most daunting? Honestly, I didn't find any hour... Continue Reading →
I thought it would be fun to share a few of my Persephone Books confessions... -I still haven't read any of Dorothy Whipple's novels. I've been saving her work since I'm hoping I'll love it as much as everyone else seems to. After all, she must be Persephone Books best-selling author for a reason!*... Continue Reading →
It's almost time to bid farewell to this round of the readathon. I hope you're all having a lovely weekend and are enjoying your Persephone reads! You can still enter Karen's giveaway for a chance to win a copy of Cheerful Weather for the Wedding over at Books and Chocolate. Here’s where you can share what you’re... Continue Reading →
Welcome to the second round of the Persephone Readathon! I hope you are as excited as I am to read, review, and chat about Persephone Books over the next ten days. Keep scrolling for some important readathon details… A few reminders: -The readathon runs from Friday, September 21st through Sunday, September 30th. –Don’t forget... Continue Reading →
