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Concluding the 2018 Reading Challenges

January 7, 2019January 7, 2019 Carrie @ Cat on the Bookshelf3 Comments

We’re seven days into 2019, and I need to share the results on the reading challenges I started in 2018. It’s time to wrap these challenges up. As a spoiler, I did pretty well at completing my challenges, but I dropped the ball on a couple of them. Book Blog Discussion Challenge This was, maybe,… Continue reading Concluding the 2018 Reading Challenges

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I’m a Reading Challenge Addict, so I’m entering more challenges

December 27, 2018December 27, 2018 Carrie @ Cat on the Bookshelf9 Comments

After posting so much about the 2019 reading challenge I’m hosting, it’s time for me to announce which challenges I will be participating in. I enter a lot of challenges each year and tend to complete most of them. This year, I am not going to maintain a separate page to show my progress because… Continue reading I’m a Reading Challenge Addict, so I’m entering more challenges

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5 Reasons I Like Audiobooks

July 23, 2018July 23, 2018 Carrie @ Cat on the Bookshelf10 Comments

Since 2017, I’ve read more and more audiobooks than I ever have. The audiobook version of Girl Mans Up by M-E Girard made my top five list of 2017, and I’m in the middle of another audiobook now! I learned that I really like audiobooks, even if they’re not my favorite way to read. I… Continue reading 5 Reasons I Like Audiobooks

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Books I’ve Recently DNF’d

July 19, 2018July 19, 2018 Carrie @ Cat on the Bookshelf4 Comments

Every now and then, or very frequently, everyone has a moment where they would rather not finish the book they’re reading. Since the start of this year, there were three major books that I did not finish: Shadowsong by S. Jae-Jones, Cromartie High School Vol. 1 by Eiji Nonaka, and Tell a Thousand Lies by… Continue reading Books I’ve Recently DNF’d

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Mid-Year Book Freak Out Tag

July 6, 2017July 4, 2017 Carrie @ Cat on the Bookshelf9 Comments

It’s the middle of the year, and it’s time to check in. Technically, the exact middle of the Year was on the 2nd. I’ve never done this tag before, but it looks like fun. I don’t know who created this tag, but it’s become a regular tag that I see everywhere in the online book… Continue reading Mid-Year Book Freak Out Tag

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I Don’t Like Following a Book Series As It Is Published

February 27, 2017February 16, 2017 Carrie @ Cat on the Bookshelf13 Comments

My reading tastes and habits have changed a lot since I was twelve. That in itself is not a surprise, but my reading of standalones and series has changed. I’ve changed in two respects to that: I prefer standalones over series now, and when I read a series, I prefer the entire series to be… Continue reading I Don’t Like Following a Book Series As It Is Published

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Reading Habits Tag

May 17, 2015May 17, 2015 Carrie @ Cat on the BookshelfLeave a comment

I’m back! It feels like forever since I last posted anything, especially a review — I will post one tomorrow. I’ve been busy with school, but the semester is over. Since I have been horrible for the last month or so for not posting very much, I’ve decided to do the Reading Habits Tag. This… Continue reading Reading Habits Tag

Quotes

A good book…

August 14, 2014 Carrie @ Cat on the BookshelfLeave a comment

“A good book makes you want to live in the story. A great book gives you no choice.” ~ Anonymous

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Reading is like eating…

June 15, 2014June 15, 2014 Carrie @ Cat on the BookshelfQuoteLeave a comment

“Reading is like eating. If you don’t eat, you eventually keel over and die. If you don’t read, your writing brain eventually keels over and dies. It needs sustenance. Read as much and as widely as you can.” ~ E. Lockhart in an interview with Miss Literati

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Physical Books vs. E-Books

June 3, 2014June 3, 2014 Carrie @ Cat on the BookshelfLeave a comment

A long time ago, I wrote about the advantages and disadvantages of an e-book. Now that I have more experience with reading e-books and online stories, such as fan fiction, I wanted to present my personal feelings about e-books. A lot of you followers who have been with me from the beginning may be wondering… Continue reading Physical Books vs. E-Books