Help get the Caffeinated Bibliophile back online

For those of you that aren't aware, my beloved computer decided to go ad die on me back in October, which at the time caused a small panic because I spend a good portion of my time online...  Aside from the obvious inconvenience it caused as far as university study is concerned, it has also meant that I've been neglecting my Caffeinated Bibliophile email (so sorry everyone, I promise to check it very soon!).

As it stands right now, I'm limited to either using the Uni computers during open hours (but since it's summer here it wasn't an option for a while) or hitting up my mum to use hers when it's free.  While both are valid options, I really wish to get mine repaired/replaced.

Which brings me to the point of this post... I've added a donate button to the site, in the hopes of saving up enough cash to cover the costs of the repair/replacement, and just for my time in creating this blog in general, and, lets face it, a few more books and cups of coffee would be great too. So if you love what you see and would love to see more, or are just a good samaritan who'd love to help out a fellow book-lover please hit the donate button.

Thanks in advance xox

My now annual post holiday reading slump and this years challenge(s)

I don't know what it is about this time of year, but this is the second year running (that I've actually acknowledged) where I hit a reading slump as soon as it ticks over to January 1...

I don't know whether it's the heat frying my brain, or the kids being home from school, a post holiday slump or just the migraine I had on and off since Christmas eve that's thrown me off, but I'm sure I'll get back on track again soon, no doubt I'll get my reading bug back right when I start uni for the year and wont have the time.

 

On the cards for this year are the challenges I did last year (Goodreads, PopSugar & BookRiot), and a PopSugar spin-off challenge Around the Year in 52 books, but this year I will be overlapping categories within challenges instead of reading a separate book for each.  I just don't have it in me to read another 90+ books on top of Uni and my parenting duties, but I will try and at least read 52 books for the year, I figure one a week is doable, without overtaxing myself. 

 

I did pretty well on the challenges from last year, finished the PopSugar reading challenge new years eve, and had one book left (which I'm plodding through now) on the BookRiot read harder challenge, I also surpassed my Goodreads challenge of 60 by reading a total of 92 books for the year... I don't think I've read that many in a year since I was in high school, many moons ago. 

 

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Happy 2016 to you all.  May your year be filled with endless hour spent between the pages of your favourite books, new and old. 

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