Shaina Reads

The Monday After Readathon Weekend ought to be declared a biannual international holiday. I don't have room to complain—I passed out halfway through Hour 17—but it's the principle of the thing, you know? In addition to making me feel all sorts of lovey-dovey feelings for the book blogging community, I think Readathon helped me bust out of a semi-slump. It wasn't that I...

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T'was the day after Readathon, and all through the street, not a reader was stirring, not even to tweet... Another Readathon has come and gone. So, how did I do this year? Pretty well, if I do say so myself! I finished two in-progress books, Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity by Steve Silberman and Some Possible Solutions by Helen Phillips. I also took a chunk...

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The Readathon is just two days away! Can you believe it? ScarJo is the cutest and I will fight whomever disagrees. After I Storified my ten reasons that you should participate in the Readathon, I got bit by the bug and had to make another Readathon-related graphic for y'all. Behold: my scientifically-validated dos and don'ts for building yourself the perfect Readathon stack. A...

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In case you missed my rapid-fire tweeting about why you should participate in Dewey's 24-Hour Readathon yesterday, I've compiled all ten reasons and added commentary and GIFs (naturally). I hope that it persuades you to participate on April 23! [View the story "10 Reasons You Should Participate in #Readathon" on Storify] ...

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Image credit goes to Michelle! Michelle of That's What She Read takes a little time every Friday to talk about what's helping her to end her work week on a high note. Sometimes she only talks about one or two things, but I look forward to the post every time. There's always more room for positivity in the blogosphere, right? Today, I'm taking a...

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  Spring is (kinda-sorta, depending upon your location) upon us, guys! It poured earlier this week and promises to tomorrow. I just visited Seattle (where it was crazy sunny). What better time to discuss a book about rain? I guess this doesn't apply as well to Matt Kaplan's book—he only talks about rainstorms part of the time—but let's roll right on ahead with...

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