Thursday, October 21, 2021

Race Review: 22 Miles of PAIN at the 2021 Des Moines Marathon 🩹 I-35 Challenge Day 2

Disclaimer: I received an entry to the 2021 IMT Des Moines Marathon to review as part of being a BibRave Pro. Learn more about becoming a BibRave Pro (ambassador), and check out BibRave.com to review find and write race reviews!

If you haven't read my Kansas City Marathon race review yet, do that first! This review will cover Day 2 of the I-35 Challenge at the 2021 IMT Des Moines Marathon!


Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Race Review: Death by Hills at the 2021 Kansas City Marathon 💀 I-35 Challenge Day 1

What a whirlwind of a weekend! I'm currently sitting in the Kansas City Airport about to head home after finishing my FIRST DOUBLE MARATHON WEEKEND. I've been training for the I-35 Challenge since June and this weekend I officially ran and completed both the Kansas City Marathon in Kansas City, Missouri and the Des Moines Marathon in Des Moines, Iowa. Instead of waiting 4 months to post my reviews (lol), I thought I'd get my thoughts down on digital paper before I forget too many details of the experience. I'm going to break up my review of the weekend into two parts, so stay tuned for part 2. For now we'll kick things off with the 2021 Garmin Kansas City Marathon! 


Thursday, October 7, 2021

📥TBR In & Out📤 // August & September 2021

Slowly but surely making progress on getting my TBR down! The last two months were not the best for finishing books or finding time to read, but despite that I still managed to read more than I acquired which is what we want to aim for. I unhauled an additional book as well, as the author had recently released a book with some serious biphobic themes throughout. As the book is more of a self-help novel, taking advice from someone who is publishing and profiting off of biophobic rhetoric is not exactly the kind of person I want to be taking advice from if I'm being honest!

TBR # ON AUGUST 1, 2021
120

BOOKS ACQUIRED
+6

The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin
My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
Tweet Cute by Emma Lord
There There by Tommy Orange
Solitaire by Alice Oseman
This Winter by Alice Oseman


OWNED TBR BOOKS READ
-8

Burn by Patrick Ness
Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert
What We Carry by Maya Shanbhag Lang
Head Over Heels by Hannah Orenstein
Rabbit & Robot by Andrew Smith
The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin
Nick and Charlie by Alice Oseman

OWNED TBR BOOKS UNHAULED
-1

You Are a Badass by Jen Sincero

TBR # ON OCTOBER 1, 2021
117

Tuesday, October 5, 2021

Monthly Reading Wrap Up 🍎 August & September 2021

 Hello, folks! Happy October 😊 I feel like I start every post these days with "it's been a while..." but it certainly has been! The last two months were not great reading wise because they've been oh so busy with work and marathon training. I only managed to finish 9 books in August and September, which is so wild to think that I was reading about that much in one month not too long ago! On the bright side, life feels much more balanced than it has in months past and for that I am so happy. Anywho, here's what I've been reading over the last two months -- lots of 4 star reads so things have been enjoyable, but it's been a while since I've found a 5 star in the wild. I'm craving something fantastic!!!


Burn by Patrick Ness
4/5
 Stars
371 pages
Genre: Fantasy
Publication Year: 2020
Age Group: Young Adult
Format: Physical


Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert
The Brown Sisters #3
4/5 Stars
377 pages
Genre: Contemporary
Publication Year: 2021
Age: Adult
Format: Physical


What We Carry by Maya Shanbhag Lang
4/5 Stars
304 pages
Genre: Memoir
Publication Year: 2020
Age: Other
Format: Physical


Head Over Heels by Hannah Orenstein
4/5 Stars
326 pages
Genre: Contemporary
Publication Year: 2020
Age: Adult 
Format: Physical


Rabbit & Robot by Andrew Smith
4/5 Stars
438 pages
Genre: Science Fiction
Publication Year: 2018
Age: Young Adult 
Format: Physical

AUGUST READING TOTALS

Total Books: 5
Total Pages: 1,816
Owned TBR Books Read: 5
New-to-me reads: 5

GENRE STATS

Contemporary: 2
Fantasy: 1
Memoir: 1
Science Fiction: 1

BOOK FORMAT STATS

Physical: 5

AGE GROUP STATS

Adult: 2
Young Adult: 2
Other: 1

PUBLICATION DATE STATS

2010-2019: 1
2020-2021: 4

RATING STATS

5 Stars: 0
4 Stars: 5
3 Stars: 0
2 Stars: 0
1 Star: 0


The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin
2/5 Stars
480 pages
Genre: Fantasy
Publication Year: 2020
Age: Adult 
Format: Physical


Nick & Charlie by Alice Oseman
4/5 Stars
159 pages
Genre: Contemporary
Publication Year: 2020
Age: Young Adult 
Format: Physical


4/5 Stars
336 pages
Genre: Contemporary
Publication Year: 2020
Age: Young Adult 
Format: Physical


Bravey by Andrew Smith
4/5 Stars
310 pages
Genre: Memoir
Publication Year: 2021
Age: Other
Format: Audiobook (Library)

SEPTEMBER READING TOTALS

Total Books: 4
Total Pages: 1,285
Owned TBR Books Read: 3
New-to-me reads: 4

GENRE STATS

Contemporary: 2
Fantasy: 1
Memoir: 1

BOOK FORMAT STATS

Audiobook (Library): 1
Physical: 3

AGE GROUP STATS

Adult: 1
Young Adult: 2
Other: 1

PUBLICATION DATE STATS

2020-2021: 4

RATING STATS

5 Stars: 0
4 Stars: 3
3 Stars: 0
2 Stars: 1
1 Star: 0