Cristina Costache

I'm taking on a Reading Challenge in September for Teenage Cancer Trust

This September, I'm taking on my own reading challenge - to read 30-40 books this month! (My usual is 10-18/month) - and raising funds to help ensure no young person faces cancer alone. I'm taking on the challenge for Teenage Cancer Trust, the only UK charity who provides specialised nursing care and support for young people with cancer. I'd be grateful for your support.

Your donation, big or small, makes a difference. £25 could pay for an hour with a Youth Support Coordinator to help a young person cope with anxiety and isolation during cancer treatment.

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I did it!! 36/30-40 books!

Wednesday 30th Sep

Thank you so much everyone to those that have supported me❤️This is my record so far (and in a second language)

25 books read!

Monday 21st Sep

Over the moon but 25 out of 30-40 books read! Thank you so so much for the donations so far ❤️

Day 3 and another 2 books

Thursday 3rd Sep

Day 3 of the @teenage_cancer September reading challenges takes me to finishing another 2 books, one physical and one audio. I who have never known men was interesting, dystopian, written simply as you’d expect from the character herself. A different approach to Lord of the flies more or less 4.5⭐️ N Comaneci and the secret police was a bit meh, I read it out of curiosity mainly to see to how much detail security records could go to, and it met my expectations, though the book itself has some emotional interventions at times, a bit inappropriate to what you’d expect from such a manuscript, as well as quite a few “word by word” translations which could’ve been done better eg “meet in these conditions” - circumstances would’ve been more appropriate, “this is what the situation is” - “it is what it is” would have been correct etc. 3⭐️

2 books for day 2

Wednesday 2nd Sep

Day 2 of the @teenage_cancer September reading challenge comes with 2 books! @rmgillig ‘s gorgeous special edition of The knave and the Moon and @atul.gawande ‘s Being mortal. The first one was lovely, I love the gargoyle and the story to me is all about him😂As for the second, I’m on the look out for books that help one deal with being mortal. Perhaps a bit medical if I were to recommend it to a non-medic, but lovely and ideal more for med students and early career doctors 💙

Book 1 finished!

Tuesday 1st Sep

Day 1 of the @teenage_cancer September reading challenge complete with reading Strange Buildings by Uketsu. I really enjoyed it, more so than the other books Uketsu has written, probably because of the unexpected link between the stories, something that I didn’t expect but was pleasantly surprised by. I find Uketsu’s books easy to listen to and imagine, even if the recommended format is of course visual reading. Thank you @leedslibraries for this book❤️

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