October 2017 Recap

October has been a really great month for me. I finally got back into blogging this month and I’m so happy about it. I’ve missed blogging so much and I think I’m finally on track with my posts and my reading.

Long post ahead!

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Personal:

A quick bullet point list of some of the things I’ve done this month…

• Completed my first PhD module
• Attended a guest lecture on Early Modern Playhouses
• Attended a workshop based on the guest lecture
• Booked tickets to see Twelfth Night in February
• Attended my first supervisory meeting
• Watched The Shining with the Gothic Reading Group
• Went to a Lee Child talk and book signing
• Attended a Gothic Bible academic conference dressed as Wednesday Addams

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Posts:

• The Sunday Post #59
• October TBR
• Book Review: A Wrinkle in Time
• Social Media Update
• Bullet Journal: October Setup
• Book Review: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
• PhD Life: Introduction
• Anticipated Releases: October Edition
• Book Review: Nomad by James Swallow
• Book Review: The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter
• PhD Life: Applications
• Book Review: The Lost City of Z by David Grann
• Bullet Journal: Collections
• Book Review: All The Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater
• PhD Life: A Little Bit of Preparation
• Book Review: Without Fail by Lee Child
• The Sbooktacular Reading Adventure: 25th to 31st October 2017
• The Sbooktacular Reading Adventure Update: 25th October 2017
• Book Review: Persuader by Lee Child
• The Sbooktacular Reading Adventure Update: 26th October 2017
• The Sunday Post #63
• The Sbooktacular Reading Adventure Update: 27th October 2017
• PhD Life – First Impressions
• Mini Book Review: The Penguin Book of the Undead

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Books I’ve read:

• A New Trick to Cheat the Devil by Robert Davenport
• Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe
• The Alchemist by Ben Jonson
• The Plague by Albert Camus
• All the Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater
• The Restaurant and the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams
• The Penguin Book of the Undead
• Carrie by Stephen King
• We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
• The Italian by Ann Radcliffe
• The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett

Total: 11 books

Currently Reading:

• The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
• Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
• The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad

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Books I’ve bought:

• All the Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater
• The Restaurant and the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams
• Life, the Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams
• So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams
• Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams
• The Book of Dust by Phillip Pullman
• Magnus Chase and the Ship of the Dead by Rick Riordan

Total: 7 books

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November Goals:

• Start brainstorming ideas of Gothic conference proposal
• See Thor: Ragnarok at the cinema
• See Justice League at the cinema
• Complete draft for supervision meeting
• Read 4 books
• Post 4 book reviews

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 I hope everyone has a great November!