The first month of 2021 is over and it was a tough one! The UK went back into ‘full’ lockdown – it’s a lockdown but I still think we need stricter measures – and I’ve spent the entire month fixing broken links in my PhD thesis footnotes. I did manage to read more books than… Continue reading #MonthlyWrapUp: January 2021
A yearly round-up of my favourite things that aren’t book-related! I’ll post a list of my favourite books of 2020 at some point. I listened to a lot of music this year. Not as much as I usually would – probably because I wasn’t commuting every day – but I have a lot of favourite… Continue reading 2020 Favourites
December was a decent month for me! I submitted a new draft of my second thesis chapter – because I decided to rewrite the entire thing on a whim – and I managed to finish both books I started in November and read a few more books. Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and Boxing Day were… Continue reading #MonthlyWrapUp: December 2020
I finished the second full draft of my PhD thesis in November and it needs some tweaks but I’m almost done. I have run into some complications with submitting it before the end of the year (like I originally intended to do) but I guess that’s what happens when the world is going through a… Continue reading #MonthlyWrapUp: November 2020
October has been very slow and very long. I wanted it to end but I also didn’t. I didn’t read much – which won’t be a surprise at this point because I haven’t read much in months – and I also haven’t done much in general. Just editing my thesis and pretending that everything is… Continue reading #MonthlyWrapUp: October 2020
September was a bit of a disaster for me. I’m not going to get into it but I’m so glad it’s over. I didn’t read much either! I started two books but I only finished The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa. It was an absolutely fantastic book and I’ll hopefully have a review up next… Continue reading #MonthlyWrapUp: September 2020
August was… odd. I mainly read short books this month because I couldn’t really concentrate on anything longer than 300 pages but I get a lot of work done on my thesis! I finished a second draft of my final chapter and I think it’s in a good place now so I can send it… Continue reading #MonthlyWrapUp: August 2020
July was a month of re-reading for me! I only read one new-to-me book and all of my other reads were books that are familiar to me. In terms of my actual life, July was a mess. My trip to the Lake District in October was cancelled by the property owner (and I completely understand… Continue reading #MonthlyWrapUp: July 2020
I made some decisions about the future of this blog in June. I’m not going to quit completely (like I originally intended) but I am going to scale back drastically. The only posts I’ll be writing for a while are book reviews and Shakespeare Saturdays. These are the posts that I actually enjoy writing and… Continue reading #MonthlyWrapUp: June 2020
I turned 26 at the beginning of this month and May has been a time of contemplation and reflection for me. I’ve been thinking about the direction and future of this blog and I’ve come to the conclusion that I want to stop blogging soon. Well, sort of. I’d like to continue for the rest of… Continue reading #MonthlyWrapUp: May 2020 (+ May Favourites)
