Tag: 2025 reading
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My October 2025 Reading Summary
Overall Mood: content – I have spent a lot of months recently reading a lot of books, so I wasn’t expecting to get all that many read this month. In fact, I was half expecting to have to ditch my Spooktober plan halfway through and make up a lot of discussion posts to stretch out…
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How I (Plan To) Balance Reading and Writing
As an academic, a researcher, an avid book lover, a curious reader, and someone who enjoys a lot of different things, there comes a time where a balance must be struck. I need to read academic texts but also books for pleasure, I need to write for my PhD thesis but also these book blog…
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Scholarly Reading Month
September is generally a moody season, what with the schooling semester starting back in the Northern Hemisphere and autumn settling in. It doesn’t really feel the same here in the Southern Hemisphere given its the middle of second semester at university, spring break starting for many, and we’re trying to shrug off winter’s persistent chill.…
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Season Specific vs Mixed Reading
So after all these multiple genre discussion posts, I’ll finish up on a easier and admittedly open-ended chat about when to read books. This is also be a shorter discussion as I have done a similar posts to this in the past, but I feel the topic fits with the whole multiple genres direction I…
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Why Do I Recommend Reading Many Genres?
You may have noticed that I post a lot of different kinds of books, from science fiction to contemporary romance, foreign literature to homegrown New Zealand fiction, and even a few poetry or short story collections get thrown in from time to time. This may be strange for you if you read one or two…
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My June 2025 Reading Summary
Overall mood: busy – it has been a little hectic this month with PhD work, exams, my reading schedule, and looking after myself in the switch over to winter. Thankfully, I have managed well and made it out the other side healthy, happy, and ready to dig into the nitty gritty stuff for my presentation…
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Dealing With Reading Mood Changes
I’m sure we’ve all been there: the week has been leading up to a day off, a day to read and relax and get a book off your tbr list. Maybe it is a long weekend, or a week away, or even the big holiday break. Either way, the day arrives and you have these…