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Haunting Book Recs
These recs are for those paranormal, ghostly reads that have you feeling a chill down your spine. While a few of the Witchy Book Recs could have snuck onto this list, these recs feature less magical elements, so if you aren’t all that into magic but want a good scare, then this list might be…
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Witchy Book Recs
I’m starting my Spooktober book recs series off easy with the Witchy Book Recs. These books contain witches and/or warlocks, magic, and magical realism. While these character may not all be witches or warlocks, the books carry this witchy vibe befitting of its addition to this category (and likely they fit the best in this…
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Spooktober Returns for 2025
Another October, another round of Spooktober! Spooktober is back and I have many books set aside for this month, from adult fantasy, historical fiction and classic crime fiction to the horrors, the thrillers, and the dark academias that carry that extra tone of sinister. While I would love to do another Spooktober where I post…
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My Scholarly Reading Month Debrief
Considering plans went out the window and many DNFs were had during the last month, I figured some of you may be interested in finding out how my Scholarly Reading Month really panned out. What did I not share? How come some of the author names I mentioned in the Scholarly Reading Month post at…
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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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PhD Update: Am I A PhD Candidate?
After months of talking about it, telling you the stages I am at and what plans I have, you may be thinking to yourself ‘Anna, how did your presentation go? Are you now a PhD candidate?’ Well, friends, I can confidently say that yes, I am. My presentation went surprisingly well, even though I read…
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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.…