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• My September 2025 Reading Summary

  Overall mood: rushed – given that I challenged myself this past month to reading classic fiction and dark academia fiction, this month has been a bit of a repetitive one in terms of themes, angles, and character tropes. I am glad I read these books, but it has impacted the way I read this month…

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  September 29, 2025

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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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  September 1, 2025

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• My August 2025 Reading Summary

  Overall mood: chill – it has been a busy month but one that came with a brake on the reading. I have enjoyed two months of full reading and now, with all the PhD stuff that took priority, I needed to put reading on the back burner. Once I was in the clear, I honestly…

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  August 31, 2025

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• My July 2025 Reading Summary

  Overall mood: calm – that seems to be the only way to explain how I managed to read 30 books this month. Yes, you read that right. I read 30 books in the month of July. What is important to know before you read the rest of this monthly summary is that a half dozen…

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  July 30, 2025

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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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  June 30, 2025

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• My May 2025 Reading Summary

  Overall mood: content – there has been a lot going on with my PhD research and working towards candidature this month, but I have been able to fit in a decent number of books to keep both mentally stimulated and relaxed. I think I have found a great balance between work and free time, and…

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  May 31, 2025

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• My April 2025 Reading Summary

  Overall mood: varied – my reading for April has been a bit all over the place. I have read many genres, been really happy with some books while others let me down, but overall the reading has been positive. I have been able to finish a few series, start others, and get recent releases ticked…

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  April 30, 2025

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• My March 2025 Reading Summary

  Overall mood: driven – with projects and plans on the horizon, I knew I wanted to get as many books as possible read in March. A big PhD milestone should be arriving in the next month or so, and with a lot of my attention and energy in April aimed at that, I figured I…

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  March 31, 2025

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• My February 2025 Reading Summary

  Overall mood: calm. I have done a lot this last month, from PhD work to fun reading, meetings and museum showcases, book reviews and project plans. It has been busy yet calm, almost comfortingly so. There’s just something about doing things that makes me feel relaxed and proactive. My reading has taken me through all…

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  February 28, 2025

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• My January 2025 Reading Summary

  Overall mood: disbelief. 2025 feels like it has been a series of months: Holiday break, then moving back into work mode, throw in a ten-day indoor sentencing for the cat and suddenly three different months have happened in the span of 31 days. I have managed to get a fair number of books read in…

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  January 31, 2025

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