I was too busy reading up a storm on the last night of April to post updates here, so here’s a very quick roundup of my April reading before I go back to…reading! I fell into a Pern reread rabbithole towards the end of April while recuperating from Apocalypse Knee so I tore through Anne … Continue reading Notes From The Bibliotheca 01/05/2026
April has truly been “the cruellest month” for me*. It started with my lower back acting up, and then an extremely uncomfortable eye infection. Then, this week I gave myself a fright by falling down in the bathroom. It was my first spill after my spine re-injury of 2022 which led to my disablement. So … Continue reading Notes from the Bibliotheca 15/04/2026
Reading occurred at a leisurely pace for most of March; mostly because I was reading thicker books. I finished rereading Robert Jordan’s Path of Daggers after I got hooked on the story again. It’s really different rereading it this time because this is my first time systematically rereading all volumes of the Wheel of Time … Continue reading Notes from the Bibliotheca 31/03/2026
I’m half-awake right now, honestly. Nevertheless, I’m determined to do one of these posts a month so here’s my roundup of my February reading; my reading update also includes a chess update because I feel too bashful to have separate blog posts for chess given I’m really not that great at it even though I … Continue reading Notes From The Bibliotheca 28/02/2026
January’s been my best reading month since, well, December! I’ve read 12 books this month and all of them were most excellent. Some highlights include my Ursula K LeGuin reread, Nghi Vo’s Singing Hills novellas, Malka Older’s Infomocracy from her Centenal Cycle, Bethany C Morrow’s A Song Below Water and A Chorus Rises, Tash Aw’s … Continue reading Notes from the Bibliotheca 31/01/2026
First post of shiny new books & reading, language learning and chess blog! My reading’s been severely impacted by my deadlines, Everything That Is Going On In The Real World and my music/language learning. I’ll be posting about my music learning over at Growing Fins, but on this blog I will detail this new journey … Continue reading What I’m Currently Reading 10/07/2020