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
Happy New Year! I think that when you’re a literary academic, it’s a given that your job involves reading. A lot of reading. Not just monographs, and collections, and philosophical treatises. You read multiple dissertations as supervisor, and as examiner. What this means is that your reading for the year will likely be 80% for … Continue reading A Survey of my 2025 Reading Habit: Returning from a Reading Block
For the past few years (since the pandemic began, really) my reading has not been the same. I used to average 60-80 books read per year even with a busy schedule but then other things took my time. For one, my supervision/teaching load increased and other factors included returning to formal music-learning and composing, language … Continue reading Notes from the Bibliotheca 18/11/2025
It’s Malaysia Day and also Pythagorean Triple Square Day (btw this only works if you count the date in the American Way: 09/16/25)! On this auspicious occasion (and the not so auspicious occasion of the very sad demise of Robert Redford), I am posting my reading updates! This is the last day of a four-day … Continue reading Notes from the Bibliotheca 16/09/2025
The urge not to post until I’d finished reading a few more books was strong but I think it’s more important to be fairly more consistent about posting these things. Besides, my brain needs a break from the academic work I’ve been doing this weekend. I’ve been pretty overwhelmed with work, personal and health matters … Continue reading Notes from the Bibliotheca 10/08/2025
I didn’t mean to go for so long without updating this blog! I’ve read a few things but not as much as I would have liked because of work, life and music practice. A lot of the things I’ve been reading have been related to various articles I’m either writing as sole author or as … Continue reading Notes from the Bibliotheca 28/04/2025
Been awhile. I’ve been reading a lot for the new MA courses I’ve been teaching as well as for my research matters. I’ll share a fraction of these: More posts on this blog soon-ish. Continue reading What I’m Currently Reading 16/04/2024
Got a fair bit of reading done since the last post, most of which are for the articles I’ve been co-writing and editing. I’ve streamlined (even further) many components of my life to focus on that. Here’s what I finished reading (apart from the stacks of theory-related monographs I’m keeping off this list): And here’s … Continue reading What I’m Currently Reading 23/09/2023
So far, I have not been able to meet my yearly reading goals since the pandemic started. It’s a mixture of increased teaching/supervision workload, life being a pain in the you-know-what and the fact that I’m learning music and languages. So, I don’t beat myself up about it too much. Traditionally I read more between … Continue reading What I’m Currently Reading 05/08/2023