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’ve been reading more lately mostly because I’ve been in and out of clinics and ER over the past few months (foot procedure and post-procedure-related stuff). This necessitated a lot of reading and only the Murderbot novellas would do, apparently. But I also managed to finish reading (finally) Helen Oyeyemi’s Peaces after over a year. … Continue reading Notes from the Bibliotheca 29/06/2025
This is a blog post about The Rings of Power Seasons 1 and 2. It contains spoilers. My rewatch of Alloyed (season 1) over the weekend brought some thoughts about the idea of an alloy as a metaphor for the ways in which characters were manipulated by Sauron in the series. In episode one of … Continue reading Postal Modern Theatrette 15/10/2024: (Im)Purities
This is a blog post about The Rings of Power Season 2. It contains spoilers. There is a scene in the first episode of the second season of The Rings of Power that still haunts me. It happens after Sauron has reconstituted himself as Halbrand (and what a glorious manifestation of the abject that entire … Continue reading Postal Modern Theatrette 13/10/2024: The Decision to Do Good
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
Been some time since I’ve updated this blog! In the past four months I’ve been reading quite a lot but have not finished that many books, which is what happens when you read multiple books at once. And that’s it for now! I regret I cannot do the short story picks this year because this … Continue reading What I’m Currently Reading 03/06/2023
I’m starting 2023 strong by reading a gratifying amount of books. The highlights thusfar are Shveta Thakrar’s Star Daughter, Angela Slatter’s The Bone Lantern (this glorious author gifted me a small parcel of her books as a get-well present and I feel so very lucky indeed!). Run, do not walk to get The Bone Lantern … Continue reading What I’m Currently Reading 12/02/2023