I have stacks of Book Depository bookmarks everywhere; once upon a time, ordering from them was a weekly occurrence. I was thinking about this recently and feeling really bitter about the fact that Book Depository was retired. I used to get not just novels, but academic monographs, sheet music for music exams, those paperblanks journals … Continue reading Notes from the Bibliotheca 17/05/2026
Fully a month since I started this blog, so I decided another of these posts was necessary even if I’ve been reading more sheet music and literary theory/academic articles than novels. On Beauty — Zadie Smith Finally properly reading and enjoying this one. House of Salt and Sorrows — Erin A. Craig Enjoying the Gothic … Continue reading What I’m Currently Reading 10/08/2020
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