Well, I managed to reach Unit 5 for French in Duolingo! Huzzah! I was quite pleased with myself. I also revised some rudimentary rules of French grammar and overall made good progress in both French and Latin between March to May. Then I returned to my weekly/daily rotation of languages and found it was not … Continue reading Language Learning Notes 04/06/2022
I’ve been intensely focused on French and Latin for the past two months. Some of the rewards come when I’m watching French movies on weekends and can recognize a good chunk of what is being said beyond reading subtitles. As for Latin, the classes are pretty focused and intense which has me more conscious about … Continue reading Language Learning Notes 24/04/2022
Hello! Firstly, I’d like to say that if you were waiting on the February short stories review post, it’s coming! I have it in a word document as a draft but things are pretty frantic right now and I’m going to carve up some time this weekend to post it! Am examining an MA dissertation, … Continue reading Language Learning Notes 03/03/2022
As promised in Scriptorium Mythica, I’m resuming blogging about language and chess. I do have offline logs at least for Latin, which is the language I am learning the most seriously at this point, but it’s nice to have this be a part of this particular blog. Monthly! Latin: I had about five classes. They … Continue reading Language-Learning (and apparently Philosophy) Notes 19/02/2022
Hullo, First actual book post of the year! I have been mostly reading a lot of academic stuff for my research, and sheet music, but I thought I’d better update this before many more months pass! In short, I am reading way more than in 2020, this list doesn’t include stacks of cookbooks, and academic … Continue reading What I’m Currently Reading 28/03/2021
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