It’s the day after Deepavali and I’ve maximised the three-day weekend by reading up a storm; mostly because I’ve also been nursing some extreme fatigue so reading in bed seemed to be about the only productive thing I was capable of achieving during this period. This also means I managed to finish reading three books … Continue reading Notes From the Bibliotheca 21/10/2025
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’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
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
I actually have 11 fiction books in my current reading list now (not even bothering to count monographs and academic collections plus articles). More than half of those are for research articles I am writing. As for the other half: And that’s about it for now. My TBR list both physical and electronic is quite … Continue reading What I’m Currently Reading 11/10/2022
I figured I should keep to doing this once a month. Mostly I’ve been reading and grading assignments but when I’m not doing that, I’m reading books for articles I am writing/co-writing/revising. I’ve also read some short fiction I really enjoyed, particularly in the August issue of Clarkesworld Magazine (Check out A Thousand Tiny Gods … Continue reading What I’m Currently Reading 13/08/2021
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