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Hello and welcome to my October wrap up! It’s been another weird month, full of ups and downs in terms of workload and my mental health. I think that’s reflected in my wrap-up. I read a tonne of books via audio and reached for thinner books since my attention span couldn’t deal with the chunkier…
Hello, and welcome to my September wrap up! I am genuinely concerned to be writing those words. How is it time for a September wrap up already?! I swear it was May like two weeks ago. Anyway. Time is just a construct. Let’s take a look at the books I read this month. I’m happy…
Hello and welcome to my August wrap up! Women in Translation month is over for another year *sob*. But as everyone has been saying, it’s always Women in Translation month in our hearts! Don’t worry if you didn’t get to everything you wanted to read. There’s no time limit on reading great books! The same…
Hello and welcome to my July wrap up. I read a lot this month. I read a lot every month, but this month I was not in the best place in terms of my mental health and so I sought solace in my books more than ever. This meant that sometimes I was avoiding talking…
March Wrap Up Overview Welcome to my March wrap up! I read a lot in March (I say that every month), and I was pleased with the quality overall. I was kindly gifted the entire Booker International longlist to read and review. This is without a doubt one of the coolest bookstagram perks I’ve ever…
February Wrap Up Overview My February wrap up was another good one, featuring some very dark translated fiction and illuminating historical fiction. I took part in Seji’s @theartisangeek #BlackLitChallenge on Instagram, which pushed me out of my comfort zone by making me read a PLAY for the first time since secondary school! In case you…
For the last three years, January has been an exceptionally good month for me reading-wise. This is always welcome, as I admit the January Blues usually do get me down, so it’s nice to have a fistful of five-star reads in my January wrap up to cheer me up. January 2020 was no different! I…
