I have not been very active over the past few months. One of the reasons for this is that A LOT has been going on in RL. A lot of good things but also a lot of challenges mainly for my partner that have generated a lot of stress for both of us. A second reason is that when I have had the time and energy to play around online I have been doing so ( Read more... )

The Frankfurt Book Fair is right around the corner and as always it's become even more impossible to read non work related books! It's always an exciting time because there's so much going on but it definitely feels like your brain has died after each fair, right in time for the post-fair follow up which is a whole other sort of madness! And that's ( Read more... )

Strangely enough, I always assume that August is going to be a quiet month both on a personal and professional level and that I'm going to be able to relax and catch up on things. Despite the fact that I can't remember a single time since I've started working where this has been true, I still somehow fall for it every year. I'm not sure when life ( Read more... )

Title: Une Métamorphose Iranienne [An Iranian Metamorphosis]
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So unfortunately, my folklore Cuban myths book for the Around the World in 12 Books challenge STILL hasn't arrived!!! I'm already very late without having to worry about postal delays on top of that!

I've recently had the chance to visit Greece, well Corfu anyway, and that rekindled an old love of mine: Greek mythology. I am now planning to fill in ( Read more... )

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So the London Book Fair has come and gone! We have also moved flats (note to self: never, ever do that again so close to LBF!). I feel like things are almost back to normal... sort of... I'm terribly behind on my reading. In fact, this is the Theme Park March read that I finished on time but didn't get a chance to review properly before now. I may ( Read more... )

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