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As is my wont, this is my round-up of the achievements of the past year. To my great shock, I appear not to have done one of these since 2016, but never mind, here we go again. Those of you curious in such things can find past lists using the birthday achievements tag.
What have I achieved in the past year?
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Bibliography
Again, this tag has been underused this year, for Reasons. More reading of a hit and run nature.
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[academic] On-going projects
The "going under the wave" edition. Note to self - if you find yourself needing to add anything to this page, your 2016/17 academic diary is now closed. Say no.
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Bibliography
This has rather fallen by the wayside - I haven't used this tag since August last year. I don't think the drop in posting is unrelated to my return to full-time work on top of a tiny. Rather than try to catch up with almost a year's worth of reviews, I wanted to make a note of titles I know I've read and anything that sticks with me.
( Remainder of 2015 ) -
Bibliography
Again, quick summaries...
41 - Kindred - Octavia Butler - a really fascinating time-jump sci fi novel involving a woman from the 1960s jumping back in time to the antebellum South in order to save her male ancestor at various points in his life. Fantastic writing, tackling some really uncomfortable questions, and generally worth a read.
42 - Rome ( Read more... ) -
Bibliography
Quick summaries...
32 - The Quickening Maze - Adam Foulds - a novel based on the final years of the poet John Clare and the crossing of paths he may or may not have had with the Tennysons while he was incarcerated in a madhouse in Epping Forest. Quite well written with some nice uses of language, and a reasonable attempt to look inside the head of ( Read more... )