Category: month in review

End of Hiatus – July and August 2020 Month in Review

9 September 2020 / month in review / 14 Comments
End of Hiatus – July and August 2020 Month in Review

A recap of what I was up to in July and August (including books read and posts written), as well as the new releases on my radar for September

May 2020 Month In Review

May 2020 Month In Review

Oof. What to say. I last worked 74 days ago. Maybe I’ll go back in September? Starting to think I should pick up studying Japanese again, but that sounds like a lot of brain power… Let’s just get into the books round up. Books Finished A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki Tigers, Not Daughters by Samantha Mabry One Half from the East by Nadia Hashimi In an […]

April 2020 Month in Review

April 2020 Month in Review

An Update on COVID-19 Life April has come and gone… I don’t have nearly as much to update you on as last month. Read a bunch of books, wrote a bunch of posts, hopped a bunch of blogs (?), attended a bunch of online bookish events, did a bunch of yoga classes, and went outside to walk or bike a few times. I expect to be off work for another […]

What is Going On [Feb. and Mar. 2020 Month in Review]

31 March 2020 / month in review / 20 Comments
What is Going On [Feb. and Mar. 2020 Month in Review]

An Update on My Work/COVID-19 Life This recap will be a little more personal than usual, as ‘personal life’ has been pretty hectic these past two months. In February, Cybils judging and an internal work interview preoccupied me. I didn’t want to talk about my work situation until the chips fell into place, so to speak, so here’s an update on that front: I did one interview for three FT […]

January 2020 Month in Review

2 February 2020 / month in review, thoughts / 9 Comments
January 2020 Month in Review

Books Finished Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire (reread) Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire (reread) Malamander by Thomas Taylor (review copy) Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia (Cybils nominee) Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik (reread) Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire (2020 anticipated release) We’re Not From Here by Geoff Rodkey (Cybils nominee) Dark and Deepest Red by Anna-Marie McLemore […]