Hello, lovely people! I hope that this post is finding you all on the end of a fabulous weekend. Mine was minimally productive, but maximally book-filled. I consider it a success. This week shall be spent making up for my lack of PhD attention as I steam on with research, proposals, supervisor meetings, and the … Continue reading Monday Musing: 11/11/13
Happy Friday, chaps! Hooray for the weekend and an opportunity for literary indulgence. It's been a beautifully rainy day today and, deciding that I had earned a day off, I chose to devote myself to a little reading time. A cup of tea, pouring rain, and some Jane Austen - what could possibly be better? … Continue reading Just For Fun Friday: Literary Anecdotes
Happy Wednesday, friends! Halfway through the week already and on the downward slope toward the weekend. How exciting! As the first full week of November, it has also become somewhat acceptable to be in Christmas countdown mode. Although my skin still prickles at the sound of Christmas albums playing on a loop and I seem … Continue reading The Weekly Reader: 06/11/13
Welcome to another week, my literary lovelies! After something of a month-long blogging break (or at least a very reduced posting schedule), I am happy to announce that I am officially back to business. October was a month of significant changes, and a backseat for The Book Habit was entirely necessary as I worked on … Continue reading Monday Musing: 04/11/13
I made it! Despite the attempts of last night's storm to ensure otherwise. I have suffered a day without power, using it as the perfect excuse to forgo PhD work in exchange for a little more reading of my Book Club's current choice - Man Booker nominee, A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki. Fortunately … Continue reading Monday Musing: 28/10/13
Friends! I hope that this post finds you all enjoying a fantastic Wednesday. I am still buzzing from a wonderfully literary weekend with my very good friend, and fellow bibliophile, Katie. Needless to say that much of her visit was occupied with a 50th rewatching of the BBC's Jane Eyre adaptation. Because nothing says 'obsessive' … Continue reading The Weekly Reader: 23/10/13
Here we are, in the last full week of October. Despite the month's attempts to move at a pace so slow that it defies explanation, the inevitable march of time continues. Fortunately, I have enjoyed a fantastic weekend of reuniting with one of my greatest friends - the only person able to appreciate my incommunicably … Continue reading Monday Musing: 21/10/13
Another Just For Fun Friday and another illustrious birthday for us to celebrate. Wednesday 16th October marked the birthday of my favourite playwright and one of the greatest British literary talents, Oscar Wilde. I have spent a huge amount of time deliberating about how best to pay homage to this man. How does one even … Continue reading Just For Fun Friday: A Wilde Birthday
Happy Wednesday! Another week has flown by and this post is coming to you from back in my cosy corner of Hertfordshire. After a wonderful week away from civilisation and in the Cambrian mountains, I have returned home. The beauty of my PhD programme, I am fast learning, is that it allows me to indulge … Continue reading The Weekly Reader: 16/10/13
Hello to you, my fellow bibliophiles! Another week and we're already facing the latter half of October. Without the benefits of a real Halloween celebration or a Thanksgiving interlude, the UK is already on Christmas countdown. Since I am now ticking off the days until my next trip back to the US, I am not … Continue reading Monday Musing: 14/10/13
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