Granted it’s useful to write your thoughts but I still feel like I have no clue on how to journal

I have been brain dumping my thoughts on journalling. It feels weird to write about something I am still trying to understand

I hate journaling influencers. Why is everything all about aesthetics & not about writing? I saw a video of someone with a six journal ecosystem & they all look very pretty but it felt like there was more collaging than writing. Sure, do what you like but at what point does a journal become art?

I heard someone talking about a check off list and it took me a little to long to work out they didn’t say Chekhov list

You Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue (translated by Natasha Wimmer)

You Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue (translated by Natasha Wimmer)

Part colonial dystopia & part hallucinatory fever dream. This explores the fall of Tenochtitlán in 1519, following the interactions of conquistador Hernán Cortés and Emperor Moctezuma. A fascinating literary historical fiction.

The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall

Book 2 of 2026: The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall

A queer Classic that took me longer to read than expected; it was depressing but I think it was the anger that slowed me down. This is a semi autobiographical novel and while I had some issues with it, I think it was an important read.

My 2026 Manifesto…or maybe its judt my intentions
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Best Albums of 2025 – Knowledge Lost When it comes to picking a top ten, how do you work out the list? I think I have spent too much time trying to work this out for a simple top ten albums list. Do I pick the ones I rated the highest on...

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What We Can Know By Ian McEwan

What We Can Know By Ian McEwan

This was my first McEwan and I need to read more, I loved his writing style it reminds me of Julian Barnes in the way it has such beauty in the prose yet easy to read. I found myself wanting to go back and reread part one after I finished part two.

Night and Day by Virginia Woolf

While there is a lot of themes playing out here, this might be the most accessible of the Woolf novels I’ve read. I found it interesting to see these four characters try to understand love and marriage. We have different classes, two men and two women all with ideas of what society expects of them.

On the Calculation of Volume III by Solvej Balle (translated by Sophie Hersi Smith & Jennifer Russell)

On the Calculation of Volume III by Solvej Balle (translated by Sophie Hersi Smith & Jennifer Russell)

It’s interesting how despite each book being about repeating the same day over and over, the books explores different ideas and concepts. Am I the only one that doesn’t trust Henry Dale?

I’m calling BS but I don’t expect any better from SMH

My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin

My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin

I adored this Australian classic; I am so glad to finally read it. Sybylla is such an interesting character & I know this is considered as autobiographical, it’s just we don’t get enough headstrong feminist women in fiction like this…& this was written in 1901

Or Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Bulgakov, or so many others

I think I’ve read too many Russian novels to think Amor Towles offered anything interesting

I think I count 52 of the 100

74! That’s impressive. I’m not happy with some of the top books. Gentleman of Moscow and Book Thief are some of my most hated books

Look forward to it

I liked Horse, not read the others

What were your highlights

I was surprised, so far I’ve read 25

It’s been a good afternoon

Loving ABC’s radio national’s Top 100 Books of the 21st Century.

So far I’ve read 3 and loved them both (Middlesex, Piranesi and Lincoln in the Bardo)

Forget my birthday, I want to celebrate International Translation Day!

Yes I do have a spreadsheet tracking all new albums I’ve listened to this year.

I always wanted to learn Latin but this is the the words I expected to learn

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

Reading this I’m reminded how much I love reading classics and I should read more. This was funny and I really loved the gothic references, however I don’t think this is as good as Pride and Prejudice, but there will be more Jane Austen in my life…hopefully soon.

Rapture by Emily Maguire

Rapture by Emily Maguire

As much as I enjoyed this novel, I spent too much time wondering about the circumstances, who would want to become pope with so much to hide. It can’t be easy to do anything secretly when the entire world watches your every step.

All good, I assumed correctly but then my brain started to over think it

I had to double check