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On being alone

I need to get used to being by myself again sometimes.

8 March 202124 January 2021pandemicLeave a comment
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Missing socials in the lockdown

Deleting social media last year felt like a good idea - but I didn't anticipate a pandemic.

22 February 202124 January 2021pandemic, social mediaLeave a comment
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The one deadline that I keep forgetting

I really don't know how daily column writers do it.

8 February 202124 January 2021writingLeave a comment
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What I read in 2020

In 2020 I read exactly a hundred books. Read more about them in this post!

25 January 202124 January 20212020, Goodreads, Reading1 Comment
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On the poetics of annotated books

I loooooove books with notes in them.

15 November 202016 October 2020Academics, Libraries1 Comment
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On book clubs during Covid

I'm getting used to social distanced book clubs.

8 November 202016 October 2020Book clubsLeave a comment
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A warm welcome

Last month I officially started my PhD at the university of Amsterdam and I got a really warm welcome.

1 November 202016 October 2020Academics, literary studiesLeave a comment
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A feminist reading of War and Peace’s Hélène

Unpopular opinion: my favourite character from War and Peace was Hélène.

25 October 202016 October 2020Feminism, Lev Tolstoy, Russian Literature, War and Peace1 Comment
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On Tolstoy’s War and Peace

I read War and Peace so you don't have to.

18 October 202016 October 2020Lev Tolstoy, Russian Literature, War and Peace1 Comment
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On academia aesthetics

Adriaan van Dis' wonderful novel Dubbelliefde makes me reflect on the influence of the dark academia aesthetic.

1 June 202031 May 2020Adriaan van Dis, aesthetics, dark academia, DubbelliefdeLeave a comment

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  • Review ‘The Diary of a Bookseller’
  • Starting an Africa Reading Month
  • On pandemics and sci-fi

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Looking back on my A… on Starting an Africa Reading Mon…
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