June was such a slow reading month for me, I couldn’t help but look for ways to increase my July reading. I figured the Trees of Reverie read-a-thon was the perfect solution. While I’m not going to finish reading all six books I planned I planned for my read-a-thon TBR pile, I did make great progress compared to June. I also ended up counting A Mad, Wicked Folly by Sharon Biggs Waller to my favourites this year. I adored this book so so much, I couldn’t stop hugging it when I finished it.

One concept which I’ve seen floating around but not believed in is reading slumps. I still think it’s an odd concept, given that it’s not like we need to read to sustain ourselves. Yet I must admit that I’ve been in a funk where books are concerned. I want to read but my mind has been rebelling at the sight of printed words on bound pages. To overcome that I’ve turned more to audiobooks.

Lately my life has ben the very last thing I’ve been wanting to talk about to anyone. There’s the usual stuff going on like work. Over the past couple of weeks I learnt more about keeping accounts — it’s so important to know what currency you’re working with in order to keep the numbers straight.

As I’m writing up this Retrospect post, I am listening to EDM/House music. I can’t believe it myself but Joey put together a list of recs, so here I am. Usually I listen to acoustic-driven music, such as from singer-songwriters, folk and a dash of indie. Deviating from that is a huge step into the unknown for me. So far I’m pleasantly surprised. I don’t think I could listen to his kind of music the whole day long but once in a while, why not?