We have an account of Christianity going down in popularity in the European world in… *checks notes* …1914. Reminder that Christianity has been falling in the Western world for generations and is not a recent phenomenon.

I have heard people say that books are getting increasingly dumber. It’s a hard thing to measure because the English language itself has changed over time so novels written at different time periods are hard to compare if the standard of English is different.
However – underlying story structure is not language dependant and I have seen some e…Read More

And while I am in a mood to criticize book related trends, the thing around “adult book reports”.
More evidence that there is a group of women who wish to be still in high school whereby things were clearly laid out, responsibilities were minimal and the biggest problem was what color highlighter you used for your notes in class. I’m all for…Read More

A “reading retreat” sounds kinda pointless. I guess if you have the money to spend to go somewhere and chill out that’s fine but we already have the word “vacation” for that.

I would love to go to a cabin in the forest and read some books though…

I started reading this book over the weekend. While the view while reading was great, I just wasn’t feeling it and decided to put it down after the first few chapters. I’ll go back to something else. I was borrowing this book from someone else, and if it’s a book that’s been loaned to you my opinion is “read it or give it back, don’t hold onto…Read More

I like this feature 😀

I’m still going to through Range – have had a few gaps in between reading. I appreciate the variety of examples used across different fields on multidisciplinary thinking.

What most stood out to me was the Nintendo case study – I didn’t know the company had such a long and storied history. But the underlying theme of using cheaper / older tech…Read More

Well, that was a waste of a national address.
#australia

I am slowly continuing my audiobook cassette journey. It’s slow only because I am not often motivated to listen to audiobooks as such – I prefer reading them with my eyes.

I like cassettes though. When you stop the tape it keeps your place consistently (unlike streaming services 😆) and you can even switch between playing devices and pick up w…Read More

I like a well-stocked reference section showing the sources of quotes.

Late night script writing for upcoming YouTube videos. I’m going to be talking about my attempts to track my reading and about the recent trend of people “going analog”.

I don’t want it to look like I don’t support writers developing their own culture or ecosystem. But, all this focus around formal ways of developing writers like writers centres and writing degrees, I do wonder if it is truly necessary.

The great writers in the English language through time, so many of them were not developed in these kind of…Read More

Writers Victoria has been defunded – but writers’ centres are ‘fundamental’ to literary culture

Authors Hannah Kent and Toni Jordan got their start through writers centre initiatives. If Victoria loses its centre, it will be the only mainland state without one.

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It’s sad when the streak resets 🙁 but it’s an indication I am not reading as much as I would like.

I’ve found this book interesting so far. And I like being able to track my reading progress here too!

As mentioned in my previous post, I have not read Wuthering Heights. However I have read discussion about the casting choice for Heathcliff in the new movie adaption. Aside from the fact that white men have already portrayed Heathcliff in film, the fact it is left vague and ambiguous in the book means it is open to interpretation.

I will…Read More

Candlelight reading 🕯️ 📖

Thought I’d share a snippet of the upcoming video 😊

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The Lego Movie Series Shows The Masculinity Problems In Today’s Fathers

Bruce Wayne is portrayed as the ultimate emotionally stunted man-child. He lives in a giant house, avoids all emotional intimacy, and uses sarcasm and bravado to hide the deep grief of his childhood. (Sound like anyone famous you may know?...

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The Lego Movie series explores the lack of strong masculine role models in today’s fathers. By showing absent or neglectful fathers, the series highlights that fathers need to step up to guide their sons in becoming strong, capable men.

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There’s a situation going on in BookTok about a 22 year old author/entrepreneur called Audra Winter who has been heavily criticised for releasing a badly written book. This is after a highly successful marketing campaign which gained her many preorders for her debut novel The Age of Scorpius, which is the supposed start of her fictional universe…Read More

Hi Crokes! How is everyone’s 2025 going? Hope you’re enjoying a nice new year period.