pasta la vista

It’s been a long ass time since I’ve posted anything, and I’ve thought about what I should post but came to the conclusion that I’m just not enjoying it as much as I used to.

I started this as something fun to do before I went off to uni again in 2015, and in the years that followed I kept up with it as I was having fun posting for my own enjoyment!

But in the last year I’ve been busy doing other things and being more productive and ‘functional’ than I’ve ever been and as a result realised that posting here felt more like a chore than a hobby or fun activity.

So I’ve decided to shut this down. I’ll still leave it up but I won’t post anymore. Maybe one day I’ll fully delete it, but for now I’ll just leave it be.

I’ll still post reviews on GoodReads thought because I do think writing a little review after reading a book or comic/graphic novel helps me think about what I’ve actually read, non-fiction or otherwise.

PEACE OUT.

[IRL Adventures] SWF19: Marlon James Festival Prologue

Yep. I still got more of these lined up! YOU’RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO DEAL! Or maybe read them and enjoy them because that’s the only reason why I thought to share them.. ☹️

It's SG Writers Festival time!!! I'll likely tweet now and then about the talks I attend and the various things about the fest if anyone is interested..! (Because you can't go or whatever…) 🤓📚🇸🇬💪💖 pic.twitter.com/kHo2LTIi87

— tamarantula c. 🕸💀🇸🇬 (@happentobeshort) November 2, 2019

Marlon James is SUCH a good orator, you’re gonna wanna at least skim through what I got!!!

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Monthly Roundup ↪ Nov👻

💀 GOTHVEMBER 💀

Yeah. You read right. The spook doesn’t end till I say it ends.
I dare you to challenge me.

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[IRL Adventures] SWF19: The Kids are (More Than) Alright

Another SG Writers Festival post!! SORRY I STILL GOT MORE!!!!!!!!

It's SG Writers Festival time!!! I'll likely tweet now and then about the talks I attend and the various things about the fest if anyone is interested..! (Because you can't go or whatever…) 🤓📚🇸🇬💪💖 pic.twitter.com/kHo2LTIi87

— tamarantula c. 🕸💀🇸🇬 (@happentobeshort) November 2, 2019

Wanna read about this talk???????? It’s good I promise.

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[IRL Adventures] Mynah #03 Launch + Panel

On Saturday I went to the third Mynah Magazine launch!! They also had a really neat panel with several of their contributors that was moderated by the Mynah Magazine editor, Isabelle Lim. 🐦🐦🐦

in case you missed it: we made another magazine pic.twitter.com/51jMz0ahf8

— ruby (@RubyThiagarajan) November 17, 2019

It was absolutely mad packed and people even had to go upstairs to a balcony seating…!

It’s a *very* full house at our launch for Issue 3 pic.twitter.com/TN4N0xs6NB

— Mynah Magazine (@mynahmag) November 16, 2019

I took notes as best I could of the discussion and the Q&A after (I’m in the picture, see if you can spot me 👀🎯🕵️‍♀️) so my notes are not 100% accurate… Apologies if there’s any misquotes or misunderstandings!! 😩

[IRL Adventures] SWF19: Language and the Colony

From the 1st – 10th of November Singapore had the yearly Writers Festival!!

AND YOU BETCHA I WENT!!!

It's SG Writers Festival time!!! I'll likely tweet now and then about the talks I attend and the various things about the fest if anyone is interested..! (Because you can't go or whatever…) 🤓📚🇸🇬💪💖 pic.twitter.com/kHo2LTIi87

— tamarantula c. 🕸💀🇸🇬 (@happentobeshort) November 2, 2019

In fact!! I went to SEVERAL events and took notes!!!!!!!!

AND I’M GONNA SHARE!!!!!!!!

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[IRL Adventures] SWF19: In Search of Monsters

From the 1st – 10th of November Singapore had the yearly Writers Festival!!

AND YOU BETCHA I WENT!!!

It's SG Writers Festival time!!! I'll likely tweet now and then about the talks I attend and the various things about the fest if anyone is interested..! (Because you can't go or whatever…) 🤓📚🇸🇬💪💖 pic.twitter.com/kHo2LTIi87

— tamarantula c. 🕸💀🇸🇬 (@happentobeshort) November 2, 2019

In fact!! I went to SEVERAL events and took notes!!!!!!!!

AND I’M GONNA SHARE!!!!!!!!

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Monthly Roundup ↪ Oct🎃

🎃 SPOOKTOBER 🎃

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[IRL Adventures] Delayed Rays of a Star BooksActually Launch

Amanda Lee Koe is one of my favourite homegrown authors and has been for years, so when I heard that she was gonna promote her first novel in SG, I resolved to attend at least ONE of the events!! I ended up going to her last one on the 31st of August at BooksActually.

I took some notes from the mini panel as well as the little Q&A afterwards as I thought people might be interested to hear what she had to say!

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[Book Haul] London 2019!

I wasn’t planning to buy books but then we were hashtag blessed with enough luggage allowance and since we didn’t really pack that much.. I just let loose. OH NO I SLIPPED AND SUDDENLY ALL THESE BOOKS ARE MINE??

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