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Anna
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Constantly reviewing books on goodreads.com/annarchism
I hadn't realised until I read this just how insanely destructive Putin's war on Ukraine has become. https://archive.is/20250603084857/https://www.economist.com/international/2025/06/02/putins-sickening-statistic-1m-russian-casualties-in-ukraine
Baffled yet charmed by spotify advertising the concept of libraries to me as if they've just been invented. I went to the library yesterday!
Watching series 2 of Castlevania: Nocturne. So far not as compelling as the first, but definitely has its moments.
This evening I tackled my first Hello Fresh recipe and it turned out really tasty despite the fact I made it! Double cheese ratatouille pasta al forno.
I finished my goodreads review of 2024! Favourite novels & nonfiction of the year attached. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7040517760
Anna's review of 2024 on Goodreads
5/5: Well, 2025 is here! 2024 has been harsher for me than 2023, as I've spent too much of it in some kind of pain and/or worrying about work. My job took up a lot of energy and self-reflection proved depressing. It can more comfortable to be oblivious, although apparently obliviousness doesn't help you to grow and improve. In 2024 I gave up on duolingo after achieving a streak of precisely 1500 days, as it kept adding really annoying behaviour modification tweaks. My language-learning hobby will continue elsewhere. The UK election was pretty good, the US election appalling, and once again it wa...
Today I went to see a replica Saxon longship that is being painstakingly built with Saxon-era tools & materials. It's magnificent! https://saxonship.org/the-project/
The time has come: I'm finally giving up Duolingo. It keeps adding new gamification tweaks to incentivise spending more time using it, includes increasingly nonsensical sentences, and tries to strong-arm me into downloading a new app. I particularly hate that now you can't stay in the same league for more than a week, either getting promoted or demoted. In short, it's not fun anymore! So I'm quitting now that I've achieved a 1500 day streak. Dear owl, we had some good times. 안녕히 계세요
My local library has a delightful wheeze whereby you pick a wrapped surprise book from under the Christmas tree! I chose this one.