Then and Now #51 (28/8/23 - 3/9/23)

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Last Week

How is it September?! Time is flying and I'm busy, but I keep being surprised by the way my to-do list is developing. Things I thought were ages away are now happening this weekend and other things are already three months ago... Anyways, I had a pretty productive week, got quite some work and research things done. Most of that was in the lead-up to this weekend, though, because there was a two-day conference for Doctoral Candidates who work within Scandinavian Studies in Munich. I hadn't been to Munich in what feels like decades, so I really enjoyed getting to go back to the city. I was quite nervous about giving my paper, mainly because it was the first time I really presented it to people within my field who weren't my direct supervisors. Also, I got to present in German, which was its own kind of challenge. But I think the whole thing went well, people seemed engaged with my topic, and the questions were interesting. And all the other papers and the research other PhDs are doing is so interesting! There's such a wide range of topics people can work on within Scandinavian Studies and I was really glad to get to see so much of it at this conference!

Now I'm, of course, knackered, and writing this in my hotel room before the closest museum opens, so I can gaze at some art before I hop back onto a train, where I'll probably fall asleep. I'm surprised with how smooth the train traveling went this weekend, especially because there's quite a few connections which are currently "under repair" so I had to resort to bus replacements etc. But all's well that ends well! And my godmother's daughters dropped by to check on my cat while I was away and sent me cute photos, which helped with the separation anxiety. He doesn't know I'll have to abandon him next weekend again as well... Because of the conference prep I didn't get a whole lot of reading done this week, but I did finally push some reviews out, yay!

Posted this week:

• Review: The Water Outlaws by S.L. Huang
• Very much enjoyed this one :)
• Book Central - What We Read #2
• Review: The Treatment by Sarah Moorhead
• Unfortunately I did not enjoy this one :(

Recommendation

I have been enjoying this The Elder Scrolls kind of ambient background while writing this week, so I thought I'd share that with you! The channel, Ambient Worlds, makes really good videos in my opinion.

Mailbox Monday

Nothing! I did go to a bookstore here in Munich and almost dropped 50 Euros on new books, but I managed to restrain myself when I remembered the very limited space in my bag.

A short but sweet one today! Fingers crossed, I'll have WiFi on the train, so if I don't fall asleep, I'll start hopping around then. I hope you all have a lovely week!