Category: Monthly Wrap-Up

Monthly Wrap-Up: October 2025

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October was a heavier month than expected. There was a lot of illness and loss this month, with several family friends and a former colleague who passed away. It made for a rather heavy month, and I think the thoughts and feelings that brought affected me much more than I realised!

The month wasn’t all terrible though. I did a lot of baking (apple pies, lemon pound cakes, and banana-chocolate walnut loaves), I finally booked my ticket to Sri Lanka for a friend’s wedding and the New Year, and I treated myself to many books and cute Pop Mart things! I’m sharing some highlight posts from the month off my Instagram (and I just realised that one of the pictures I posted was from September, lol… oops)!

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September 2025 Community Posts!

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Let’s start today’s post by ignoring the fact that we’re halfway through October and I’m only now posting my favourite September posts from across the community… Okay? Great! I hope you’ll take the time to visit some of these creators and show them the love they deserve! โœจ๐Ÿ“– Happy reading! ๐Ÿ“–โœจ

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Monthly Wrap-Up: September 2025

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September… What happened in September? Not a whole lot, really. The highlight of the month was celebrating mum’s 70th birthday, which was surprisingly low-key. It was nice though, and I enjoyed spending time with her and her siblings who joined the festivities. Other than that, I got a new desk set up, which I’m feeling pretty half-half about at the moment.

I love how big it is and how I have more shelf space to put books and my knick-knacks (although it is looking a little bare at the mo), but I’m not keen on the desk part being so wobbly. It’s especially bad with my monitor on this arm cos it’s like, one touch of my desk and it wobbles like it’s going to break. ๐Ÿคฃ I guess I can’t complain considering the desk set up was less than $50… ๐Ÿคญ Let’s how long it lasts thoughโ€”I sometimes feel if I put too much pressure in the centre of it (where my wrist wrest is), it’ll cave (or at least bend) in, haha. Not ideal!

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August 2025 Community Posts!

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โœจ Happy Monday, book lovers! I hope you have a great start to the week! โœจ

Time is flying so quickly and yet another month has now come and gone, so it’s time to share one of my favourite posts: the community posts! This is a collection of posts I read from bloggers across the book community over the past month. I hope you’ll take the time to visit some of these creators and show them the love they deserve! โœจ๐Ÿ“– Happy reading! ๐Ÿ“–โœจ

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Monthly Wrap-Up: August 2025

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August… Wasn’t a great month in terms of health. I spent the majority of it knocked down by various illnesses, the latest being the worst flare up of my chronic bronchitis that I’ve experienced since I first got it. As I’m writing this up on the last day of August, I’m just extremely exhausted of feeling exhausted. On the bright side, my chest no longer feels like it’s been stomped on by a herd of elephants and run over by a train, but it still feels like a weight is hanging off it and I hate that I get out of breath from simply moving around. ๐Ÿฅฒ I’m really hoping that September will be much better health wise! ๐Ÿคž๐Ÿฝ

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July 2025 Community Posts!

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โœจ Happy Thursday, book lovers! We’ve almost reached the weekend! โœจ

Another month has come and gone so it’s time to share one of my favourite posts that I make at the end of every month: the community posts! This is a collection of posts I read from bloggers across the book community over the past month. July was another month where didn’t spend as much time as I wanted reading posts on the blogosphere, but I hope you’ll take the time to visit some of these creators and show them the love they deserve! โœจ๐Ÿ“– Happy reading! ๐Ÿ“–โœจ

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Monthly Wrap-Up: July 2025

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July is somehow already over and I already can’t seem to recall what I did this past month! ๐Ÿคฃ Honestly, I have zero social life and most of my days I’m at work, sometimes going to the gym, and then coming home to blog and read. That might sound sad or miserably boring to a lot of people, but I kind of love my quiet life. Or maybe in true panda fashion, I’m just too lazy to do much of anything (this is actually very true too)! ๐Ÿคญ I struggled to get myself back into the gym this month with life getting in the way but I did at least manage to go about half the month, and I hope to continue the streak in August. Other than that, I think it was a pretty quiet and uneventful month!

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June 2025 Community Posts!

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โœจ Happy Monday, book lovers! โœจ

Another month has come and gone so it’s time to share one of my favourite posts that I make at the end of every month: the community posts! This is a collection of some of the posts that I read from bloggers across the book community over the past month. I didn’t spend a lot of time on the blogosphere in June and so most of the posts mentioned this month are discussions and reviews. I hope you’ll take the time to visit some of these pages and show them the love they deserve! โœจ๐Ÿ“– Happy reading, friends! ๐Ÿ“–โœจ

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Monthly Wrap-Up: June 2025

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I can’t believe June has already come and gone, and with it goes the last holiday I have before the end of the year. ๐Ÿคญ We held the annual Bali family summer holiday mid-June to celebrate my nan’s 94th birthday and this year we also had family photos (*shudder*). My sister flew down from Japan, and the rest of family flew in from where we’re spread out globally. These years, family holidays feel less and less like a ‘holiday’ due to overly hectic schedules and trying to pack everything into a 1-2 week period, but it’s always lovely to see everyone. Even though I came back feeling the need for a holiday from my holiday, it was also nice to get a break from work!

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May 2025 Community Posts!

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โœจ Happy Thursday, book lovers! โœจ

Another month has come and gone so it’s time to share one of my favourite posts that I make at the end of every month: the community posts! This is a collection of some of the posts that I read from bloggers across the book community over the past month. I know my community posts tend to be quite long, but I hope you’ll take the time to visit some of these pages and show them the love they deserve! โœจ๐Ÿ“– Happy reading, friends! ๐Ÿ“–โœจ

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