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Another very late wrap-up, but well. This year has been really long, hasn’t it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I was so hopeful in the first quarter that things could not get worse. I was wrong. I guess hindsight really is 20\/20, eh? Eh?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But seriously though, while the lockdown here in Malaysia is not as strict as the first few months, we’re still taking care. I am immuno-compromised so i’m trying not to take too many risks, but I do have doctor’s appointments pretty much every month that I have to go for, and so we’ve been eating out those few days. My reading has been all over the place – May and June were pretty decent reading months, but by mid-June, I’d once again put books aside in favour of fanfiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My go-to comfort is fanfiction, I’ve noticed. Unfortunately, I haven’t been writing much, and even my bookstagram has dwindled down to maybe one post a month? If I’m lucky?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I feel like real life has been such a downer and I’m worrying more about that, and now the things that usually give me joy – blogging, reading, even filming BookTube videos – are stressing me out more than anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though I have missed filming videos, so I may do one or two in this next quarter. Hopefully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Because of this pandemic, I’ve suspended my Etsy store and am not taking orders. Despite this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n