A couple of years back, I started a draft on this blog about a novel that I had just finished reading. Coincidentally, a couple of years back, I was also on my last months of Ph.D., writing a thesis and finding jobs and stuff. Those things, accompanied by the arrival of Covid, made everything in my life become a giant pile of mess.
I fought teeth and nail just to finish my thesis on time and defended it, and then continued by seeking and (thank God) finding a new job. It was not until almost two years later that I could finally start breathing again and reading books for the sake of reading.
This blog is an old one. But, just in case this is the first time you, a reader, are coming here, I started blogging here, mainly posting reviews of books and stories I’ve read, nine years ago (around 2013). It began as some side-project, and it grew a little bit in readership, mostly from my home country (Indonesia, in case you wondered). Further, it was written only in Indonesian because I used to write and read and speak only Indonesian. But, over time, ever since my moving to France for study, I started reading, writing, and speaking more languages, and after almost six years of living here, I can comfortably say that I want to (re)start blogging in English. And French, should I find interesting French books of course.
This blog’s name used to be “Baca Hujan” (literally means “Rain Reading,” mostly because I lived in a city where it rains a lot); however, I decided to change it to Litpicking. I wouldn’t even dare to do books reviews like I used to do; instead, I’ll just use this blog as my notes for my nitpicks because I’ve been doing that a lot, especially when I found an interesting book.
Anyway.
Here’s hoping we won’t get any other pleasant surprises along the way and for me to be able to write even more from now on!
Litpicking 