I enjoy reading, and I read a lot. As a child, you could always find me tucked away in a corner of the garden, reading a book. As I went to university, I experienced "letter fatigue", and only picked up…
I've mentioned the book "Why we sleep" by Matthew Walker a few times on this blog - when running a poll on sleep, and as one of my favorite books read in 2019. I also blogged about the problem of…
As every year, I'm sharing with you my top 10 of books I read in the past year. At the time of writing this, I've worked my way through 61 books, which is roughly the same as in 2019, but…
I enjoy reading, and I read a fair number of books for pleasure. For research, I am strong advocate for developing good reading habits.But today, I don't want to discuss the importance of reading in academia - I've made my…
Here's a long overdue Q&A question.A reader sent me the following question:Hello Eva!You have jotted all essential ingredients in a simplest way.I have a question how can we enhance our concentration for long term while reviewing a paper?If you share…
This post is part of the series PhD Talk for AcademicTransfer: posts written for the Dutch academic career network AcademicTransfer, your go-to resource for all research positions in the Netherlands. These posts are sponsored by AcademicTransfer, and tailored to those…
As every year, I am compiling here my top 10 of books that I read in the past year. As I am writing this post mid December, I have read 59 books so far, or 18321 pages in total. It's…
While I was reading The Shallows I ran a poll on Twitter to see if others recognize themselves in what this book mentions: that all the reading we do online results in us being unable to concentrate on long stretches…
As every year, I present you with a list of the 10 best books I read over the past year. I don't make a list of the best books of the past year, since I read both recent and not-so-recent…
Some time ago, I was happy to receive a review copy of Karin Bodewits's first novel "You Must Be Very Intelligent" with as subtitle "the PhD Delusion". This book is a hybrid between memoir and work of fiction about Bodewits's…
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