˗ˏˋ littlelibraryreviews ˎˊ˗

hello! i'm elisabeth, an australian gryffindor with a love for books, podcasts, funky films, bowie + binging hella good british crime shows. i hope you enjoy my blog!

[somerabbitholes]

Here's a random fact: 16 year old me made a badge with Shakespeare's face and "Will Power" as the motto. My proudest moment.

[childhoodshour]

How I look eating my first meal of the day at 3 in the afternoon while wondering if life is really worth living

[inkblue-computerhead]

cute lil study tip

i think your main goal for making a study plan, or any kind of productivity plan really, should be “how much can i do to be proud of myself”. that’s all. don’t stop until you’re proud of yourself.

i practiced math for only about an hour today. i was in a shit mood. that was all i could do today. i could do math for 3-4 hours on my better days, but today wasn’t one of them, and that’s okay. but i am proud that i did an hour of math, despite feeling really fucking down. i didn’t abandon my studies, i still made that tiny bit of progress that i’m sure is gonna pay off later. 

you don’t need an 8-hour study plan, you need a plan that is considerate and in touch with your mental state and the capability of it at this moment. i may need to push and try not to give up until i feel content with the day’s progress, cause i definitely don’t wanna feel like a total failure when i’m trying to sleep at night. 

[medusagirlfriend-blog]

no one asked but here’s a few essays about people’s connections with their first languages that i like :)

The Strange Persistence of First Languages by Julie Sedivy

Mother Tongue by Yoojin Grace Wuertz

When My Baby Says Her First Word, Will it Be in Russian or English? by Alina Dizik

My First Language by Bernardo Atxaga

[polyglotpearl]

When the german grammar book introduces the exceptions of the rules

[huariqueje]

I Trust You   -    Ingrid van Polen , 2015.

Swedish,b.1970s

oil on linen,40 x 60 cm.

[overdose-art]

egon schiele, lovers & sleeping couple, 1939

[m-lemann]

go to the country and never be online

[polyglotpearl]

When the german grammar book introduces the exceptions of the rules

[lovely-actors]

[jaythenerdkid-official]

american cop shows: he’s an [x]! she’s a [completely unrelated and incompatible y]! they fight crime! (and eventually make out, if the fans think they’re hot together!)

british cop shows: detective inspector john smith returns to work after a year spent fighting his debilitating mental illness to head up a special task force dedicated to tracking down terrifying monsters. amidst the breakdown of his marriage and the unsolved mystery of his murdered child, john races against the clock to uncover corruption in his department before it takes down the task force. at least five people will die per episode.

[sleazyjanet]

If Alec and Ellie lost each other in the supermarket. Inspired by post [X] by @penfairy

[hardoncaulfield]

Reasonable social distancing compilation

1. Middagshvile - Johannes Wilhjelm

2. Stewart Stafford

3. Girl in a red kimono - George Hendrik Breitner

4. Morning sun - Edward Hopper

5. The lady of the house of love - Angela Carter

6. The bath - Pierre Bonnard

7. Emily Dickinson

[laleaurelie]

appreciate the small stuff. make wompy pancakes for your roomies.

[laleaurelie]

where I‘m most home

[suplanguages]

SOME OF MY FAVOURITE GERMAN WORDS & EXPRESSIONS PART II

Because of the great feedback on PART I, have some more!

haargenau - exact, meticulous (lit.: hair-exact) seinen Senf dazugeben - to put one’s oar in (lit.: to add one’s mustard) jmd geht der Arsch auf Grundeis (vulg.) - sb is scared shitless (lit.: sb’s butt touches the bottom ice) sich den Kopf zerbrechen - to think very hard about something (lit.: to break one’s head) jemandem etwas aus der Nase ziehen - to have to worm sth out of sb (lit.: to pull sth out of sb’s nose) im Dreieck springen - to be really angry, to be hopping mad (lit.: to jump in a triangle) am Zahnfleisch daher kommen - to barely manage something (lit.: to arrive on one’s gums) jemandem etwas hinterherwerfen - to make sth easy for sb (lit.: to throw sth after sb) rumwurschteln - to mess about (lit.: to sausage around) das ist mir Wurst - I don’t care (lit.: that is sausage to me) der Krimskrams / Schnickschnack - stuff Löcher in die Luft starren - to stare into space with boredom (lit.: to stare holes into the air) die beleidigte Leberwurst spielen - to pout, to sulk (lit.: to play the offended liver sausage) einen Vogel haben - to be (a little) crazy (lit.: to have a bird) die Extrawurst - special treatment (lit.: extra sausage) der Angsthase - coward, someone who’s easily frightened (lit.: fear-rabbit) einen Zahn zulegen - to get a move on, to step it up a notch (lit.: to add a tooth) der Hosenscheißer (vulg.) - coward (lit.: pants-shitter) der Dreikäsehoch - a small child (lit.: three-cheeses-high) die Nase voll haben - to have had enough (lit.: to have the nose full) über seinen Schatten springen - to step out of one’s comfort zone (lit.: to jump over one’s shadow)

[thegiamoth]

i‘m trying to learn german but honestly this language is better than me in every possible way like bitch what the fuck