[tragicburnout]

shoutout to people whose kindness isn't a strategy but a way of life

[cranberrywren]

[disguisedfeelings]

Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, "It might have been."

John Greenleaf Whittier

[lbriscoe]

Book Update #3 - The Raven King (All For The Game #2), by Nora Sakavic

The Foxes are a fractured mess, but their latest disaster might be the miracle they’ve always needed to come together as a team. The one person standing in their way is Andrew, and the only one who can break through his personal barriers is Neil. Except Andrew doesn’t give up anything for free and Neil is terrible at trusting anyone but himself. The two don’t have much time to come to terms with their situation before outside forces start tearing them apart. Riko is intent on destroying Neil’s fragile new life, and the Foxes have just become collateral damage. Neil’s days are numbered, but he’s learning the hard way to go down fighting for what he believes in, and Neil believes in Andrew even if Andrew won’t believe in himself.

Note: 4.8/5 The Goodreads’ Review(s)

[juliaxyn]

Staying up late is not scary, the scariest thing is forgetting your dreams.

[literaria-journal]

Summer hopefuls 🍓

It's an ambitious list, so I don't know how many of them I'll manage to read till September.

But I'm up for the challenge!

Paperbacks:

• White Nights, Fëdor Dostoevskij

• Daisy Miller, Henry James

• Mr Salary, Sally Rooney

• Autobiography of Red, Anne Carson

• Women in love, D.H. Lawrence

• Moll Flanders, Daniel Defoe

• Sappho of Lesbos, Alexander Trocchi

• Lady, Thomas Tryon

• The lady of the camellias, Alexander Dumas (fils)

• Senility, Italo Svevo

• Pillars of the earth by Ken Follett or The name of the rose by Umberto Eco...if I can manage! Not both obv 😅

eBooks:

• A little larger than the entire universe, Fernando Pessoa

• The honey suckle, Gabriele D'Annunzio

• A lover's discourse, Roland Barthes (paused, need to continue this!)

• Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys

• Sonnets to Duse and other poems, Sara Teasdale

• The book of the city of ladies, Christine de Pizan

[tizian-a]

haunting the institute

[kiinaya]

If you want it, go for it.

[untroubled-youth]

“lovely, aren’t you?”

[shewritesinblueink]

and a cup of good coffee..

[finisconoratopus]

my flat has no WiFi yet guys but peace and love. I think I'm a bookblr for the summer, so here are my library books! I have started Lie With Me; it's okay.

[juliaxyn]

My brain: we studied this.

Me: did we? Really?

[piestudies]

last couple of weeks have been insanely hectic for absolutely no reason, but at least i got to see baekhyun after 12yrs as an exo fan 🥲

[h0n3ym00n333]

back from the dead with some pics from study sessions that i never posted ˖˚⊹ ꣑ৎ‎

my final exam on plato's apology went very well and with that my first ancient greek course is complete!! currently soaking up the summer until i return to uni in september for my second year :)

[midwinterarchives]

Thursday, the 26th of June 2025

Frantic writing, cramps in my hand, and endless arguments with myself over causalities, dates and systems of belief. Within a day I have written about thirtyfive pages about radicals in early modern Europe in preparation for my exam and now that it is over I feel elated to have done it as well as disappointed that I did not have the opportunity to argue more. It is one more thing crossed off my list. Now I can focus on my next presentation in Czech, finishing up my thesis and catching up on my Russian lectures that I have been neglecting for a while now. Although today, I am simply relieved and anxious for my grade.

[toomuch-nonsens]

20/06/25

My stress level is at an all time high atm. I’m so tired of studying. But I went to see Tom Odell live in Berlin. It was a perfect night. This definitely healed me in some way. But coming home back to reality… do not recommend. Live in the delusion as long as possible!

[inkandintent]

Peace✌️