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my main blook is weltenwellen

[adelinestudiess]

This masterpost is requested by @piiess

As we continue to commemorate World Mental Health Day, let us continue to remember that “It’s okay not to be okay.”

Dealing with mental health while studying

Saving your grades from a mental health crisis by @smartstudy

Chronic illness + studying by @studysenior

Coping with mental health by @overstudies

A few bad feelings and how to beat them

Tips for surviving college (with a mental illness) by @annafreuds

Healthy body, healthy mind staying fit while exercising the brain by @scolae

Stop glorifying unhealthy study habits by @thestudyingnightowl

Studying with mental illness by @linamstudies

Studying with mental illness by @harlostudies

Studying with a mental illness by @student-succulent

Helping your mentally ill friends through exam periods: masterpost by @celeztialstudies

Managing mental illness as a student by @medkip

Mental health and university how to deal with a bad week a masterpost

How to (realistically) study when your mental illness doesn’t want you to by @midiluc

Autism

How to cope with loud fireworks if you’re autistic

Burnout

How to deal with study burnout by @eintsein

How to avoid education burnout by @neuroticmedblr

Tips for avoiding burnout and staying motivated by @coffeesforstudiers

Burnout 101 by @polcry

Overcoming burnout while continuing to study by @rewritign

Avoiding burnout by @acdemic

Eating disorder

Recovery record

Dyslexia

Dyslexia masterpost by @izzystudies

ADHD

Studying with adhd by @glowsoleil

Apps for disorganised +/or ADHD students by @studiix

ADHD resources by @psychlu

Depression

Study tips whilst dealing with depression by @sdklfhdsdkfjhg

Studying with depression by @rannedomblr

Studying with depression by @notquitenightingale

Struggling with depression while in school by @inactivegardenum

Depression/executive dysfunction cleaning tips by @dormouse11

Depression tips by @lesbiananabray

Advice for severe depression and anxiety and executive dysfunction by @urie

Advice for dealing with long term depression and anxiety by @13chancess

Things I never knew about depression until I finally had a doctor explain the disease to me by @academicfeminist

Tips for someone who also battles with depression by @bloggerforstudentprogress-blog

Bullet journaling with depression by @littleninjastudies

Anxiety

Coping with anxiety by @hufflepuffwannabe

Coping with anxiety by @sheisrecovering

Coping statements for anxiety by @onlnecounsellingcollege

Anxiety attacks aren’t always hyperventilating and rocking back and forth by @ugly-bread

Anxiety distraction games by @peachou

Anxiety masterpost by @dotgrids

Why doing something relaxing does not help with your anxiety by @merrybitchmas91

Living and studying with anxiety by @hayley-studies

Dealing with test anxiety by @studybuzz

Study sounds by @studyquill

Mood disorder

What is a “mood disorder” anyway? by @battle-with-bipolar

Meditation

Meditation and focus

Selfcare

A very brief guide to self-care by @ejlandsman

Some self-care/mental health tips for the upcoming school year by @badvogues

Ways to practice selfcare by @librarystudies

Resources

Apps for your mental health by @highlightcrs

Mental illness apps by @recoverywarriorx

Some reminders

Mental health is just as important as physical health by @cwote

Don’t let your mind bully your body

There’s a difference between: pushing yourself and pushing yourself pass your limit by @chibird

Your life can look so different, so much better, in just a few months. keep going by @studyblr

Reminder: you can’t change the past and worrying makes you suffer twice. we all forget that once in a while.

Remember that time you thought you wouldn’t survive? Well you did and you can do it again

You aren’t a problem that needs to be solved

You are not unloveable

Mental health first, everything will follow

I may not be there yet but i’m closer than i was yesterday

Everything you feel is real

Allow yourself to recover

You matter

It’s a disorder, not a decision

Its okay if the only thing you did today was survive

Focus on the good

Stop beating yourself up. You didn’t do anything wrong

Hey, it’s not your fault

You don’t have to justify your emotions to anyone

Never apologise for how you feel

Other masterposts by me 

Selfcare

Apps for students

Literature

Ace your essays

Chinese

Icon credits to @nerdastically

[jusafn2-deactivated20220210]

14/100 I’m doing a lot of notes form textbooks right now and I basically worked out this system today and it’s the only one I’ve ever found that works for me. It’ll work better with humanities as it relies on fewer diagrams, but you can probably use it for science too.

[gayforglobalhealth]

Tips for skim reading PEER-REVIEW ARTICLES, from your friendly public health scientist

0. Types of peer-review articles:

Research articles: I have a hypothesis, I did my own research to reject or accept the hypothesis

(Systematic) reviews: I read a whole of bunch of existing articles and wrote a summary of their findings

Meta analysis: I took data from a whole bunch of exisiting research to reject or accept a hypothesis (more data=more participants=more likely to represent real life=closer to the truth)

Commentary/correspondence: I have a strong opinion on something, usually to call for more attention in a research area (always topical)

Case studies/series: I found something interesting that maybe significant to a larger group of people but I don’t have enough data to prove it, especially if it’s time sensitive

1. What am I looking for?  (no, I don’t mean the topic)

Depending on the outcome of your need, you may be only focusing on either the Methods section, the Results section, or Discussion, or Conclusion. For example, are you looking for how to measure PTSD (methods) or what is the rate of PTSD in a community (results)

Introduction/background: what is the topic and what questions will this paper answer (based on existing literature)

Methods: how I did my research (the measurement tools, type statistical analysis, who I did my research on)

Results: What I found (percentages, rates, odd ratios, relative risks, confidence intervals, regressions, etc.)

Discussion: Explanation for what I’ve found and how it compares to existing research (more existing literature which may or may not support the results)

Conclusion:  What direction is my research and what should the next step be (the gap in research, limitations in the research)

1a. Narrow your scope of research

Have a simple inclusion or exclusion criteria

Is there time frame to when the research has to be published by (e.g. 2000-2018)?

Is it about women only, men only, children under 5 only, excludes people with A and B?

Specific language only?

At least a certain sample size (e.g. must have 400 participants)?

controlled or not controlled environment (e.g. fieldwork or lab-based)?

Locations specific (e.g. countries, districts, continents, counties)?

2. Read the goddamn abstract

If it describes what you are looking for, download the pdf. This ensures what you are looking for is in the article so you don’t waste your time reading the whole damn thing. The abstract should describe everything in the first bulletpoint. DO NOT RELY ON TITLE

If the abstract doesn’t give you a taste of what you want, skip it, it’s probably not worth reading

2a. Skip the intro/background

If you know what your topic is, skip this section, it will not give you any new information. If you are unfamiliar with the topic, read 1 or 3 introductions and skip it for the rest of the articles

3. Control + F

Sometimes abstracts can be deceiving, if you have key words or criterias that you must meet e.g. women who have PTSD, then please look up the word ‘women’ to make sure actual research was done about women and it was not just mentioned in the introduction section. Don’t think you have to read the entire paper

4. Refernce and take notes

You’re not going to remember what you read where so take notes! Open an excel or word doc and have one column be the title and the other one be the notes in bulletpoint form. 

Fnd a reference software e.g. refworks, mendeley so you don’t have to type each reference by hand. they are usually free (if you are in school)

SAVE THE GODDAMN PDF. Don’t lose it. If you can’t download a PDF, PRINT —> save as PDF. 

Don’t have the license or money to buy the article, try emailing the author, use any school/college/university library computer, email a nerdy friend!

5. Where to get started

Search Engines: Pubmed, Google scholar, Medline

Journal servers: they tend to have recommendations like ‘articles you might enjoy,’ click on those

References: bibliographies and references of articles you’ve read are alway a good source

Search for authors in your interested field or of an article you found useful

[bstudies]

The 5 Best Revisions Methods I Want to Start Using

Hi, guys! Whilst planning my next few months to do well on my final exams, I started researching and found a few great study techniques that are a bit underrated. Thus, I compiled a post with information about each one and all the materials you need to put them to use. These are most useful if you’ve already studied the material and are now starting to revise.

A. Feynman Technique

This method was coined by Nobel Prize winner Richard Feynman. This system works by writing down everything you remember about the topic you’re currently revising in a blank piece of paper. When you get stuck, go back to your study materials. The gaps in your knowledge should be blatant after you finish. Review and simplify. Keep repeating until you know for certain that there’s nothing left out and you’ve successfully learned the topic. :-)

For this method you will need:

Blank piece of paper

Pen/Pencil

B. Spaced Repetition

This method has been gaining traction for the past few years but it still doesn’t get the recognition it should. It’s fairly simple. It consists of time intervals between study sessions, which allows you store information better in your long-term memory. While there aren’t set times for when to do your next revision session, I’d recommend the one by Piotr Wozniak:

First repetition: 1 day

Second repetition: 7 days

Third repetition: 16 days

Fourth repetition: 35 days

This method can be used both through an analog system and a digital one. 

One of the simplest techniques to implement spaced repetition while using paper flashcards is the Leitner system. First, you decide how many boxes you need for your system. Each of your boxes represents a different study time interval:

Every flashcard starts out in Box 1. When you get a flashcard right, it passes to the next box. If you get a card wrong, it goes back to Box 1 – even if it was on Box 4. This makes sure you are constantly reviewing the materials. Remember to devise a calendar with the dates and boxes you need to revise each day. 

For this method you will need:

Boxes or simply different colored rubbers to differentiate the piles

Flashcards

Pen/Pencil

If however, you prefer a digital method, Anki is the best option for you. It is available online, on both Windows & Mac and there’s also an incredible practical app. It uses the spaced repetition method while taking the trouble of having to hand write hundreds of flashcards and remembering when to study each one.

Simply create an account, then a deck in which you’ll add your flashcards. The app and website allow you to add images and/or sounds to the flashcards. Customize them all you want. Once you’ve finished, save them and check the app every day to revise the flashcards of the day.

For this method you will need:

Anki app (iOS, Android) and/or website

C. Past Papers

I’ve been guilty in the past for not using this method. I got so caught up in my perfectionism that I didn’t even want to try. I learned, though, that getting things wrong is not a sign of failure and that persisting until you get it right is the real strength (and discipline) you ought to have. Do not let your procrastination and/or perfectionism prevent you from learning your weaknesses on a topic and not reach the grade you were hoping for.

Time yourself while taking the test and then correct your answers with a different colored pencil/pen so you can differentiate between correct and wrong answers.

For this method you will need:

Past papers

Pen/Pencil

D. Teach someone

This method is really helpful if you have oral assessments and/or your professor uses the Socratic method in class. You can practice your speech and knowledge all at the same time. Find someone who’s willing to listen to you talk about the topic you’re studying. Even if no one’s willing, you can still explain the matter to an object in the house. Don’t get embarrassed by this! While speaking, you’re organising your thoughts and only when explaining to someone else can you really assess your knowledge.

For this method you will need:

Your voice

Someone/Something who loves you very much

E. Proper sleep & exercise

Yes, I know, these aren’t revisions methods. But as helpful as the previous systems were, they won’t work if you aren’t sane in body and spirit. It’s incredibly important that you rest. Teenagers (13 to 17 years old) ought to sleep from 8 to 10 hours every day, while young adults (18 to 25) only need 7 to 9. You should also get fresh air and exercise. This helps with mental alertness, concentration, an efficient memory and a positive mood. Stay hydrated throughout the day. & please, don’t skip meals! 

For this method you will need:

Proper sleep (x, x, x, x, x)

Exercise (x, x, x)

Healthy diet (x, x, x, x)

[lifeinpoetry]

Kindle Unlimited Finds (Poetry, Fiction, Etc.)

I don’t know when this happened but someone gifted me two years of Kindle Unlimited so I made a list on whim. Thank you, lovely person.

Poetry

Rummage by Ife-Chudeni A. Oputa

Native Guard by Natasha Trethewey

Wingspan by Kai Coggin

The Salt Wind by Brandy McDougall

IRL by Tommy Pico

Why Storms are Named After People and Bullets Remain Nameless by Tanaya Winder

What We Buried by Caitlyn Siehl

If I Should Say I Have Hope by Lynn Melnick

You Could Never Objectify Me More Than I’ve Already Objectified Myself by Alexandra Naughton

Anemochore by Meredith Stricker

West Wind: Poems and Prose Poems by Mary Oliver

Corazón by Yesika Salgado

I Wore My Blackest Hair by Carlina Duan

Pepper Girl by Jonterri Gadson

Another Black Girl Miracle by Tonya Ingram

Found Them: Poems by Francisco-Luis White

Time and Materials: Poems 1997-2005 by Robert Hass

Hourglass Museum by Kelli Russell Agodon

The Forward Book of Poetry 2019 by Various

Winter Hours: Prose, Prose Poems, and Poems by Mary Oliver

Here by Wislawa Szymborska

Selected Poems II: 1976 - 1986 by Margaret Atwood

Selected Poems: 1965-1975 by Margaret Atwood

Fiction

I Don’t Think of You (Until I Do) by Tatiana Ryckman

The Wangs vs. the World by Jade Chang

All Grown Up by Jami Attenberg

The Sarah Book by Scott McClanahan

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel

Nowhere to Be Found by Bae Suah

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

Pony Castle by Sofia Banzhaf

Highway with Green Apples by Bae Suah

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

Short Stories

Love Beyond Body, Space, and Time: An LGBT and two-spirit sci-fi anthology by Various

Pretend We Live Here: Short Stories by Genevieve Hudson

Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri

Bluebeard’s Egg by Margaret Atwood

Assisted Living by Gary Lutz

The Collected Works of Scott McClanahan Vol. I by Scott McClanahan

Sing the Song by Meredith Alling

Partial List of People to Bleach by Gary Lutz

Stories V! by Scott McClanahan

Wish You Were Me by Myriam Gurba

Nonfiction

Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays by Joan Didion

This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare by Gabourey Sidibe

Excavation: A Memoir by Wendy C. Ortiz (+ Audible audiobook)

The White Album: Essays by Joan Didion

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty

Report from Planet Midnight by Nalo Hopkinson

The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt

All Art Is Propaganda: Critical Essays by George Orwell

A Little in Love with Everyone: Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home (…AFTERWORDS) by Genevieve Hudson

[mermaidyke]

welcome!!!!!! this is long overdue. i’ve been promising myself i’d made this forever. so here it is - the ultimate masterpost of wlw (women loving women) books. not all characters are lesbians, some are bi or pan, though all books feature f/f relationships and/or themes. there are 150+ recommendations, so enjoy!

YOUNG ADULT CONTEMPORARY:

the miseducation of cameron post by emily m. danforth

keeping you a secret by julie anne peters

grl2grl by julie anne peters

lies my girlfriend told me by julie anne peters

far from xanadu by julie anne peters

rubyfruit jungle by rita mae brown

annie on my mind by nancy garden

kissing kate by lauren myracle

everything leads to you by nina lacour

dare truth or promise by paula boock

gravel queen by tea benduhn

her name in the sky by kelly quindlen

tell me again how a crush should feel by sara farizan

no one needs to know by amanda grace

my best friend, maybe by caela carter

dirty london by kelley york

ask the passengers by a.s. king

empress of the world by sara ryan

pages for you by sylvia brownrigg

waiting in the wings by melissa brayden

breathing underwater by lu vickers

hood by emma donoghue

between you & me by marisa calin

starting from here by lisa jenn bigelow

about a girl by sarah mccarry

the flywheel by erin gough

the necessary hunger by nina revoyr

the house you pass on the way by jacqueline woodson

about a girl by joanne horniman

gravity by leanne lieberman

another life altogether by elaine beale

great by sara benincasa

the gravity between us by kristen zimmer

taking flight by siera maley

the road to her by k.e. payne

the summer i wasn’t me by jessica verdi

unspeakabe by abbie rushton

beauty of the broken by tawni waters

read me like a book by liz kessler

starring kitty by keris stainton

holding back by mila kerr

cam girl by leah raeder

not otherwise specified by hannah moskowitz

an unstill life by kate larkindale

look both ways by alison cherry

a story of now by emily o’beirne

my summer of love by helen cross

marionette by t.b. markinson

the difference between you and me by madeleine george

the bermudez triangle by maureen johnson

girl walking backwards by bett williams

FANTASY/PARANORMAL/SCIENCE FICTION:

the dark wife by sarah diemer

twixt by sarah diemer

the witch sea by sarah diemer

sugar moon by sarah diemer

far by sarah diemer

carmilla by joseph sheridan le fanu

ash by malinda lo

huntress by malinda lo

adaption by malinda lo

the traitor baru cormorant by seth dickinson

karen memory by elizabeth bear

bleeding earth by kaitlin ward

lady knight by l.j. baker

the second sister by rae d. magdon

wild by meghan o’brien

santa olivia by jacqueline carey

everafter by nell stark

iron & velvet by alexis hall

silver kiss by naomi clark

with her body by nicola griffith

ammonite by nicole griffith

the windup girl by paolo bacigalupi

a harvest of ripe figs by shira glassman

seven by jennifer diemer

braided by elora bishop

crumbs by elora bishop

labyrinth by pearl north

the drowning girl by caitlin r. kiernan

the red tree by caitlin r. kiernan

the big lie by julie mayhew

the first twenty by jennifer lavoie

the girl in the road by monica byrne

every dark desire by fiona zedde

CRIME/MYSTERY/THRILLER:

black iris by leah raeder

dangerous girls by abigail haas

far from you by tess sharpe

slow river by nicola griffith

the blue place by nicola griffith

stay by nicola griffith

vanished by e.e. cooper

keepers of the cave by gerri hill

hunter’s way by gerri hill

child of doors by j.s. little

scars by cheryl rainfield

trust me, i’m trouble by mary elizabeth summer

out of order by casey lawrence

reconstructing amelia by kimberly mccreight

vicious little darlings by katherine easer

HISTORICAL:

the paying guests by sarah waters

tipping the velvet by sarah waters

affinity by sarah waters

the night watch by sarah waters

fingersmith by sarah waters

the price of salt by patricia highsmith (also known as carol)

wildthorn by jane eagland

silhouette of a sparrow by molly beth griffin

lies we tell ourselves by robin talley

patience & sarah by isabel miller

the hours by michael cunningham

the well of loneliness by radclyffe hall

mrs dalloway by virginia woolf

the world unseen by shamam sarif

map of ireland by stephanie grant

hild by nicole griffith

honey girl by lisa freeman

letters never sent by sandra moran

fall on your knees by ann-marie macdonald

the last nude by ellis avery

the teahouse fire by ellis avery

olivia by dorothy strachey

the friendly young ladies by mary renault

moon at nine by deborah ellis

the marriage recital by katharine grant

the crimson ribbon by katherine clements

the other typist by suzanne rindell

days of grace by catherine hall

desert of the heart by jane rule

ADULT FICTION:

sing you home by jodi picoult

and playing the role of herself by k.e. lane

i can’t think straight by shamim sarif

stone butch blues by leslie feinberg

curious wine by katherine v. forrest

the color purple by alice walker

jericho by ann mcman

oranges are not the only fruit by jeanette winterson

gut symmetries by jeanette winterson

why be happy when you could be normal? by jeanette winterson

written on the body by jeanette winterson

where we belong by catherine ryan hyde

at the water’s edge by harper bliss

behind the green curtain by riley lashea

96 hours by georgia beers

all that matters by susan x. meagher

give me a reason by lyn gardner

ice by lyn gardner

my last season with you by s.v.c. ricketts

taking the long way by lily r. mason

nightwood by djuna barnes

living at night by mariana romo-carmona

choices by nancy toder

cassandra at the wedding by dorothy baker

landing by emma donoghue

stir-fry by emma donoghue

pitifully ugly by robin alexander

COMICS BOOKS/GRAPHIC NOVELS:

blue is the warmest colour by julie maroh

fun home by alison bechdel

dykes to watch out for by alison bechdel

honor girl by maggie trash

skim by mariko tamaki

potential by ariel shrag

strangers in paradise by terry moore

NON-FICTION:

odd girls and twilight lovers by lillian faderman

surpassing the love of men by lillian faderman

chloe plus olivia by lillian faderman

to believe in women by lillian faderman

sapphistries by leila j. rupp

inseparable by emma donoghue

passions between women by emma donoghue

dear john, i love jane by candace walsh

a woman like that by joan larkin

aimee & jaguar by erica fischer

the femme mystique by leslea newman

boots of leather, slippers of gold by elizabeth lapovsky kennedy

different daughters by marcia m. gallo

between women by sharon marcus

charity and sylvia by rachel hope cleves

lesbian culture: an anthology by julia penelope

alice + freda forever by alexis coe

behind the mask by matthew dennison

[jaimustailor]

Books!

I asked on instagram what some of your favourite books were, and have compiled a nice long list of some of the titles and authors. Feel free to come back to this list when you’re lost and are looking for a new book.

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

After by Anna Todd

The Curious Incident of the Dog In The Nighttime by Mark Haddon

Just Kids by Patti Smith

A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin

Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche

Wind Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

Kafka On The Shore By Haruki Murakami

Hear The Wind Sing by Haruki Murakami

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

1Q84 by Haruki Murakami

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

A Note of Madness By Tabitha Suzuma

Larklight by Philip Reeve

Curious Minds by John Brockman

The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

Stoner by John Williams

The Education of Little Tree by Asa Earl Carter

Small g: A Summer Idyll by Patricia Highsmith

The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson

The Little Prince by Antoine De Saint-Exupéry

How To Be Both by Ali Smith

The Waves by Virginia Woolf

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

2666 by Roberto Bolaño

In Cold Blood By Truman Capote

Summer Crossing by Truman Capote

The Outsider by Albert Camus

The Stranger by Albert Camus

His Dark Materials Trilogy by Philip Pullman

Against The Day by Thomas Pynchon

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

The Fault In Our Stars by John Green

The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman by Denis Thériault

The Magicians Trilogy by Lev Grossman

I Am The Messenger by Markus Zusak

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Foundation Series by Isaac Asimov

The First Bad Man by Miranda July

Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

A Visit From The Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

Red Rising by Pierce Brown

The Green Years by AJ Cronin

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

Every Exquisite Thing by Matthew Quick

Perfume by Patrick Süskind

Waiting by Ha Jin

Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes

Aristotle And Dante Discover The Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Songs with Our Eyes Closed by Tyler Kent White

Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

[mashamorevna]

can you list all the books you read this year? sorry, i don't have a goodreads and i'm curious.

Sure thing. Welcome to YA hell:

1. An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson2. The Cruel Prince by Holly Black 3. Dare Me by Megan Abbott4. The Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo5. Shadowsong by S. Jae-Jones6. Bright Smoke, Cold Fire by Rosamund Hodge7. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo8. Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo9. Vicious by V. E. Schwab10. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern11. Tell the Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt12. Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas13. Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas14. Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas15. Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas16. Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas17. To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo18. If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio19. The Assassins Blade by Sarah J. Mass20. A Court of  Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas21. Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao22. A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab23. The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert24. The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden25. All the Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater26. Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat27. The Broken Girls by Simone St. James28. Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

[mashamorevna]

What's your summer reading list look like?

Long. My tbr list is never-ending, but these are the books that I currently have a copy of and plan on reading them in the next couple of months or so (in no particular order):

The Girl in the Tower by Katherine ArdenCirce by Madeline MillerI’ll be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamaraBoy, Snow, Bird by Helen OyeyemiStation Eleven by Emily St. John MandelThe History of Love by Nicole KraussSpecial Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha PesslA Gathering of Shadows by V.E. SchwabTower of Dawn by Sarah J. MaasI’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain ReedThe Muse by Jessie BurtonAnnihilation by Jeff VandermeerThe Walls Around Us by Nova Ren SumaThe Unquiet by Mikaela EverettOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonThe Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

Whether I stick with it is to be seen. But yeah, the best way to keep up with what I’m reading is through my goodreads account. 

[antigonick]

Hi! Sorry if you've answered this or if it's too close of a request to your already existing lists, or just too narrow of a request, but i'm wondering if you have any book rekommendations that handles the theme of love in a similar way to how Woolf does it in The Waves? Nevilles love of Percy is depicted so wonderfully

I do, yes. Although I absolutely hate Neville’s empty and dehumanising love for Percy. Poor Percy, he really is the one victim of The Waves. I’m guessing what you’re looking for is idealised love in literature, delusions of purity and perfection—built upon the capricious notion of one’s superiority and godliness. I’m afraid these infatuations usually end up badly, though :

A Dark Stranger, Julien GracqThe Unicorn, Iris MurdochRebecca, Daphné du MaurierBelle du Seigneur, Albert CohenThe Secret History, Donna TarttThe Name of The Rose, Umberto Eco (only briefly, but so gorgeously)Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert (in a lovely way)Sentimental Education, Gustave Flaubert (in an insufferable way)The Great Gatsby, Scott FitzgeraldThe Age of Innocence, Edith WhartonTess of d’Urbervilles, Thomas HardySwann’s Way, Marcel ProustIn the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower, Marcel ProustNotre-Dame de Paris, Victor HugoTristan and Yseult, BéroulAutobiography of Red, Anne CarsonPhaidra, Jean Racine / Hippolytus, EuripidesA Tress of Hair, Guy de MaupassantVillette, Charlotte Brontë (with John)I think that’s all that comes to mind right now. I might edit the list later. All I can say is : my my, this is a very French theme. 

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Poses, How to:

Downward Facing Dog

Upward Facing Dog

Upward-Facing Open Angle Pose

Gate Pose

Lifted gate pose

Revolved Wide Legged Standing Forward Fold

Camel one legged pose

Seated wide angle forward fold

Half Standing Split

High lunge twisted

Funky Dolphin pose

One Handed Tiger Pose

One legged big toe bow pose

Extended Warrior Pose

Deep forward fold (Padahastasana) Standing Forward Bend Pose

Side plank with tree pose.

Wild Thing Pose

Standing Mermaid Pose!

Chair/Revolved Chair & Chair One Leg Pose

Camel Pose

Bow Pose

Crow Pose

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reasons why eating regularly is so important

reasons to eat at least 3 meals a day

the secret to dieting is just eating better

9 reasons diets don’t work

7 ways to snack smarter

eating through ed recovery

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contact a professional before making any changes to a diet set by a doctor/nutritionist. restricting or changing your diet too soon can cause complications.

consult with them about how much and what you should be eating

remember that recovery is a process and it won’t become easy overnight

remember that you are not alone and food isn’t the enemy

remember that food is here to fuel you and keep you alive/healthy

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5 reasons to eat breakfast

15 healthy ingredients to add to your breakfast

34 healthy breakfasts for busy mornings

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29 delicious vegan breakfasts

19 vegan breakfast recipes

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34 quick and easy veggie packed breakfasts

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pescetarian breakfasts

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44 easy gf recipes for breakfast

51 healthy gf recipes

lunch

reasons to take that lunch break

livestrong: why is lunch so important?

22 healthy lunch ideas

cheap healthy lunch ideas for work (or school)

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32 vegan lunches you can take with you

15 vegan lunch ideas

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16 recipes that pack well for lunch (some vegan + gluten free)

25 best vegetarian recipes

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dinner

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20 easy vegan dinners

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80 vegetarian meals even meat eaters would love

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My TBR for 2017

Non-fiction

Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed*

Why Be Happy When You Can Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson*

The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson*

The Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison* (finish)

Another Day in the Death of America by Gary Young*

M Train by Patti Smith*

Just Kids by Patti Smith*

How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran*

The Faraway Nearby by Rebecca Solnit*

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari

The Lonely City by Olivia Laing

Quiet by Susan Cain

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coats

The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben

A Bestiary by Lily Hoang

Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari

Shrill by Lindy West

The Gene by Siddhartha Muherjee

A House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout*

Grit by Angela Duckworth

Poetry

Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong

Chloe by Kristina Haynes

Father, Husband by Scherezade Siobhan

Nox by Anne Carson

Pelican by Emily O’Neill

Crybaby by Caitlyn Siehl

Our Bodies & Other Fine Machines by Natalie Wee

Soft Human by Emery Allen

Prelude to Light by Venetta Octavia

Fiction

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara (finish)*

The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters (finish)

Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone - Ilustrated (finish)

The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes*

The Orenda by Joseph Boyden*

Benediction by Kent Haruf*

The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt*

The Miniaturist  by Jessie Burton*

Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver*

The Posionwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver*

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson*

White Teeth by Zadie Smith*

The Winter Vault by Anne Michaels*

Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels*

The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton*

Foxlowe  by Eleanor Wasserberg*

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr*

Ruby by Cynthia Bond*

The Muse by Jessie Burton*

Call of the Undertow by Linda Cracknell*

Trio by Sue Gee*

On Beauty by Zadie Smith*

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi*

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt*

A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab*

A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab*

The Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits: Stories by Emma Donoghue*

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides*

Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese*

Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights by Salman Rushdie*

How to be Both by Ali Smith*

Pulse by Julian Barnes*

The History of Love by Nicole Krauss*

Witches of New York by Ami McKay*

The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro*

The Museum of You by Carys Bray*

Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng*

The Butcher’s Hook by Janet Ellis*

Sweetland by Michael Crummey*

Swing Time by Zadie Smith

Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien

The Vegetarian by Han Kang

Autumn by Ali Smith

The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry

Hagseed by Margaret Atwood

The Tidal Zone by Sarah Moss

The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber

The Green Road by Anne Enright

A Whole Life by Robert Seethaler

Shelter by Jung Yun

This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

The Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey

The Natural Way of Things by Charlotte Wood

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

The Wonder by Emma Donoghue

The Mothers by Brit Bennett

Commonweath by Ann Patchett

Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff

The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

This Must Be the Place by Maggie O’Farrell

The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara

Children of the New World by Alexander Weinstein

* books that i currently own

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favourite poems about the forest?

edward thomas, “lights out”: i must enter, and leave, alone, / i know not how.

gabriele d’annunzio, “the rain in the pinewood”: rain falls on your black eyelashes / so that you seem to weep / but from pleasure

evie shockley, “where you are planted”: we settle into still pools of humidity, moss- / dark, beneath live oaks

amy gerstler, “bon courage”: a forest appears / to a young girl one morning as she combs / the dreams out of   her hair. 

richard levine, “in a blue wood”: the faceless couple in van gogh’s blue wood, is walking / where there is no path

siegfried sassoon, “dream-forest”: where sunshine flecks the green, / through towering woods my way / goes winding all the day.

robert frost, “stopping by woods on a snowy evening”: and miles to go before I sleep, / and miles to go before I sleep.

mary oliver, “sleeping in the forest” and “black oaks”: and you can’t keep me from the woods, from the tonnage / of their shoulders, and their shining green hair.

john keats, “ode to psyche”: far, far around shall those dark-cluster’d trees / fledge the wild-ridged mountains steep by steep

r.s. thomas, “forest dwellers”: who called them forth to walk / in the green light, their thoughts / on darkness? 

léonie adams, “recollection of the wood”: toward that caress of the boughs a summer’s night / illimitable in fragrance and in sound.

gabriela mistral, “pine forest”: the night watches over its creatures, / except for the pine trees that never change.

kenneth rexroth, “falling leaves and early snow”: between the black pines lie narrow bands of moonlight, / glimmering with floating snow.

william carlos williams, “epitaph”

h.d., “the helmsman”: we forgot—we worshipped, / we parted green from green

cole swensen, “five landscapes”: the trees are half air. they fissure the sky;

pablo neruda, “lost in the forest”: wakening from the dreaming forest there, the hazel-sprig / sang under my tongue

atsuro riley, “thicket”: for darkling green; / for thorn-surround.

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poetry recs

okay so i’m finally doing this because i have put it off for too long now and it’s literally been weighing on my conscience. i’m modeling it after emma’s rec list, which is amazing, and you should definitely check out. also like i know the line between established and online poets can be kind of blurred but i’m gonna do my best. alright here we go.

ESTABLISHED POETS

richard siken: little beast, scheherazade, snow and dirty rain, litany in which certain things are crossed out, war of the foxes, landscape with a blur of conquerors, seaside improvisation, the language of the birds, saying your names

margaret atwood: helen of troy does counter dancing, quattrocento, the saints, they are hostile nations, the poet has come back

pablo neruda: sonnet xvii, sonnet xvi, the queen, ode to a cluster of violets, september 8th

jeanann verlee: finally i allow him the pen, polyamory, with knives, lessons on loving a prophet

jeannine hall gailey: the little mermaid has no regrets, she justifies running away, introduction to the body in fairy tales, the secret life of the forest, when the princess becomes the prophet, okay, ophelia

sylvia plath: lady lazarus, three women, the jailer, fever 103°, electra on azalea path

mary oliver: a settlement, wild geese, in blackwater woods

INTERNET POETS

azra.t (5000letters): take me to church, howl, prideful of lions, whale song, these wrists, these eyes, these praying hands, no grave can hold my body down

caitlyn siehl (alonesomes): a list of facts dressed up as a poem, start here, spectacular bodies, four in the morning, haunting, a prayer

ashe vernon (latenightcornerstone): backwash, profane, anatomy of a relapse, i didn’t speak at the funeral

madeleine christie (vespairs): letters to an insomniac, pandora absolved, the man of twists and turns, to be/not to be, the nature of living, girl/gone

a. davida jane (wefragilehumans): salt, non est, halfway into the lake, arbores, apollo 11, the house of pindar, a study in restoration

darshana suresh (afterthelonely): oblivion, overcrowded thoughts & overwhelming time, the love story, growth

emma bosacki (agooduniverse/daedalians): lunar observation, when my mother tells me that my grandmother finally knows, creature map, the times where i want to touch you but do not touch you, easy terror or love that sounds the same, schism, split, a hillside, a schoolyard at dusk, eurydice speech

clementine von radics (clementinevonradics): kim kardashian redux, for teenage girls with wild ambition and trembling hearts, all that’s left to tell

POEMS

bob hicok, other lives and dimensions and finally a love poem

danez smith, tonight in oakland

catie rosemurgy, peach

kirsten uhde, for her

michael ondaatje, the cinnamon peeler

blythe baird, theories about the universe

yasmin belkhyr, fishtails by the sycamore tree

frank o’hara, mediations in an emergency

ocean vuong, torso of air

warsan shire, and were you being good to yourself?

marty mcconnell, zoo

t.s. eliot, the love song of j. alfred prufrock 

suji kwock kim, monologue for an onion

jorge luis borges, two labyrinths

ilse bendorf, catch a body

shinji moon, i love you

kristina haynes, i don’t know how to make a poem out of this

[somestudy]

i know some people like to make resolutions, and others just feel like the start of a new year is a good place for them to try something new; nevertheless, journaling might be something you’d like to try in 2017!! or whenever. you can start journaling whenever you’d like. it’s cool like that

what should i use a journal for?

maybe bullet journaling if you’re into planning and organizing (here’s a super in-depth masterpost regarding them)

or you could keep a travel journal if you’re going somewhere; if you go places frequently, you could document all your travels in a single journal, or if you could dedicate a smaller one for a single trip

if you like doodling and drawing, consider keeping an art journal, which is like a sketchbook, except. your thoughts might be more coherent in an art journal. maybe

if you’re better with words than pictures, you could keep a writing journal to write down fragments of stories or lines of poems that would otherwise get lost in your other thoughts

or you could just keep a journal. they don’t really need to have a theme. keep a journal that suits your needs!! my journal is sort of a combined mess of all of the above

page ideas

music-related: song lyrics, playlists or ideas for playlists, a list of your favorite songs or albums, artists you want to see live before you die, your dream music festival lineup

when you feel wanderlust-y: places you’d like to visit someday, things to bring when you travel, words and phrases in different languages, possible road trip routes

WORDS: pretty words from your native language, nice quotes (@studysection​ has a lot great quote masterposts where you can find some A+ additions to your journal), random thoughts that pop into your head throughout the day, a poem, a rewritten ending to a story

fandom-ish things: dedicate a page to a book or movie or tv show or webcomic or anime or band or. anything… a list of your favorite characters, AUs for your OTPs, a schedule for release dates and premieres

lists: things that make you happy, pet peeves, favorite things about [insert topic here], favorite [anything.. foods, pokemon, idk,,], ways to kill time, goals for the near or distant future, things in your closet you can’t live without, recipes??, DIYs you want to do

using misc. items: paste/tape in ticket stubs for movies or museums and the like, paint chips, pressed flowers, newspaper or magazine clippings, photos you’ve printed, a cut-out page from a book, stickers, maps

i didn’t know where to categorize this, but!! writing down what you do every day and maybe drawing a little doodle along with it is an excellent way to consistently journal. also, it’s cool to see what you did on 

February 6 or June 11 since you might forget otherwise

journal pages to make by @revisicns​

26 list/page ideas by @love-the-journal​

inspiration

#journal on tumblr

“journal inspiration” on pinterest

the bulletjournalist

i also have some pictures/posts reblogged in my journal tag

that’s all i have for now, i might add more later;; if you don’t journal, consider it!! if you do journal, keep on journaling!! ( ﾟ▽ﾟ)/ thanks for reading if you did – ella

[afternaomi]

29th march 2016 : [39/100 days of productivity]

taken from my ig: @study.relief and check out my video for it // i spent my morning making this whilst filming my first youtube video !! it was rly nerve wracking and the video is super informal but i like it all the same!  i spent the rest of the day doing biology revision (as per usual). +notebook/highlighter/outlines/title ✨✨