#thunderangels

[morganalefays]

sorry about Sweden losing babe 🖤

Aww thank you 💙💙 losing like that really was brutal 😭

[morganalefays]

Hi Nora do you have any book recs for non-fiction about the EU? I wanna know more about EU politics

Hi, 

I do! However, most books on the EU that I’ve read are very specific and rather dry. Mostly on environmental governance and European values. I did not include those here but let me know if you are interested. 

Crashed - How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World by Adam Tooze - This book is fantastic! It deals with the financial crisis of 2008 and the ensuing Eurocrisis. A lot of it is about the US but I’m including it because it really gives a lot of insight into the EU. I’ts written by a economic historian and it places the crises in in a gepolitical context. HOWEVER, it’s 600 pages long and at times very technical and a lot of people to keep track of. but towards the end i was like “this was almost like a thriller” haha

The European Union Explained: Institutions, Actors, Global Impact by Andreas Staab - This is nothing fancy but its a really good guide to understanding the EU and it’s institutions. Its also easy to read and not too long. 

Of Paradise and Power: America and Europe in the New World Order by Robert Kagan - I don’t know if i necessarily agree with this book at all times but its a fun read (also its short). It’s about the different approaches to foreign policy (If anyone is familiar with IR theory, realist vs liberal). Kagan is famous for stating “Americans are from Mars and Europeans are from Venus”

Books I haven’t read but I want to read: 

Adults in the Room  by Yanis Varoufakis - By the Greek finance minister during the Eurocrisis

After Europe by Ivan Krastev - Discuss Europe’s current challenges 

[morganalefays]

thunderangels replied to your post “is the loreal lipstick you talked about actually silver??”

omg i dont remember you having a tattoo, can you show a full pic of it? :)

i got it in october last year so you probably haven’t seen it! this pic is not great but its the best i could do right now hehe

It’s an original drawing by JRR Tolkien of Smaug from the hobbit! my best friend got an original drawing of the lonely mountain tattoo so we match :))

[morganalefays]

thunderangels replied to your post “1, 15 and 17 for the quarantine questions :)”

uhm cant believe you picked hp over lotr?? like imagine living in hobbitland rn without a care in the world + fresh strawbebbies

you are of course right and i am a fool

[morganalefays]

did you watch the first semifinal of eurstream 2020 ? i missed it

what, when, how!?!

[morganalefays]

happyfeetiniesta replied to your post “what are you guys favourite 19th century romance novels/movie...”

war and peace on hulu is really good

thunderangels replied to your post“what are you guys favourite 19th century romance novels/movie...”

ive watched love and friendship today (im also currently in a period drama obsession �� ) currently watching death and nightingales

je-suis-em-jee replied to your post “what are you guys favourite 19th century romance novels/movie...”

The 2016 War and Peace is worth a watch (it’s on Hulu) and the Jane Eyre with Ruth Wilson is unmatched (I think that’s on Hulu as well but it might be Amazon).

ahh war and peace is a great rec! i’ve never seen or read it. we don’t have hulu in sweden but i’ll see if i can find it! also i had no idea there was a jane eyre adaption with ruth wilson?? ive only seen the newest one, i need to get on that.

never heard of death and nightingales but ill look it up! love love and friendship, lady susan really is That bitch

[morganalefays]

congrats on your degree sweetie, im really proud of you x

thanks so much ari, that means a lot! <3

[naryamirie]

So sorry to hear that you are hurting. I send you all the love, strength and bravery you need to heal and to find the right path for you 💜🩷

thank you for your kindness. I will be strong, and very very brave, and will cry the whole time.