hi guys! i didn’t want to do this, but i could really use some help right now.
last night i had to take one of my cats to the ER and it ended up being a pretty big not expected expense. he’s okay and getting treated, but it completely messed up my finances. on top of that, i’m still trying to recover from paying for an important surgery my mom had a couple months ago, so everything kinda piled up at once.
if anyone can help, even a little, i’d seriously appreciate it a lot. i can also take gif requests in exchange if you’d rather do that. i can try and do my best to make something you like ♡
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thanks for reading, and sharing this would help too 🥹
hello hello hello random ass question but you're an English major and I want to know what your favourite books are and why thank you very much 🥰
Dear Laura,
hi hi hi!! You just asked what's probably my favorite question ever and of course, I got carried away. I'm sorry if this is too long!
Surprisingly enough, none of the books I had to read at uni are my favorite 😅 Obviously, I had to read the classics (Pride and Prejudice, Wuthering Heights...) and I'm not a very big fan of those. They also forced Shakespeare down my throat for a couple of years and I ended up having a love/hate relationship with his works and his persona lol (I love the town where he was born, tho, it's my favorite town in England). 🤍
I read a lot, and I read a lot of everything. If you ever see my bookshelf you will see stuff ranging from Nicholas Sparks' novels to Stephen King's works (he's one of my fav authors) to some really fucked up stories like We Need to Talk about Kevin or My Absolute Darling (I actually loved these last two).
If you ever want to know, I have a favorite book for every genre. But my absolute all time favorite books are The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield, and The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (I literaly cry for days every time I read this one).
The Thirteenth Tale is, most of all, a Gothic novel, and I love all things Gothic. This is definitely my go-to comfort read at any time. It has many classic Gothic elements and it can be somewhat predictable at times, but I was not expecting the plot twist toward the end. I love it for its setting in an abandoned manor and a main character with a quiet nature, who adores books and stories, and is emotionally scarred from childhood trauma.
I would define The Time Traveler's Wife as a romance novel with magical realism, and totally heartbreaking. It's got a touch of sci-fi with the time traveling thing, but it's not exactly what you would expect. I really don't like sci-fi stories and I think one of the reasons why I fell in love with this one is because of the way the author deals with that in the book. To summarize, the story follows Henry and Clare as they navigate life while coping with Henry's genetic condition, which causes him to randomly time travel. The curious thing about his condition is that, when he time travels, he often finds himself meeting Clare at different stages of her life; when she's a little girl, then a teenager, and then when she's an adult and they're married. The first time I read this book, I was a teenager and I found it really beautiful, innovating, and sad. The second time, I had already experienced being in love, so I felt everything between Henry & Clare's relationship on a deeper level, and towards the end, the story gets so heartbreaking that I was crying for days on train journeys, at work, and at home (I have to say that I'm a very sensible person and a crybaby lol).
However, there's also one other book that I read when I was 14 or so called The Wishing Game by Patrick Redmond that I've loved ever since, but its somewhat controversial for me because I fell in love with the 'villain' and was supportive of all his crimes 🫣 I think the reason why I empathized with him was because I read the story while I was in my teenage years, in my glorious high school days, and as most of us, I didn't really fit it, and sometimes I felt really neglected and angry, so I guess it was sort of comforting to read about a boarding school where the bullies start mysteriously dying 😶🌫️
What about you? Any favorite books? Oh, I love talking about books! This message put a big smile on my face sfsadfnsdsdfasjn 💞
YO PEOPLE WHAT'S UP THIS IS VERONICA AKA THE MF HANDLER OF THIS SHITTY BLOG.
so i am taking a smol break from tumblr..or you can say a smol break from this blog. I am not gonna be active here. I really need a break . I just wanna spend some time with my fam and niece :)
I will be back after 5 December or shit. Feel free to slide into my DMs and inbox . I won't reply tho lmao but if you wanna rant or take out your frustration ..then bitch what are you waiting for !! SCREAMMM
Hope you all will understand. Take care, stay safe and healthy and kick some ass ;)
funny how everyone who was concerned about international law and Venezuelan oil when they took the dictator are silent now. even today, military forces loyal to Maduro’s regime are STEALING HUMANITARIAN AID and preventing collecting centers from helping people. over 50k people are reported missing, many of them are still under rubble. families and neighbors are coming together to try and help their loved ones out because they don’t have prepared rescue teams, they don’t have the equipment, they don’t have the resources.
don’t forget, natural disasters happen all the time. but it’s the state’s responsibility to respond to this situations. in Venezuela all they did was steal resources for their own benefit and now we depend on ourselves to save each other.
when people go out to the streets to protest for their rights, they have the national guard and military repressing the people. TODAY they’re nowhere to be seen. a few are just stealing like the disgusting monsters they always are
i’ll be on hiatus for a few days so my queue is paused at this time. i’m trying to help my country any way i can rn so i’ll be focusing on that and i don’t really feel good mentally to be posting as normal with my people going through this tragedy. hope you guys understand, i’ll be back! i’ll still be making gifs to distract myself from all this so i’ll be posting that when i come back. might still be active on my sideblogs as well.
if you want to donate, spread the word or know what’s happening in Venezuela check my previous posts! thank you
