always yearning

Jo | 28 | I’m either reading a book or wishing I was reading a book | currently side-questing as a barista

[tinyasafirefly]

Here is to the girls who don’t want to get married, don’t want to have kids, dont want to have a house in the suburbs, who want to roam free and travel. You’re not broken and you’re not selfish.

[elgreytea]

What are you reading rn, why are you reading it, and what format are you reading it in (physical book, ereader, on your phone etc)

[jeansbookshelf-deactivated20250]

I got 60 out of 1000 😂

1000 Books You May Have Actually Read

Based on the number of ratings each book has on Goodreads. And if you haven't read them, maybe you can use for a literature bucket list.

[katemartin17]

*sigh* Since this list of a THOUSAND books only has TWO Brazilian books (and both by the same writer), I’ll take it upon myself to recommend a few Brazilian authors translated in English who you definitely should read before you die:

The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas, by Machado de Assis

Dom Casmurro, by Machado de Assis

The Hour of the Star, by Clarice Lispector

Barren Lives, by Graciliano Ramos

Captains of the Sand, by Jorge Amado

Spilt Milk, by Chico Buarque

The Obscene Madame D, by Hilda Hilst

The Sad End of Policarpo Quaresma, by Lima Barreto

Macunaíma, by Mário de Andrade

His Excellency the Ambassador, by Erico Verissimo

The Jaguar and Other Stories, by João Guimarães Rosa

Listen, I could recommend many more, but there are many books that I adore and that apparently have no English translation, unfortunately. I tried to stick to one title by each author, but I couldn’t resist going for 2 recs by Machado because he’s my favorite of all time…

[notbecauseofvictories]

good morning exclusively to the atlantic’s science editor, or whoever it is that titles their animal biology articles

[notbecauseofvictories]

fellas, they’ve done it again

[notbecauseofvictories]

me, weeping openly: potato

[notbecauseofvictories]

DEFECTOR HAS TAKEN UP THE MANTLE

[ceruleanheaven]

[very clearly indulging the urge] im fighting the urge

[tinyasafirefly]

I need an off switch where I don’t turn fuchsia when I think someone is pretty because this is ruining my vibes.

[wintergardenscribe]

you might be smooth but you’ll never be as smooth as Joe from The Princess Diaries sweeping the queen into a tango saying “you’ve been wearing black too long” in his most alluring voice

[tinyasafirefly]

There are like 5 regulars who know me because of my frog shirts I am thriving.

[tinyasafirefly]

Justice for Dustin because Miles is the most generic boring bland man alive

[tinyasafirefly]

Throwback to when I had a crush on tumblr and thought I was being subtle when in fact I was Not at All subtle.

[tinyasafirefly]

I ate too much soup and now I am paying for it but at least I got a 90 minute massage today

[springbreak1984]

[tinyasafirefly]

Me when the urgent care doc tells me nothing is technically wrong with me and I’m like 🤠✌🏼

[tinyasafirefly]

And now my brain is gaslighting myself and telling me I’ve been overreacting and it wasn’t that bad. Yeeehaw

[tinyasafirefly]

Me when the urgent care doc tells me nothing is technically wrong with me and I’m like 🤠✌🏼

[tinyasafirefly]

I hate NY I hate heatwaves I hate feeling like a burden and Bad and I hate it!

[tinyasafirefly]

I really appreciate the trio who were sitting outside the restaurant in the torrential rain like nothing was going on meanwhile their napkins were blowing off the table and their hair was trying to leave their heads.

[cages-boxes-hunters-foxes]

jason derulo has fallen down the MSG stairs on his way into taylor and travis’ wedding!