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my new desk set-up has got me feeling very productive.

Despite being forced to stay inside my apartment, I luckily got my book mail before this mess started and I’m enjoying my currently readings all day long. I started with If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio, I wanted to take a break from classics and complex readings with a fast paced and intriguing mystery. I like underline and write down after sentences and words I’ve found fascinating and full of poetry for my own writing exercise.

— Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway

Beautifully aged paperback classics Sylvia Plath, Albert Camus, Carson McCullers, Jean Rhys, Virginia Woolf, E.M. Forster

December 20, 2019 // Solstice Eve

ig: herdrafts There is nothing more gratifying for a methodical person when everything goes according to plan from the beginning of the day until the sun set. I’m talking about a long day of various and indispensable readings, writing their reviews which is my main purpose when I enjoy a book, and continue my languages study on my own. It isn’t something of great relevance but usually all these tasks can’t be carried out in a single day. I’m proud of my little efforts !

(image: Galileo Galilei, Sidereus nuncius, facsimile of the 1610 edition)

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You gain the skills to critique books in a smart manner, and therefore can recognize flaws in your own works that you remember bashing a novel for

It’s already August and it’ll be a pretty busy month which culminates in the bicentenary of Prince Albert’s birthday. 

Reading about love, pretending, artificial intelligence. I love these warm summer mornings, sitting on the bed with the balcony door open and a fresh pot of coffee ☕️

i just bought this copy of little women and found this inside. i love it when books have inscriptions, it makes them feel that little bit more personal 

me and a friend spent the morning in the garden of our favourite second-hand bookshop. it started to rain so we were huddled under the awning, feeling content surrounded by hot coffee and new reads.