#done reading

“Mere existence had always been too little for him; he had always wanted more.”

-Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment

(P. 515 of Barnes & Noble Classics)

If you want a story set in academia with a fake-dating trope and nerdy sexy characters go for this book!!! It has spice to it and surprising twists. 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

I had this book, on my shelf, for a few years now. Then, i rewatched Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) just recently, i then searched for a list of the best books about Dracula or vampires, and The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova was included.

I know now, I didn't know what love was. Or what even the echo of heartbreak felt like.

To stand in front of a person who is your whole world and be told you are not enough. You are not the choice. You are a shadow to the person who is your sun.

- Victoria Aveyard, King's Cage

After a week of trudging through this book, I finally finished it! Whew.... while Midnight Sun is not good, it's not bad either. My inner 19 yr old has now been satisfied, I can now finally move on from wondering how Edward's POV ended from thay leaked version years ago.

I have been reading classic novels ever since ECQ began, and i wanted to get out of it and read something from a different genre.

One of his well known works, so well known that a whole franchise (movie, merchandise, theme park ride, etc) has been built around it. I have watched the 1993 movie, and it forever made a mark on me: a) i realized that im extremely afraid of dinosaurs, so scared a screamed bloody murder, swore loudly on guys dressed in a very good costume of a velociraptor at my daughter's field trip (shocked the parents, but i was awed at by her classmates). And b) that i have become even more amazed by the One that created us all, that the One was able to create something as great as the dinosaurs (im still glad they are extinct). This book and its movie adaptation are one of the rare few that both complimented each other. Jurassic Park is simply an amazing, exhilarating read! And because of this book, i don't know what to read next.

"Life will find a way" -Ian Malcolm, Jurassic Park

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