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shisasan · 8 months

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29 August 1904 James Joyce to Nora Barnacle Joyce Letters of James Joyce [originally published 1966]

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fairydrowning · 2 years

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"It is August: the true ending of a year. I've grown sick from trying to love who I am."

-Carlie Hoffman, from "High Bridge Park," published in Gulf Stream

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why-the-heck-not · 8 months

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24.08.23, thursday

I’ve been treating my journal like a podcast where I just keep rambling while doing things that give me anxiety. Getting the anxieties out right away and feels like I have some emotional support there even tho it’s just me & my journal. Sure it takes a bit longer bc u’re basically doing 2 things, but at least something’s getting done u know?

#got that idea from my fave podcast where he was doing that podcast while packing etc bc he didn’t want to back so helped to have #another side project there so u’re not just doing the thing u don’t want to do #and like I don’t and will never have a podcast bc ew can not talk for thr life of me so journaling is it for me #bookblr #studyblr #booklr #aesthetic #study #books #reading #read #book #studyspo #dark academia #chaotic academia #august 2023 #2023

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roseworth · 8 months

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i love this one. btw. if you even care.

#no coherent thoughts just hhghhghjhfgmhghgh........#btw i didnt realize it but its been nearly EXACTLY 2 years since i first read utrh #bc i first watched the movie ~late august 2021 then read the book a few days later #and now i read it again <3 so i guess we can all start getting ready for my next reread in august 2025 #anyways it hits even better now that i have a Nuanced Interpretation of the characters :)#during 'the son has not surpassed the father' scene i had to put the book down bc i got hit so hard with the urge to start ripping pages ou #so insane about this book it turns me into a rabid animal #jason todd #dc

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thingsthatcometomymindwheniwrite · 1 month

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father forgive me for the type of fictional characters I say “he just like me fr” about

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221b-bitch-st · 4 months

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the funniest passages from chalice of the gods

#chalice of the gods #percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #percy jackson book sic #annabeth chase #percabeth #grover underwood #percy jackson and the chalice of the gods #reading #books and reading #august whispers

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septemberkisses · 9 months

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August. August is such a bittersweet month, with the last remnants of summer in the air it promises endings sweet and sour. A month that slowly and softly brings you out of the hot summer haze, when the realities of the world finally begin to set in.

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hanzajesthanza · 1 year

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dandelion: geralt — a moment ago, i spoke with a dryad in the common speech, she spoke without an accent, she told me . . .

geralt: you dreamed it, dandelion. this is brokilon. many things can be dreamed here.

dandelion: really?

geralt: of course. many strange and illusory things can be dreamed. for instance, i dreamed we had sex last night.

dandelion:

dandelion: that actually happened, though

geralt:

geralt: oh yeah. so it did

#go read time of contempt ch 5 if you didnt understand this #geralt x dandelion #gerlion #geraskier #geralt x jaskier #jaskier #time of contempt #mutuals dont watch me summon the dark forces with my tags alright #sorry this is so stupid but i thought of it and now everyone will just have to deal #woe. BOOK FANON be upon ye #return to book fanon where every gerlion shipper knows they had some kind of emotional reunion in august #the witcher books #book: time of contempt #because i wish to eat a third donut #s: i want to be by your side

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sawiet · 3 months

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when azazello arrogantly told margarita that every woman dreams of surrendering to woland, but unfortunately, it will never happen, i felt it with all my soul

#reading the book after the film #why it will never happen #does woland prefer men #or he thinks people don't deserve him #master and margarita #mikhail bulgakov #august diehl #woland #russian literature #i am just a girl

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soracities · 2 years

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August 2nd. Something wants to be said but the words don't agree.

Tomas Tranströmer, from “Baltics”, The Great Enigma: New Collected Poems (trans. Robin Fulton)

#q #lit #quotes #august #tomas tranströmer #baltics #the great enigma #die grenzen meiner sprache--die grenzen meiner welt #the book #reading #swedish lit #m #x

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shisasan · 8 months

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August 17, 1924 Journals of Anais Nin 1923-1927 [volume 3]

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why-the-heck-not · 8 months

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favorite time to be in my apartment is when it's dark out and I have just the mood lighting going on. never been anywhere cozier actually

#and now it's finally autumn enough that it does actually get dark outside again #bc it doesn't during the summer bc north #bookblr #studyblr #booklr #aesthetic #books #study #reading #read #book #studyspo #dark academia #august 2023 #2023

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literatureaesthetic · 8 months

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august '23 favs

lolita by vladimir nabokov — my fav of the month. harrowing, haunting, and so beautifully written. i feel like i could write a dissertation on this novel (which is always the mark of a good piece of art)

natural beauty by ling ling huang — we follow a young musician into an elite, beauty-obsessed world where perfection comes at a staggering cost

stung with love by sappho — a collection of a few salvaged fragments of poetry by sappho. female-oriented and beautiful <3

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thestormlightnetwork · 6 months

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he hit her with the Old Man McGucket line😭😭

#no but seriously this line is so powerful #I AM SO SORRY GUYS I KNOW NOW THAT WAYNE DIES AT THE END OF THE BOOK AND THIS IS SO MUCH SADDER #mistborn #cosmere #wayne terrisborn #the lost metal #mistborn era two #gravity falls #old man mcgucket #august reads mistborn

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bookaddict24-7 · 8 months

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📚August Wrap Up!📚

I read 11 of my physical books from my personal library.

I read 30 books in general, thanks to the library’s’ audiobook collection.

My favourite read was Imogen, Obviously

What did you read in August?

#books #bookish #booklr #bookworm #book wrap up #august wrap up #read #reading #reader #book blog #book blogger #bookstack #bookshelves #bookish post #book photography #my photo #book aesthetic #readers of tumblr

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phaedraismyusername · 7 months

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Hi hello have you ever read Frankenstein? Do you have any love for gothic tales about grief, obsession, and love? Have you ever thought you might be a Mary Shelley girly at heart? What about dinosaurs, do you like dinosaurs??

If you even considered a yes to any of these questions then I'm begging you to read Our Hideous Progeny by C E McGill

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