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thrifted bookish finds 16.apr.24

nothing quite hits like thrifting the later instalments of a book series you're interested in and then coming across the first few books months later. i now have the first seven books of 'the rivers of london' and book 1 of 'passing time in the loo' (books that summarise the greatest lit and poetry. i use it as a reference of what i should get through/ learn what popular classics are about) after i had thrifted volume 2 a year ago.

Rivers Of London (book 1) by Ben Aaronovitch - urban fantasy, detective fiction, crime fiction. Moon Over Soho (book 2) by Ben Aaronovitch - urban fantasy, detective fiction, crime fiction. Whispers Under Ground (book 3) by Ben Aaronovitch - urban fantasy, detective fiction, crime fiction. Passing Time in the Loo (vol 1) by Stevens Anderson - collection of summaries of important classic books, essays, short stories, speeches and poetry. The Bertie Project (book 11) by Alexander McCall Smith - cosy murder mystery. Trilby by George du Maurier - classic literature, gothic, victorian lit. The Casefiles of Mr J. G. Reeder (books 1-3) by Edgar Wallace - classic literature, crime fiction, horror. Fabled Shore: From the Pyrenees to Portugal by Rose Macaulay - travel memoir, non-fiction. The Romantic Poets - poetry anthology, classic literature, victorian lit.

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Happy Lesbian Visibility Week! 📚📖🏳️‍🌈

This does come with the caveat that I can't quite remember if the characters in How to Find a Princess, Funeral Songs for Dying Girls, and Chain-Gang All-Stars identity specifically as lesbians or not, but they are all sapphic. Full titles under the cut!

Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

How to Find a Princess by Alyssa Cole

Cantoras by Carolina De Robertis

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta

Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg

Funeral Songs for Dying Girls by Cherie Dimaline

Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

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took a break from studying to run errands and go thrifting again finally

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"She wants somewhere to belong, things that hold the shape of her body even when she's not touching them, a place and a purpose and a happy, familiar routine. She wants to be happy. To be well. She wants to feel it all without being afraid it'll fuck her up."

— One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

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The Woman Dies, Aoko Matsuda

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Those who see others as monsters don’t notice that those monsters are looking back at them in turn.

Aoko Matsuda, "My Superpower" from Where the Wild Ladies Are (translated by Polly Barton)

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The Count is readying the castle for his esteemed guest! There's much to be done.

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°•❀ Reading under a blooming tree.

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— red blue dilapidated study space — ⋆˙

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Stumbled upon this in a used bookstore

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snoopy is traumatized:(

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@princessofbookaholics awwww you made my day, thank you 🤧🥺

Currently reading The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters

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Quote from Edvard Munch (yeah, the "The Scream" artist)

When I die, all I want is that my ashes are buried in soil and then to be planted a tree and some flowers on top. And if you add some forget me nots, wouldn't that be poetic ��

La frase es de Edvard Munch (si, el artista del "el grito") y se traduce más o menos como: De mi cuerpo en descomposición, las flores crecerán, y yo soy ellas, y eso es la eternidad.

Cuando Muera lo único que pido es que entierren mi cenizas en la tierra que planten un árbol y flores, y mucho mejor si alguna de las flores son nomeolvides (miosotis) ya que eso sería muy poético 🖤

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“A Sudanese girl holds a sign as supporters of Sudan People's Liberation Army leader John Garang wait for his arrival on the tarmac of the Rumbek, south Sudan, airport.”

Photographed by Beatrice Debut.

10 June 2004.

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Currently reading The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters

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How to Maintain Eye Contact, Robert Wood Lynn

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Lilla Cabot Perry (1848-1933) "Reading" Oil on canvas Impressionism