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It’s currently my reading week, which obviously means that I am ignoring my school work in favour of reading my books. Which feels fantastic now, but will probably back fire at the end of the week when school starts again.

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I am once again facing the eternal question: do I feel better mentally because I cleaned my room, or did I clean my room because I was feeling better?

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Honestly "What's your favorite book in x genre" and "Can you recommend me a book in x genre" are two very different questions

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We’re back with another reading bingo! welcome to the Spring Mini Reading Challenge 🍃

RULES: like with our previous reading challenges, the rules are pretty flexible, since the whole point of this is to motivate you to read just a little bit more :) the challenge starts on april 1st and ends with may 30th, but you’re welcome to finish it at your own pace → use the tag #studyblr w/knives reading challenge when you post your updates/pics → the challenge is ofc, as usual, also on storygraph (check the notes for the link)

once you’ve read a book that fits a prompt, cross it out on the above template and/or share your thoughts on it in a post here on tumblr; make sure to mark any spoilers (hide them under a cut etc.), so people can avoid them if needed :) you can also have just one post and update it as you go, or you can post good ol’ aesthetic book pics!

as always, if you have any questions, feel free to send them to me or any other member in the taglist below xx

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To do Friday, March 18, 2022

- finish The Science of Science Fiction: The Influence of Film and Fiction on the Science and Culture of Our Times by Mark Brake

- start How Civil Wars Start by Barbara F. Walter

- attend class

- doctor's appointment

- attend meeting

- shop build time

- flexibility practice

- listening journals

- laundry

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we’ve entered the last month of the winter reading challenge and while you’re happily reading away, a new one is already brewing - if you’d like to be tagged in the upcoming spring mini reading challenge announcement post, reblog this post so get the notif as soon as it goes live x

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what Big Hardcover doesn't want you to know is that paperbacks are actually superior & easier to hold & sexier & more comfortable despite being less sought after & cheaper than hardcovers.. IGNORE hardcover propaganda they are deceiving you fools

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Giveaway: We’re giving away 15 vintage classics by Virginia Woolf, Truman Capote, T.S. Eliot, Willa Cather, J.D. Salinger, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and others! Won’t they look lovely on your shelf? =) Enter to win these classics by: 1) following macrolit on Tumblr (yes, we will check. :P), and 2) reblogging this post. We will choose a random winner on 26 February, at which time we’ll start a new giveaway. Good luck! Follow our IG account to be eligible for our IG giveaways. For full rules to all of our giveaways, click here.

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Third Annual TBR Challenge, February 2022

Title: A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk and Robot #1)

Author/s: Becky Chambers

Page count: 147

Rep: MC is non-binary (uses they/them pronouns), as are various other characters that appear briefly in the novel. MC mentions a previous relationship with a man.

Trigger warnings: Cursing, description of injuries, fire (controlled), minor warnings for alcohol use, animal cruelty and death, death (including philosophical discussions about death as an end to existence), and slavery of robot-kind

My rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5 out of 5 stars)

Read more under the cut for my slightly spoiler-ish thoughts.

Thoughts in brief:

If you are looking for an action-packed story with a tight plot and lots of drama, then this book will not be for you.

But if you are looking for a gentle, funny, warm-hearted novel? A novel that explores thoughtful questions about life and death, the purpose of humanity, why we share food, and the contrary nature of onions? If that's the case, A Psalm for the Wild-Built may be just what you have been searching for.

Can you tell already how much I loved this novel? I've read the first two novels in Becky Chambers' Wayfarers series and one quality that really strikes me about her writing in those books is how full of kindness it is. That kindness is on full display in Psalm.

I mentioned above that the book delves into weighty, complicated issues, and you may be thinking that this means it will be heavy-handed and preachy, but that isn't the case at all. On the contrary, Chambers handles these issues with a deceptively light touch and great care and sensitivity.

Did I mention it is also less than 200 pages long?

A Psalm for the Wild-Built is a beautifully written work that is an antidote to the often cruel world we live in. It's also my first five-star read of 2022 (and actually, the first five-star read I've given in over a year).

I highly recommend it.

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I've got a rainy day today and plan to spend most of it in my pajamas on an exploration through English language fantasy.

I'm not as good with reading physical books as I am with audio books, but there are some that are much better when read from a physical copy (or my library only has a paper edition). So I have decided to put time aside to focus on my physical books today and give them the time they deserve.

[ID: A stack of seven books sitting on a blanket with their spines visible in the photo. The books are Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene, an anthology titled Edmund Spencer's Poetry, A. Deborah Baker's book Along the Saltwise Sea, the anthology The Secret History of Fantasy editted by Peter S. Beagle, The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun by Tolkien, John Constantine Hellblazer vol. 8 titled Take at the Gates of Hell, and Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess' Stardust. End ID]

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That moment when you study Sigmund Freud and you feel like a really real student of literature 📚🙉

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hashtag real adhd studying moments :(

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Oooh! That is a fantastic book. It has done of my favorite short stories in it.

for the book ask- “unnatural creatures” is one of my favorite short story collections (it’s compiled by neil gaiman)

never heard of | never read | want to read | terrible | boring | okay | good | great | a favorite

i just looked it up & it looks really interesting! gonna add it to my tbr :)

put a book in my ask!

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1k pages readathon - December 2021

HI BESTIES

back by popular (?) demand, the 1000 pages Readathon “i really have no idea what” Edition! 

you know the drill by now: read 1000 pages (or more!) in 10 days :) it can be one book, 15, 3, pick a number, be a rebel

when is this taking place: december 17th to december 26th

what happens if i don’t hit the goal: kittens will cry (i’m kidding, pls don’t feel pressured, just read for the sake of reading and have fuuuun)

what tag are we using: #1kpagesdec21

i have more questions about this: shoot me a message, i’m very friendly in a non-threatening way

can’t wait to see us all scramble to hit the goal and then cry

cookies,

Mary

P.S. Totes cool to spread the word!

P.P.S. If you want to challenge yourself, use these prompts (the same book can cover multiple prompts):

* A book you’ve been putting off for more than a year

* Reread a favourite book

* Read a book from a genre you don’t normally read

* Read a diverse/own voices book

* Read the final book in a series you haven’t finished

* Read a book with a trope you love

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Well, I did a whole bunch of handwriting practice, read a bit of the book, one page of the Faerie Queen, and listened to the entirety of Beowulf as well as both podcast episodes

Tue Dec 14:

Two more episodes of exlotr

20% of The Golden Spruce

A few pages of The Faerie Queen

Handwriting practice

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constantly torn between wanting to live in the city and go to museums and libraries etc. and wanting to run away to the countryside and shut myself in a big old house surrounded by nature

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i have no idea whether bobbing the tea bag up and down actually does anything but it's nice to feel like i'm contributing in some way