Book Dedications Are So Tender Here Is This Piece Of Art I Made For An Audience Of Thousands. But Really

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She read books like she ran into the woods, each tree consuming her slowly as she disappeared into the green.

This very morning, my history professor picked up the book I was reading, looked me in the eye, and said “Don’t read Wuthering Heights.” He then proceeded to walk away and continue class.

This is what I found when I searched Giulia on Pinterest.

Is life not just a scramble to get things done before a deadline that you don’t even know the time of?

current favourite words:

• esoteric: likely to be understood or enjoyed by only a few people with a special knowledge or interest

• hubris (greek tragedy): excessive pride towards or defiance of the gods, leading to nemesis

• trepidation: great worry or fear about something unpleasant that may happen

• hedonistic: based on the belief that pleasure is the most important thing in life

• decadence: moral or cultural decline as characterized by excessive indulgence in pleasure or luxury

• writhe: respond with great emotional or physical discomfort to (a violent or unpleasant feeling or thought)

• acerbic: (of a person or what they say) critical in a direct and rather cruel way

• sanguine: blood red

Ahem, I may or may not have read far too many novels recently. How do I know this? I have now developed a slight crush on my academic rival in school. Goodness.

last book that I…

bought: the secret history, donna tartt

borrowed: letters home, sylvia plath

was gifted: infinite jest, david foster wallace

started: uno, nessuno e centomila, l. pirandello

finished: song of achilles, madeline miller

didn’t finish: emma, jane austen

last book that I;

bought: stone blind, natalie haynes

borrowed: the collected poems of sylvia plath

was gifted: a set of antique 1830-1850s novels

started: elektra, jennifer saint

finished: a thousand ships, natalie haynes

gave 5 stars to: tales from the estate, sadie davidson

gave 2 stars to: war of the worlds, h. g. wells

didn't finish: if we were villains, m. l. rio

tagging anyone who wants to take part

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