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//You got this//

XOXO Emma

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Finished Rövarna i Skuleskogen [The forest of hours]. It was a tough read but so worth it!

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women out here, reading classic literature and expecting love letters from people who leave their texts on seen

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“The first lesson is to make yourself strong.”

-The Wicked King (Holly Black)

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There are those who seek me a lifetime but never we meet,

And those I kiss but who trample me beneath ungrateful feet.

At times I seem to favor the clever and fair,

But I bless all those who are brave enough to dare.

By large, my ministrations are soft-handed and sweet,

But scorned, I become a difficult beast to defeat.

- A Court of Thorns and Roses, Sarah J. Maas

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Reading time with Baiko. 📖

Currently reading: M. Higgins Clark, Pretend you don't see her.

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reminder that this blog, while not politically focused, supports BLM. bootlickers and racists aren’t welcome here, and never will be.

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My favourite quotes from A Court of Throns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

“Do you ever stop being so serious and dull?” “Do you ever stop being such a prick?” - chapter 10

“That’s what happens when you’re responsible for lives other than your own, isn’t it? You do what you have to do.” - chapter 12

“Against slavery, against tyranny, I would gladly go to my death, no matter whose freedom I was defending.” - chapter 16

High Lord of Prythian indeed. High Lord of Foolery was more like it. - chapter 18

[...] a story and an experience, each a voice shouting or whispering or singing about that moment, that feeling, had been like, each a cry into the void of time that they had been here, had existed. - chapter 19

But a wild, wicked voice weaving in between the drumbeats whispered otherwise. Go, that voice said, tugging at me. Go see. - chapter 20

I was as unburdened as a piece of dandelion fluff, and he was the wind that stirred me about the world. - chapter 25

There are those who seek me a lifetime but never we meet, And those I kiss but who trample me beneath ungrateful feet. At times I seem to favor the clever and the fair, But I bless all those who are brave enough to dare. By large, my ministrations are soft-handed and sweet, But scorned, I become difficult to defeat. For though each my strikes lands a power, When I kill, I do it slow... - chapter 35

No colors, but shades of darkness, of night. Only those starflecked violet eyes were bright, full of color and light. - chapter 40

[...] his is eyes like stars. - chapter 40

“When you healed my arm... You didn’t need to bargain with me. You could have demanded every single week of the year. [...] Every single week, and I would have said yes.” It wasn’t entirely a question, but I needed the answer. A half smile appeared on his sensuous lips. “I know,” he said, and vanished. - chapter 42

But I gave myself again to that fire, threw myself into it, into him, and let myself burn. - chapter 46

“Everything I love has always had a tendency to be taken from me.” - chapter 46

“Be glad of your human heart, Feyre. Pity those who don’t feel anything at all.” - chapter 46

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06/09/2020

spent the weekend visiting family but i managed to squeeze in some reading in the train rides there and back. this semester is all about social differentiation and the sociology behind volunteering and i’m really loving it so far!

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I speak from experience when I say that you have to be a special kind of pretentious to learn Ancient Greek.

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My favourite quotes from A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

Be glad of your human heart, Feyre. Pity those who don’t feel anything at all. - page 7

You might as well look good if you’re going to arm yourself to the teeth. - page 13

I was a murderer and a liar. - page 41

“Hello, Feyre darling,” he mused. - page 42

Rhysand is the most handsome High Lord. Rhysand is the most delightful High Lord. Rhysand is the most cunning High Lord. - page 75

You are no one’s suspect. - page 87

“Feyre.” Rhys’s eyes lingered, taking in every detail. “Are you running low on food here?” - page 105

I’ll always make time for you. - page 109

“Please.” I’d never hated a word more. - page 121

“You’re free,” Mor said tightly. “You’re free.” Not safe. Not protected. Free. - page 125

“Come on, Feyre. We don’t bite. Unless you ask us to.” - page 157

“You forgot that strength, and that you can burn and become darkness, and grow claws. You forgot. You stopped fighting.” - page 268

“It’s not a threat,” [...] “It’s a promise.” - page 316

“I’m thinking it would be very easy to love you. And easier to call you my friend.” - page 324

“To the stars who listen - and the dreams that are answered” - page 337

Here- here was the most powerful High Lord ever born. The face of dreams and nightmares. - page 408

“He thinks he will be remembered as the villain of the story.” She snorted. “But I forgot to tell him,” I said quietly, opening the door, “that the villain is usually the person who locks up the maiden and throws away the key.” “Oh?” I shrugged. “He was the one who let me out.” - page 427

“She’s mine,” he said quietly, but viciously enough that Devlon and his warriors nearby heard. “And if you lay a hand on her, you lose that hand. And then you lose your head.” I tried not to shiver, as Cassian and Mor showed no reaction at all. “And once Feyre is done killing you,” Rhys smirked, “then I’ll grind your bones to dust.” - page 444

“I love it when you look at me like that.” [...] “Like what?” “Like my power isn’t something to run from. Like you see me.” - page 466

Everyone around him had some cause, some mighty skill. And yet there was I... nothing more than a strange hybrid. More trouble than I was worth. “You’re not”, he said. - page 469

“I’m thinking that I can’t stop thinking about you. And it’s been that way for a long time.” - page 470

There you are. I’ve been looking for you. His first words to me - not a lie at all,not a threat to keep those faeries away. Thank you for finding her for me. - page 522

And then - then I learned your name. Hearing you say it... it was like an answer to a question I’d been asking for five hundred years. - page 525

“But then she snapped your neck. [...] And I felt you die. [...] And this beautiful, wonderful thing that had come into my life, this gift from the Cauldron... It was gone.” - page 526

“I couldn’t stop being around you, and loving you, and wanting you. I still can’t stay away.” - page 528

“That was why you painted stars on your drawer.” - page 555

“Go get her”, Armen hissed. “Right now.” “No”, I said, and hated the word. - page 620

“She’s going into that house to take him down. To take them all down.” - page 620

“She is my mate. And my spy. [...] And she is the High Lady of the Night Court.” - page 620

And so Tamlin unwittingly led the High Lady of the Night Court into the heart of his territory. - page 624

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This is going to be controversial in some circles, but books are not sacred objects unless you want them to be. Dog ear them. Write notes directly in the margins. Highlight, underline, put a sticker in the front. Dip the edges in your bath water, in your beach sand, in your tea. Live with it!

There are thousands of copies of the average book, and if you ever ruined yours you could buy another for $3 off ThriftBooks or something. Unless you are specifically working with rare first edition printings, it’s fine to just treat a book like something that you own. Take it with you everywhere and if you lose or forget it just shrug because it’s really, truly, not a big deal. Love books hard, they are just bundles of paper and the story that you adore is always safe even if you treat your paperback like a doorstop. It’s fine.

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5 reasons to read Killing November by Adriana Mather

1. The title - am I the only one who instantly fell in love with the title?

2. A lot of Latin phrases

3. Awesome friendships

4. Anm elite, secret boarding school, where lying, poisons and fighting skills are taught.

5. A badass heroine

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yes honey your evil laugh is utterly diabolical and will definitely strike terror into the hearts of all your enemies now will you please come to bed

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5 reasons to read To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo

1. Sirens - Do I need to say more?

2. An intriguing love story - enemies to lovers

3. Awesome cover - will look absolutely stunning on your bookshelf

4. Badass protagonist - siren royality that exclusively steals the hearts of princes and a prince that chose to hunt sirens

5. Kind of like a Little Mermaid retelling with a dark twist - who didn’t love that story as a child?

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Books and Cupcakes September BPC

Day 15 - Hero/heroine