#((Cristo's Journal))

[miment0]

journaling & plotting with dantes once again!! fun times xx

[wolfsnape]

This Barbie vient d'écrire 5 pages de son journal sur Pierre Niney/Le Comte de Monte Cristo

[coquelicoq]

i've gotten so used to my daily practice of reading french aloud that now when i have to read something boring in english for work i default to reading it aloud. which takes way longer and also i feel like i retain even less information than i would otherwise, somehow. the upside is that my oral reading cadence in english, even of dense scientific articles, is rather excellent nowadays. i could read scientific articles out loud for a living, if that was a thing people needed me to do. which they do not, because screenreaders are a thing. maybe i could read crusty PDFs out loud for a living? but anyway all this is to say shoutout to my man alexandre dumas and also my other man victor hugo for training me to read run-on sentences in my second language. after that, dry journal articles in my first language are easy peasy.

[formulapookie]

IL DROGATO DI PORTA NUOVA DIOCAN

[books-in-media]

Dalila Bela, (Instagram, May 06, 2020)

—The Raven Boys, Maggie Stiefvater (2012)

—Little Women, Louisa May Alcott (1868)

—The Daily Spell Journal: A Diary of Enchantments for Every Day of the Year (Volume 6), Patti Wigington (2019)

—Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte (1847)

—The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde (1890)

—The Red Sphinx: A Sequel to The Three Musketeers, Alexandre Dumas (1866)

—The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas (1844)

[inthewitchesstew]

My book recs

☆Mostly classics but a few more modern ones in there too!! Make sure to check warnings for any books you read ☆

1. The Virgin Suicides - Jeffrey Eugenides

2. 1984 - George Orwell

3. If We Were Villains - M.L Rio

4. Animal farm - George Orwell

5. Dracula - Bram Stoker

6. Frankenstein - Mary Shelley

7. Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoevsky

8. Notes From the Underground - Fyodor Dostoevsky

9. Dante's Divine Comedy - Dante Alighieri

10. The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath

11. Ariel - Sylvia Plath

12. The Collected Poems of Sylvia Plath - Sylvia Plath

13. The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath - Sylvia Plath

14. Moby Dick - Herman Melville

15. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper lee

16. Hamlet - William Shakespeare

17. Macbeth - William Shakespeare

18. The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky

19. The Devils - Fyodor Dostoevsky

20. The Idiot - Fyodor Dostoevsky

21. A Nervous Breakdown - Anton Chekhov

22. Nausea - Jean-Paul Sartre

23. The Wind in The Willows - Kenneth Grahame

24. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë

25. Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy

26. The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood

27. Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka

28. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austin

29. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens

30. Emma - Jane Austen

31. The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald

32. One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez

33. The Odyssey - Homer

34. To The Lighthouse - Virginia Woolf

35. The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas

36. Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen

37. A Little Life - Hanya Yanagihara

38. The Trial - Franz kafka

39. My Year of Rest and Relaxation - Ottessa Moshfegh

40. Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert

41. The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt

42. Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare

43. Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury

44. Selected Stories - Alice Munro

45. American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis

46. Normal People - Sally Rooney

47. Existentialism is a Humanism - Jean-Paul Sartre

48. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley

49. Persuasion - Jane Austen

50. Les Miserables - Victor Hugo

51. The Death of The Heart - Elizabeth Bowen

52. The Iliad - Homer

53. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest - Ken Kesey

54. The Catcher in the Rye - J.D Salinger

55. The Outsiders - S.E Hinton

56. The Chrysalids - John Wyndham

57. Catch 22 - Joseph Heller

58. Middlemarch - George Eliot

59. Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy

60. Meditations - Marcus Aurelius

61. Beyond Good and Evil - Friedrich Nietzsche

62. The Stranger - Albert Camus

63. The Republic - Plato

64. Letters From a Stoic - Seneca

65. Man’s Search For Meaning - Viktor E. Frankl

66. The Myth of Sisyphus - Albert Camus

67. Bunny - Mona Awad

68. Belladonna - Anbara Salam

69. The Yellow Wallpaper - Charlotte Perkins Gilman

70. My Life Had Stood a Loaded Gun - Emily Dickinson

71. How We Weep and Laugh at the Same Thing - Michel de Montaigne

72. The Telltale Heart - Edgar Allen Poe

73. The Death of Ivan Ilych - Leo Tolstoy

74. Come Close - Sappho

75. The Fall of Icarus - Ovid

76. Tender Is the Flesh - Agustina Bazterrica

77. Cassandra - Christa Wolf

78. Forbidden Notebook - Alba de Céspedes

79. Girl, Interrupted - Susanna Kaysen

80. Carrie - Stephen King

81. Mrs. S - K Patrick

82. Sunburn - Chloe Michelle Howarth

83. Perfume - Patrick Suskind

84. After Dark - Haruki Murakami

85. Kafka on the Shore - Haruki Murakami

86. No Longer Human - Osamu Dazai

87. Wednesday's Child - Yiyun Li

88. My Husband - Maud Ventura

89. All Down Darkness Wide - Sean Hewitt

90. Norwegian Wood - Haruki Murakami

91. The Waves - Virginia Woolf

92. The Talented Mr Ripley - Patricia Highsmith

93. We Have Always Lived in the Castle - Shirley Jackson

94. For Whom the Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemingway

95. Journey Into the Past - Stefan Zweig

96. Outline - Rachel Cusk

97. Chess Story - Stephen Zweig

98. Diary of a Madman - Nikolai Gogol

99. A Very Easy Death - Simone De Beauvoir

100. A Writer's Diary - Virginia Woolf

Enjoy!!

[18shadesofmay]

pssst, shut the door, you're inside my room now.

i'm adi ;)

come around here, let me show you my little desk, it's got a MOON GLOBE i love that thing, it's like one full quarter of my heart.

i like (try) to write, here and there: (@kabhikabhi-aditya)

19

knows marathi, hindi, english and german, learning spanish

astrophysics student

listens to (devours) music

chess instead of alcohol (although both together? now that's a thought)

dabbles in classics

geek for middle-earth and lord of the rings :p

meet the journal, she's a bit shy.

favourite books:

catch-22 - joseph heller

the count of monte cristo - alexandre dumas

the catcher in the rye - j.d. salinger

send me an ask if it's your first time here? :)

[chiimi-png]

{13/01/24} Day 0: Prelude to a series of insanity and sleepless nights

This is a bit of a blog series inspired by the Youtube channels emmie and Noor Victoria Barrage's War & Peace Reading journals except I'm reading The Count of Monte Cristo. This is probably the biggest book I've ever read on my own volition so I need to hold myself accountable to finish it. I haven't seen the movies or anything and know very little about the book but I'm on a mission to read most of the great classics and this is the most daunting one on my list. Expect insane rambling and some minor fits of panic as I try to navigate this behemoth of a book with size 8 typography. Also I will warn you that I will take my time with this whole thing, so don't expect this to be a reading marathon

I have marked some ideas of what I want to track and tab while reading but I may add or subtract some if I see fit

Also Im in the middle of an internship selection process so I won’t be able to read as much since I have to prep a case study for an interview, I really hope I get this job since it pays well and is an area I really loved from my major.

[t00thpasteface]

I dunno if you read a lot but I think you should get obsessed with skulduggery pleasant, many funky guys you'd enjoy in that series

i'm really not a book series kinda guy, i like short quick standalone reads :p i appreciate that you thought of me though!!!

i admit i have read ZERO books this year... the only published writing i really read nowadays is oodles and oodles of scientific journals. i look at a few reference books too, but those are less common due to how fast biological sciences tend to update and iterate. and what's worse is that my to-read list is all a bunch of classics i should have already read by now, like the count of monte cristo or catch-22, and which i keep telling people that i've "been meaning to read"...

i blame the research project i did on antidepressants for my organic chemistry class as being the reason why i barely did any reading over the summer. my GOD why did i think it was a good idea to combine ochem and neuroendocrinology?!?!?!

[frkdoll]

(╥﹏╥) girls’ must read list

the bell jar by sylvia plath

wuthering heights by emily brontë ✓

the complete poems of emily dickinson

the unabridged journals of sylvia plath

anna karenina by leo tolstoy

war and peace by leo tolstoy ✓

letters of sylvia plath 1940-1956

the complete poems of sylvia plath

diarios (diaries) of alejandra pizarnik

the master and margarita by mikhail bulgakov

the divine comedy by dante alighieri

the portable edgar allan poe

crime and punishment by fyodor dostoevsky✓

the karamazov brothers by fyodor dostoevsky✓

frankenstein by mary shelley ✓

the idiot by fyodor dostoevsky

matilda by mary shelley ✓

jane eyre by charlotte brontë

diaries of franz kafka

the portable dorothy parker

pride and prejudice by jane austen ✓

emma by jane austen

the Northanger abbey by jane austen

the picture of dorian gray by oscar wilde

diaries of virginia woolf

the count of monte cristo by alexandre dumas

mrs. dalloway by virginia woolf

antony and cleopatra by william shakespeare

꒰ ⁐⁐⁐⁐⁐⁐⁐⁐⁐⁐୨୧⁐⁐⁐⁐⁐⁐⁐⁐⁐⁐ ꒱

[mzannthropy]

The Count of Monte Cristo Vigilante Shit journal on Redbubble

[a-ramblinrose]

A Weekly Reading Journal 7.21.24

Whoops missed a week!

Currently Reading:

Fiction:

I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons by Peter S. Beagle

Gideon The Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Harrowing the Dragon by Patricia A. McKillip

Graphic Novels:

The Tea Dragon Tapestry by K. O'Neill

Poetry:

The Collected Poems 1912-1944 by H.D.

Word of Mouth by Catherine Bowman

The Shadow of Sirius by W.S. Merwin [RR]

Just Finished:

The Puppets of Spelhorst by Kate Dicamillo ★★★★

The Dragon Shifter’s Mate by Eel Lovesick ★★ [K]

Spy x Family Vol. 7 by Tatsuya Endo ★★★★

Spy x Family Vol. 8 by Tatsuya Endo ★★★★★

Spy x Family Vol. 9 by Tatsuya Endo ★★★★

The Rake Mistake by Erica Ridley ★★★ [K]

Under her Roof by Allison Temple ★★ [K]

All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten by Robert Fulghum ★★★

DNFs/Try Again Later:

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexande Dumas (very much a try again later when I'm not slumping so hard!)

General Reading Thoughts:

The slump continues. And continues. My ability to finish comics and novellas is a blessing I'm not questioning at this time!

Will the bookish gods please let me read!!!!!!

Happy Reading!!!

Current Reading Tag || General Original Content || 2024 Reading Page

And an update on my 24 in 2024 below the cut:

Bold = Read & Italics = Currently Reading & Red = Unhauled/Unread

A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

The Iliad translated by Emily Wilson

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

Hunger Pangs by Joy Demorra

Duino Elegies by Rainer Maria Rilke

Habibi by Craig Thompson

Interesting Times by Terry Pratchett

Tiffany Aching's Guide to Being A Witch by Gabrielle Kent & Rhianna Pratchett

The Golem and the Jinn by Helene Wecker

Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

Babel by R. F. Kuang

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

The Collected Poems of Sara Teasdale

The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan

The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

Dune by Frank Herbert

The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter

Guardian: Zhen Hun (Novel) Vol. 1 by Priest

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

Proper English by KJ Charles

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison

So, I've read 7 of this list and decided I didn't even want to try with 3 for a variety of reasons. Yikes for my goal. At least all the read books were enjoyable and highly rated!!!

[galamalion]

I’m just curious, what are you studying in school? And what are some of your favorite books?

oh boy, that's an interesting question right now.

currently i am a triple major (psychology, biology, and spanish) with a focus on pre-med, but i'm considering switching my bio major to a minor due to the sheer workload, but i need to talk to my advisor before making any decisions. i'm planning on becoming a pediatric psychiatrist in the future!

as for books, i'm a big classics fan:

the count of monte cristo by alexandre dumas is without a doubt my absolute favorite, imo i think it's relatively easy to read (if you can look past its length!) and it makes your jaw drop sometimes!

brave new world by aldous huxley is incredibly easy to follow and is definitely in my top favorites, but it might be hard to get into it at first.

crime and punishment by fyodor dostoevsky was also really good, especially the ending and interrogation scenes, though some parts can be a little hard to follow.

dracula by bram stoker is 100% in the top five, it's an epistolary novel (written via journal entries) which can be hard to get into, but i guarantee it's worth it!

shout outs to non-classic books are a series of unfortunate events by lemony snicket and the great alone by kristin hannah!

for more book recommendations, check out @ddarker-dreams, she has plenty of classics under her belt!

[formulapookie]

ship bingo??! BEZNAIA OF COURSE MA SOPRATTUTTO JORGE/pecco

allora...io ti devo menare

BEZNAIA MY SILLY GOOFY BROS

e la ship maledetta...evil diggianini...jorge/Pecco...sono così divisa

è così complicato giudicarli...

[the-four-humors]

Ooo may I ask what are some of your fav sci-fi books/series? I am in a sci-fi mood as of late ^-^

Sure!

Fav novel: The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester. It's a scifi retelling of The Count of Monte Cristo, with a side focus on teleportation. It's very fast paced, doesn't get too bogged down in the science, and has some really fascinating characters. It also provided inspiration for a character in Batman Beyond (Blight), and largely inspired the anime Gankutsuou.

Fav Series: The Pendragon Adventure series. Now, this is a YA and is really science-fantasy, but it's one of my favorite book series period. It's about a boy named Bobby Pendragon who hops through time and space, told through journals sent back to his best friend and almost-girlfriend. Each book is a different world, so there's a lot of creative worldbuilding on display.

Fav Author: I feel like this is basic as hell, but Ray Bradbury. Some of his stuff is a bit "Old Man Yells At Cloud" (I haaate Fahrenheit 451), but his short stories are usually bangers. I especially liked the collections The Illustrated Man and The Martian Chronicles.

Honorable mentions: Implanted by Lauren Teffeau (solid dystopia about brain implants and climate change), Lock-In by John Scalzi (haven't finished it, but it's one of the most thoughtful portrayals of disability I've seen in any fiction), and Reality Seed by Phillip Charles Stephens (set of 3 novellas that intersect... hard to explain but good if you like reality bending fiction)

[a-strange-inkling]

What’s the?

Worst ask you’ve gotten

Weirdest ask

Funniest ask

Dumbest ask

Creepiest ask

Second ask(so I don’t bombard you)

What are your favorite?

Tv shows

Hobbies

Food

Movies

Scent(for example lavender)

Music

Book genre

1. Worst ask you’ve gotten?

Oh, I don’t know. I think anon hate is so pathetic that I don’t even make note of it. Even antis needing to be nasty about a ship or interest I have amuse me more than anything else. Anon asks demanding that I post or demanding to know when I’m posting something can be pressuring and rude. It can make me feel like I’m not doing enough or that I’m failing readers, so probably one of those. Those can actually hurt.

2. What’s the weirdest ask?

The anon ask for pictures of my feet probably wins. I’m sure it was just a troll fishing.

3. What’s the funniest ask?

God, I could never narrow that done, I’ve gotten asks where I can’t breath I’m laughing so hard. These days, Maggie headcanons have me wheezing.

4. What’s the dumbest ask?

I always say there are no dumb asks. Only if someone asks something on a post they clearly did not read all the way through that has the answer to their question. That always makes me chuckle a little, but we’ve all done that before.

5. What’s the creepiest ask?

Any anon asking anything super personal, like where I live, my relationship status, etc. 😬

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Favorites

Shows: Outlander, Poldark, Downton Abbey, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Being Human, Buffy, Doctor Who, Friends, Parks and Rec, Stranger Things, The Borgias, etc

Hobbies: Reading, writing, journaling, hiking, drawing, watercolor painting, scrapbooking, baking, photography, antiquing, repurposing, farming, soap making, candle making

Foods: Breakfast foods 😋

Movies: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Star Wars, The Mummy, Rebecca, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Knives Out, The Count of Monte Cristo, Pride and Prejudice, Titanic, Ever After, Tangled, The Hunger Games, Breakfast Club, Clue, Labyrinth, Ophelia, Little Women (1995), Beauty and the Beast, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Sound of Music, The Lion King, The Greatest Showman, Tristan and Isolde, etc (it’s a long list 😆)

Scents: Vanilla, cinnamon, clove, old book pages, masala chai, black locus blossoms, honeycombs

Music: Folk, classic rock, indie, classical

Book genres: Fantasy, sci-fi, historical fiction, suspense/thriller, romance, mystery, fairy tales, folk tales