#library journey

[coruscatingdust]

view from my workspace | the Old Bodleian Library, University of Oxford

[chidoroki]

"Unstoppable" by Donna Ashworth

[figtreegif]

Wardrobe // Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) // Doctor Who Season 4 (2008) + specials

[moongazeonastarfillednight]

That's as good a way to start a book on Polar Exploration as any other 👍

[shisasan]

[royaltea000]

You know you’re gone when you start playing dress up doll with a character :/

[nevarasstuff]

I grew up as an academic achiever, straight A student you would say. Nevertheless sometimes i still get a C or even lower. No, getting bad grades is never a curse for me.

Once upon a time, i went back from school with my math exam paper. Red massive zero on top of it, looks like a cherry. I handed it to my parents at the living room. Staring at my toes, waiting while they reading it. My teacher said I will get into a trouble the second i handed the paper to my parents. It's been 5 seconds, and the only thing i hear from my parents is laugh, they cracked and say "don't you dare feel sad or think we feel dissapointed with your score-" they can't even finish the sentence, laughing too hard. "At least you bring an egg for us, let's cook it for our lunch!" Just like that they get up and hug me. My dad holds my hand walking to the kitchen while my mom preparing our lunch. I don't know where that exam paper went, maybe my dad made a paper plane from it and threw it away. My soul still confused, eyes staring blankly. But i know one thing for sure.

Now i know the big impact of how parents treat their kids and how parents look at their kids when they get bad grades can impact how kids perceive scores and school life. Grades are important, but your kid's mental health is the most crucial part.

[backhurtyy]

ten’s season with donna is really just. you will find your twin flame. you will fail to save so many people. your twin flame will save you again and again. you won’t be able to save her. you will forget what it means to be human. you will laugh more than you have in years. you will struggle to do the right thing. you will remember to care because your best friend is there to remind you. you will fall in love with the universe all over again. the universe will show you the cruelest things it has to offer. you will heal from your wounds. you will never forget your pain. you will be there when it matters. you will have to walk away. you will get back the woman that you love. you will have to say goodbye. your twin flame will promise to stay with you forever. she will forget you ever existed. you will become a new man. you will become this man again.

[thebeautyofanoracle]

Smart Women Finish Rich .

~ David Bach

[akita-tsuki]

Ninquë silë misë nár.

Nó[na] silmë anda[né].

(A white fire shines within her

The light of a star, born long ago.)

Mithrandir. Gwenwin în únodui.

(Mithrandir. It has been a long time.)

Nae nin gwistant infanneth, mal ú-eichia i Chíril Lorien

(Age may have changed me, but not so the Lady of Lorien.)

Galadriel's hair gleaming in the moonlight, the beautiful night view of Imladris and of course the music that adds an incredible aura to the scene make this scene one of my favorite scenes in The Hobbit.

(I hope one day the full lyrics of the song will be shared...)

Btw the song is 'The White Council'

[aroaessidhe]

2024 reads / storygraph

Our Lady Of Mysterious Ailments & The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle

books 2 & 3 in the Edinburgh Nights series

paranormal mystery set in a climate-ravaged future Scotland, plagued by ghosts and magic

follows a 15yo Black girl who’s finally gotten an in to learn scientific magic properly - but it turns out to be an unpaid internship, so she has to take more jobs delivering ghost messages and investigating mysteries to take care of her gran and little sister

in book 2 she’s investigating a strange illness centred on a magic school for boys

and in book 3 she’s attending a global magician conference held in a creepy castle - when someone’s murdered, and they’re locked in until she figures out the culprit

Zimbabwean magic, friendship, disabled characters, no romance (so far)

[imaginationblur]

Change in scenery, I forgot my headphones tho : (

Sad sigh

[erodingsinner]

it is truly evil that ebooks aren't available in all countries. like it's just a fucking file on the internet why can't it work for ME cause I'm not in fucking england

[moongazeonastarfillednight]

Reference list for audiobooks from Librivox for people who, like me, can benefit from audiobooks when their brains don't allow them to read.

I haven't yet listened to all so I can't attest to the quality of the recordings but I think that the simple fact that people have done those recordings and that they made them available for all is amazing!

Worst Journey in the World - By Apsley Cherry Garrard Part 1 Part 2

Scott's Last Expedition part 1 part 2

The Northwest Passage - Gjoa Expedition Part 1 Part 2

The South Pole - By Roald Amundsen

South - By Ernest Shackleton

True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World - By Adolphus Greely (not an account of his own expedition)

Shores of the Polar Sea: A Narrative of the Arctic Expedition of 1875-6 - By Edward Lawton Moss (HMS Alert Expedition)

A Negro Explorer at the North Pole - By Matthew Henson (Disclaimer: I recognize that the original title uses dated language, which may be considered offsensive. Ultimately, my concern is to share the lived experience of Matthew Henson the way he wrote it himself.)

Farthest North - By Fridjtof Nansen Part 1 Part 2

[to-be-a-dreamer]

Oliver Stark’s real accent this, Oliver Stark’s real accent that, WHYST THE FUCK did no one tell me about John Harlan Kim’s real accent before I started watching The Librarians on a whim and got immediately jumpscared by that motherfucker being AUSTRALIAN????????