July 2021 Wrap Up

BOOKS READ (10)

The Paris Secret - Karen Swan --> 2/5

Spain in Our Hearts - Pablo Neruda --> 4/5

The Summer Book - Tove Jansson (Transl. Thomas Teal) --> 2/5

Lady Susan - Jane Austen --> 4/5

The Kiss of the Spider Woman - Manuel Puig --> 2.5/5

Unmasked by the Marquess (Regency Imposters #1) - Cat Sebastian --> 3.5/5

Les Enchantements d'Ambremer (Le Paris des Merveilles #1) - Pierre Pevel --> 2.5/5

Jane Austen at Home: A Biography - Lucy Worsley --> 4.5/5

The Gilded Wolves (The Gilded Wolves #1) - Roshani Chokshi --> 3.5/5

Second First Impressions - Sally Thorne --> 3.5/5

(Please note that if a translator isn’t marked it’s because I read the book in its original language!)

TO SUM UP JULY

It seems like I finally beat my reading slump! Woohooo! I’m back to my usual reading standards and I’m finally enjoying things now. What a relief. I read some truly excellent books this month, even if I had a couple of disappointments, and as always, I’m happy to talk (or complain) about any of them, just reach out! I’m also at 16/24 squares done for the III Summer Bingo Reading Challenge, so right on track!

How was your month?

Hiç mi düşmüyorum aklına..? Hiç mi özlemiyorsun beni..?

100 Days of Poetry: Day 38

Mountain, Stone by Lena Khalaf Tuffaha (From Water & Salt)

Do not name your daughters Shaymaa,

courage will march them

into the bullet path of dictators.

Do not name them Sundus,

the garden of paradise calls out to its marigolds,

gathers its green leaves up in its embrace.

Do not name your children Malak or Raneem,

angels want the companionship of others like them,

their silvery wings trailing the filth of jail cells,

the trill of their laughter a call to prayer.

Do not name your sons Hamza.

Do not taunt the torturer’s whip

with promises of steadfastness.

Do not name your sons

Muhammad Ahed Zakaria Ismail,

they will become seashells, disappear in the sand.

Do not name your children. Let them live

nameless, seal their eyelids

and sell their voices to the nightingale.

Do not name your children

and if you must

call them by what withstands

this endless season of decay.

Name them mountains,

call them stone.

Went to the market today 🍒🍓

Lütfen bana hayatınızı ben sikmişim gibi davranmayın.

Cried so much about the book Addie Larue that at this point i don’t even know if i’m crying because the end of the book litteraly broke me or if i’m crying because i won’t ever be 300yo and able to see the whole world as Addie did

I am suffering from a big reading slump and a huge writing block.

It is so frustrating because I had big plans for the summer and now is almost over and I feel like I did nothing. I am trying my hardest but it is still not enough. I find more enjoyment in drawing and kpop stuff than what is supposed to be my passion. And I feel guilty for doing things that made me happy instead of writing or reading.

help.

but anyways, here is cute and cozy photo of a rainy day that -actually- was productive writing wise.

What I Read July 2021

I hate front cover guy so much... (like he grows on you later but right in this volume, hate)

I’ve had this book on my tbr for ages and finally got to it. It was excellent, both sisters were interesting and likable in their own ways and I look forward to reading the next one.

this series is hyper and fun, then has moments of genuine, good emotion, and I am curious to see where it goes.

Very enjoyable, I wouldn’t mind setting Willoughby on fire.

very, very good. my years of watching anime prepared me well for reading this book ^_^

Made this bookmark today. I wanted a bookmark that meant something to me and what better than this combination of colors? I literally spent about an hour making this and that has been the best one hour of this week.

The book is called ‘it ends with us’ by Colleen Hoover. I recently bought that book and was planning to read it after my exams. Finally I’m getting to read it!

foreshadowing?

liar.

@jurdan-my-beloved YASSS FUCKING FINALLY

Aelin gets it cause of sam

@jurdan-my-beloved

manon you hypocrite

tears, I remembered my eyes blurring with tears

@jurdan-my-beloved

Ava from Exciting Times

does Lysandra want to kiss aelin?

@jurdan-my-beloved

FRIENDLY REMINDER

In QoS, Dorian couldve died on his 20th birthday