I just made a playlist with songs that remind me of my dark forest bookstagram aesthetic. If you want to recommend a song to add it, go for it!. 

• Never Let Me Go — Florence + The Machine
• all the good girls go to hell  — Billie Eilish
• i love you  — Billie Eilish
• Lithium  — Evanescence
• The Other Side  — Evanescence
• I Don’t Love You  — My Chemical Romance
• The Ghost Of You  — My Chemical Romance
• Edge Of Seventeen  — Stevie Nicks
• Dreams  — Fleetwood Mac
• Crystal  — Stevie Nicks
• Sorcerer  — Stevie Nicks
• Like a Stone  — Audioslave
• I Am a Highway  — Audioslave
• Heather  — Conan Gray
• The Story  — Conan Gray
• Comfort Crowd  — Conan Gray 
• Checkmate  — Conan Gray
• Die For You — Justin bieber ft. Dominic Fike 
• willow  — Taylor Swift
• cardigan  — Taylor Swift
• no body, no crime  — Taylor Swift ft. HAIM
• evermore  — Taylor Swift ft. Bon Iver
• Met Him Last Night  — Demi Lovato ft. Ariana Grande
• Mad World  — Ariana Grande
• deja vu  — Olivia Rodrigo
• favorite crime  — Olivia Rodrigo
• traitor  — Olivia Rodrigo
• jealousy, jealousy  — Olivia Rodrigo
• I’m so tired…  — Lauv ft. Troye Sivan
• Mean it  — Lauv ft. LANY
• Fake  — Lauv ft. Conan Gray
• There’s No Way  — Lauv ft. Julia Michaels 
• Modern Loveliness  — Lauv
• crash  — EDEN
• drugs  — EDEN
• Dynasty  — MIIA

The Old Man in The Sea by Ernest Hemingway

[Originally published on my Medium page: link here]

If you’re looking for a book that its title can summarize, then you’re in luck. The Old Man and The Sea is basically what you get when reading this. The old man is actually an old fisherman, who has spent most of his life with the sea and has gone a while without catching a fish. From the moment he saw the giant marlin (type of fish), the reader goes along on an adventure that can be interpreted in millions of ways. The entire story works as an allegory and can connect towards various classical works, with similar one-man journeys. What I’d like to wrap the review on is that it is a very pleasant story to read. The beauty is in its simplicity, and when put under the microscope, it can hold its ground.

Read this book if you’ve always wanted to read Hemingway or you’ve heard his name a little over 5 times in your lifetime — this would be a great starter novel, plus it’s not that long.

• Rate: 3.5/5
• Time: less than 5 hours
• Book-shelf Worthy: Great addition to a library

Quoteworthy

It is good that we do not have to try to kill the sun or the moon or the stars. It is enough to live on the sea and kill our true brothers.

I must never let him learn his strength nor what he could do if he made his run. If I were him I would put in everything now and go until something broke. But, thank God, they are not as intelligent as we who kill them; although they are more noble and more able.

You did not kill the fish only to keep alive and to sell for food, he thought. You killed him for pride and because you are a fisherman. You loved him when he was alive and you loved him after. If you love him, it is not a sin to kill him. Or is it more?

Fish, you are going to have to die anyway. Do you have to kill me too?

The Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemingway

I propose the term ‘Book drop’ for the times when you’ve just come off an exceptionally excellent book, and you can’t get into any other books yet.

Book Drop 

Noun

• The feeling of disinterest in all other literature due to the emotional or intellectual high of a previous book. The lack of enthusiasm for any reading material because of the exceptional quality of a preceding read. 

Encontré esta imagen en Facebook, realmente no sé a quién darle créditos. Pero el mensaje me pareció muy lindo.

squeezing in a bit of early morning reading before starting the day