Almost a week into the new year, and I’m excited to be back at work tomorrow! I spent today organising a list of books I’m hoping to get to this year, and started reading A Man Called Ove. Also, in procrastinating my work, I picked up this old book of essays on Jane Austen’s Emma, which led me to a quote I found so interesting!
Horace Walpole on Austen: ‘This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel. Jane Austen’s novels are comedies, and can have little appeal to those who … believe thought inferior to feeling.’
My first thought when reading that quote was this: there’s two types of people in this world … thinkers (Austen lovers), and feelers (Bronte lovers). I like to think I’m a bit of both (though I’m definitely more of a feeler). I enjoyed studying Austen for her witty narration that turned the entire book of Emmainto a work of comedic irony exposing the triviality of gossip and parochialism. However, I found it so hard to get through, and not an enjoyable read. Jane Eyre, on the other hand, I simply loved. I was captivated and emotionally moved by it, and would consider it one of my favourite classics.
Sorry for the nerdy side-track. Would love to hear your thoughts!
Uni has been wrapped up for the year, and I’ve been working full time!
Today is the perfect admin day - I’m working from home, so can attend to a bunch of little things that have been sitting around. My first task of the day was completely reorganising my room (which I’m very excited about) … next up is a reorganisation of the bookshelves! But first, it’s responding-to-emails time.
I have started Poppy war and like I get its super famous and won awards and has meaningful content and the writing style is amazing and pressing. But wow it’s so stressful and I just read the first two chapters! I couldn’t stop but when I did I couldn’t get back and now I feel guilt, cause this is def a good book, but idk if I can handle such a level of angst, when it’s only going to get worse.
Finding new books to read can be overwhelming, mainly because there are so many! However I’ve read 4 books lately that are great books to read, and keep you wanting to read more and more. I’m always so inspired to read when I read new book posts, so I hope you love this post, just as much as I love writing them. If you’re looking for new books to read, then grab a cuppa and find out about these…
What have I read lately? Well I’ve been reading so much but there are still so many books in my to be read list. Reading has definitely become an amazing outlet for me, especially because of the pandemic, it is an escape from lockdown and the struggles that there are in this world right now. I definitely feel like we all need that right now. So do you need a few new book recommendations? I’ve got…
im not joking when i say that this meme single handedly got me invested in learning how the fuck electrical production works small scale so that i could explain it to somebody from a millennium ago
If that’s a thing that bothers you for more subjects then just electricity there’s actually a book for this! That I own! That is both very stupid and fairly useful! And entertaining!
How to invent everything: a survival guide for the stranded time traveler is the book for you, complete with flowchart about how to identify what time you’ve landed yourself in! It’s very funny and very fun and informative and starts with the production of written language and works it’s way forward through inventions of varying complexity, all framed in the way of “so you got into this time machine from our company and it’s broken, huh? Well tough fucking shit! Welcome to your new home!”
