#petrareads

okay i actually managed to get some (semi) coherent thoughts down on the brilliance of heartstopper asjnka so here goes:

• Nick (Kit Conner) absolutely STOLE the show I mean of course EVERYONE was amazing and fantastic but NICK what a sweetheart what a darl I’m sorry but it’s the truth
• Elle is so gorgeous. What
• ALICE ON THE TRAIN I DIDN’T EVEN REALIZE 
• I just want to flatten Tao’s hair I’m so sorry
• Darcy having a lil gay panic moment when Tara kisses her at sports day, like just look at her expression everyone and try to tell me she’s not whipped 
• and of course Charlie always having sweet gay panics and giggles and and his smiles 
• the gay panic phone-background with the text. enough said.
• Isaac reading in every scene. I think I can say for all of us that this is who we are and who we want to be spiritually and on all levels. 
• “Hi I am Darcy I am hERE to meet the local gays !!”
• Elle’s hair Elle’s hair Elle’s hair
• Girl In Red, Choice Moriondo and Orla Gartland in the soundtrack!!!!
• all the little comic screen splits and little animations are just perfection and soooo cuteee especially the little electricity pew pew
• The COLOUR SCHEME I could write a whole screen and media analysis on the colours and animation for my degree 
• Tara simultaneously being in love and completely exasperated by Darcy at all times, iconic.
• Imogen and her Tik Tok hair !! it would not be a real teen show if someone didn’t have those little blonde streak framing their face ya know?
• how similar it was to the comic - down to the scenes and framing and the lines like “CHAR” !!! my heart !!! 
• Honestly. The most accurate portrayal of teenagers texting . AND most accurate representation of teenagers. Like they actually looked like real teenagers. I am very happy for them.
• Charlie’s happy little face and heart eyes when nick was having is romantic speech/breakdown about how amazing and kind Charlie is
• Darcy screaming homophobia when their kissing was interrupted, the most accurate representation of a queer teen I’ve ever seen.
• Also Darcy literally wearing a random ass hoodie over her uniform like no one else is doing that and I KNOW from going to a school with strictish uniform policy that she probably was not even allowed to do that and we stan.
• and lastly, and most iconically “Do you like this girl?” “…..Her dog died”. 

I have so much to say scream about heartstopper I sndkalawl not sure where to start so I’m going to say nothing atm & just scroll through all the heartstopper content on tumblr

Thanks for the tag!! @amongtomesandtales

Bought:
Out of Love by Hazel Hayes! It’s not available where I live so I had to order it from the UK & it should be coming anyy day now.

Borrowed:
I borrowed Circe by Madeline Miller, Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo and Ariadne by Jennifer Saint at my most recent trip to the library! 

Was Gifted:
At my request my mum got me Aristotle and Dante Dive Into the Waters of the World for Christmas :)

Gave/lent to someone else:
When I was trying to make my book collection a liiiiittle smaller I gave some books to my friend. I think they were Reawakened by Colleen Houck and Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler. 

And when I moved out of the dorms I lent one of my friends a few books so I didn’t have to carry them back home haha. Those were The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern, All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders and The End of the Ocean by Maja Lunde.

Started:
I recently started the audiobook for Midnight Library by Matt Haig. 

Finished:
Circe by Madeline Miller!

Gave 5 stars:
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone. It was kinda confusing but I did not care in the slightest ahah. It was just very romantic and poetic and the aesthetic was *chefs kiss*

Gave 2 stars:
Technically I gave Serendipity by Marissa Meyer 2 stars but I since changed it to 1 ahah woops so the most recent 2 stars would be Nick and Charlie by Alice Oseman. Which is sad because I love pretty much all of Alice’s content!! And I’ve read the Nick and Charlie novella probably 3 or 4 times before and I rated it 5 stars then??? Clearly shows there’s a big taste change between me at age 16 and me now haha. I still love Nick and Charlie and am sooo excited for the HeartstopperTV show though! 

Didn’t finish:
The Penultimate Peril by Lemony Snicket. I was so close to finishing that series but still haven’t quite made it.

I’m tagging @earnestlyeccentric@cutearose@northernreads@asexualbookbird@yourneighborhoodbibliophile and anyone else who’s keen to do the tag go for it!

One of my favourite things about romantic movies, novels and poetry is they they are simply that: movies, novels and poetry. Tucked away in a turn of a page or the flash of a screen. I love swooning when characters are all like, “All I find myself thinking about, all I find myself being able to breathe for … is you..” But if someone told me that in real life? I would probably tell them to find a hobby!

spooky lil sunset

oh no…I already bought Harry Styles tickets and Wallows tickets…and I’m kinda tempted to see Florence+the MachinewithKing Princess (King Princess!!) headlining..and now THE Daniel Howell will be in NZ. I can’t NOT go see him, it would be like letting down my 13 year old me’s dreams  !!!!!

BLUE SKIES GIVE SO MUCH SEROTONIN everyone go look out the window go check if it’s blue

some cheeky lil New Zealand views!

im going to a Wallows concert this year !!! And Harry Styles next year !! Both are ages away but I’m v excited

hey does anyone have any nature/environmental docs that are easily accessible of netflix or disney+? honestly any doco recommendations that aren’ttrue crime or murder related or whatever because I truly am uninterested in those ahah

I think my laptop is calling me out for not editing my script because it’s started to suggest the name “Lily” (my protagonist) as a word I should start my sentences with…not really a subtle hint

one of my coworkers today said she wanted to get back into reading and asked if I had any book recommendations and I was like !!! I have forgotten every single book I have ever read !!

do you ever just open an article or journal for a research paper & see that the font is too small, or that the PDF is a tinyyyy bit blurry or just as any minor aesthetic problem and instantly go nope. nope. I am not going to read that. like it could be the single most helpful piece of research on the planet, but if it is not instantly easily readable and comprehendible my brain will not have it

9 People I Want to Know Better

I’m like a month late but thanks for the tag! @yourneighborhoodbibliophile 

Last song: But It’s Better If You Do by Panic! at the Disco

Last show: Our Flag Means Death was the last full show I watched let’s just say my whole for you page is just ofmd content 

Currently watching: I’m half way through Shadow and Bone so I need to finish that! And also I’m watching Taskmasterhaha

Currently reading: Ariadne by Jennifer Saint and Gilded by Marissa Meyer !

I tag: @cutearose@biblionation@aliteraryprincess@plantpages@ninja-muse