Just signed myself up for that. Dracula is one of my favorite books ever and I still haven’t unpacked my copy which makes me sad, because I wanted to read it this year. This will be such a fun way to read it. Going to see if I can convince my book club of it too.
I wasn’t tagged, I saw it on @lizziethereader’s blog and wanted join in. Bought: Colonial Williamsburg reprint of the Articles of Confederation, and a few other reprints they make. Borrowed: I don’t borrow because I am as bad as everyone else, I tend to not return books and forget about them and then discover them years later and feel awful for stealing someone’s book. Therefore, I don’t borrow (or lend). Was gifted: Some books by Edith Wharton. Gave to someone else: I don’t know, it was several years ago now. ♀️ Started: Analects by Confucius ✅ Finished:Nat Turner by Kyle Baker ✨ Gave 5 stars: Nat Turner by Kyle Baker ♀️ Gave 2 stars: My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris Didn’t finish:Maus I by Art Spiegelman. I tag @espanhois@roentgeniuum@dust-of-fandoms&@studium-stardust as well as anyone who wants to share books in a short questionnaire format.
Weekly Bookish Question #278 (March 27th - April 2nd):
You know that really intimidating book on your tbr? What would give you the necessary push to finally pick it up?
Which one? Haha, I have a lot of intimidating reads, most of which are 300+ pages. Or just multiple volumes in a series. Absolutely nothing would give me the “push” to pick any one of them up and immediately begin reading. I’ve only just recently gotten into reading again (partly due to school), so I’m picking and choosing things I know I have a chance of finishing to hit that 35 book goal this year. As I gain confidence with reading, those intimidating books become less intimidating and more enticing, so they will naturally be read when I am ready enough to think I can finish one.
I’m thinking next year onward for them, but with the themes of my 1001 challenge, a lot of them will be read in three years or so. Hopefully.
Weekly Bookish Question #279 (April 3rd - April 9th):
Have you ever accidentally bought a book twice? What did you do with the second one?
Yes I have, more than once in fact. I usually keep it, I like having different editions of the same book. However, if I purchase the exact same edition, I donate it either to a person or a location like Goodwill or a lending library type thing. Sometimes I gift them to friends or family, or I save extras for loaning out and don’t fret about whether they get returned or not.
Can anyone who is a native talk to me in English? That would be amazing, I really need to practice! Please message me!!
Love, Sophia
Like, you just need a native English speaker to chat with? I’m a native English speaker, from the US. I have a degree in creative writing, am pursuing another in literature, and work in the legal field. I have tumblr, discord, and good old fashioned email. I also have zoom and a tons of stationary if you ever need a penpal. Whatever works for you, and if you have enough English speakers to pull from, that is totally fine and understandable.
Growing up were you a dinosaur kid, a horse kid, a cat kid, a wolf kid, or a dragon kid?
Or were you a deranged version of all five? Because I know I was.
I liked horses as a kid. Dinosaurs gave me debilitating nightmares until I was 25 and they still bother me today. I can’t watch or read anything with dinosaurs past about 1pm or I’ll have nightmares. I’ve never been a cat person despite the fact that tigers are one of my favorite animals, and wolves I like in pictures (except that one timber wolf I got to pet was amazing) but was never obsessed with them either.
Mom is the dragon nut in my family. I always favored unicorns or the Pegasus because again, horses.
Weekly Bookish Question #276 (March 13th - March 19th):
Are there books you read because you thought reading them would make you a better person? Can you give examples? Also, did it?
The one I distinctly remember having a choice over was the dictionary. I read the whole thing cover to cover in elementary school because I thought it would make me more intelligent and expand my vocabulary. I’m sure it did but what it really did was tech me how to find things in the dictionary, how to write out pronunciation keys for words, and spark a desire to collect words. It also made me unbeatable in Scrabble for a few years.
I don’t know what this says, because I don’t know a single word fo the Irish language. So, based on the context of the day, I am going to do the forbidden and assume it says Happy St. Patrick’s Day.
I can only offer the watered down English equivalent in return, Happy St. Patrick’s Day, or as my Mom says, Happy Day of Our People.
