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autumncottageattic · 11 months

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#cottage interior #cottage core aesthetic #cottage corner #cottage core #cozy cottage life #cozy cottage #cozy corner #cozy interior #country living #country aesthetic #cottage library #book corner #cozy atmosphere #cozy aesthetic

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the-megs · 1 year

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I found a little kitty in a little bookshop, and his name is Chaucer.

#philadelphia #book corner #bookshop #cat #kitty #such a sweetheart #look at those little paws

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strawb3rryshortcak3s · 3 months

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Finished the first two volumes of My Happy Marriage!! (Plus a peek at my other current read) I’m obsessed. It’s so good I’m literally going out today to get the next few volumes. I’m a sap for a slow-burn, wholesome romance. Highly, highly rec it tbh..hopefully I can watch the anime soon!

#a day in the life #my stuff #my happy marriage #manga #bookblr #book corner

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sublecturas · 21 days

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"El arte de amar", de Erich Fromm en la #LíneaB

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alberta-sunrise · 24 days

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So read TOG in 2 days 😅

Onto the next one 🙈

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whilereadingandwalking · 1 year

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Book Corner is a lovely used bookstore in Philly with a good selection, and all profits benefit the Free Library, which advocates for library services. They also have cats, or so they say (we joked about it because when we asked if the cats were around, they said, “Yes, we own cats,” and nothing more, and we never actually found them). I got a used edition of Mantel’s Bring Up the Bodies to force myself to finally continue the series.

#book corner #bookstore cats #bookshelves #bookworm #bookstagram

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doneknitting · 1 year

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psst @hookedatweiss I was thinking of popping these over my Xmas cards this year

#crochet #bookmark #book corner #auntie made a thing

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count-horror-xx · 1 year

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Over spring break me and my sisters went to a few shops including a vinyl (Plan 9) and Bookstore (Shelf Life, which is 100% better than Barnes and Noble and queer owned!)

Cds:

Portals Melanie Martinez

Jimi Hendrixs smash hits

Joan Jett and the blackhearts

(Plus MF Doom & SZA pin)

Books:

From here to eternity Caitlin Doughty (talks about different death rituals around the world)

It came from the closet: queer reflections on horror edited by Joe Vallese (how horror helped people with their queer awakening) yet not one person mentioned Rocky horror picture show, one of the most best known queer horror >:0

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anniesboookshelf · 2 years

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did i finish this in a day and a half? why yes, yes i did.

This was so worth the hype! i loved the quips and banter between Gus and January! it played out in my head just like a rom-com movie, and i love that so much 😂

5/5⭐️

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kaffeeraum-bei-zarah · 11 months

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𝕷𝖔𝖚𝖎𝖘 𝖃𝕴

...I finished reading "Quentin Durward" by Walter Scott a couple of months ago and still under the impression; the book definitely had me on the edge of my seat! I can't believe, it has been in my library for years! And when I took the book off the shelf, I didn't know how much I would fall in love with the main character, now my most favourite historical figure -- King of France, Louis XI (3 July 1423 – 30 August 1483), called "Louis the Prudent" (Ludwig XI der Klüge, in German).

⬆ a 19th century portrait is from brianrxm.com .....right from the very first pages I felt an ever-increasing sympathy to the king, not even knowing yet, by the author's intention, who that person really was...

"A cunning diplomat and a bold warrior" -encyclopedia britannica, - the brilliant monarche, Louis XI, was a person of outstanding intellect and an unsurpassed master of intrigue what earned him another nickname -- "The Universal Spider." His plans and decisions were always thoroughly thought through. And whatever he did served a higher purpose that he finally achieved at the end of his life -- building up the fractured and turbulent provinces into powerful, unified France. He never gave up, converting even painful failures into triumphant success.

Though he always preferred consilium whenever there was a chance to avoid bloodshed, he was fearlessly brave when he had to personally take part in armed conflicts.

Louis XI did appreciate those who were loyal to him. Also, he never left his enemies unpunished. And, even so, it was never for the sheer enjoyment at the sight of one's torments, as it was for the majority of his mighty contemporaries, but as acts of fair retribution only.

⬆ image from meisterdrucke.at .....Louis XI did many other significant things as well, like opening manufactures, supporting crafts, developing book-printing, and much more.

I also love his sarcastic style of humour as it appears in "Quentin Durward."😎

During my so called on-line investigations, I found out that many classic sources were actually unfair to Louis XI traditionally describing him as mainly ruthless and insidious person, in fact magnifying and even thinking up certain negative aspects that ostensibly might be part of his nature, as well as downplaying his indisputable strengths. Yet it was not least exactly those tough traits of his character that saved him his life many times and led him to his impressive achievements.

With all this, everything smart and worthy of admiration that I come to know about Louis XI either overweighs, or justifies or explains in some way those deeds of his that can't be considered as kind ones.

*.·:·.✧ ✦ ✧.·:·.*

“𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘺.” — Louis XI of France

⬆ Ludwig XI. (1423-83) König von Frankreich von Nicolas II de Larmessin

...I have also come across a web site meisterdrucke.at where you can choose from their vast collection of portraits of prominent people of the centuries gone by, and then you have an option to choose a frame and a canvas material for the portrait to be printed on... isn't that cool?! ...It's been a long time since I wanted to have a portrait of an inspiring historical figure on our home library wall, and now I have no doubts as to who it has to be!

......Actually, I have another favourite character in this book (surprisingly, not the main hero, Quentin Durward, in spite of his high (and sometimes even overhigh moral qualities)) which is a gypsy man, Hairaddin... who knew too much and participated directly in too many ventures that it was inevitable for him but to come to a bad end... I was nearly crying for him when reading about his last moments (yeah, I'm a cry baby when it comes to sad books or movies - and that's why I usually avoid such stuff, - and it doesn't matter if the story happened 600 years ago:) But thanks to Walter Scott, he softened the passage about his unhappy ending just by leaving it to the readers' imagination...

Of course, this humble post is only to convey just a little bit of my feelings for my king and share some initial information that I'd dug up so far. Since I'm eager to know about Louis XI as much as posible, I've searched for some great books about him and ended up with this unfortunately small list 📖:

The Spider King by Lawrence Schoonover

Louis XI. The Universal Spider by Paul Murray Kendall

Chant Royal. The Life of Louis XI, King of France by James Cleugh

The Memoirs by Philip de Commines

There're many more books about Louis XI, but they are all in french...🤔

📺 I was also surprised to find out that there's a film - Louis XI: Shattered Power (2011), with Jacques Perrin in the lead role, - in my nearest must-watch list!

📺 There is another film I'd like to watch because of Louis XI who was portrayed by Harry Davenport - "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", 1939

So... this exciting and thought-provoking book definitely goes to my most favs! It will certainly keep you intrigued, and you'll experience a variety of feelings while being entertained with wise and witty dialogues between the characters throughout the whole story...⚜️

#random thoughts & ♡s #book corner

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timeaus · 1 year

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I read Girls like Us by Cristina Alger this week and thought it was pretty darn good! It could do without the whole "Hey, remember Epstein????" bit, but then again that is a large chunk of the entire book.

I think it mostly just bothered me because I was looking for more grief over the main character's father than a gross look at a billionaire's sex ring and police corruption. If I look at it with fresh eyes and divorce myself from my expectations, it is a rather good book.

#timeaus.txt #book corner

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autumncottageattic · 1 year

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#cozy cottage life #cottage core aesthetic #cottage interior #cottage aesthetic #cozy living #cozy cottage #december #winter aesthetic #winter atmosphere #winter cottage #book corner #cottage library

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mysterieuxclairdelune · 11 months

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I am jealous of those who think more deeply, who write better, who draw better, who look better, who live better, who love better than I.

-Sylvia Plath

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strudeldoodlearts · 7 months

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Continuing to the ride the waves of nostalgia with chem^3dude (another one in the cube-y virtual pet series) and a tiny book corner that I imagine you'd find in a small school that's been around for awhile.

And yes. The little blue can ornament on [chem^3dude] is a reference to an older digital art picture from the same year as the first cube dude!

I enjoyed my time at a steak restaurant with some friends for a surprise birthday. I had to think quickly of a nice-but-last-minute gift that could be easily hidden before the reveal. Hoarding random trinkets/stationary sets has an upside!

Oftentimes I don't feel comfortable sharing pictures of myself + other people for privacy reasons. But enjoy this apple strudel I had for dessert!

#book corner #liminalcore #apple strudel #random #vpet #cube shape #aaaaa #human player #tmgc

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poetic--elixir · 7 months

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Truth is like fire; to tell the truth means to glow and burn.

— Gustav Klimt

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alberta-sunrise · 25 days

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Well I’m hooked 😅

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