Since Sunday Tours Of James Talbot’s Home, Casa Neverlandia In Austin, Texas, Are Currently Not Available

okay but I am so amused at how surprised my prof was this morning when I actually brought him an oat latte like I said I was going to do

Hey. I was wondering if you had any books you've read that you'd recommend to others? Thanks in advance.

Oh yes, I always have many book recommendations! It depends on what your preferred genre or tastes are, so I’ll just list a bunch of my favorites for you. Also apologies for taking so long to respond to this - college is wrecking my time availability. ( & taking away from my reading time )

Classics : 

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 

Paradise Lost by John Milton 

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

1984 by George Orwell 

Contemporary : 

Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

Heist society by Ally Carter

It ends with Us by Colleen Hoover 

November 9 by Colleen Hoover

The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic

This is where it ends by Marieke Nijkamp

Historical Fiction :

And I Darken by Kiersten White

Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein 

Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente 

Legacy of Kings by Eleanor Herman 

Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller 

Horror : 

Mara Dyer series by Michelle Hodkin

The Call by Peadar Ó Guilín

The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon

Fantasy/Young Adult : 

A book of spirits and thieves by Morgan Rhodes

A court of thorns and roses by Sarah J. Maas

A daughter of smoke and bone by Laini Taylor

A series of unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket

An Ember in the Ashes series by Sabaa Tahir 

Falling Kingdoms series by Morgan Rhodes

Hush Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick 

Incarcenon duology by Catherine Fisher 

Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard series by Rick Riordan

Night Angel Trilogy by Brent Weeks

Obsidian Blade by Morgan Rhodes

Red Queen series by Victoria Aveyard

Six Of Crows Duology by Leigh Bardugo 

The Diviners by Libba Bray

The False Prince series by Jennifer A. Nielsen 

The Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare 

The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern 

The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater

The Winner’s Trilogy by Marie Rutkoski

The wrath and the dawn by Renee Ahdieh

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

Mystery/Crime : 

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn 

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

Plays : 

Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

Medea by Euripides 

Anything by Euripides for that matter!

Sir gawain and the green knight

Romance : 

Bloodlines by Richelle Mead 

Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons 

Science Fiction/Dystopia : 

Insider duology by Maria V. Snyder 

Legend by Marie Lu 

Passenger by Alexandra Bracken 

Red Rising Trilogy by Pierce Brown 

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

The Darkest Minds series by Alexandra Bracken 

The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey

wednesday night mood

Declutter Your Life

I’ve resolved that every Wednesday, I will write a masterpost about self care and living clean and happy lifestyles. Mainly because my blog is devoted to that too, besides being a studyblr, but I hardly ever post original content about it, so hereeee we go. :)

Plan first

Make a list of areas you want to tackle

Or items you want to go through

Set how long you’ll clean

And a little reward for yourself when you’ve reached that goal

Envision what you want your space to look like at the end

Set aside three baskets or areas: one for things to keep, one for things to trash, and one for things to donate/sell

House

There are just some ideas of things to get rid of or pare down. Feel free to add your own. :)

Bedroom

unnecessary pillows on your bed or extra blankets

monsters under your bed

chargers, wires, etc. that go to devices you don’t have anymore or that are broken

old devices, phones, ipods

books you felt kinda eh about while reading them

copies of books or CDs

old notebooks

sticky notes that have lost their stickiness

broken pencils

markers that have dried up

any art supply you don’t use

scrap paper that’s gotten too small

scrap yarn that’s gotten too small

old art projects

unfinished art projects

papers

candles w/o any smell

Scentsy-type stuff w/o any smell

Closet

clothes that don’t fit

all of those clothes you save for your “ugly days”

shoes that hurt that you don’t even like the looks of

underwear with holes (or blood stains - ya feel me, girls?)

socks without a matching pair

socks with holes

bras that are even looking tired

copies of clothes, like multiple white t-shirts

jewelry you don’t wear

childish jewelry

broken jewelry

Bathroom

hygiene products past their expiration date

faded towels

bottles with only a few drops of product left

worn out toothbrushes

hairbands that have lost their elasticity

congealed nail polish

makeup you regret buying

Digital Life

Social Media

Unfollow people, be merciless, make your social media a place of positivity

unfriend toxic people (see the next section)

go through your own posts and delete anything you regret posting

take social media breaks

Computer

upload all of your photos to Google photos or flickr or photobucket or onedrive or whatever, or even a CD, then delete them from your memory

also back up important documents or just things you want to keep to something else and delete them on your computer

go through and sort everything into files

delete any programs you don’t use

Phone

clean out your pictures, upload them to cloud or whatever

delete all of the apps you don’t use or need

go through your contacts and delete the people you don’t want to contact anymore

delete old text message conversations

give yourself a new background too, something clean and simple

Relationships

Get rid of those people who are toxic in your life, mute notifications from them, unfollow them on social media (you can unfollow someone one facebook without unfriending them), don’t answer them often

make an effort to interact with people face-to-face rather than through text or the internet

decide who you want to actively invest your energy in

School

make a study schedule

prioritize your schedule – study the hardest subjects the most

remember that grades are important

also remember that grades aren’t everything 

(pls don’t fire me from being a studyblr)

if you can’t get everything you need to do done in 24 hours without sacrificing 8 hours of sleep and a bit of time for yourself, then you’re doing too much

Best tip to stay decluttered: Learn to say no.

Underrated books?

the naturals by jennifer lynn barnes

the fixer by jenniger lynn barnes

penryn and the end of days by susan ee

the archived by victoria schwab

we are the ants by shaun david hutchinson

at the edge of the universe by shaun david hutchinson

all our yesterdays by cristin terrill

the lost girl by sangu mandanna

an ember in the ashes by sabaa tahir

the illuminae files by amie kaufman and jay kristoff

the star-touched queen by roshani chokshi

the diviners by libba bray

graceling realm by kristin cashore

cyclone series by courtney milan

poison study by maria v. snyder

wolf by wolf by ryan graudin

letters to the lost by brigid kemmerer

starbound trilogy by amie kaufman

into the blue by pene henson

mermaids of eriana kawi by tiana warner 

timekeeper by tara sim

gallagher girls by ally carter 

dangerous girls/dangerous boys by abigail haas

everything by patrick ness/adam silvera/natalia jaster

I made some folder insert printables!!!! Here are a few xx

so these are all of my snails’n’slugs paintings by now. better quality is coming soon!

why you should listen to The Strange Case of Starship Iris

there is an absolutely fantastic podcast that a good friend of mine was recommending for me to listen to for months and I finally did and just. damn. it’s only eight episodes long; I meant to listen to one episode and I accidentally binge-listened to the entire thing in an evening. highly enjoyable, 10/10 recommend. seriously if you have ever trusted my judgement put aside a long car ride or an afternoon of chores or even just an afternoon of nothing and make your life that much of a cooler place for having listened 

The Strange Case of Starship Iris is a really badass sci-fi thriller told like an epistolary novel except I guess that makes it an epistolary podcast, which is to say, every piece that you listen to is an in-universe transmission that is being played. The characters are fantastic. (and incredibly diverse, and it casually touches on diversity issues and classism issues and all that jazz in really solid ways) The worldbuilding is fantastic. The plot is fantastic and honestly each episode gets more exciting than the next and just I could scream about the voice acting and the use of medium and the writing is so good and seriously this is probably the best podcast I have ever listened to, just from the clever useage of the medium alone, epistolary podcasts are my new favorite thing.

The official description is

In 2189, Earth narrowly won a war against extraterrestrials, but at a tremendous price. Two years later, in a distant patch of space, a mysterious explosion kills nearly the entire crew of the science vessel Starship Iris. The only survivor is Violet Liu, an intrepid, sarcastic, terrified biologist. But as Violet struggles to readjust to life after the Iris, questions abound. Was that explosion really an accident? If not, just what is going on? And why does every answer seem to get more bizarre and more dangerous? If Violet and her newfound allies want to untangle the truth, they’ll need courage, brilliance, and luck - and honestly, a couple of drinks.

it’s on iTunes and google play and http://procyonpodcasts.com/starship-iris/ and there are transcripts for all the episodes too and there is absolutely no reason why you shouldn’t listen it is SO GOOD do yourself a favor then come scream to me about it

Lack of respect for the area not owned by one's self

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