snagged these gorgeous hardbacks at Waterstones last month & i’m excited to dive into a tempest of tea over break. it combines my two favourite things: vampires & tea. the other vampire book pictured here is an education in malice and it was excellent! i gave it four stars for all the queer dark academia vibes (and the inclusion of the academic rivals to lovers trope!).

i found an education in malice a little predictable sometimes like it was playing it too safe and relying on the fact that there aren’t a lot of well known queer vampire girl books (or at least i haven’t read many). but the prose was decadent & much of the language they used to discuss literature/poetry was familiar to me (since my bachelor’s was in english lit). i really liked the atmosphere and the exploration of power dynamics in a problematic teacher-student relationship - except in this case, the teacher is an older female vampire who is exploiting a younger girl’s crush on her.

what are you currently reading?

ig: @rachana_reads

Current Read: A Tempest of Tea ☕️

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12.19.19 — day filled with cute coffee shop corners and books. not complaining.

my spring tbr book pile 🌷

snagged these gorgeous hardbacks at Waterstones last month & i’m excited to dive into a tempest of tea over break. it combines my two favourite things: vampires & tea. the other vampire book pictured here is an education in malice and it was excellent! i gave it four stars for all the queer dark academia vibes (and the inclusion of the academic rivals to lovers trope!).

i found an education in malice a little predictable sometimes like it was playing it too safe and relying on the fact that there aren’t a lot of well known queer vampire girl books (or at least i haven’t read many). but the prose was decadent & much of the language they used to discuss literature/poetry was familiar to me (since my bachelor’s was in english lit). i really liked the atmosphere and the exploration of power dynamics in a problematic teacher-student relationship - except in this case, the teacher is an older female vampire who is exploiting a younger girl’s crush on her.

what are you currently reading?

ig: @rachana_reads

Spring comes quickly; overnight the plum tree blossoms, the warm air fills with bird calls

Moments combined with the magic of Jane Eyre. It's definitely a masterpiece worth reading. ☕📖

makes a to do list. gets too stressed to start on it before it’s waaaaay to late (ohno!!)

green green green

i do like a good little note taking session in a cute café ☕️

The lessons you learn on your journey towards your destination will always be more valuable than the destination itself.

my winter break is pretty cosy so far ✨

// March 2024

almost forgot how well mind maps work when you have so many thoughts and ideas going on in your head and they are the perfect base for structuring and writing my assignment und MITRE ATT&CK and D3FEND frameworks 🌿

Always stay cozy while studying 📓🕯️🍵

March 3rd, 2024

I feel like I didn't really have a weekend but at least I got a lot of things done and also spent some time outside. The weather was wonderful, it really felt like spring... Finished writing my last paper, now it's only editing, prepared my classes, wrote a report,... And fell asleep sitting on the Hollywood swing in my garden.