The July Archive

July 31. But I will write in spite of everything, absolutely; it is my struggle for self-preservation. (Franz Kafka)

some recommendations based on what i’ve been reading, watching and using in the month of july.

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— to read

Hamlet by William Shakespeare. (1623)

a quote that stuck with me: To die: to sleep.
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache, and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to: 'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wished.
To die: to sleep;
To sleep, perchance to dream. Ay, there's the rub, For in that sleep of death what dreams may come, When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause: there's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life.

from goodreads: Hamlet is the story of the Prince of Denmark who learns of the death of his father at the hands of his uncle, Claudius. Claudius murders Hamlet's father, his own brother, to take the throne of Denmark and to marry Hamlet's widowed mother. Hamlet is sunk into a state of great despair as a result of discovering the murder of his father and the infidelity of his mother. Hamlet is torn between his great sadness and his desire for the revenge of his father's murder.

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(articles corner)

Brilliant books by female authors by Ellie Smith.

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How Siblings Shape Who We Are by Isabel Fattal.

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— to watch

Yellowjackets created by Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson. (2021- )

a quote that stuck with me: Does a hunt that has no violence feed anyone?

In 1996, a New Jersey high school girls' soccer team travels to Seattle for a national tournament. While flying over Canada, their plane crashes deep in the wilderness, and the surviving team members are left stranded for nineteen months. The series chronicles their attempts to stay alive as some of the team members are driven to cannibalism. It also focuses on the lives of the survivors 25 years later in 2021, as the events of their ordeal continue to affect them many years after their rescue.

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— to use

— Role Model’s Kansas Anymore (album of the month!)

— Jo Malone Orange Marmalade (scent of the summer!)

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see you next month!

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