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I‘m delving into my Halloween TBR a little bit early and reading a spooky Buffy style retelling of Alice in Wonderland called A Blade so Black. This book is released October 9th by @titan_books and I‘m super excited to dive in! I love Alice in Wonderland and retellings of it are my kryptonite. 🐞 #aliceinwonderland #retellings #pompeii #classics #classicsstudent #classicalstudies #rome #spqr #newreleases

So, my little one is out for the day with my sister and nephew so my afternoon is going to be all about getting through more of my Iliad reread and looking through my uni materials for this first block! It‘s getting closer and I cannot wait. 🐞

Can it be October yet? #a229 #exploringtheclassicalworld #greekliterature #ancientgreece #classics #classicist #classicsstudent #classicalstudies

Good morning 🐞

First coffee and a bit of Homer to start the day right. Today is going to be a full day of studying bridging materials in preparation for uni starting back. I started yesterday but my daughter is at nursery all day today so I‘m dedicating the day to such pursuits. 🐞

#greekliterature #homer #greekepic #ancientgreek #classics #classicist #classicsstudent #classicalstudies

Really enjoyed reading in the garden all day today whilst the babies played outside. Minus one or two bumps it‘s been a great day. I‘m over halfway through The Oedipus Cycle and yes, it‘s just as amazing as I recalled it being. Can‘t wait to get to Antigone.

If you‘ve read Sophocles, which is your favourite play? #classicsstudent #ancientgreek #sophocles #bookstamums #classics #classicist #classicalstudies

Finished A Hat Full Of Sky and now I‘m debating my next read.

I‘m getting excited the closer it gets to going back to uni too! I‘m hoping my textbooks will arrive soon so I can see what I‘ll be covering this year. I‘m also excited about covering Homer again this year (I already know this because it‘s a set book!) 🙊 Am I the only one who can‘t wait to get back to Studies? #classics #classicist #classicsstudent #classicalstudies #ancientgreek

I‘m really enjoying Phaedo. I‘ve only read the introduction and a few pages of dialogue so far but its good. Once the little one is in bed I‘m going to enjoy reading the rest of the book. I‘m doing as well with The Second Sex which seems clunky and preachy and a bit OTT. I‘m hoping it gets better because it‘s a HUGE book in both size and popularity. #booklover #currentlyreading #classicsstudent #classicist #plato #booklover #bookaddict #bookworm

Good morning beautiful souls 🖤🌻

After a very early wake up (5am! Sheesh!) myself and the little one are in bed full of corn flakes with pop for her and coffee for me. She‘s watching Garfield and jumping on the bed, I‘m reading and trying not to spill my coffee. I love mornings like this when we just chill out together doing our thing.

How did you spend your morning? #bookblog #booklover #bookaddict #plato #classicist #classicsstudent

{#bookmail 🖤🌻}

Thank you to the lovelies who recommended me fierce female writers the other week. I added a lot of books to my wish list and purchased my first few yesterday! Shoutout to @ani_elizaveta and @rubyhosh for these particular recommendations! Thanks ladies. I‘m going to delve into them right away. #bookstagram #bookish #bookworm #bookblog #booklover #bookaddict #bookstamums #classicist #classicsstudent

Dear University,

Thank you for throwing me a curveball just when I think I‘d sorted out what I wanted to do and how I wanted to work things. Now I‘m feeling a bit lost, a bit thrown out of whack, a bit disoriented and a bit awkward. I‘m scowling at my classics shelf and cursing your name. Thanks for making this hard again. Gods damn you! #bookaddict #bookish #bookblog #bookworm #classicist #classicsstudent #greekliterature #classicalgreek

It‘s the weekend so that means I‘ll be leaving my beautiful home again until Sunday night. It‘s always nice to leave everything behind and get away now and again but I‘m really not feeling in a place to be anywhere but Home right now. I‘m wondering if I want to haul Dante with me or not. It‘s a monster tome of a book to carry about but I think I want to reread it. Decisions decisions! #dantealighieri #classicsstudent #bookaddict #booklover