It took a little more than 4 months, but I finally made it to the Saturday markets. It was cute and lovely and massive and god why do I have to leave Rennes
It took a little more than 4 months, but I finally made it to the Saturday markets. It was cute and lovely and massive and god why do I have to leave Rennes
(Source: spicecat)
Can we talk about how in one of my classes today (it was the last one for the class), we had a bit of food and someone seriously brought scotch whisky.

and this guy got more than tipsy in class
france, you’re too good for me
also a girl made us some falafel and IT WAS THE BEST FALAFEL
I’m pretty sure I forgot to say this:
When I went to see “Gatsby le Magnifique” at Gaumont (in VO, so no dubs, just French subtitles), the moment when the French butler first spoke was so incredibly uncomfortable in that theater.
No one laughed.
You could feel the weight of dozens of French sighs.
(x)
REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD READ THE ABHORSEN CHRONICLES:
- BADASS FEMALE PROTAGONISTS: from Sabriel the prefect of an all-girls school to Lirael a shy librarian both of whom turn into duty-bound zombie killing soldier priests who rescue princes and battle necromancers and fight against what is effectively a trapped god, you can keep your Hermione’s and Katniss Everdeen’s thanx (and can we just talk about how the girls in the school TOTALLY JUMP INTO HELP THE SOLDIERS AGAINST KERRIGOR DESPITE KNOWING THEY’RE PROBABLY GOING TO DIE??)
- INCREDIBLE WORLD BUILDING: set in two neighbouring kingdoms - one resembling 1930’s britain the other a medieval fantasy realm that’s fallen into anarchy plagued by Death NOT TO MENTION the world-weary soldiers manning the wall who are sick of your necromantic bullshit
- TALKING ANIMAL COMPANIONS: not as cheesy as you think, since one is a sarcastic cat spirit who is scary as fuck when his true form is revealed and the other a wizened grandmotherly-like dog who rips out undead throats
- COOL MAGIC: though it’s complicated it isn’t once confusing and you can’t beat dual sword-and-bell wielding, bells that can land you into death modeled after the Egyptian afterlife
- GREAT CHARACTERS AND DEVELOPMENT: all the characters are forced to carry a duty and some succeed whilst others don’t but that’s okay because being born into a society doesn’t necessarily mean you belong there
- GOOD ROMANCE: it’s subtle and forged out of friendship and trust and doesn’t define any of the characters or control any of the events in the story
- NEW BOOKS COMING SOON: including Clariel which is a prequel based on Chlorr of the Mask WHO WAS AN ABHORSEN WHO TURNED EVIL!! like how awesome does that sound give me all the downward spirals for female necromancers AND there’s apparently going to be a sequel to the series too!!
- POSSIBLE FILM IN THE MAKING: which means if you wanna get on that fandom first get on it now
- IT’S JUST REALLY GREAT?? despite it being marketed as a YA book it’s still riveting and mature enough for older audiences (I think I might appreciate it more now that I’m older tbh) just UNF
YEAH
Woohoo! I received my grade for my exposé and I did quite well! I received a 16.75/20, which sounds bad if you look at it as an American because the grading scales are different … but in terms of the French grading scale (which is out of 20), my grade is a “très bien.”
I am content, especially considering the amount of time I spent on it (or rather, amount of time I didn’t spend on it).