expériences universitaires dans les romans

je me demande pourquoi il y a si peu de romans dont l'histoire se produit à l'université, tandis qu'il y en a des tas qui se passent au lycée. bien sûr le lycée est une expérience plus universelle (et sans doute plus traumatisante). de plus, les romans de lycée sont plus faciles à trouver, il suffit de parcourir le rayon YA/jeunesse d'une librairie moyenne ou bibliothèque bien approvisionnée. tout de même, je m'attendrais à rencontrer de temps en temps une histoire d'université dans les rayons « littéraires ».

on prétend que l'université est la plus belle période de la vie et qu'on y a toutes sortes d'aventures, mais dans mon expérience, ce n'est plutôt une période à survivre. on est débordé·e de travail, on se sent coupable chaque instant qu'on n'est pas en train de bosser, on ne voit plus ses ancien·ne·s ami·e·s et il est plus difficile de se faire de nouvel·le·s ami·e·s, on est stressé·e en permanence et en général la vie est... assez ennuyeuse. il se passe rien, rien ne change. alors peut-être ce n'est pas bien palpitant comme matière pour un roman.

en tout cas voici ma petite liste de livres qui se passent à l'université dont je suis au courant :
• Fangirl - Rainbow Rowell
• Une si jolie robe - Fan Wu
• Jalat ilmassa - Antti Rönkä (jviens de commencer à lire)
• Ninth House - Leigh Bardugo (j'ai pas lu)

si on ajoute les universités magiques, je pense aux livres suivants :
• De erfenis van Richard Grenville - Nathalie Koch
• The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss
• The Magicians - Lev Grossman

j'aimerais en trouver d'autres, si quelqu'un en connaît par hasard, n'hésitez pas de laisser un commentaire.

the screaming into the void Experience

i've been desperately trying to quit tumblr for a long time now, having recognised that it wasn't doing much good for my mental state. it's been over a year since i last posted anything and i have occasionally gone weeks without checking tumblr, but i'm once again relapsing. and i also find myself missing an outlet where i can have the experience of launching my nonsense that no one cares about into the void, where it is theoretically "shared" with an "audience", but in practice absolutely no one will read it so it doesn't bother anyone

anyway my friends told me to try Dreamwidth so now i am here to post shit for no one to care about, it's got the added bonus that i have no idea how the site works so i'm not getting distracted by Content all the time

year and decade lists

there's plenty of Big Special Days that i don't care for (like my birthday, which is really not such a big deal and i wish people would forget), but new year isn't that bad. on one hand time is fake, and stuff just keeps on continuing no matter what number we stick onto it, but on the other hand it's an occasion like any other for (intro/retro)spection.
i'm sure everyone is sick of "best of the decade" lists by now, but you don't have to read this. just because no one cares doesn't mean i can't have my fun in this little play corner of mine.

best books of the decade
i've tried to avoid bias toward my most recent favourites as much as possible. some of these are books that aren't favourites (anymore) but had a deep impact in some way. i didn't include some books that used to be top favourites that i now don't really care for anymore.

Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
this has been my top favourite of all time since 2015, along with the rest of the Imperial Radch trilogy and Ann Leckie's other novels.

Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee
so, so, so good. the characters are super interesting, the plot is engaging, the worldbuilding feels Alive, and every single sentence is breathtakingly beautiful.

The Dark Forest by Liu Cixin
this is the second part of the Three Body trilogy, and while i also love the other two, this is the one with the Dark Forest Theory that turned my universe upside out and inside down.

The Merro Tree by Katie Waitman
i first read this in like 2012 and have reread it many times, and every single time i stay up late at night because i MUST finish it. it has gay aliens, or gayliens,

Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
anthologies are difficult to rate but this one has a very high story:breathtaking-story ratio.

Itinéraire d'enfance by Dương Thu Hương
it is kind and friendly and inspiring, and it lingers with me.

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
was my favourite until i read Ancillary Justice, also beautifully written

Invisible Planets and Broken Stars edited and translated by Ken Liu
anthologies are difficult (see above), but overall i love both of these. "Invisible Planets" by Hao Jingfang is one of my favourite short stories of all time, if not *the* favourite


best songs of the decade
that is, songs that i have listened to last decade that particularly stand out. similar principle as with the books, but the order is more chronological.

Fall Out Boy - "Centuries"
Muse - "Plug In Baby"
Muse - "Starlight"
The Neighborhood - "Sweater Weather"
Wanting - "You Exist In My Song"
Wanting - "Jar Of Love"
Shi Shi - "That Last Day"
Tiên Tiên - "Đi Về Dâu"
Bệt band - "Hãy Nói Đi"
R-Chord ft. Diana Wang - "Love Doesn't Need To Pretend"
Korpiklaani - "Surma"


au départ j'avais l'intention d'ajouter encore mes bonnes résolutions pour le nouvel an (qui sont surtout les continuations de choses que j'essayais déjà de faire) mais je n'en ai que trois

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