i am irrevocably damaged
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if youre an academia, literature, cottagecore, cozy, vintage, or plant blog, REBLOG THIS PLS!!
i’m desperate for new people to follow and idk how else to find active accounts
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books read in 2023
- Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
★★★★★
"Now be sincere; did you admire me for my impertinence?"
"For the liveliness of your mind, I did."
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There are a few works out there that will try to talk to the reader directly, which is always neat, but House of Leaves is the only book I’ve ever read that intentionally tries to fuck with your head.
Like.
The book is making fun of you. It’s making fun of itself. It’s making fun of authors as a concept. It’s a satire of ivory tower uselessness.
The book is the house. What is a novel but a house made of pages; a House of Leaves?
And as we wander the labyrinthine halls in search of The Minotaur Meaning, it bamboozles and mocks us. It whispers
This is Fantasy, you Fool,
Nothing you learn here has value
But you can’t stop. Can you?
You must keep turning pages
Even as it bends your spine
And dries your panic-wide eyes
Absolute nightmare of a book.
Highly recommend.
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Normal people: Zade is terrifying and continuously breaks into Adeline’s house to spy on her and leaves roses!
Me: He cuts the damn thorns off so she won’t get hurt, relax.
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"I don't want to have to be the one who mourns everything when everyone else has clearly forgotten. It's mortifying. It's mortifying to be the one who remembers."
- Ryan O'Connell
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idk who needs to hear this, but all books count as “reading”.
just because you read classics or litfic, doesn’t mean youre reading is better than anyone else’s
just because you read graphic novels or manga doesn’t mean you’re reading any less than anyone
just because you read romance or fantasy doesn’t mean your preference is less legitimate
ALL BOOKS COUNT AS BOOK
no book is better than any other book
it’s just a book
i’m tired of yall gatekeeping reading
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