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well i have to buy this now because i spilled pasta sauce on it so who wants to read it after me

the huh

um.

the way i’m not even halfway through……but also why is this so good….no one told me it was this good….

the first person to read kushiel’s dart and dengue boy back to back

pallas-camilla-turnus death triptych is soo crazy

fun times are over now it’s really time to suffer

norton classic epics translators love to make radical moves with the definition of one word in the first line

no books….what do i do now….

anyone else worried about the fate of the no peak clan…

okay. did not see that coming

physical copy procured….yippee

the curse of horrifically formatted drc from edelweiss strikes again…let’s see if i can actually read it like this…….

“you must remember…that you are my daughter and that i have loved you.” “my child…this is a matter that has nothing to do with love.” john williams you madman

late roman republic personal-political drama at a heretofore unmatched level

WHAT?????? WHAT??????!!?!

it's possible i'm reading far too many books........atque loove the side by side latin!!!!

let’s go octavian

resumption!

planet of exile: strong start but not really a lasting connection to sense of place. overall kind of mid

completed rocannon's world. is it weird to call it cute? charming, if somewhat banal, more swords & sorcery tucked within a sci fi premise. character dynamics stood out more than anything else! can def see the bones of what le guin will become as a storytelling master, but it's not quite meaty enough for me yet

chapter 5 contains words and sentences i never in my life thought i would read in a work of academic biographical exploration

this book has got to give me a single important and present character who is a woman at some point soon

the only foods this author can be sure existed in ancient rome are dates and honey

ok i know what you are traitor baru cormorant redux

“the history of the family was full of brutal murder, adultery, monstrous ambition, and rather more cannibalism than one would expect.” …right. because greek mythology was famously devoid of cannibalism.

me vs inaccurate representations of horses in fantasy books….a brown horse with a darker mane and dark socks is not by any means a chestnut. that’s a bay

wait…is this book good