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The real terror of this book is being with a wrong man

Yeah I’m gonna need Louise to lock in

If you’re unfamiliar with Artemisia Gentileschi’s work, please go spend some time with it.

Man, I love the story of the Mona Lisa theft.

This book was perfectly designed to shatter and rebuild me with every chapter.

Okay, when are things going to get spooky?

For the love of God, y’all, don’t not sleep and then drive.

I hope I’m getting enough NREM and REM sleep 🤞

Asian singing the whole world into being 🥹

I best not ever have to save Earth. I am… not smart enough for that.

Actually really enjoying the science jargon!

June’s nonfiction already has me rethinking AT LEAST my caffeine consumption. 😬

Me: *knows these people have been dead for centuries*
Also me: *feels my stomach drop when I read the words “Agrippa… fell ill and died.”*

Gosh, the Romans were crazy.

God bless ancient AND modern biographers

March’s fiction and an old timer on my TBR. So far: super unsettling and bizarrely realistic?

The Creature’s story breaks my heart every freaking time

Coming across Latin here is like finally seeing a family tree branch I recognize.

When I got my degree in Classical Studies… I don’t think I went ancient enough.

Man, I love language.

Just kidding about “Confessions”; starting this one over as my February Non-Fiction

Victor, my guy… I actually don’t think you should say that you suffered more than Justine.

February’s non-fiction!

Annual reread with my students and Victor Frankenstein is an unreliable narrator. Prove me wrong.

The switch between narrations was WILD

I’ve never trusted a narrator less in my life