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I just finished act 3 scene 1 so it feels important to note my favorite interpretation of hamlet’s “to be or not to be” soliloquy is michelle terry’s, absolutely mandatory viewing!

just finished act 2!

ive got tickets to see “hamnet” dec 5th so my goal is to finish hamlet before then 🫡

I’ve checked out this book 4 times since I started reading 9/1…… I’ve got 4 days left w this audiobook if I don’t finish it this week I’m dnfing!

after reading 20 pages of seventeen million different books im finally sticking with one — war is over ‼️

i bet naomi klein LOVED the substance

it’s been a while since i’ve been so locked into a nonfiction audiobook but i am LOVING this

writing so beautiful i feel like i have to read it aloud

new audiobook for otw to school!

1st fiction audiobook!! i’ve had to accept that i won’t catch every single line of dialogue or foreshadowing lol but i am invested and successfully following along with the plot!

new school year = audiobooks on my drives!!

becca is reading us this choose your own adventure on our long drive! so far we’ve hit 4 of the 42 possible endings

I <3 unhinged female protagonists

I have really been dragging my feet to finish this….. this is my THIRD time checking it out from the library

after following suleika’s newsletter (and unfortunately never taking the time to write based on her journal prompts) for a year now, im excited to use “the book of alchemy” to inspire more reflection. today, i journaled based on the prompt in the essay “dandelions.” i’m looking forward to visiting this collection over a stretch of time, so i expect this to sit in my “reading” for a while!

“for it is precisely how i feel, who have inherited not measurable wealth but, as we all do who care for it, that immeasurable fund of thoughts and ideas, from writers and thinkers long gone into the ground— and, inseparable from those wisdoms because demanded by them, the responsibility to live thoughtfully and intelligently. to enjoy, to question— never to assume, or trample.” sister turtle

revisiting this one

planes are the best places to start books you’ve been meaning to read for forever

i am already learning so much!!! love the balance between data and personal stories, much more impactful and memorable this way