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becoming increasingly interested in the politics of the american civil war

peachtree st mention‼️‼️‼️

“she lay in the silvery shadows with courage rising and made the plans that a sixteen-year-old makes when life has been so pleasant that defeat is an impossibility and a pretty dress and a clear complexion are weapons to vanquish fate.”

the writing in this feels like a breath of fresh air 🙏

getting awfully tired of april may

feel like i’ve been punched in the stomach

ōmagatoki- the time of day when the sky grows dark, “the time for meeting spirits and monsters”

kicking my feet AND grimacing, this book is going to be sosososososo good

#1 Gene hater

love this richard blanco poem

“for in death, chona had smelled not a hot dog but the future.” this might be the most ridiculous thing i’ve ever read

“like the velociraptor, i have a large brain for my geologic age, but maybe not large enough to survive effectively in the world where i find myself”

“mostly i’m sorry that i’m not as happy as you raised me to be”

this ship affair is crazy work

feels like i’ve been reading a lot of haunted house books lately

“locked in a love that wore everybody out”

“paul d believed schoolteacher broke into children what garner had raised into men”

“marrow weariness.” what a phrase!!!

“what she called the nastiness of life was the shock she received upon learning that nobody stopped playing checkers just because the pieces included her children”

may need to read more of zuzanna ginczanka for my next poetry endeavor

totally getting the hype bc i can’t stop reading. so fun

“no parent is enough, and love comes from many sources. it needs to.”

wow…

simply a massacre atp

adding scurvy to my list of greatest fears

*present tense, not first person pov

back to reading for book club meeting 2! but not sure i’m liking this shift to first person pov for crozier in chapter 27

“there are men and women - we know it from history - who have been born into the world for each other, and for no one else, who have accomplished the longest journey locked in each other’s arms.” why am i thinking of lucas and max rn

“he had shown her all the workings of the soul, mistaking this for love”