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This rhyme scheme is turning my mind to goo

For the first 20% I really thought I was reading an Achilles + Patroclus relationship, but tragically I fear these boys are hetero and boring. I don’t think I can continue at this point. Devastating.

I’ve dogeared half the pages

Cannot put this down. I’m 200 years late to the Brontë party, but here I am.

“I desired liberty; for liberty I gasped; for liberty I uttered a prayer; it seemed scattered on the wind then faintly blowing. I abandoned it and framed a humbler supplication. For change, stimulus. That petition, too, seemed swept off into vague space. “Then,” I cried, half desperate, “grant me at least a new servitude!”

😦🫨

“He’s more myself than I am.” On the record, I detest Cathy.

If anyone’s curious, this practically word-for-word The Auction. Not necessarily complaining, but I find it funny that the author made NO mention of her fanfic history at her B&N release event in NYC, and made it sound like this was a brand new, recent writing project.

15 hour road trip: 15hr audiobook

This week I’ve read Tolstoy, Nietzsche, multiple self help books for daughters-turned-caregivers, a translation of 4 short stories by French author Théophile Gautier, a collection of poems by Mary Oliver, and Dramione fanfic. I stand by my belief that the greatest writers of this century are on AO3 posting a weekly chapter update to their years-long WIPs without a beta. 🫡

Loving this - the writing is superb.

This guy’s delirious deathbed manifesto live reading has been going on for the past hour, I forgot the the entire book hasn’t just been this story