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lowkey. this is really good, so many twists and turns. women are so amazing and beautiful

i’m hate listening to this at this point. i finished the other half and literally can’t leave this half read…but it’s like so bad that it’s kind of bearable

a theme i’ve noticed in the books i’ve been reading is the impact of archival practices on society’s understanding of history. i love the trope of changing history to favor the victor because it’s similar to how we understand history today. and this book was no different!

guys. this is basically lesbian smut w political dynasties and so much yearning. less emphasis on political dynasties and HEAVY on the yearning smut. listening to this in the office was crazy.

lesbians! politics! AHHHHH. love.

my eyes are sweating. how did this go from hot lesbian yearning to my heart bursting.

i. love. lesbian. yearning.

eh it’s a light read not super invested but a good buffer for my other readings

“you save the voicemails incase you need to get a restraining order. When you upgrade later they are lost”

there’s a quiet grief in how deeply i relate to machado.

“i would have told him anything, anything at all. but i believed i could see five lights.” there were only four lights.

reflecting on the idea that when you’re suffering abuse and they tell you that is love, you make yourself believe it is love. sometimes believing is the only way the mind knows how to stay alive, and that’s terrifying.

I haven’t read a book that captures the emotions of an abusive lesbian relationship with this much honesty. The prose doesn’t just recount events it moves through the feeling of loving within something that is quietly, progressively violent, easy to justify when you’re inside it and devastatingly clear from the outside. I feel seen in ways I didn’t know were possible. and i still have more to read. wow.

picked this up because it was highly recommended but hadn’t read the description… it’s about queer abusive relationships. had to take a pause from it but this memoir is written in such a distinct way that i came back to it.

percy’s crash out is honestly so valid, when annabeth gets hurt and when RAD ends things with him. love how sassy he is…im actually dying laughing rn at his rant in olympius

“And yet, art and sex—and specifically the art and sex industries—are actually capital’s stress points: two industries saturated in hyper-capitalist relations while also existing on the outskirts of the formal economy.”

why are my eyes sweating. oh my god. i love seeing how viv comes to realize she has so much community around her willing to help her rebuild when it feels like she lost everything.

i’ve always been a lover of greek mythology due to the contrast between mortality and eternal life. I just started this but can’t seem to put it down. it’s full of beauty, and centered on circe slowly learning what love is and the heartbreak that comes from giving it to the wrong person. what can i say im obsessed.

okay the romance came in, it’s giving potential love triangle. it’s easier to get through now. still falling flat tho…

on chapter 27- feel like it needs more world building. characters feel flat like i get it she’s an assassin but it’s just not ✨giving✨ feeling meh abt this book

i’ve loved how she talks about academia, the trials and tribulations, and how bizarre it seems