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y’all what is happening

This isn’t even a stopping point I just have to say NORA YOU CAN’T DO THAT STOP IT I AM NOT DOING WELL

reading for Jean’s insults, his teammates butchering French, and Barkbark

I ignore so many unrealistic things in these books but I just can’t accept getting changed 30 minutes before a game* or arriving at the airport 30 minutes before departure**

*after getting changed they jog a mile, stretch, and run drills to warm up before serve
**with a whole dysfunctional team of college athletes with sports gear

girl is so down bad she can tell the shade of his eyes in the middle of a storm in the middle of the night and also detect his signature deep-sea scent while out on the sea (how can one even know what the deep sea smells like? I am uncertain)

these characters are giving exceedingly heterosexual

Patroclus got jokes #gonetoosoon

I think knowing the next book was “Agamemnon’s Day of Glory” gave me a mental block for 2 weeks bc who wants to read that.

Also no way Nestor just made me read 5 full pages of him gloating about how great he was back in the day. Glory is obviously the most important thing to y’all so Achilles sweetie take your time being a self-absorbed petty king it’s what they all do. If you can’t be better be worse <3

a bit of whimsy in the midst of the Trojan War

a completely accurate summary of the first 8 books of the Iliad:
agamemnon: f u
achilles: f u harder
ships for dayssss
nestor: oh that I were young & strong! f these weak ass kids
we're going to have a fight to the death! *one of them leaves, no one dies*
we're going to have a fight to the death! oh wait nvm it's bedtime
literally everyone incl his family: paris that f-ing loser I wish he'd DROWNED
lots of people die

gotta respect the commitment to absolutely no paraphrasing

progress & redistribute matter(s) with someone who can make you see Dionysus

progress & redistribute matter(s) with someone who can make you see Dionysus

it’s fall and I’m back in New England time to actually read this book

ik the crew are all 20ish but why do they feel middle-aged lol

listening to this while driving through Maine is so funny apparently the way to Faerie is around here somewhere

road trip read…kudos to audiobook listeners bc I cannot keep up with auditory information lol (the only thing I can tell you with absolute certainty is that Suren has it baddddd)

why am I rereading tfota instead of finishing the 5 books I’m currently reading you ask? What an excellent question that I am ill-suited to answer

When one character is just now realizing something you’ve known for a very long time and you think ok it was only obvious to me bc the other character had more information and knew about it but then the other character has the same realization so I guess they’re both dumb as rocks ??

I didn’t expect to see this side of Tree Tree so early good golly (why is his name Elm Rowan I can’t take him seriously) (the tree metaphors are a lot) (he’s still my favorite though)

happiness comes from the little things in life like Libby holds arriving early

I refuse to believe that they have wires, stopwatches, workout equipment, and fire containment systems but no fountain pens (except ones operated by magic)

hehehehehehe

idk what’s going on but I’m vibing