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very refreshing to read an account of American history that’s not whitewashed and downright false.

“By creating race-based, intergenerational, perpetually oppressed class of human beings, Virginia revealed that all that nonsense in the colony’s first charter about God, liberty, and the ‘true religion’ was a farce. Slavery was an American idea, not a product of the time.”

i wonder if Dorian Gray would have felt the need to do any of this if he had gotten to experience house music just once. like maybe all this pining and selfish expression could have been mitigated by going to a rave. idk. i think a lot of time periods would have been different if they had gotten to experience insane music but maybe that's just me

Okay we are finally getting to the meat of this … a wild little time. Dorian’s thoughts about his own soul; the nature of this book and how it discusses what people view as sacred. Youth, experience … the ability to gain immortality but at what cost ?

Fascinating stuff

Trying to read this before bed/ in the mornings when I have time.

Unsure if GR has the right copy of the one I’m looking at, but there’s beautiful illustrations and the setup on each page is simple and easy to digest.

So far very much so enjoying this, a classic book of wisdom and inspired thought

It's like part social satire and part journey into manipulation.

Lord Henry's disposition is that of someone who takes great pleasure in control, but also in watching life as though he's not a part of it. He's definitely a little psychotic, which is part of his appeal, so knowingly charismatic.

Dorian is susceptible to his influence, and Basil seems to have a good head on his shoulders, albeit lost in his art.

language language i love LANGUAGE

"the ugly and the stupid have the best of it in this world. they can sit at their ease and gape at the play."

i can already tell this is going to be one of those I wish I could highlight (sorry, library book,) because a few pages in and I'm enthralled by the wording, the feeling

this just feels so real; it's science fiction and dystopian but the way Butler has crafted the "what next" is just... like this is how it would go.

I'm happy to have a smart and capable protagonist, although Lauren is still 18 and has 18yr old desires

this is crazy actually; I knew some things were bound to go down in this but it just happened so fast and now all of a sudden it's like I'm reading a completely different story-- although this is what Lauren has trained for. She's a very bright, realistic, perceptive, and still always hopeful protagonist. Quite serious too- although there's not a lot of humor in the book in general.

That's okay, it's a message.

prescient, simple, and foreboding.

crazy how this was written in 1995(?) because the things Lauren is afraid of are so real. Also, her thoughts on God and the way to create a new form of society is incredible.

Keith is getting on my nerves though and I am *afraid* he is going to do something terrible

been needing to read this for a while

Lauren’s voice is refreshing, albeit painful. Her talking about how she believes space exploration is one of the only things left that’s a good thing is fascinating. Her dynamic w her family + walled community + outside world + god is also very intriguing. Her condition too!

the evil behemoth of evangelical churches will never not make me mad — tbh all evangelical movements piss me off for a plethora of reasons but specifically the southern ones overlay directly with mass poverty and lack of education in rural communities and it’s fucking sad and yeah, evil . just filled with pervasive, racist, anti-woman, anti-intellectual pursuits, homophobic, transphobic discourse and I hate it

love a good folk tale, love a good graphic novel

well. it's my own dang fault for picking up this book and thinking everything would be okay even though Kristoff is a self-proclaimed "non believer in happy endings."

:( lets finish this, even if it... hurts

this book is actually just high stakes emotional drama and then really sad things happen that u wouldn’t even expect and we must carry on 😓

my statement still holds tho and I really really just don’t trust ANYONE.

Maryn specifically is on my list now

bruh I do not trust ANYONE anymore

except maybe Dior bc she's kept in the dark about everything even though she's the only one who can save them

nervous about Celene and Maryn's true intentions, nervous in the ways Gabriel's heart is getting pulled, nervous about friends and lovers BETRAYING EACH OTHER OVER AND OVER AGAIN

cmoooon friends lets just all play nice? no? okay GREAT *cries*

bro if we came all this way just for these Inquisitrix bitches to get their way I’m gonna be so mad. actual least favorite characters in the books- not the vampires, not the betrayers, not the cowards, but these haughty bitches lol.

side note: happy to get Celene’s story while she trains Dior. made the sailing chapters a breeze to get through!

I miss Gabriel 😭 where is heeeee

Fantastic narrative, getting to know the day laborers stories and Villavicencio’s cutting voice.

Reading for me is an act of resistance; not my only one, but definitely a small, daily practice that helps me to connect with the world at large. Diverse reading, especially in today’s chaotic and ugly world, is very important. It is my goal to diversify my own reading and educate myself more wholly

fuck ICE

ohhhh there’s some weird shit going on at Leon… maybe it’s that dang Fool

Also: what gets me about these books is that they’re so BROODY. Good, to be sure, but it’s almost comical at times how much of a brood Gabriel is. But that’s part of the allure of these, part of the feeling.

Also: my heart bleeds for Aaron and I want Lachlan to kiss a girl!!! Ahhhh these boys

thank god Kristoff gave me a "hey if u don't remember anything from the last time, here's a quick synopsis of everything that's happened so far!" bc i've forgotten so much lmfao

ANYWAYS HERE WE GO NUMBER 3 I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR A YEAR! better be gooooood

who knew a story like this would just be really sad. Angela's chapters had me in my FEELINGS.

back to Lewis now though? ocean ocean ocean ocean

At the beginning of this, it was harder to resonate with Wren, but as it goes on I really resonate with her. Especially in her Wandering time— my soul feels this.

This is a very emotional read, unexpectedly so. Quite beautiful too

it's like if "tusk" was a sad romance-drama instead of a horror movie

reading this bc it's a rec from my mom, and wow! the characterization, the language, the heart already... "opposites attract" is fun, but this also feels very heavy, vulnerable, and strange.

these bumps of fate are life or death for Sheever... he has some choices for sure, to decide his future. He is also haunted by the past, quite literally.

His relationships with the past, his unknowing of his future, and the people who he has (unknowingly) let into his world is all making his choices difficult. Also the recurring theme of faith and the soul.

The entire social structure of the world is fascinating, and all of the cultures. Uttes and Vics, Mearans and Verdis, Soms and Drays… if I’m being honest, it’s kind of hard to keep track of how RICH this place is with its histories and laws, but Sheever’s memories of youth as well as his present predicament keep me hyper-involved with the story.

I have no idea where this is going either, very exciting!

I'm overwhelmed with how much I'm loving this. At once a day-to-day, slice of life diary of a cynical man in a situation far below what he's used to, and also a fantasy-mystery with a world far bigger than what we are shown on the page. Sheever's self-loathing and penance mixed with his humor and egalitarian nature is refreshing. He's very funny and serious, his life a matter of magic, guilt, and wisdom.

I LOVE IT WHEN MY FANTASY HAS DEEP LORE! LIKE I'M JUST THROWN RIGHT IN HERE IN A LAND WITH SO MUCH HISTORY AND CULTURE AND SPIRITUAL ACTIVITY AND IM JUST LEARNING AS I GO AND I LOOOOOVE IT!!!

the language is deliberate, funny, and also disquieting at times. Sheever knows a lot more than he's letting on; these Snake Kinsman folk are fascinating too. RICH WORLD RICH STORY CAN I GET A HELLL YEAH

I've wanted to read this for years, I've always heard it's styled unlike any other fantasy novel.
So far I'm loving it, the diary entries are intruiging and the mystery of Sheever and why he hates this city is great!

This was a bitch and a half to find though. Had to inter library loan it lol, I'll make sure to be extra careful with my copy!

I just really love slow burn fantasy horror, because like halfway through it's like BAM, everything starts coming together.

Elfreda and her lace, the Sisterhood's factions, Finn and where his loyalties lay, happy faces for Asan, Osan, Jesane, Rhyanon and Millie, and a biG OLD FROWNY FACE FOR THOSE BITCHES CELANE AND VERJE.

Saw that coming though. Let's find out about this Eater now though, and what it all means...

oh I love it when a book gets actually really scary and gross all at once … am I finally about to figure out how lace works and what the Martyrdom is?

That heart ripping scene was WILD