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“No mourners. No funerals. Among them, it passed for ‘good luck.” ― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

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Spent the morning having a bagel breakfast (very NYC and very much the best thing about Saturday’s) and bookstore hopping with a pal from @thebookcon today! 💙 Big things are happening, stay tuned 😘 . . Now off to do errands and a very exciting thing that I’ve been dying to do for forever (I’m being vague but you’ll see soon enough!!!!) 😜

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Eligible: A Modern Retelling of Pride and Prejudice

I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this novel. I'm always interested in retellings or sequels to Pride and Prejudice. It's one of my favorite classic novels. However, I find that I can never be fully invested in these sequels; they usually just do not add anything of significance to the original. I thought that Eligible would be the same, but I was completely wrong. 

I loved how Sittenfeld reinterpreted Pride and Prejudice. This novel contains themes of feminism; the role of a woman as a nurturer versus choosing to be childfree, whether a woman should make it a priority to be married/how much emphasis our society places on a woman's biological clock, which then determines how useful she is...it's just a slew of very interesting and relevant questions that pertain to being a woman in our society. There's also something about Eligible's prose that is reminiscent of Pride and Prejudice, but it's not taking itself too seriously at the same time. I am completely in love with how Sittenfeld handled the topic of Lydia's elopement. Instead of Lydia being a stain upon the Bennet family name, the "problem" with the elopement does not lie with Lydia being a fast woman. Instead, Sittenfeld shifts the "scandal" of Lydia's elopement to an entirely different nature. I also really liked how the character of Lady Catherine de Bourgh was handled! This book is definitely worth a read, whether you have read Pride and Prejudice or not!

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Part of my bookshelves 📚

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February book haul ♡

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february book haul (part one) ♡

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Alice! I had a lot of fun researching 1860s children’s clothes for this. The shoes from that time period are amazing.

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Other Harry Potter books I'd read

• Marauder Era • Next Generation • Fred and George’s years at Hogwarts • Tom Riddle’s years at Hogwarts • Draco’s POV • The Silver Trio’s adventures • The year after the Battle of Hogwarts • Dobby’s love story with his sock • Percy and his cauldron bottoms • ANYTHING

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Feeling like a trip to wonderland.

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I know right? You’re probably thinking “Whose balls did I have to fondle to get my very own movie?” I can’t tell you his name, but it rhymes with “Pullverine.” 

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01.07,2016// Today i wanted to go out ,but somehow i ended up staying at home,reading and writing poetry.

ig: micolsinn

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Personal library of professor Richard A. Macksey.

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11:20 am // Breakfast in bed with a book. 😊 . {#books #booklr #bookstagram #booksandfood #nightfilm}

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All this adulting is really cutting into my reading time