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sillytriumphdragon · 6 months

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"God gives us the ugliness so we don’t take the beautiful things in life for granted."

~Colleen Hoover, Ugly Love

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sassafrasmoonshine · 9 months

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Christian Burmingham (British-English, b. ) • Pastel Illustration for The Princess and the Pea in the collection The Classic Tales of Hans Christian Andersen retold by Margaret Clark • Scholastic • 2002

#illustration #fine art illustration #pastel artwork #Christian Burmingham #hans christian andersen #classic children's tales #children's literature #kid lit #illustrator #artwork #british illustrator #sassafras & moonshine blog #contemporary illustration #book illustration

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rivilu · 2 months

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Oh I can't take this seriously in the slightest 😭

#reading the invisible man nxjsjsndj #my brain is telling me wow yeah obviously this idea of faux science invisibility must've been so novel and thus inherently strange and scary #-to the contemporary audience it was intended for #my heart though. Cant get over the fact that Griffin is trying to be all intimidating and 'dont you dare betray me'#while literally naked and sneezing every two seconds 😭😭😭#AND TO A MAN HE JUST STUMBLED UPON 😭😭😭😭#weird freak classic lit man no49998696 #like with something like Dracula which came out the same year (wow what a year 1897 mustve been) i still find parts of it camp and goofy #in a way that was most likely not intended jdjsjdjf hello lizard fashion #but it also does manage to be proper intimidating and spooky when it sets out to. helloooo boat chapter #this.. the fact that dude is out there cold and naked all the time is simply TOO funny for me to exercise suspension of disbelief #the brawl with the whole town where he fucking strippeddnnNdndjjejkd #cannot. cannot take it seriously

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house1nnebraska · 1 year

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"He knows that x will always equal x."

Hanya Yanagihara, A little life (2015)

#x=x #a little life #literature #books and reading #jude st francis #hanya yanagihara #bookworm #read in 2023 #contemporary classical #classic lit quotes #trauma

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mobgoblin · 4 months

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in tenth grade my english teacher let me do a comparative analysis on Dracula and The Vampire Lestat. and she was a legend for that.

#most chose from her pre-approved options #(of thematically connected classic & contemporary lit)#iwtv

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ad15124 · 2 years

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book recs anyone?

#please no classic or contemporary lit that my English teacher would approve of #romcoms sci fi n fantasy >>>#aalutalks

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remindmetoreed · 1 year

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okay, i broke the 400pg barrier a few days late but we finally made it! only 700 pages to go?

i'm getting close to the end of Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow and I think I know how it ends. We'll see!

#remindmetoreed #the count of monte cristo #alexandre dumas #tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow #gabrielle zevin #fiction #classic lit #classic literature #classics #contemporary fiction #books #bookblr #book blog #reading #book lover #bookish

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jeanmoreaux · 10 months

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Hi, this is a bit random, but you mentioned working on your thesis (good luck with it!) and it reminded me of my thesis (I'm in the early stages, deciding on a topic) and was wondering (because you've mentioned that you are from a german-speaking county) if there are any german gothic or german realist works you really love (both two topics I'm very interested in and although I've read a lot of german lit, I don't have clear favourites). I hope this isn't too much to ask, hope you have a wonderful day regardless!<3

thank you <333 ngl i broke my brain trying to think of books to mention here but i came up empty. i barely read german novels and german classics are few and far between…. my favs are probably heinrich kleist (but he was a romantic writer) and ödön von horvát (but he’s not what you’re looking for either)….. i have a shelf on my goodreads that has a very eclectic selection of german books i have read but, again, i don’t think that it will be of much help. i am so sorry :/

((and if you have any german book recs PLS let me know!!! i‘d love to hear about the books you’ve loved))

#you just. made me so aware i have absolutely no comprehensive understanding of classic german lit which. considering i studied german #for two semesters……so bad #but tbh i don’t know anything about contemporary german lit either so….. 💀💀#((i am and will forever be a girlie with a bachelor’s degree in english lit.))#maybe i should make it a reading goal next year to read some more german lit #anon #answer #have a great day!! enjoy your weekend

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megkuna · 2 years

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girl from date yesterday told me she got more of a friend vibe, which is fine, i'm still just like having that bad 'it's because you don't fit in with queer people' feelings lol. doesn't help that we went to a queer bookstore and i honestly just felt so out of place.

#saying this also because she seemed like. annoyed/taken aback/whatever my fav authors are classic lit guys #she kept mentioning my taste in classics throughout the date like. ok!!!!!!#i'm sorry i don't read more feminist contemporary authors i don't have time in between reading 34979 books #on religion and political economy and my fav books are books i've had to read for classes usually #same feeling at queer bookstore like i'm looking through all of these books just feeling like #man i'm not. in any of these #like even when there's like oh cool a latina lesbian character it's just. it feels so like catering #i don't want to feel identified with some char because they share a few labels with me #i can get that from a government form #i read literature to feel smthn and it doesn't HAVE to be tied to being queer #imo gombrowicz' trans atlantyk is the book that best reps my own queer experience #and i don't think the fact he was a bi man or polish takes anything away from that #idk ugh sorry i'm in my weird i'll never be actual part of the lgbt community thing again

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littleeyesofpallas · 1 year

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Sorcerer of ORIERANT SERIES[オーリエラントの魔道師シリーズ]

#manga covers #not manga #and notably not LNs #i forget sometimes how very poorly acquainted the english speaking world really is with contemporary Japanese literature #it's all either old classics that were codified into some canon of world lit ''worthy'' titles back in the 50s #or haruki murakami #or else a bunch of ''best selling'' light novel trash #and given the sorts of people those english translations get marketed to #youd be forgiven for making the mistake of thinking all of Japan is just super gungho about the marketeering of twee weeb shit #but lo and behold japanese people do write actual books sometimes

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sillytriumphdragon · 3 months

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It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover

Genre: contemporary romance | second chance

My ratings: 3.5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

My thoughts:

I've had this book on my list for a long time and finally got around to it! As a fan of Colleen Hoover, I love how her books are such captivating page-turners. "It Starts With Us" continues the story from "It Ends With Us," focusing on themes of domestic violence in families and relationships. I enjoyed spending more time with Lily and Atlas and watching their love story unfold. While I feel that a whole book may not have been entirely necessary, I still appreciated it and admired Lily's strength and courage in providing a safe home for her daughter.

Favorite character:

Atlas

Favorite dialogue:

"Paris. Rome. London. I have no desire to sit on a hot beach somewhere. I want to see all the romantic places in Europe and make love in every city and take pictures kissing in front of the Eiffel Tower. I want to eat croissants and hold hands on trains."

-Colleen Hoover

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alittolatte · 2 years

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nearly halfway through the love hypothesis and most definitely obsessed ♡♡♡♡♡

also, how cuuuutttte is my bookmark???

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milliesfishes · 1 month

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lmao i call it “easy reading” and then i’m sat sobbing over a YA book for an hour when i finished it today which gave me a headache haha i take everything too seriously to actually have easy reading

i’ll be reading and scream and my roommate has to come check on me because i get so invested in books even if they are really just silly

THIS IS REAL ASF OMGGGGGGG

I'll tell myself it's not that serious but....but it is

#reading is always serious #I love books so much AHHHHH #I'm primarily a classic lit girlie but #I love a good contemporary romance #I don't think I've shared any recs for that but EEE #millietalks

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literarycorner · 4 months

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#reader #books #english literature #poetry #reading #blog post #literacorner #classic lit #classical academia #contemporary writers #contemporary literature #literarycorner

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andreai04 · 5 months

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A single choice made with the best intentions can become a terrible life. Imagine biting into a seemingly ripe fruit, only to have your mouth filled with rot.

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knuckleduster · 1 year

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i think what is also part of it w mrs dalloway for me is that for some reason im just getting through it very slowly. like in the time id usually read 50 pages im only getting to 20

#and thats not just contemporary lit i dont usually have issues reading classics like this #i feel like something about the structure just makes me read slower

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