#doiran gray

[leonenjoyer69]

I love highlighting all the increasingly homosexual lines in TPODG like I'm one of the mfs that was working on Oscar Wilde's sodomy trial.

[eddiediazismyhusband]

The Last Book I…

tagged by @firefighterevandiaz 💕💕💕 and i am FINALLY getting around to actually doing this omg

Bought:

I bought a 1953 edition of The Great Gatsby to add to my vintage book collection!

Borrowed:

I actually just recently gave back my friend’s copy of The Picture of Doiran Gray which I had never read before, but it is one of her favorites so I read it this spring (actually right before s7 if 9-1-1 premiered!)

Was Gifted:

A friend of mine gifted me a book on the history of wigs and wig making for my birthday last year that I keep with my other fashion history books (another non-fandom interest of mine irl)

Gave/Lent to someone:

My copies of the Anne of Green Gables books. I was a huge fan of the books and the 1980s miniseries when I was younger, and collected the entire set of Anne books, so when my friend expressed interest in reading them, I lent them to her!

Started:

The Picture of Dorian Gray actually… I haven’t read much other than fanfiction since then to be entirely honest lmao

Finished:

Again, The Picture of Dorian Gray!

Gave Five Stars:

This technically isn’t the last book I read that I gave five stars, but it is one of my all tike favorite books and that is Maurice by E. M. Forster

Gave Two Stars:

Tess of the d’Urbervilles. I had to read it for an English class a couple semesters ago and it made me uncomfortable and it honestly kind if scarred me a little… which I understand is the point, but I need something redeeming for that much tragedy.

Didn’t Finish:

The Devil Wears Prada. I love the movie and wanted to read the book, but with school and other stuff going on in my life I just never finished and only got like 2 chapters in.

Tagging Anyone who wants to do this <3

[operaghozt]

HOW DO I GET OFF OF BASIC WHITE GIRL TUMBLR I WANNA BE ON CLASSIC BOOK TUMBLR LIKE DOIRAN GRAY, FRANKENSTEIN THAT KINDA SHIT NOT DARK ACADEMIA TUMBLR 😭😭😭😭

[bellablossom2]

Happy Birthday, Wilde.

I have drawn mr wilde, fear me

[mordred]

Books I read in 2018

The little friend by Donna Tartt

was there even a plot? I can't remember. took me ages, felt like a fever dream. worth it. 4/5

Kyökin puolella by Sigrid Boo

rich girl makes a bet with her crush she'd get along as cleaning lady even though she's never used a towel in her life. easy read, predictable but enjoyed it more than I thought I would. in the end everyone is happy and married... horrifying! 3.5/5

1984 by George Orwell

depressing dystopian novel. pretty sure everyone knows what it is about. you can tell by the way boobs are described it was written by a man. my stars are given for how much I liked it, not the overall importance and quality so 2/5

Brave new world by Aldous Huxley

even though I had my difficulties getting into it I ended up liking it much better than 1984. I feel like it's much more complex in a way were you could easily read it as an utopia (for the most part) but at the same time you really know it isn't one and getting behind what makes it this way is...quite fascinating. and horrifying. 3.5/5

Circe by Madeline Miller

retelling of greek mythology concerning Circe and I'm so into it. GREAT summer read! still hate odysseus, used to love him as a child when I had this book about the odyssey...what happened. 4.5/5

Der rote Planet by Alexander A. Bogdanow

communism on mars. this guy is willing to fuck an alien but only after finding out it's a woman (after he mistook her for a man). contains the flattest love story you've ever read 1.5/5

Gläserne Bienen by Ernst Jünger

it was advertised to me as a story where a guy gets invited into a garden and finds a cut off ear. he panickes but soon discovers the ear is not real at all. which starts to make him wonder if anything in this garden is really real. sounds quite interesting huh? I was really looking forward to reading this book but while this is exactly what this book is about, at the same time it's really not. was disappointed. looses a star for making me read a very graphic description of the body of someone who just jumped out of a window. still quite interesting 3/5

Somniavero by Anja Stürzer

science fiction children's book about the climate change. had to write a paper on it, turned out 57 pages long, still haven't gotten a grade for it, my teacher is probably afraid to start reading it. was terrifyingly realistic and we as the human race are fucked. not gonna rate this one because it's written for 10 year old kids not me.

Cold comfort farm by Stella Gibbons

if you never watched the movie you should totally watch the movie it's even better than the book. but I loved the book as well! local girl decides working isn't for her after her parents die and she'd rather move in with some relatives at cold comfort farm where everyone has issues. local girl makes it her task to solve those issues to make her stay more pleasant. 5/5

Gentlemen and players by Joanne Harris

loved the book while reading it. what a plot twist! after I finished the book I totally felt like I'd have to read it again at some point. yet left almost no impression on my and I'm having trouble right now to recall what it even was about haha. still 4/5

Der Schwarm by Frank Schätzing

for too long humans have fucked up the earth and the oceans. now the ocean is angry and it wants Revenge! great science facts! brilliant concept. gave me a vivid nightmare about a tsunami. even the idea of who's behind the fuckery is quite fascinating once you're used to it. if it only wasn't for the plot and the characters. I hated them all with a burning passion. couldn't have cared about the plot less. almost everyone dies but you just don't care. almost everyone dies EXCEPT for this one guy who's death I started praying for after the first few chapters. what an asshole. but I'm pretty sure the author loved him and wanted to be just like him 2.5/5

A little life by Hanya Yanagihara

you want to read about the most fucked up life you couldn't even possible imagine? you love depression? you're into crying? this book is for you! after some consideration I decided that even though it is not a bad book, I hate it. and I'm never going to touch it again. 2/5

If we were villains by M.L. Rio

local boy must be fucking delusional if he thinks I'm able to keep up with the plot while he and his friends are talking in shakespearian verses. tries to be the secret history for theatre kids. is really not. there's no chemistry between any of the characters 2/5

[herbertwest]

doiran gray or kira for the fictional character ask thing

Dorian. He’d ruin my reputation, but he’s smokin’ hot. Also I like the idea of not being a severed hand, that’s a major turn-off for me.

[beardedbarba]

It made the mistake most versions mistake -- showing Doiran's debaurchary on screen. Due to Victorian standards, Wilde had to be very vague about it he once said "The sins of Dorian Gray, are the ones you bring to him." that makes it much more effective.

YES

and I made the mistake of watching with my parents.