#litsociety

[luciehercndale]

2024 books - stalking jack the ripper by kerri maniscalco

"Those who deserve respect are given it freely. If one must demand such a thing, he’ll never truly command it. I’d rather be a lowly wretch on the streets than live in a house full of cages. Do not lecture me on propriety when it’s a virtue you so grossly lack."

[maddiebuckley]

happy birthday, @enviies !

you think, as you walk away from le cirque des rêves and into the creeping dawn, that you felt more awake within the confines of the circus. you are no longer quite certain which side of the fence is the dream.

[ellejos]

[americanrequiems]

@paletmblr event xxx: period dramas

little women by louisa may alcott "i've got the key to my castle in the air, but whether i can unlock the door remains to be seen"

[laylakeating]

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

[henrycavillary]

“Victor Vale was not a fucking sidekick.” "For. Ever."

Villains Series | V. E. Schwab

[olivermellor]

if carlisle was the soul of our family, then esme was the heart. he gave us a leader who deserved following; she made that following into an act of love.

[henry-marchbanks]

they looked very much alike, with heavy dark-blond hair and epicene faces as clear, as cheerful and grave, as a couple of flemish angels.

[asoiafwomensource]

Many called her beautiful. She was not beautiful.

He was acutely aware of the red woman’s presence. She even smells red. The scent reminded him of Mikken’s forge, of the way iron smelled when red-hot; the scent was smoke and blood. (...) The wind got in amongst Melisandre’s long red robes and sent them flapping against [his] legs as he stood beside her.

[selwynkane]

nora stephens, book lovers 

you’re in books. of course you don’t have a life, none of us do. there’s always something too good to read

happy birthday @intofolklores, love you so much

[juliaharrow]

(Yet Another) The Secret History Fan Cast. . .

[luciehercndale]

books I've read in 2022 - daisy jones & the six by taylor jenkins reid I'd believe your soul mate was somebody who had all the things you didn't, that needed all the things you had. Not somebody who's suffering from the same stuff you are.

[maddiebuckley]

–persuasion, jane austen. for @augustsjanes; happy belated birthday, too good, too excellent creature!

[diangelosnico]

books i’ve (rerere)read ; The Hating Game by Sally Thorne

"Hey, Josh." "Yes, Shortcake." "You love me."

[americanrequiems]

@paletmblr event xxviii: free choice THE OUTSIDERS— Dallas Winston

"The shade of difference that separates a greaser from a hood wasn't present in Dally. He was as wild as the boys in the downtown outfits like, Tim Shepard's gang"

[lunaathorne]

every sapphic book i love → the color purple by alice walker*

I wash her body, it feel like I'm praying. My hands tremble and my breath short.

* as a trans person myself, I do not support alice walker. but this book, and what it represents in the canon of black lesbian literature, is deeply important to me.