A Literary Princess

(requested by @whitten-likes-guillotines)

During this peculiar September heatwave we are having, I made the pilgrimage to Virginia and Leonard Woolf's house in Sussex.

summer has just been lots of coffee & books

Literally work it out sentence by sentence if you have to. You can learn how to understand things, even if it takes a lot of iterations.

David Bowie as Jareth aka The Goblin King LABYRINTH (1986) dir. Jim Henson

LUPITA NYONG'O attending the world premiere of "The Odyssey" (July 06, 2026)

- photos by Rachel Hollings

what I thought: This quest story told from the perspective of a magical creature rather than a human is a good read. It features some very vivid descriptions and intriguing characters, but for some reason the group of heroes, while working together, never really felt like they turned into a found family - a trope I quite enjoy and have almost come to expect in these kinds of stories. I think it's for that reason that I did not feel as emotionally involved in this story as I was hoping to feel. Still, it's a good read and I rate it 3 out of 5 gold pieces from the hoard.

Kids books is probably not the best way to word it, you can enjoy them at every age, including your childhood, as you get older you may find new truths in them, but they're still good for any age.

I didn't do so right away but jesus wept I PUSHED myself to learn to read SPECIFICALLY so I could read The Hobbit! It is, in fact, a children's story! And children only see page count as 'there is a lot of this fun story to read!'

Weekend vibes

1740s, The Stibbert Museum

narrator: but he was very much in danger