A Literary Princess

- 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

The Secret Rendezvous, by French painter Pierre Charles Comte (19th century)

nonfiction of the month (1): Useless Etymology by Jess Zafarris

graphic novel/manga (3): One Piece Volume 11 by Eiichiro Oda, Wo kein Wille ist, ist auch eine Couch by Tobias Vogel

Evening dress by House of Worth, 1896. Palais Galliera.

this is from a real diary by a 13-year-old girl in 1870. teenage girls are awesome and they’ve always been that way.

we need more accounts like this that show rhat women have always been People and have always been aware that how they’re treated is unfair and wrong. women have always craved freedom, intellectual fulfillment, the right to self-determination; we have never been ok with just being mindless servants.

Book that I wanted to like but which failed to live up to my hopes: I am going to write 10,000+ words explaining exactly why this book wronged me

“I want to feel all there is to feel, he thought. Let me feel tired, now, let me feel tired. I mustn’t forget, I’m alive, I know I’m alive, I mustn’t forget it tonight or tomorrow or the day after that.”—Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury

Kicking off #StephenKingMonth by rereading a longtime favorite.

— Stephen King, The Body