This ad came up on my FB, and I screencapped at least one design from each suit JUST FOR @harrietvane -- I know how much you enjoy card designs, and this set was mad cute! <3

Finished #reading Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers #books #fiction #dorothylsayers #gaudynight #oxford #harrietvane https://www.instagram.com/p/CT0OLjxsGs9/?utm_medium=tumblr

What can I say about the Lord Peter Wimsey series that hasn’t been said, eloquently and at length, by other lovers of Golden Age mystery fiction, 20th century British literature, sparkling wit, and smart, character-driven romance? But they are high up on the list of the #booksthatmademe, so I’m going to try. . Despite being fond of mysteries in general and historical British mysteries in particular, I didn’t know these books existed until I was in my early twenties. But once I’d read the series, and particularly the four Wimsey/Vane books beginning with STRONG POISON and continuing on through HAVE HIS CARCASE, GAUDY NIGHT and BUSMAN’S HONEYMOON, Dorothy L. Sayers instantly became one of my all-time favourite authors, and a huge and lasting influence on me as a writer. . It’s not that Sayers is flawless, or that every aspect of her stories captivates me equally. But what she absolutely nailed, for me, was creating two main characters who were fascinatingly complex, delightfully clever, and lovable despite (and sometimes because of) their brokenness. Both Peter and Harriet have been wounded in different ways, and both wear different armour to hide it. Peter is breezy and glib-tongued, while Harriet is guarded and prickly. But they’re constantly challenged and gradually disarmed by one another as they work to solve the mysteries presented to them, and I never get tired of seeing those walls gradually come down. . I don’t make a secret of the fact that A POCKET FULL OF MURDER and A LITTLE TASTE OF POISON owe a lot to these books. Nobody else would write me the YA Peter and Harriet-inspired book I kept asking for, so I ended up writing it as MG instead. The Uncommon Magic duology is peppered with allusions to the Wimsey novels, it takes place in a similar time period, and while Quiz and Isaveth are not the same characters as Peter and Harriet, they never would have existed without them. . If you like mysteries even a little bit and you haven’t read the Wimsey books, you should. . . . #bookstagram #bookish #BookRecommendations #mysteries #dorothylsayers #lordpeterwimsey #harrietvane #classicmysteries #britishmystery #goldenagemystery #writinginspirations https://www.instagram.com/p/B_EKwkZgwQl/?igshid=1s39m4je49yts

Okay, yes, that makes sense. Doing it this way through the markets is what makes it confusing, I think, and what’s making people (including me, initially) think that the government was just throwing free money into the Dow Jones or something.

They’re out there somewhere, buying softer scarves

sounds accurate, hv, which is why I TRUST.

1) I die of happiness ANY time someone says/hints/implies that they think—however fleetingly—of Mementos when it isn’t staring them in the face on their dash. This is truly the MOST magical thing that I can imagine. 2) You are living the dream.

and then come back and angrily complain because i will be here, also complaining to you LMAO