#monaets

vader wanted to snatch his hand back. it was his instinct. he hadn’t been touched in - no! he didn’t want to think of shmi, his mother. he didn’t want to think of a time and a place where he’d been loved and cared for. he didn’t need that anymore.

as padmè pulled his hand closer, still covered in the thick black leather gloves, and he knew he could shove her away; he could even kill her if he so desired, and he did. vader wanted to kill her, but he wouldn’t. not couldn’t. and it seemed like such an insignificant difference, but it was everything. he could kill her, and it’d be so easy to snap her neck or strangle her, but he wouldn’t. she’d sunk her clutches into whatever heart a creature like vader could have left, so he allowed her to pull the glove from his organic hand and bring it to her lips. he sucked in a breathe, too quiet for her to hear, and he felt his hand burn, as if set on fire. for a single moment he remembered what home felt like; he remembered his mom stroking his hair, her love, and then he grabbed his hand back.

3. Which book does everyone like and you hated?

CATCHER IN THE FUCKING RYE

4. Which book do you keep telling yourself you’ll read, but you probably won’t? 

the luminaries by eleanor catton

5. Which book are you saving for “retirement?

what does that MEAN

6. Last page: read it first or wait till the end?

wait until the end

7. Acknowledgements: waste of ink and paper or interesting aside?

i think they’re so interesting tbh

8. Which book character would you switch places with?

one of the chars from hp tbh shdhdhhd idk which tho

9. Do you have a book that reminds you of something specific in your life (a person, a place, a time)?

the song of achilles by madeleine miller reminds me of the summer when i first read it

10. Name a book you acquired in some interesting way.

i have some library books i never returned hdhdhhd

11. Have you ever given away a book for a special reason to a special person? 

uh a while back i had an extra copy of the raven king so i gave it to a friend of mine

12. Which book has been with you to the most places?

idk

13. Any “required reading” you hated in high school that wasn’t so bad ten years later? 

nope

14. What is the strangest item you’ve ever found in a book?

a leaf

15. Used or brand new?

brand new

16. Stephen King: Literary genius or opiate of the masses?

i rly don’t care abt stephen king

17. Have you ever seen a movie you liked better than the book?

no

18. Conversely, which book should NEVER have been introduced to celluloid? 

idk

19. Have you ever read a book that’s made you hungry, cookbooks being excluded from this question? 

idk

20. Who is the person whose book advice you’ll always take?

savs (@ammapreakers) has rly good taste in books