#ofhermine

I was tagged by kyoshl​  ✨

rules: make your aesthetic (based off of your personality and interests) with only photos that you have saved to your device! you cannot search and download any items until you are done!

RUDE HOW COULD YOU JUST COUNT BY FIVES

Alright, here we go.

5. Least favorite book of all time?

I actually got asked this before and floundered around for an answer before remembering, after I posted the answer, that I should’ve said Pamela.

Fucking Pamela.

10. What popular book do you just hate?

I answered this one before, too… I’m going to go with Harry Potter because it’s most shocking and likely to cause outrage.

I don’t hate it I’m just really tired of it okay I see it every single day on my dash no matter how hard I try to blacklist it and I JUST REALLY DON’T CARE ABOUT HP ANYMORE P L E A S E

15. Favorite genre?

Let’s see… Does ‘Victorian’ count as a genre? I don’t really like historical fiction but I do like history, so I tend to gravitate towards novels from the ~19th-20th century because I like the ‘aesthetic’ of the time period, if that makes sense. It just feels more authentic than trying to recreate it afterwards. (Plus, Victorian fashion? Delicious. Don’t get me started.)

20. How many books do you get/buy in a year?

Don’t… make… me… count… It’s probably in the hundreds… (And I don’t even read them all.)

25. Pick the 23 book on your bookshelf, open it to the 86 page and find the 13th line. Type it out for us.

“...thou art mortal.’ Most of us can’t rush around, talk to”

Cool.

30. How many books have you read so far this month?

Zero…

35. Do you read Poetry?

Not generally, which is kind of sad since I write it.

40. Favorite book turned movie?

Do you mean books I like best that have been turned into movies or movies I like best that came from books? Or book-movie adaptations that I like the most?

Eh, whatever. When in doubt, I’ll go with Crime and Punishment. Movie counterpart: the Russian 1970 one.

45. Paperback or Hardback?

PAPERBACK. I rarely ever get hardcover, and only if it’s small and pleasantly sized, or would look nice on my shelf. I don’t like the way most hardcover books are proportioned.

50. Book/s that made you cry?

This is kind of really random, but… The Latehomecomer by Kao Kalia Yang. I didn’t particularly enjoy the book, just because I don’t really like memoirs or books about fleeing the country / wartime adversity / etc., but there was one scene where the main character was saying goodbye to her grandmother that really tore me apart.

My grandmother lives in China and is over 90 by now. She and my grandfather were also responsible for much of my upbringing because both my parents work, so they were also my parents in a sense. It’s not at all unlikely that I won’t get to see either of them again or say goodbye before they pass on, and that is painful to dwell on for me.

55. Won any writing competitions?

A few, but I don’t remember their names at this point. Mainly it’s either my poetry or my essays that win the contests.

60. Do you consider yourself a fast reader?

I’m objectively a fast reader in the words-per-minute way, but I’m actually a very slow reader when it comes to committing to a book and finishing it when it gets boring. Sometimes I read about 100 pages, leave it for a year or two, and suddenly finish the whole thing in one go. So… I’m a sporadically fast reader.

Thanks for asking! :)

i watched the whole damn show twice already bc im cool like that

Freckles: Five facts about you - 

 I was born in Alaska, but moved to Florida when I was about 2 years old. 

I just started taking driving lessons so I can get my license next year! 

When I get to college, I’d like to major in history, and minor in political science. 

I was diagnosed with a gluten intolerance when I was 12.

I am the proud owner of three  beautiful black cats.

Tea Stains: Name three of your followers you would like to have tea with? - Hmmm.. honestly, this was a pretty tough question, but probably 150x , lionheartluna , and zepyhrus. (All three of them have really awesome blogs which I totally recommend to anyone who’s not already following them!)

Roses: Ever been in love? - Well, I guess it really depends on what you define as “love,” but I don’t think so, not really. Not yet.