a thousand lives and then some

ally | she/her | for my books reading: the pairing — casey mcquiston main @maxbegone

[mothumn]

I am lonely, of course. I’m so lonely I could make a map of my loneliness. In my mind it looks like South America, colossal, then petering out to a jagged little tip. Sometimes I’m so lonely I’m not even on that map.

Coco Mellors, Cleopatra & Frankenstein

[facinaoris]

Patroclus, he says, Patroclus, Patroclus. Over and over until it is sound only. Somewhere Odysseus is kneeling, urging food and drink. A fierce red rage comes, and he almost kills him there. But he would have to let go of me. He cannot. He holds me so tightly I can feel the faint beat of his chest, like the wings of a moth. An echo, the last bit of spirit still tethered to my body. A torment.

[honeyedstories]

@ contemporary lit girlies don’t hate me but I’m having a hard time getting into intermezzo

[swearphil]

THE PAIRING BY CASEY MCQUISTON ▶ AUGUST 6, 2024

Theo and Kit have been a lot of things: childhood best friends, crushes, lovers, and now estranged exes. After a brutal breakup on a flight to their dream European food and wine tour, they exited each other's lives... All that remains is the unused voucher for the European tour that never happened. Four years later, it seems like a great idea to finally take the trip. Solo. Separately. It's not until Theo and Kit board the tour bus that they discover they've both accidentally had the exact same idea, and now they're trapped with each other for three weeks. It's fine. There's nothing left between them. So, when Theo suggests a friendly wager to see who can sleep with their hot Italian tour guide first, Kit is game. And why stop there? Why not a full-on European hookup competition? But sometimes a taste of everything only makes you crave what you can't have. ☆☆

[honeyedstories]

i wish i didn't have to wait until september to get my hands on a physical copy of blue sisters

[honeyedstories]

when the darkest part of you meets the darkest part of me, it creates light.

Cleopatra and Frankenstein || Coco Mellors (2022)

[stavroginas]

Chelsea G. Summers, A Certain Hunger

[symphonyinc]

Coco Mellors, from “Cleopatra and Frankenstein”

[honeyedstories]

"I learned that being female is as prefab, thoughtless, soulless, and abjectly capitalist as a Big Mac. It’s not important that it’s real. It’s only important that it’s tasty."

A Certain Hunger || Chelsea G. Summers (2019)

[shirtykawa]

Red, White & Royal Blue | Casey McQuiston “Because you’re it, okay? I’m never gonna love anybody in the world like I love you.”