Jul 23, 2020
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@i-was-crashing-into-you
nerds who are mad at you for not knowing every detail about the thing and make it feel like a competition will always be way less fun to be around than nerds who wanna help you learn more about the thing and are welcoming and just happy to have another person to enjoy the thing with
old 19th century books
the bird’s nest by shirley jackson
okay i’m finally getting around to writing this post! i finished reading this a little while ago, when i fell in love with shirley jackson and read a few of her books in a row! i may make another post soon about the author in general.
anyways this books,, wow. i enjoyed every second of it. i always love reading books from the point of view of a professor/doctor, as if i’m reading their notes, but i loved the points of view of betsy, lizzie, etc.
i wanna clarify that i do not have DID, so i’m not able to speak about how accurate the portrayal is. however, as someone with some other mental illnesses (in this case, my personality disorder and dpdr applies the most), seeing my feelings and thoughts in the form of a character on a page was,, shocking. and wonderful. i could particularly relate to the main character near the end of the book, starting her life after ‘recovery’ and figuring out what that means. figuring out what the world is and how people act, how i would act, while barely understanding time. and still having a feeling that nothing is real, nothing will quite matter very much, which can sometimes be a good thing.
also, although this isn’t necessarily one of jackson’s horror novels, i could still feel the fear elizabeth felt in many scenes. this author,, i can’t even describe
also, was i the only one to see some resemblances in elizabeth and eleanor, or in doctor wright and the professor from hill house?
‘each thing, she thought pleasurably, is nicer than the last ; everything gets better and better’
‘we’re going to rip her in half,’ morgan said, gasping, and the doctor answered grimly, ‘i wish we could.’
and, my favourite line
‘bemused with the need for discovering reason and coherence in a patternless time ; she was lost in an endless reflecting world’
Why don’t you take a seat in my office
the bird’s nest by shirley jackson
okay i’m finally getting around to writing this post! i finished reading this a little while ago, when i fell in love with shirley jackson and read a few of her books in a row! i may make another post soon about the author in general.
anyways this books,, wow. i enjoyed every second of it. i always love reading books from the point of view of a professor/doctor, as if i’m reading their notes, but i loved the points of view of betsy, lizzie, etc.
i wanna clarify that i do not have DID, so i’m not able to speak about how accurate the portrayal is. however, as someone with some other mental illnesses (in this case, my personality disorder and dpdr applies the most), seeing my feelings and thoughts in the form of a character on a page was,, shocking. and wonderful. i could particularly relate to the main character near the end of the book, starting her life after ‘recovery’ and figuring out what that means. figuring out what the world is and how people act, how i would act, while barely understanding time. and still having a feeling that nothing is real, nothing will quite matter very much, which can sometimes be a good thing.
also, although this isn’t necessarily one of jackson’s horror novels, i could still feel the fear elizabeth felt in many scenes. this author,, i can’t even describe
also, was i the only one to see some resemblances in elizabeth and eleanor, or in doctor wright and the professor from hill house?
‘each thing, she thought pleasurably, is nicer than the last ; everything gets better and better’
‘we’re going to rip her in half,’ morgan said, gasping, and the doctor answered grimly, ‘i wish we could.’
and, my favourite line
‘bemused with the need for discovering reason and coherence in a patternless time ; she was lost in an endless reflecting world’
anyone wanna see my bookshelves
yeah of course you do
I'm gonna make a more detailed post on here soon! I finally have the time and space to make a booklr I'm proud of. ily all
what’s your favorite book?
there’s something poetic about this
"The light of long ago is different from the light of today."
The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt
Don’t let the dark academia community make you think you can only read classics, most of which have thinly veiled bigotry. Read fantasy, read YA, read romance, read sci-fi. It’s not what you read. It’s how you read it. Think of every book you read as a classic. Approach it the way you would Dickens or Shakespeare. Analyze the language, think about the author’s intent, the cultural impact, everything. Every book is a classic to someone
in a little cottage far away from everyone, except my neighbour who wears a red bandana when she is picking fruits and bakes the best cakes and has a smile which makes my heart bloom and all I want is her in my arms so I pray to the forest that she thinks so too and one day she knocks on my door not just with her cake but also her heart in her hands willing to take mine in exchange
It’s finally starting to feel like spring.
wearing the oversized jacket, always having a book with yourself, walking a lot, reading in the empty cafe while drinking the black coffee, writing love letters and never sending them, and spending evening alone listening to vinils
