love and books - things i live for

| K-pop lover 💜 | She/Her | Reading books | Reviewing books | Art lover, tho definitely not an art maker |

[enchantedbook]

'The Raven' by Edgar Allan Poe illustrated by Gustave Dore, 1884.

[averagecygnet-blog]

i just read the metamorphosis and it was fucking devastating. there are so many readings you could take, ive heard people say kafka intended it to be about depression which is something that he struggled with and i heavily fw the trans reading, but personally i primarily read it as being about disability. gregor wakes up one day physically unable to work and his family reacts with not only shock but disgust and horror. it's not even that THEY now have to work where they didn't before; we see at the end of the story that working doesn't really bother them. it's about his presence in their house. now that he's disabled and can't work, they dehumanize him completely, even denying that it's him at all. they act like having to take care of him is this horrible act of sacrifice they're performing - and they don't even actually take care of him, they leave him alone all day no matter how badly he wants company, they don't clean his room and instead let him live in filth (in fact they put their junk in there making it more of a mess), they throw things at him injuring him further, and they don't feed him properly to the point where he dies of malnutrition.

to me the saddest part was when grete said (not verbatim) "if it were truly gregor then he would've known it was impossible for us to live with a thing like that, and left already." bc fuck man. yeah of course gregor just gave up and died after that. how could he go on. his sister used to love him more than anyone else. is it the worst and most selfish thing in the world to want to be cared for by your own family.

[tiredandlonelymuse]

We’re in a hotel and you cannot find your shoes.

I’ve ordered coffee, just for you.

Plain white toast, for two.

“There isn’t one thing for yourself that you can do.

You’ve gotta get yourself together.

Gotta grow up soon.”

Get your camera, shoot this scene.

You tried to build a movie screen,

but bet it all on hopes and dreams.

I called the doctor about my spleen.

Show up to chemotherapy.

Kicked the coffee, eat my greens.

90 pounds are left of me.

You take the fat for kerosene.

The sadness stays, the lovers leave.

[ashstfu]

if i were a DJ i would just play a random house track with the audiobook version of the brothers karamazov over it and we’d all have a great time and dance but also become richer in spirit and feel deeper by the end of the night as we learn there’s real strength in kindness

[immortalicus]

"But books - they're different. When you watch a film, you're sort of an outsider looking in. With a book - you're right there. You are inside. You are the main character." - Alice Oseman "Solitaire"

[theafterlifeofthepartyxx]

Can we talk about how this season was the first time we ever saw Charlie choose to, instead of apologize for things he feels guilty about, express that he's upset over it. (When he's telling nick about his coursework and his parents banning him he write "I'm sorry" but then erases it and says "I'm so ANGRY")

I mean... as someone who relates very heavily to Charlie especially in the always apologizing thing, I was proud

[beetlebugdash]

So if Charlie and Tao met in year 7? And (according to google) year 7 is around the ages of 11-12? Therefore this would explain Tao's attachment to Charlie and his friends because his dad died when he was 12

[immortalicus]

"I can't really remember when Nick and Charlie became Nick-and-Charlie, but Nick has stuck with Charlie through all the hardest parts of his mental illness, so, in my book, he's definitely all right" - Alice Oseman "Solitaire"

[immortalicus]

I just wanted to come on here to say that the new heartstopper season is the best thing that has happened to me this year so far, and I have never felt more comfort from such a heartbreaking (hesrtstopping) show 💗

[immortalicus]

"I am coming to love him, in two different ways. Face to face, and word to word."

- Rebecca Ross "Divine Rivals"

[thefoxandthefound-deactivated20]

[immortalicus]

The Starless Sea

I'm reading "The Starless Sea" right now and it is the most beautiful book I have ever read and you shall all read it RIGHT NOW.

[immortalicus]

"If history teaches us anything (...) it's how to live in the present"

- Victoria Schwab, "Bridge of Souls"

[immortalicus]

"There are two ways of finding Death.

Either you go looking for it, or you wait for it to come to you"

- Victoria Schwab, "Bridge of Souls"

[immortalicus]

christmas thoughts

It's Christmas, a thing I have always enjoyed, and I'm sitting in my room reading a book and listening to Halsey instead of helping with preparation. Interesting.

[immortalicus]

“A God worthy of your eternal love wouldn’t judge you for who you love while you’re here.”

- Tanner Scott

[chemdoodles]

day 1: ice cream