per aspera ad astra

it is a far, far better thing that i do than i have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that i go to than i have ever known

[maenons]

Are bookish blogs not really a thing on tumblr anymore? I can hardly find people who are active. It’s 90% aesthetic blogs. Bookish blogs like this I guess?

[imchoccy]

Murderbot Books as Textposts

[prunelya]

Lea O'Connell

Le Grand Hôtel Campo del Fiori abandonné à Varèse, en Italie, construit en 1912.

[petitworld]

Moore Creek Park by Liddy_L

[enchantedbook]

'Cinderella ' by Kinuko Y. Craft

[oldpaintings]

Carl Larsson (Swedish, 1853–1919)

[enchantedbook]

"Under Milk Wood" by Emily Wood

[fearwakes]

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and, if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the Universe would turn to a mighty stranger.

[anty-gone]

so proud of this I wanted to share my baby on here as well. thought Harrow would fit perfectly my style :)

fanart credit: azurasstarr, syupon, caiosantosart, marceline2174, ninerivens

[bookshelvesandtealeaves]

5 star reads of 2024 ↳ empire of the damned by jay kristoff

[iiowaw]

“I have become something wonderful, she thought. I have become something terrible. Was she now a goddess or a monster? Perhaps neither. Perhaps both.”

[ollivandiers]

Books I’ve read in 2024: ‘Babel' or 'The Necessity of Violence' by R.F. Kuang | Historical Fantasy | 5/5

"It doesn't matter how lenient, how gracious, how invested in your education they make out to be. Masters are masters in the end."

[literatureaesthetic]

jade city | playlist

[awanqi]

Artwork done for Subterranean Press's limited edition of The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang. I really enjoyed working on this one, too. I love the ocean and bodies of water and stuff like that :)

Sketches and other bonus content are available on my Patreon.

[daphneblakess]

books i read in 2024: fable for the end of the world by ava reid

and maybe that's all it takes - at least in the beginning. just a few people who care. and that caring matters, even if it can't cool the earth or lower sea levels or turn back time to before a nuclear blast.

[firstprinced]

Elizabeth's white look at the Netherfield ball in Pride and Prejudice (2005)

[valyriansource]

The suitors of Rhaegar Targaryen

"If Rhaegar had been happy in his wife, he would not have needed the Stark girl." "Perhaps so, Your Grace." Whitebeard paused a moment. "But I am not certain it was in Rhaegar to be happy."