A heart's a heavy burden

"Books are a uniquely portable magic" My name is Marie and I love books. This blog is dedicated to that love. The ask box is always open and I'd love to talk to y'all! I am also on Goodreads as Marie123 and Twitter as @afictionalcat

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I used to read a hundred books a year or more, easy. And then a few years ago, I just…stopped. I spent three or four years reading almost nothing but fanfic and meta, partly thanks to depression and partly thanks to life circumstances, but also just because FANFIC IS AMAZING and it’s FREE. 

Eventually I did start reading books again, and I’m happy about it, but honestly? Who cares if what I was reading for a long time wasn’t published by a paid author? Reading fanfic brings me joy, a very specific kind of joy that I can’t always get from books, and allows me to share that joy directly with the authors! That’s amazing, and something you rarely get with books. All of which is to say:

If you’re the kind of person who used to read so many books and now you read nothing but fanfic, you should feel ZERO shame about this.

If you’re only reading poetry, or only short stories, or only fanfic, you’re still reading stories. Even if all you’re reading is twitter or tumblr, you’re still reading stories.

Even if you’re reading nothing at all, I still don’t think you should be ashamed. 

You love stories, and you will read more when you have the spoons to do so. And in the meantime, stories come in other forms, and right now maybe you’re getting your stories from TV or movies, or maybe you’re writing your own stories in your head—enjoying them, thinking about them, dissecting them with like-minded fans, writing meta about them. Those are all good and valid ways of experiencing stories! And when you find that you need more than that, you will read books again eventually. 

In the meantime, it’s totally okay that you’re not reading books, for whatever reason. It’s not shameful. <3

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I either don't read at all for two weeks or read long enough to give myself a headache there is no in-between. No moderation to be found.

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Day 7 of Share Your Pride: Favorite LGBTQIA Book

Currently, my favorite is Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann. It’s a nice read. Not too stressful and everything that I was looking for. I read it around the time that I was realizing I was asexual, and it just help settle me tremendously. My only issue is that I wish it was longer and that it fully explored other relationships happening in the book. 9/10 would totes recommend!!! 🖤🤍💜📚

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Have a Magical Monday! Sending energy for you to fly through your goals, may they die swiftly, murdered by your ambition.

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There are two types of books: ones that I have to force myself to read, and ones that I have to force myself to stop.

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My MerMay 2021 accidentally turned into Cora from Wayward Children by @seananmcguire! I can’t wait to maybe learn more about mermaids from the Trenches maybe possibly ~~someday~~.

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The plants are slowly taking over my shelf.

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7 Pictures I Posted On My Instagram in the Last 7 Days!

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Big Paws. Adorable Book Beau Bean. Save 10% with BOOKFERRET10

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JOMP Book Photo Challenge: April 2021

day 10: spring colours

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JOMP BPC - April 25th: everyone should read this

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Big Paws. Adorable Book Beau Bean. Save 10% with BOOKFERRET10

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Very colorful penguin english library paperbacks. Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, A Study in Scarlet & The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Donan Coyle.