Reading Thief

An ecclectic place for the things I like

[strawberrygardenkisses]

˚˖𓍢ִ໋❀ Name moodboard for Rowan, pt. II ˚˖𓍢ִ໋❀

[elgreytea]

What are you reading rn, why are you reading it, and what format are you reading it in (physical book, ereader, on your phone etc)

[lacebows]

Loaded up a little free library today! Only two or three books were still there from last time, but someone shoved all their old cookbooks and it was just like. No one wants your old stained cookbooks from the 70s.

ANYWAY there’s so many people go here so I hope I can make someone’s day!

[whilereadingandwalking]

“We lay here for years or for hours,

So long we become the flowers.”

—Hozier

[thepaige-turner]

Forever my favorite book of all time.

[englishgradinrepair]

some of the best parts of being home: my favorite bookstore and peet’s coffee

[pangur-and-grim]

reading with my creatures

[pangur-and-grim]

[1five1two]

[girlshapedforest]

Mornings in the garden 🥹 🌼 🦋🌿

[writerlyn]

The idea of “but everyone knows that” needs to stop.

I saw a post about someone chiding Millennials for not knowing about JKRowlings transphobia, and asking how it is at all possible that people can exist in the world and the internet and, you know, not know.

Which I mean, I get. It is so present in so many of my online spaces that it seems astounding that someone could simply be ignorant! It feels impossible!

But let me tell you a story:

I went on a girls trip with a bunch of friends. All of us are rather incredibly liberal and all of us are incredibly online.

One girl would not stop talking about Harry Potter.

At one point, another girl asked her why she was ok with supporting it, and she had no real clue that JK Rowling was at all transphobic. She had heard that she likes to support Lesbian causes and thought “oh ok cool!” And that was it. She was AGOG with the news and rather horrified.

I must once again emphasize that she was an incredibly online person. She’s a foodie and a restaurant blogger.

Later in the trip we were picking restaurants and I suggested one I found on Google, and she gasped at me. Actually gasped, asking how I could ever be okay picking that one.

The shock must’ve been on my face, because she then told me all of the shitty things that restaurateur does. He abuses staff. Underpays them. Fires them on a whim. Is known for being one of the worst people to his employees in the entire restaurant business on this coast.

And she was so shocked I had never heard of this. Because in her mind, I was just as online as her. And in her online world, EVERYONE knew about this guy.

So I think the moral of this story is: always approach the other person with some empathy. Even online people, even people you think MUST know about how bad people are, may not have heard. It may truly be just them being on a different sphere of the internet than you.

So be gentle, be kind when letting people know they might not have heard about the cancellation of XYZ person. Don’t assume that everyone knows all the same info as you.

By all means, let them know so they can make informed decisions, but being kind will go a lot further than attacking them for some info they might not know yet.

[molluskmagus]

[bethanydelleman]

Some helpful links for understanding Jane Austen and writing Jane Austen fan fiction:

Complete character lists for all Jane Austen books - every named character in all six novels

Faith, Science, Joy, and Jane Austen - An excellent resource about the Church of England in Jane Austen's time. I own Brenda S. Cox's book on this as well, Fashionable Goodness

Maps of the Novels

Above the Vulgar Economy: Jane Austen and Money by Sheryl Bonar Craig - This is a doctoral thesis that explains the economic context of England while Jane Austen was writing by each novel. This is where I learned that Hertfordshire (Elizabeth Bennet) was the poorest and Derbyshire (Mr. Darcy) the richest region during Jane Austen's life

Calendars for All Austen novels - Every tiny clue is used to determine when events in the novels took place. Excellent resource

Austen Said: Patterns of Diction in Jane Austen's Major Novels - Site that shows which characters in Austen use what words and helpful guide to which parts of the novels are free indirect speech

The Victorian Gentleman of Modest Means in London - Budget examples from close to Austen's time

My favourite Jane Austen related books

[nostalgicamerica]

[phantomtomes]

"Tell me about a complicated man. Muse, tell me how he wandered and was lost..."

[terapsina]

Ask Game for us Self-proclaimed BOOK WORMS 📖🐛

Name the best book you've read so far this year.

Favorite fantasy book(s).

Favorite fantasy sub-genre(s). (high fantasy, urban fantasy, portal fantasy etc.)

Favorite science fiction book(s).

Favorite science fiction sub-genre(s). (dystopian, superhero, aliens etc.)

Favorite romance novel(s).

What kind of common romance tropes do you enjoy and what kind do you dislike?

Favorite queer fiction book(s).

Favorite detective novel(s).

Favorite classical literature.

Favorite historical fiction.

Favorite horror book(s).

Favorite thriller(s).

Favorite humor and satire book(s).

Which genre(s) are your favorite?

Favorite trilogy.

Favorite finished book series.

Favorite unfinished book series.

Do you read new and less known books or only the big bestsellers?

Where and how do you find new books to read?

The book(s) on your school reading list you actually enjoyed.

Favorite example of a Chosen One trope in a book.

Favorite heist story book(s).

Favorite Young Adult book(s).

Favorite Middle Grade book(s).

Favorite novella(s).

What was the first book you remember reading as a kid?

Goodreads or StoryGraph (or something else)?

How many books do you have on your 'to-be-read' list?

How many books do you have on your 'currently-reading' list?

Do you mostly read through e-reader; reading app on phone; on your laptop; a physical copy; or by audiobook?

Name your favorite author(s).

How often do you read by listening to audiobooks?

Favorite book narration voice actor(s).

Least favorite trope in your most favorite book genre.

Your absolute most favorite character(s) from any book you've ever read.

The only example of your least favorite trope being written in such a way that you enjoyed it.

How many books have you read this year?

Do you read reviews before picking up a book?

Did you ever want to be a writer?

When you get ready for a week long trip to somewhere how many books do you download/pack inside the suitcase?

Do you buy hardcover book copies for previously purchased paperbacks and library books you enjoyed reading?

Title of a book you own that's in the worst physical condition you have. Explain what happened to it. Post a picture if you want.

The book(s) whose stories have become part of your very makeup.

What book(s) would you sell your soul to get a TV or movie adaptation of?

I like _____, recommend me a book to read, please (insert a book, or trope, or character, or... anything you like before asking for this one).

What are the last three books you read?

Do you leave reviews for the books you've read? How often?

Do you prefer hopeful, humorous, very emotional or darker books?

What kind of book have you never read but always hope to find at some point in the future?

[alwaysbeenjessica]

summer has just been lots of coffee & books

[ur-daily-inspiration]

[readingthief]

Reading about Scotland in Scotland