Daithí

He/They My space for anything book related

[solas-na-gr3ine]

Intro post!

Dia dhuit! Mise Caolán, tá mo forainmneacha Siad/Sé, agus is Éireannach mé. Tá me ag foghlaim Gaeilge agus Spannis, agus tá me líofa leis an Béarla. Níl ocht bliain déag d’aois, mar cosc ar Leabhair ró-NSFW, le do thoil.

Hi! My name is Caolán, my pronouns are He/they and I’m Irish. Im learning Irish and Spanish (but my Irish is definitely better than my spanish 😭) and I’m fluent in English. I’m trying to get back into reading, so this blog is my sort of accountability and ranting space. I have no particular favourite genre, I read anything good recommended to me, and I take a lot of pride in that. Books snobs please die. I’m a minor, so no talk of overly NSFW books on this page, please, and don’t follow me if you’re a NSFW blog.

My favourite books in no order:

1- The Secret History, Donna Tartt

2- A City Of Theives, David Benioff

3- Saving/Redeeming 6, Chloe Walsh

4- The Song Of Achilles, Madeline Miller

5- The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky

Last read: The song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

Current read: A Lesson In vengance by Victoria Lee

Next read: Either The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt, Revolve by Bal Khabra, or Babel by R.F Kuantan

[cheesethedonkey]

And what if I said I don't like when people use the b word because it's a slur... What then

[solas-na-gr3ine]

And what if I said I’m kissing you on the mouth and you’re based??? What rhen????

[hangsawoman]

on this day in 1953 shirley jackson sent this to an unhappy reader

[solas-na-gr3ine]

Every day I wake up and I think it could be a good day until I remember that Ramiz Rafi Mirza is dead.

[bunnyechipse]

Happy doodle of my favorite little guys.

[literarybrainrot]

Absolutely infuriating that people keep trashing on R.F. Kuang for “being pretentious” when they knowingly pick up a novel in a genre KNOWN for using academic language. Like please don’t read dark academia if you’re not prepared for references to classic lit, footnotes, or elevated language like babe those are genre staples.

[rubysevens]

[mayawithany]

I will think about Ramiz Rafi Mirza every second, every minute, every hour, every day, every week, every month, every year of my life.

[solas-na-gr3ine]

“‘That’s Ramy’s word,’ Robin wanted to scream”

[solas-na-gr3ine]

RAMY MY BOY 😭

[thinkingabout-girls]

this pride it is mandatory that everyone is nicer to lesbians. especially trans lesbians

[mad-dog308]

Transfem lesbians.

[thinkingabout-girls]

transfem lesbians are included in trans lesbians. this post is made in support of ALL trans lesbians

[mad-dog308]

The only trans lesbians are transfem lesbians. TME non-women aren't lesbians. If they are then gay men and straight people might as well be lesbians too.

[crippled-peeper]

transmasc lesbians have existed since long before you were born and will continue to exist long after you die.

you can be as mad about it as you want, you can call it something else, you can build your entire personality around how icky it makes you feel, but this is simply others lived reality and you don’t get to just decide it isn’t.

[sapphireh3arts]

today is the ten year anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub shooting. a full decade ago, i lost a friend and a coworker. i was lucky. i had friends that lost several people. today, please remember and fight for all those that have died to live the life they should have been free to. i'll always remember you, Cory.

[solas-na-gr3ine]

Olivia Rodrigo and Katie Wilmot parallels never stop, because:

U + Me = <3- Katie to Patrick (post F12)

My Way- Katie to Patrick (Pre and during F12)

Purple- Katie to Patrick

Begged- Katie to her parents

What’s wrong with me?- Katie to hughie

Less- Patrick to Katie

Expectations- Katie to the girls (about Patrick)

Cigarette smoke- Katie to Patrick

And:

Drop dead: Shannon to Johnny

Stupid Song: Lizzie to Hughie

Honeybee: Claire to Gibsie

Maggots for Brains: Aoife to Joey

The Cure: Aoife to Joey

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Currently trying to diversify my music taste because I listen to far too many white girls. If anyone has some specifically POC musician recs I would love it. I lean mostly pop, but I have fairly diverse taste.

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Im only about 70 pages into Babel but Ramy and Robin have me sobbing 😭 they’re so cute if anything comes for them I’m actually gonna die

[gayeilgeoir]

Feminists, I’m asking you to just stop scrolling for a few seconds.

In the UK recently, three boys groomed, lured and attacked two girls aged 14 and 15 across two separate premeditated incidents in Hampshire. It was filmed, the footage was shared online, and all boys were reportedly laughing at these girls’ suffering in the footage.

Judge Nicholas Rowland at Southampton Crown Court handed all three youth rehabilitation orders. They went home.

A Youth Rehabilitation Order is what would be called community service in America. 2 girls are traumatised for life, and potentially injured extensively, and these boys received Community Service. What community wishes to be served by violent rapists? What community wants the service of those who turned around and ruined the lives of other children in it?

https://www.change.org/p/investigate-judge-nicholas-rowland-and-introduce-a-judicial-accountability-framework-now?sign_confirm_error=failed_token

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Investigate Judge Nicholas Rowland and Introduce a Judicial Accountability Framework Now

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What should I read next?

Babel- RF Kuang

Yellowface- RF Kuang

The Great Gatsby- F Scott Fitzgerald

Metamorphosis- Franz Kafka

1984- George Orwell

The Goldfinch- Donna Tartt

I, Robot- Isaac Asimov

Wuthering Heights- Emily Brontë

Voting ended onMay 27

Trying to read more Classics/generally more academic books, so please help!