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Every book I read in 2023

Comfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M. Valente

★★★★★ / 5

#litedit #comfort me with apples #catherynne m. valente #horroredit #mythedit #myth retelling #religious horror #horror booklr #booktok #booklr #bookstagram #book moodboard #moodboard #horror aes #aes #2023 books*#*bookshelf

from the bookshelf: BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S [truman capote]

But you can't give your heart to a wild thing: the more you do, the stronger they get. Until they're strong enough to run into the woods. Or fly into a tree. Then a taller tree. Then the sky.

#litedit #classic literature #breakfast at tiffany's #sourcelit #booksociety #dailynovels #dailylit #*#*bookshelf

The literary work itself comes to be seen as a mysterious organic unity, in contrast to the fragmented individualism of the capitalist marketplace: it is ‘spontaneous’ rather than rationally calculated, creative rather than mechanical. The word ‘poetry’, then, no longer refers simply to a technical mode of writing: it has deep social, political and philosophical implications, and at the sound of it the ruling class might literally reach for its gun.

Terry Eagleton, Literary Theory: An Introduction

#daphne.docx #literary theory: an introduction #terry eagleton #lit theory #on poetry #*bookshelf #I really like this quote lol #literature as an abyssal incomprehensible mass #which defies definition (argued in the first chapter of the book) thus #can't fully be contained within the capitalist machine #ofc it can be commodified (which is also talked about)#but ultimate literature is a very political practise #whether it's creative or analytical there's something very independent yet #still interdependent #like anybody can write a book (and do so for profit) but not everyone can write literature in a sense #because imo true literature (which doesn't limit itself to like creative or factual limitation #nor a perceived level of skill bc ultimately art is subjective)#is birthed solely from passion and shared due to passion #even if that passion results in financial worth it's an unavoidable part of capitalism but #the root is the same #idk it's late and I can hardly structure my thoughts

candlelight preview / download (fic rec) preview / download (bookshelf)

these are two pages for showcasing the fics and books you’ve read, respectively. both come with filters and are pretty similar, though the fic rec page has more filters and space to input more info! there are instructions in the code to help with customisation.

#yeahps #itsphotoshop #completeresources #fic rec page #bookshelf page #*mine #*bookshelf #*page