#readinf

[dapsie]

i need to shower but i feel so blehhh soososo blehhh

[shaffyreads]

As someone who has worked in education for more than a decade, I can tell you that there is a correlation (but not necessarily a causation) between illiteracy and a lack of empathy. I think high illiteracy rates in the US is caused by a number of complex factors and not all of which are intentional, but boy does it benefit people in power to keep people ignorant and cruel.

[petitepinard]

[nerowolfe01-blog]

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.

William Shakespeare, As You Like It

[gaybybirth]

Guess who’s finally gotten around to start reading The Clockwork Angel?

This gal.

But I also have to read Hurricane Child, study for an Italian quiz, and study for an English test over this break (I got from today-Wednesday to do all the work) but I hope to finish T.C.A. by the end of break :)

No spoils if you’ve read it and want to share anything with me, pls

** Also going to work on the short story I wanna write this week so there might be updates about that as well! **

[fairylightsandcandles]

Do you ever just

love book characters so much that your chest hurts

[simpsonsbooks]

[booksandpublishing]

Pretentiousness by Dan Fox review – why anti-intellectualism is the real snobbery

Calling something pretentious is lazy, vacuous and smug – after all, it’s good at times for our ambition to outstrip our abilities. Those who invoke bluff ‘common sense’ are the actual snobs