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to be so honest things are falling apart and the center is lowkey not holding either

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Tramp stamp that says the center cannot hold

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and if yes pls respond/put in the tags with what you’re reading and whether or not you like it i need new books for the new year <3

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light (nora) — disposable camera

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I'm curious about people's levels of familiarity; I intend no judgment or elitism and it's absolutely fine not to be a completionist, btw. I didn't think I would've intended to have read them all at age 25; it just sort of happened that after I passed the halfway point in the middle of 2023, I came out of a reading slump and was motivated to finish. Fwiw I consider myself a hobbyist (I am not involved in academia or professional theater) but I realize that that label is usually attributed to people with less experience.

I also have always loved seeing other bloggers' Shakespeare polls where they put certain plays or characters up against each other, but I'm often left wondering if it's really a 'fair' fight all the time if you're putting up something like Hamlet or Twelfth Night against one of the more obscure works, like the Winter's Tale. It's not a grave affront to vote in those polls if you don't know every play, but I am curious about it.

Please reblog for exposure if you vote; I would appreciate it a lot. Also feel free to elaborate on your own Shakespeare journey in tags, comments, reblogs, because I love to hear about other people's personal relationships to literature.

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redraw cause every time the 2021 post gets a new note i cringe a little

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If you have Spotify reblog this and tag what your number one song on your “on repeat” playlist is.

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tagged by @c-lamprey » 9 books I'm hoping to read in 2025!

I have been/am always on a litfic kick (lol) but I want and need more monsters in my life so we've got a couple monster-centric books at the top of the list! let's give it up for monsters!!! also gottaaa get deeper into the southern reach trilogy I loved Annihilation so much it's a tragedy I haven't continued on with it. finally, I do want to make the effort to read some nonfiction & Lou Sullivan's diaries were recommended by some folks whose work I really like (Kat Brewster and Jack de Quidt) and they sound sooo good.

I would, of course, love to see any books on the list for @the-world-glows-with-you, @rosemaryshrub, @dreamtheft & @eternalgirlscout (special treat in my 2025 intentions for youuu because i Must finally read The Buried Giant) but also! no presh besties :3

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it’s cheaper to buy vegetables here

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finally cured myself of the curse of memory and now i can touch the burners on the stove as many times as i want with all the excitement of new discoveries and none of the knowledge of upcoming pain

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Posy ring, late Medieval period (15th century?), engraved with foliage and the motto "Je desir vous Ceruir" ("Jé désire vous servir" / "I desire to serve you")

Discovered by a metal detectorist in Essex, 2023

Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service / BBC

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the author's barely disguised open wound splattered livid and filthy across everything they create

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Fat Claude and her girlfriend at Le Monocle, a lesbian bar in Paris, in 1936. Photographed by multi-hyphenate Hungarian-French artist Brassaï