#Rye Fidelity

[fght-ff-yr-dmns]

Shelfie

[mariacallous]

Given the daily degradation of our democracy—not merely its practice but its symbols and forms, which matter, too—it seems merely worth a baleful look that more of the so-called Kennedy files, which the National Archives released last week, on Donald Trump’s order, turn out, so far, to contain what is technically called bupkes: nothing of consequence or revelation. Whispers about such obvious hoaxes as an alleged letter written by John F. Kennedy, Jr., calling Joe Biden a traitor—a document long ago revealed and debunked by the F.B.I.—created some excitement on social media, including on Elon Musk’s X, but the files mostly inspire the same old rumors of the same old kind—the C.I.A., Israel’s intelligence agency, George H. W. Bush, the same horses revolving on the same carrousel, with the paint peeling from them by now. Trump’s motive in releasing the files seems to have been to appease the Alex Jones wing of his base—and likely also his Health and Human Services Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.—which clings to conspiracy theories as rational conservatives once clung to the Constitution. But most of the records had long been available; the big difference here is that some of the (mostly self-evident) names and sources are revealed. (And, with the usual Trump chaos, the names and even the Social Security numbers of various bystanders to the story have now been inadvertently released, creating the possibility of brand-new lawsuits.)

The reality, as confirmed by the Warren Commission, in 1964, remains as it has been ever since that November afternoon: that Lee Harvey Oswald, an unhappy man in his early twenties, whose absurd sense of self-aggrandizement oscillated with an unappeasable sense of grievance—the very type of a political assassin—acted alone. His motives for killing Kennedy remain uncertain—though he may perhaps have simply intended to impress Fidel Castro. (Assassins’ motives are often confused: Mark Chapman killed John Lennon out of a toxic compound involving an Esquire article about Lennon’s wealth and an obsession with “The Catcher in the Rye.”)

Oswald was a violent man in a violent mood. Only months before in Dallas, the Warren Commission found, he had tried to kill the far-right former Army Major General Edwin Walker, and less than an hour after Kennedy’s assassination he killed a police officer. Each accumulated piece of evidence—firearms evidence, ballistic evidence, eyewitness evidence—creates a mountain of essential certainty as to Oswald’s means and opportunity. The failures of the day to protect Kennedy are, in retrospect, shocking, but, although the Secret Service can adjust to the known, it can’t foresee every possible unknown. At that time, Presidents rode in open cars; now, they don’t. (They also regularly walked, waving and smiling, from public events to the Presidential limousine until 1981, when Ronald Reagan, doing just that, was shot and very nearly killed.)

The other side of the historical inquiry is also long known. As the Times reported, when Tim Naftali, an adjunct professor at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, researched the files, “his review of the documents convinced him that some previously redacted information had not been classified to protect details that cast doubt on what happened to Kennedy but for a much simpler and more sensitive reason: to protect the C.I.A.’s sources and methods.” What was suppressed at the time but is suggested by these documents, is that the C.I.A. engaged in morally dubious and illegal operations—including, as has been known at least since the findings of the Church Committee, in the mid-nineteen seventies, assassinations and attempted assassinations during the Kennedy era (of Castro, above all)—and that the agency was understandably nervous, not to say panicked, that one or another of its sinister practices could have “blown back” or, at a minimum, might have been disclosed in the course of an investigation. (Perhaps only the maverick journalist I. F. Stone said unequivocally at the time that our services had been conspiring to kill other leaders even as our own was killed. But Stone did not think that anyone conspired to kill J.F.K., a man whom, against his better judgment, he admired.)

The sheer felt devastation of what happened is still staggering and speaks, as well, to the continuing shadow cast by Kennedy’s long reputation. For the past sixty years, people have been undermining that reputation, and yet somehow it stands—so much so that R.F.K., Jr., despite having been denounced by his family (most pointedly by his cousin Caroline, J.F.K.’s daughter), persists in public life largely because of the continuing hold of the family name. The efforts to cut short that shadow have been many and multifarious. Kennedy, though married to the idolized Jackie, was a man with many alleged lovers, even as President (including, recklessly, one with connections to the Mob), a fact obviously kept from the public at the time. (As “Mad Men” rather usefully reminded us, though—and as John Updike’s stories of the nineteen-sixties in this magazine might have reminded us, too—casual infidelity was a fact of the time.) He accepted the ground rules of the Cold War mostly unreflectively, which helped lead to the disaster of the Bay of Pigs. And he was slow, not to say cautious, in addressing civil rights, the great issue of his Presidency.

But there are good reasons that his memory remains. J.F.K. was a handsome man—handsome in appearance, but also handsome in attitudes and speech and personal manner. Richard Reeves, preparing a book about Kennedy in the late eighties and early nineties, said that “half the people I interviewed began with this sentence about John F. Kennedy: ‘He was the most charming man I ever met.’ ” It was a charm that was irresistible to others because it rested on a foundation of courage. It’s significant that, for all the revisionism, no one has ever challenged the story, first reported in the pages of The New Yorker, of his almost ridiculously courageous conduct in the Second World War, when, as a young Navy lieutenant in the Pacific, his patrol boat was hit by a Japanese destroyer and he towed a wounded comrade through the waves holding the strap of his life jacket in his mouth. The charm with which he handled later political confrontations is still rightly legend—in 1946, in a room full of Boston working-class pols, after each was pointedly introduced as a young man who “came up the hard way,” he disarmingly announced, “I see I’m the only one here tonight who didn’t come up the hard way.” He later addressed the Texas delegation at the 1960 Democratic National Convention all on his own, very much a Daniel in the lion’s den, and won over many of the lions. These are all details of tone and temperament, and the relative absence of obvious and substantial policy achievements is part of the indictment against J.F.K. But the tone of a society is central to its self-conception. Personal manners are the surface of public morality.

Conspiracy theorists (and those of us who argue with them have the scars to show for it) often maintain that the ones debunking the conspiracies are allied with the conspirators. But, as generations of Marxist scholars have written, the essence of intelligent social criticism is to recognize that things would have happened more or less the way they did because of the inherent economic and ideological forces in a country. So, the Vietnam War, far from being a monstrosity thrust upon the government, in Kennedy’s absence, by Lyndon Johnson, as Oliver Stone’s movie “JFK” suggests, was a natural, misbegotten outcome of long-standing beliefs about the Cold War and confrontations with Communism. It was encouraged and executed under Johnson by many of the same people, almost all of Kennedy allegiance—the famous “best and the brightest”—whom Kennedy recruited into government.

Individual character matters crucially in history—it’s conceivable that Kennedy would have recognized the trap of a ground war in Asia sooner than L.B.J. could, being less pathologically insecure, but it’s also quite possible that he would have made the same fatal errors in Vietnam, and for the same reasons. Had Vietnam been lost in 1965 instead of in 1975, right-wing Republicans, already led by Ronald Reagan, among others, would not have said, “Oh, thank God we didn’t waste tens of thousands of lives staying there and fighting an obviously doomed contest.” They would have cried cowardice and appeasement, and many, perhaps most, Americans would have listened. Would J.F.K. have resisted that circumstance better than L.B.J. did? Conceivably. But it was the same circumstance.

And so we come back to that long shadow. Countless American institutions were named in Kennedy’s honor right after the assassination: the airport once known as Idlewild became, and remains, our own J.F.K., and, in a still astonishing episode, Cape Canaveral, in Florida, was briefly renamed Cape Kennedy. (The original—and four-hundred-year-old—name was restored after a decade.) Yet no memorial seemed better suited to the Kennedy style than the dedication of a national arts center in Washington, D.C., which attempted to cure F. Scott Fitzgerald’s old complaint that the division of America between two capitals—one cultural and intellectual, in New York, and the other political, in Washington—had harmed the country profoundly.

The successor often gets the credit for what the rival started. Dwight D. Eisenhower first pushed the idea of an arts center in Washington, to put the city on even footing with other world capitals as an “artistic mecca that would be open to visitors from every land.” In the decades since its establishment, the center’s board has been distinguished and bipartisan—until last month, when, in a grotesque show of ego, Trump fired all the Biden-appointed members, and made himself its chairman. What Trump imagines filling the space is unclear. He has a weakness for bad Broadway musicals, and contempt for great ones—preferring “Cats” to “Hamilton” is in itself, as a close reading of the Federalist Papers should make clear, grounds for impeachment. (Although Trump’s affection for the musicals of Andrew Lloyd Webber is one thing that makes him seem very nearly human.) Trump’s case is that the Center previously discriminated against conservative culture in favor of the “woke” kind, and, though there is no evidence that this was ever the case, it is certainly true that no partisan monopoly on the performing arts should ever be encouraged. On the national stage, on any stage, there should be room for a first-rate right-wing playwright like David Mamet alongside a first-rate left-wing one like Tony Kushner. Pluralism is the first principle of a democratic culture. But what Trump wants is only shows that he likes. That is not reform.

Aesthetic dimensions—handsome and ugly, or charming and hateful—are not always the vectors or axes on which we judge politics. But there is much to be said for Eisenhower’s desire to see the symbols of our public life elevated and admirable, and for the people at the top at least to enact, if no one can entirely embody, the role that Aristotle called that of the magnanimous man—large of spirit, generous to enemies, and modest about one’s own accomplishments, because sure of them. “The mere accumulation of wealth and power,” Kennedy said, at a 1962 fund-raiser for what would become the Kennedy Center, “is available to the dictator and the democrat alike. What freedom alone can bring is the liberation of the human mind and spirit, which finds its greatest flowering in the free society.” That it is impossible to imagine these words rising from the man who now follows him—and who seems to believe that, since the accumulation of power and wealth is so easily available to the dictator, only a sap would choose to be a democrat—is a sign of how uniquely ugly our time is becoming. 

[gothicprep]

this is something i've complained about before, and probably will again, but because i see this so often, here we go again lol. i promise i'm not just rehashing the same thing i've already said. but i can't stand when people say "wokeness is like a religion." or that maga is "like a religion". i feel like it's observing something relatively banal but framing it in a way that somehow makes it wrong.

i guess i'll just run with the religion example to stress test it for a moment by dialing it up to 11. when we think of fundamentalism in religion, we tend to think of it in a way that means hyper-literal interpretation of scripture and fidelity to that. and the religion analogy takes that definition for granted, with religious texts being swapped out for specific platitudes and styles of argumentation. but this doesn't apply to all religious extremism. west bank settlers, for example, are religious extremists, but there's about as much in jewish scripture about what they're doing as there is "kill john lennon" in the catcher in the rye. same with buddhists in myanmar – there's nothing in buddhist teaching that could possibly be misconstrued as being violent towards muslims, but that doesn't stop buddhist leaders from winking and nudging towards that. neither of these things are anything to do with the core theological grounds of their respective religions. what they're fundamental *about* is being jewish or being buddhist.

so, following from that, it's not really religion that we're talking about after a certain point. it's intense tribalism and group dynamics. it's fierce in-group mentality. we attach this to religion because religion is very good at creating these sorts of group structures, but this isn't something native to religion itself. and it isn't coincidental that a lot of things that get hit with this religion comparison are group structures, whether it be the literal emphasis on community that's in social justice focused left spaces, or the "us v them" stuff in maga. any strong cultural identity comes with the risk of its abuse. it's kind of the nature of the beast.

i don't know lol. seems to me like you're making a weird leap when you compare something to a religion without immediately arriving at what i think is an obvious follow-up question: if something can behave like a religion with the supernatural elements of it removed, then why are religions themselves like that?

[goose-duck]

♡Flower: Cornflowers

Science: Centaurea cyanus, commonly known as cornflower or bachelor's button, is an annual flowering plant in the family Asteraceae native to Europe. In the past, it often grew as a weed in cornfields (in the broad sense of "corn", referring to grains, such as wheat, barley, rye, or oats), hence its name.

Symbolism: Hope, love, remembrance, and fidelity.

Fun Fact: Cornflowers are the national flower of Estonia and a symbol of social liberalism for the Swedish National Party.

Can you eat it?: Yes, cornflowers are edible and can be used in many ways.

[maytheoddshq]

Farina Bancroft (she/her). District Nine Tribute. Nineteen. Amber Midthunder.

When Farina Bancroft was born, she cried so loud all of Nine heard her, demanding her arrival be acknowledged. 

Farina’s father worked out in the nearby wheat and rye fields like most in the area, his work changing with the season. He left at dawn, returned at dusk. Farina would always listen eagerly for the bells that would ring at sundown in the fields and echo over the flat lands of Nine, signaling the end of the work day and her poppa returning home. Her momma, however, had a more unusual occupation. Her official title when asked: pharmacist. But Anise Bancroft was much more than that.

Her role in the community afforded the Bancrofts a little greenhouse out the back of their small, ramshackle home, stuffed to the cracked plastic ceiling with herbs, flowers, roots, and plants of every shape and name. In a cupboard, even more dried and powdered products were stored from every corner of Panem, some obtained through rather illicit methods and only given out at a premium. While technically illegal to grow anything for sale outside of government jurisdiction, Anise’s expertise with plants was enough for Peacekeepers to overlook their operation. When Farina was young, she once asked why. Her momma replied, “Capitol medicine may mend a broken bone, but it can’t mend a broken heart.”

Publicly, they practiced a more formal mode of medicine. Farina grew up knowing already which herbs to pluck and grind when one of her father’s coworkers came in complaining of joint pain, someone’s uncle was desperate to ease reflux, or a desperate mother sought to break her child’s fever. However, the locals knew they offered tinctures and cures for all kinds of things beyond the call of the Hippocratic oath as well: balms for protection, potions for anxieties, hexes for scorned lovers.

When Farina was older, she would marvel at how many people would approach them for solutions to matters of the heart, perhaps equal or greater to those who would approach them for those of the body. She would ask her momma one spring afternoon, watching the retreating form of a Peacekeeper seeking desperate reassurance of his wife’s fidelity back in Two, whether or not his sachet of caraway, clover, and parsley would actually help “for real”. Her momma would consider her question for a moment, before asking in return, “Well, he sure seems less burdened, doesn’t he?” Farina would nod. There was a certain lightness to his retreating form, she could see it in his shoulders and gait. “And what is true to him, that’s what’s real to him too, isn’t it?” Farina would chew on her lip thoughtfully, then nod again. “Then I would say what we did worked. ‘For real.’” 

Three days after Farina’s twelfth birthday, a man showed up on their door, hat in his hands. Harvester accident. Real nasty one. Her father wouldn’t be coming home. She dropped out– the schooling provided by was pointless anyway, especially when she could be working odd jobs in town or in the fields for extra cash when she wasn’t helping her momma with the apothecary. Her brother had already been doing field labor for two years, she was old enough. The little ones were getting bigger, and so were their stomachs, and they wouldn’t fill themselves. 

While she carried her own skepticism (perhaps not-so-quietly by her momma’s measure), she continued to work alongside her mother, noting the undeniable demand and emotional impact of their work– and mouths needed to be fed, after all. There was something to it, she had decided as she, too, came to be recognized as a pharmacist in her own right. Sometimes, in their cases of illness or injury, there was something to healing that fell between their patients believing they felt better and their treatments actually doing the work. Maybe there was something to that when it came to their treatments of the human condition, too. Whatever it was, they were alleviating suffering, weren’t they? That was enough for her.

Farina’s expertise in the craft sharpened, but by the time she turned nineteen, it was clear she had not inherited her mother’s touch for bedside manner. Her mother could transform herself from a foul-mouthed, forward force of nature to an empathetic, level-headed presence. Farina had learned quickly to let her mother do all the talking, she’d do the herb grinding.

It wasn’t what she wanted for herself. The thought of her silently grinding herbs in the back of the creaking house for the rest of her life was enough to drive her insane. She craved more, to get out of their little pocket of Nine. She’d sneak out some nights and hitch a ride on the back of a neighbors pickup to go to the main town in her best dress for music and dancing. She’d trade some bullshit fortune readings in exchange for drinks, sell love potions out of her pockets that weren’t anything more than cheap ground catnip for some cash. As entrepreneurial as she was, it wasn’t only business that kept her coming back– the liveliness of it all enthralled her. It was always worth whatever hickeys or whiskey on her breath she’d have to conceal come morning. In the recent couple of years, she’d daydreamed about striking out on her own, letting the wind take her where it may to places like this in every far flung corner of the country– the horizons were endless out here in Nine. A couple of times, some boy she’d just met almost convinced her to do it with him. But she always ended up back home, sliding quietly back under her quilt, her momma and siblings that needed her set of hands to keep food on the table fast asleep nearby.

The Hunger Games were a part of their life as much as any other citizen of Nine. They watched them twice yearly. Farina preferred the summer games– easier to escape them or ignore them for work. In the winter, they were unavoidable, the harvest season was well over and they were in the peak of the cold, huddled up at home with nothing else to do but watch and think about the Games. Farina feared Reaping– who couldn’t when she had no choice but take out tesserae from the day she turned twelve?-- but there was always a distance between the world of Nine and the Capitol in their screens that helped her keep the fear in check. Her momma reassured her and her siblings each year that Nine was massive, there were many children, they’d be more likely to get struck by lightning. It didn’t stop her mother from hanging pouches of cypress, peony, and cloves around each of her eligible childrens’ necks before making the journey to the Reaping ceremony.

Her momma also always said that not all the plants and incantations in the world would stop fate, if something was meant to be. It would seem that Farina Bancroft’s name being lifted from the Reaping bowl at nineteen years old by a Capitol woman dressed in furs was what the universe had divined for her. When Farina reached the stage, she stared directly into the nearest camera and let out a scream so loud all of Panem heard her, demanding her agony be acknowledged.

Farina is angry that her name has been pulled, and is extremely suspicious of anyone who isn’t directly on her team from Nine. She’s determined to come home, to start the life she feels the Capitol is unfairly trying to steal away from her before it has even started, and she believes she’s willing to do what she needs to do to get there. None of this is fair, she doesn’t feel she owes it to the Capitol to play fair in return.  She plans to bring the pouch her mother gave them for protection at every reaping into the Arena with her as her token.

(+) feisty, vivacious, and adventurous

(-) prideful, unpredictable, and unrestrained.

PENNED BY: KAYE

[grimmstar-grimmoire]

Herbal Properties [N-R]

N Nettle : Exorcism, Protection, Healing, Lust Norfolk Island Pine : Protection, anti hunger Nuts : Fertility, Prosperity, Love, Luck O Oak : Protection, Health, Money, Healing, Potency, Fertility, Luck Oats : Money Olive : Healing, Peace, Fertility, Potency, Protection, Lust Onion : Protection, Exorcism, Healing, Money, Prophetic Dreams, Lust Orange : Love, Divination, Luck, Money Orchid : Love Oregon Grape : Money, Prosperity Orris Root : Love, Protection, Divination P Palm, Date : Fertility, Potency Pansy : Love, Rain Magic, Love, Divination Papaya : Love, Protection Papyrus : Protection Parosela : Hunting Parsley : Love, Protection, Purification Passion Flower : Peace, Sleep, Friendship Patchouly : Money, Fertility, Lust Pea : Money, Love Peach : Love, Exorcism, Longevity, Fertility, Wishes Pear : Lust, Love Pecan : Money, Employment Pennyroyal : Strength, Protection, Peace Peony : Protection, Exorcism Pepper : Protection, Exorcism Peppermint : Purification, Sleep, Love, Healing, Psychic Powers Pepper Tree : Purification, Healing, Protection Periwinkle : Love, Lust, Mental Powers, Money, Protection Persimmon : Changing Sex, Healing, Luck Plot Weed : Protection Pimento : Love Pimpernel : Protection, Health Pine : Healing, Fertility, Protection, Exorcism, Money Pineapple : Luck, Money, Chastity Pipsissewa : Money, Spirit Calling Pistachio : Breaking Love Spells Plantain : Healing, Protection, Strength, Snake Repelling Plum : Healing Plumeria : Love Poke : Courage, Hex Breaking Pomegranate : Divination, Luck, Wishes, Wealth, Fertility Poplar : Money, Flying Poppy : Fertility, Love, Sleep, Money, Luck, Invisibility Potato : Image Magic, Healing Prickly Ash : Love Primrose : Protection, Love Purslane : Sleep, Love, Luck, Protection, Happiness Q Quassia : Love Quince : Protection, Love, Happiness R Radish : Protection, Lust Ragweed : Courage Ragwort : Protection Raspberry : Protection, Love Rattlesnake Root : Protection, Money Rhubarb : Protection, Fidelity Rice : Protection, Rain, Fertility, Money Roots : Protection, Power, Divination Rose : Love, Psychic Powers, Healing, Love, Divination, Luck, Protection Rosemary : Protection, Love, Lust, Mental Powers, Exorcism, Purification, Healing, Sleep, Youth Rowan : Psychic Powers, Healing, Protection, Power, Success Rue : Healing, Health, Mental Powers, Exorcism, Love Rye : Love, Fidelity

[thmagdalene]

alice seymour, nee parr. viscountess beauchamp / the avenging magdalene - shunned for her licentious mouth, upon her bed lies a house for scandal & rumour, she returns to court seeking fury

penned by velvet for @bloodydayshq

BULLETPOINTS: 

name: alice seymour nee parr age/dob: thirty-eight / february 20th 1521 status/rank: viscountess beauchamp country of origin: england place of birth: blackfriars, london birth order: third youngest mother & father: marquess thomas parr of northampton & lady maud parr nee green✟ siblings: utp parr, marquess of northampton (41), utp parr, lady parr (39) sexuality: bisexual horoscope: pisces  virtues: leaderly, cunning, independent vices: irritable, coquettish, hostile marital status: married to viscount beauchamp (m. 1545) issue: arthur seymour (b. 1549), catherine seymour (b. 1553) alliance(s): the greys (by marital bonds-politics), the seymours (marriage, tense), the spanairds (maternal bonds) adversaries: the boleyn family, the tudor crown (ish), the court (fully)

TIMELINE:

1521 Birth in Blackfrairs, London to Maud & William Parr, Marquess of Northampton & Lady-in-Waiting to Catherine of Aragon 1525 Death of William Parr, her brother inherits, Alice & her sister become wards to the crown at Bridewell Palace, Blackfriars 1526 Is moved to her Uncle Sir William Parr ‘s Rye House, Hertfordshire for her education whilst her mother remains at court 1531 Her mother dies from the sweating sickness, her will is in place and Alice inherits many portraits, jewels and enough for a dowry of her own 1532 Marriage of Anne Boleyn & Henry VIII 1536 Death of Catherine of Aragon, this is where her hatred for the Tudors/Boleyns begins 1538 Moves to London, where she becomes Lady in Waiting to Anne Boleyn by the arrangement of her Uncle, she detests it and begins a series of secret missives between herself and Mary Tudor, & Anti-Reformist parties 1545 Marries Viscount Beauchamp by the arrangement of her Uncle, she misses the arrest warrant for Anne, and returns to court whilst she detesting her husband for not supporting his brothers 1549 Leaves court to give birth to Arthur Seymour, returns with a fighting vigour and swears her fidelity to her husband despite rumours that she has been licentious and promiscuous with both the young Prince William & many other men at court 1550 Remains at court as part of Anne Boleyn’s circles, probably flirts with henry Tudor whilst she can to get stuff? Begins an absent re-construction of Wulfhall to benefit her son's inheritance, but its an uphill battle since Seymour is hardly a name honoured by the people 1553 Gives birth to Catherine Seymour 1557 Henry VIII dies, attends the coronation of William III with the Grey & Seymour clans 1559 Attends the marriage of Anne Boleyn & Thomas Wyatt

BIOGRAPHY:

Kendal Castle was crumbling, or rather, it had crumbled. As the ancestral House of Parr, one would've thought someone would have paid greater attention to the wellbeing of a home that could've last a thousand years, for instead of being brought into the world beneath the roof of a seat that had long been held by their family since the time of the Caput baroniae, Alice was born amongst the city of London, Blackfrairs to be exact. The youngest of three, the only thing stammered between uneasy lips was the fact that shes was then owed a dowry by the behest of a father who had grown all too comfortable with cards at the Palaces of the English court. So, when wrapped in lavender scented linens, she was pushed into the arms of a wet nurse so both parents could return to their habits and pleasures.

Thomas Parr was a fine, intelligent mind - he had once been the principle to Lady Margaret Beaufort's school at Collyweston and had long since taken grand advantage of his intellect to pursue mathematics and theology before being risen to the role of Master of the Wards, Master of the Guards and Comptroller to the King. Maud Green was met on a similar playing field as a trusted member of the revolving ladies who waited upon Catherine of Aragon, with her own rooms to enjoy and great luxuries passed upon her by the kindness of the Queen. Their marriage was one of fine dining, riveting conversation and kind looks passed over the heads of their peers. First came their son, then a daughter, and then finally Alice.

Brought up to relish the mind and what could come from nourishing cunning, Alice had been wise from the start. For though their father died when, their mother used her connections to have herself and her children established in the rooms of Bridewell Palace, Blackfriars, so she could keep her proximity to the Queen and her offspring could continue their wellbeing beneath her quick gaze. Though, they only remained a year, for Alice at only five years of age, was found in the arms of her father's brother, William Parr, escorted alongside her sister towards Rye House, Hertfordshire, for their education and happiness.

Of course, it would've been foolish to live such a youthful childhood amongst the humdrum of an English Court, thereafter became the hotbed of fury concerning the dissolution of the marriage between the King and Queen. And though their mother, the ever faithful Lady Maud, remained by her Mistress' side in an act of complete loyalty to both the Pope and the safety of Catherine, Maud soon caught the sweating illness. Alice, who had grown to enjoy the great expanse of land nurtured by her Uncle, running alongside her siblings whilst cultivate a strong, unbreakable friendship with them both, soon learnt that they were no longer as safe as before, but rather orphans put to the mercy of their paternal Uncle.

Though, they were indeed luckier than most. With her brother the present Marquess of Northampton, the daughters of the late Thomas & Maud inherited their fair share of rare portraits, jewels and a fine dowry to secure a good match - but since their brother was still too young to understand what was needed for two young girls, they remained under the house of their Uncle, forever seemingly waiting to be returned to the brother, as was often foretold by their mother when sent stories though fine ink.

When Alice is called to court by the behest and control of her Uncle, she is seventeen. Pale, a fair-height and with the favourable red-hair worn by the King himself, she is quickly anointed as a beauty of Court to serve beneath Queen Anne Boleyn as a Lady in Waiting. Though, unlike perhaps many of her peers, the memory of her mother burns into her mind like a red-hot-poker, for too often it was declared that Boleyn was but a concubine, a woman unworthy of the place once warmed by a royal Princess of Aragon. With a stubborn nature, her unruliness once matched with a sincere need to get what she wanted, turns her beauty into something to be scorned - for whether it was the Queen, the other jealous ladies or deterred male courtiers, rumours well around her seventeen year old self that declare her a coquette, a liar and indeed a Pope sympathiser.

Of course, they weren't wrong.

Shunned, yet kept beneath the stern eye of the Queen and her court, by the late age of twenty-four, Alice is matched to the Viscount Beauchamp, the youngest brother to the late Seymours who had swiftly been executed for treason against the crown - a family whom Alice had kept at arm's length for both her own survival and in the hope of side-stepping their eventual demise. It was by the puppeteer hand of her Uncle, that the marriage was made, and though Alice found herself rather repelled with a marriage to a man who had not saved his own family, she is forced to go along with it - mostly, in some hope to save her reputation and head, which lingers upon the chopping block for her constant letters sent to the Lady Mary, a friendship nourished by her mother's own to Mary's mother.

But what else is there to say? For that is the biography of Alice Parr, and this is now the re-telling of Alice Seymour. Still, shunned by the noble ladies in fear of catching her reputation (which, though muted by her marriage is still questioned by the flicker of her eyelashes), Alice becomes a mother. Arthur is born, and beloved. But a maternal devotion does little to a boy meant to become his father's son, and before she returns to court there are already rumours that he is not of his father's loins but of some other courtier who had fallen for her lustful woes - even, by the gossip of chambermaids, the Prince William has found it hard to look yonder.

In an effort to secure her son's wellbeing, she begins to evoke her parents' intellect and spirit by renewing the works set upon the Seymour home of Wulfhall, which had fallen into disrepair after the fall of the late Edward, Thomas and Jane Seymour, before becoming a mother once more to a daughter, little Catherine, named after the Queen in a coy act of subterfuge.

Now, she returns to court again as a Viscountess. And, hey, if she survives this season, then there's no end to her appetite.

[toonatic92]

[Image description: A greyscale pencil drawing of two of my characters surrounded by symbolic plants. At the top is Dandelion, a skinny bird man with long spiky hair, wearing a V-necked tunic and a laurel wreath. On his left are dandelions expelling seeds into the air and on his right is a dahlia and a globe amaranth. At the bottom is Xan, a muscular man with an ant mask on and knives for hands, wearing a large collar with carnations pinned to it and a cape. On his left is a stalk of rye and a gladiolus and on his right is climbing ivy.]

I love plants and flowers and their symbolic meanings, so I decided to do these drawings of my Daisy Bubblegum characters and their symbolic plants, since they're already named after plants anyway. I did the villains, the members of the Acolytes of Chaos cult first, but I'll do the heroes as well eventually.

1. Dandelion - The cult's chosen one, who is being groomed to face the gods' chosen one, the protagonist Daisy. Isn't particularly thrilled about this, but loves playing the dramatic villain role.

Plants: Dandelion - 'Overcoming hardship'. This is mostly due to his shitty abusive dad, the leader of the cult, who is unimpressed by his son's attitude and laziness. Laurel - 'Ambition, success, renown'. Despite his dislike of his role, all he wants to do is live up his Dad's expectations and prove everyone wrong. Dahlia - 'Elegance and dignity'. This is how he sees himself, but he doesn't live up to that high estimation. Globe Amaranth - 'Immortal love, unchangeable'. This is about his romantic relationship with his second-in-command, Xan, the only one in the cult who actually believes in him.

2. Xan - The ancient god of disasters and illness who left the realms of the gods because he was unable to fulfil his role as the causer of death and destruction.

Plants: Rye - 'Love, fidelity'. This is about his relationship with Dandelion, who he is fiercely loyal to, because Dandelion was the first mortal to treat him with kindness. Gladiolus - 'Strength of character, honour, conviction'. Honour and conviction are very important to Xan. He really wants to do what's right, but he's been convinced by the cult that they are noble rebels fighting against the tyrannical rule of the gods. Green carnation - 'Love between two men'. Again, this is about his relationship with Dandelion. Ivy - 'Dependence, endurance, faithfulness'. Loyalty is another thing that is very important to Xan, but he has unfortunately pledged his loyalty to the wrong people, and once he is completely loyal to someone, he can't just turn it off.

Medium: Pencil on paper.

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[eclecticpagan]

Spell Chart

🕷Astral Projection

Color - Yellow, Blue

Herb - Dittany of Crete, Mugwort, Poplar

Stone - Quartz Crystal

🕷Banishing

Color - Black

Herb - Basil, Yarrow

Stone - Salt

🕷Beauty

Color - White

Herb - Avocado, Catnip, Flax, Ginseng, Maidenhair, Yerba Santa

Stone - Herkimer Diamond, Jasper, Tiger's Eye

🕷Business Success

Color - Green, Violet

Herb - Benzoin, Bladderwrack, Dock, Vertivert

Stone - Bloodstone

🕷Centering

Color - Yellow

Herb - Vervain

Stone - Calcite, Herkimer Diamond

🕷Chastity

Color - White

Herb - Cactus, Camphor, Coconut, Cucumber, Fleabane, Hawthorne, Lavender, Pineapple, Sweet pea, Vervain, Witch Hazel

Stone - Jasper

🕷Childbirth

Color - Blue, Red

Herb - Corn

Stone - Geodes

🕷Courage

Color - Red

Herb - Borage, Black Cohosh, Columbine, Masterwort, Mullein, Poke, Ragweed, Sweet pea, Tea, Thyme, Tonka, Wahoo, Yarrow

Stone - Amethyst, Bloodstone, Herkimer Diamond, Tiger's Eye

🕷Dead

Color - Black

Herb - Yew

Stone - Fossils

🕷Dieting

Color - White

Herb - Basil

Stone - Moonstone,

🕷Divination

Color - Yellow

Herb - Broom, Camphor, Cherry, Dandelion, Fig, Goldenrod, Ground Ivy, Hibiscus, Meadowsweet, Orange, Orris, Pomegranate

Stone - Hematite, Moonstone, Tiger's Eye

🕷Dreams

Color - Yellow

Herb - Mistletoe

Stone - Amethyst

🕷Employment

Color - Green

Herb - Devil's Shoestring, Lucky Hand, Pecan

Stone - Tiger's Eye

🕷Exorcism

Color - Black

Herb - Angelica, Arbutus, Asafetida, Avens, Basil, Beans, Birch, Boneset, Buckthorn, Clove, Clover, Cumin, Devil's Bit, Dragon's Blood, Elder, Fern, Fleabane, Frankincense, Fumitory, Garlic, Heliotrope, Horehound, Horseradish, Juniper, Leek, Lilac, Mallow, Mint, Mistletoe, Mullein, Myrrh, Nettle, Onion, Peach, Peony, Pepper Pine, Rosemary, Rue, Sagebrush, Sandalwood, Sloe, Snapdragon, Tamarisk, Thistle, Witch Grass, Yarrow

Stone - Bloodstone, Jasper

🕷Fertility

Color - Green

Herb - Agaric, Banana, Bistort, Bodhi, Carrot, Cuckoo-Flower, Cucumber, Cyclamen, Daffodil, Dock, Fig, Geranium, Grape, Hawthorn, Hazel, Horsetail, Mandrake, Mistletoe, Mustard, Myrtle, Nuts, Oak, Olive, Date Palm, Patchouli, Peach, Pine, Pomegranate, Poppy, Rice, Sunflower, Wheat

Stone - Geodes

🕷Fidelity

Color - Pink

Herb - Chickweed, Chili Pepper, Clover, Cumin, Elder, Licorice, Magnolia, Nutmeg, Rhubarb, Rye, Scullup, Spikenard, Giant Vetch, Yerba Mate

Stone - Amethyst, Herkimer Diamonds

🕷Friendship

Color - Pink

Herb - Lemon, Love Seed, Passion Flower, Sweet pea

Stone - Aventurine

🕷Gambling

Color - Green

Herb - Angelica, Chamomile, Devil's Shoestring

Stone - Aventurine, Tigers Eye

🕷Gardening

Color - Green

Herb - Apples

Stone - Herkimer Diamond, Jasper

🕷Grounding

Color - Yellow

Herb - Vervain

Stone - Hematite, Moonstone, Salt,

🕷Happiness

Color - Blue, Pink

Herb - Catnip, Celandine, Cyclamen, Hawthorn, High John the Conqueror, Hyacinth, Lavender, Lily of the Valley, Marjoram, Meadowsweet, Morning Glory, Purslane, Quince, Saffron, St. John's Wort, Witch Grass

Stone - Amethyst, Aventurine, Herkimer Diamond

🕷Healing/Health

Color - Green, Violet, Brown, Blue

Herb - Adder's Tongue, Allspice, Amaranth, Angelica, Balm of Lemon, Balm of Gilead, Barley, Bay, Bittersweet, Blackberry, Bracken, Burdock, Calamus, Carnation, Cedar, Cinnamon, Citron, Cowslip, Cucumber, Dock, Elder, Eucalyptus, Fennel, Figwort, Flax, Gardenia, Garlic, Ginseng, Goat's Rue, Golden Seal, Groundsel, Heliotrope, Hemp, Henna, Hops, Horehound, Horse Chestnut, Ivy, Job's Tears, Life Everlasting, Lime, Mesquite, Mint, Mugwort, Myrrh, Nettle, Oak, Olive, Onion, Peppermint, Pepper Tree, Persimmon, Pine, Plantain, Potato, Rose, Rosemary, Rowan, Rue, Saffron, Sandalwood, Spearmint, Thistle, Thyme, Ti, Tobacco, Vervain, Violet, Wild Plum, Willow, Wintergreen, Wood Sorrel, Yerba Santa

Stone - Amethyst, Aventurine, Bloodstone, Calcite, carnelian, Quartz Crystal, Hematite, Herkimer Diamond, Jasper, Tiger's Eye

🕷Invisibility

Color - White

Herb - Amaranth, Chicory, Edelweiss, fern, Heliotrope, mistletoe, poppy, Wolf's Bane

Stone - Bloodstone, Tigers Eye

🕷Legal Matters

Color - Green, Brown

Herb - Buckthorn, Cascara Sagrada, Celandine, Hickory marigold, Skunk Cabbage

Stone - Amethyst, Bloodstone

🕷Longevity Color - Green

Herb - Cypress, Lavender, Lemon, Life-Everlasting, Maple, Peach, Sage, Tansy

Stone - Fossils, Jasper

🕷Love

Color - Red, Pink

Herb - Adam and Eve, Aloe, Apple, Apricot, Aster, Avens, Avocado, Bachelor's Buttons, Balm of Lemon, Balm of Gilead, Barley, Basil, Beans, Bedstraw, Beet, Betony, Bleeding Heart, Bloodroot, Brazil Nut, Caper, Cardamom, Catnip, Chamomile, Cherry, Chestnut, Chickweed, Chili Pepper, Cinnamon, Clove, Clover, Cohosh, Coltsfoot, Columbine, Copal, Coriander, Crocus, Cubeb, Cuckoo-Flower, Daffodil, Daisy, Damiana, Devil's Bit, Dill, Dogbane, Dragon's Blood, Dutchman's Breeches, Elecampane, Elm, Endive, Eryngo, Fig, Fuzzy Weed, Gardenia, Gentian, Geranium, Ginger, Ginseng, Grains of Paradise, Hemp, Hibiscus, High John the Conqueror, Houseleek, Hyacinth, Indian Paint Brush, Jasmine, Joe-Pye Weed, Juniper, Kava-Kava, Lad's Mantle, Lavender, Leek, Lemon, Lemon Verbena, Licorice, Lime, Linden, Liverwort, Lobelia, Lotus, Lovage, Love Seed, Maidenhair, Male Fern, Mallow, Mandrake, Maple, Marjoram, Mastic, Meadow Rue, Meadowsweet, Mimosa, Mistletoe, Moonwort, Myrtle, Nuts, Oleander, Orange, Orchid, Pansy, Papaya, Pea, Peach, Pear, Peppermint, Periwinkle, Pimento, Plum, Plumeria, Poppy, Prickly Ash, Primrose, Purslane, Quassia, Quince, Raspberry, Rose, Rosemary, Rue, Rye, Saffron, Sarsaparilla, Skullcap, Senna, Snakeroot, Southernwood, Spearmint, Spiderwort, Strawberry, Sugar Cane, Sumbul, Tamarind, Thyme, Tomato, Tonka, Tormentil, Trillium, Tulip, Valerian, Vanilla, Venus Flytrap, Vervain, Vertivert, Violet, Willow, Witch grass, Wormwood, Yarrow, Yerba Mate, Yohimbe

Stone - Amethyst, Calcite, Jasper, Lepidolite, Moonstone

🕷Luck

Color - Green, Orange

Herb - Allspice, Aloe, Bamboo, Banyan, Be-Still, Bluebell, Cabbage, Calamus, China Berry, Cinchona, Cotton, Daffodil, Devil's Bit, Fern, Grains of Paradise, Hazel, Heather, Holly, Houseleek, Huckleberry, Irish Moss, Job's Tears, Linden, Lucky Hand, Male Fern, Moss, Nutmeg, Oak, Orange, Persimmon, Pineapple, Pomegranate, Poppy, Purslane, Rose, Snakeroot, Star Anise, Straw, Strawberry, Sumbul, Vertivert, Violet, Wood Rose

Stone - Aventurine, Lepidolite, Tiger's Eye

🕷Magickal Power

Color - Violet

Herb - Cinnamon, Club Moss

Stone - Bloodstone, Crystal Quartz

🕷Meditation

Color - Blue

Herb - Bodhi, Gotu Kola

Stone - Amethyst, Geodes

🕷Mental Powers Color - Yellow

Herb - Caraway, Celery, Eyebright, Grape, Horehound, Lily of the Valley

Stone - Aventurine, Herkimer Diamond

🕷Money, Wealth, Prosperity, Riches

Color - Green

Herb - Alfalfa, Allspice, Almond, Basil, Bergamot, Blackberry, Bladderwrack, Blue Flag, Bryony, Bromeliad, Buckwheat, Calamus, Camellia, Cascara Sagrada, Cashew, Cedar, Chamomile, Cinnamon, Cinquefoil, Clove, Clover, Comfrey, Cowslip, Dill, Dock, Elder, Fenugreek, Fern, Flax, Fumitory, Galangal, Ginger, Goldenrod, Golden Seal, Gorse, Grapes of Paradise, Grape, Heliotrope, High John the Conqueror, Honesty, Honeysuckle, Horse Chestnut, Irish Moss, Jasmine, Lucky Hand, Mandrake, Maple, Marjoram, May Apple, Mint, Moonwort, Moss, Myrtle, Nutmeg, Oak, Oats, Onion, Orange, Oregon Grape, Patchouli, Pea, Periwinkle, Pine, Pineapple, Pipsissewa, Pomegranate, Poplar, Poppy, Rattlesnake Root, Rice, Snapdragon, Sassafras, Seamae, Snakeroot, Squill, Tea, Tonka, Trillium, Vervain

Stone - Amethyst, Aventurine, Bloodstone, Calcite, Herkimer Diamond, Jasper, Salt, Tiger's Eye

🕷Nightmares, Banishing

Color - Black

Herb - Betony, Cedar

Stone - Lepidolite

🕷Peace

Color - White

Herb - Dulse, Eryngo, Gardenia, Lavender, Loosestrife, Meadowsweet, Morning Glory, Myrtle, Olive, Passion Flower, Pennyroyal, Skullcap, Vervain, Violet

Stone - Amethyst, Aventurine, Calcite, Herkimer Diamond, Jasper, Lepidolite

🕷Physical Energy

Color - Red

Herb - Carnation

Stone - Calcite, Herkimer Diamond, Tiger's Eye

🕷Physical Strength

Color - Red

Herb - Carnation

Stone - Bloodstone, Herkimer Diamond

🕷Protection

Color - White

Herb - Acacia, African Violet, Agrimony, Ague Root, Aloe, Althea, Alyssum, Amaranth, Anemone, Angelica, Anise, Arbutus, Asafetida, Ash, Balm Of Gilead, Bamboo, Barley, Basil, Bay, Bean, Betony, Birch, Bittersweet, Blackberry, Bladderwrack, Bloodroot, Blueberry, Bodhi, Boneset, Bryony, Bromeliad, Broom, Buckthorn, Burdock, Cactus, Calamus, Caraway, Cohosh, Cotton, Cumin, Curry, Cyclamen, Cypress, Datura, Devil's Bit, Devil's Shoestring, Dill, Dogwood, Dragon's Blood, Ebony, Elder, Elecampane, Eucalyptus, Euphoria, Fennel, Fern, Feverwort, Figwort, Flax, Fleabane, Foxglove, Frankincense, Galangal, Garlic, Geranium, Ginseng, Gorse, Gourd, Grain, Grass, Hazel, Heather, Holly, Honeysuckle, Horehound, Houseleek, Hyacinth, Hyssop, Irish Moss, Ivy, Juniper, Kava Kava, Lady's Slipper, Larch, Larkspur, Lavender, Leek, Lettuce, Lilac, Lily, Lime, Linden,

Liquidambar, Loosestrife, Lotus, Lucky Hand, Mallow, Mandrake, Marigold, Masterwort, Meadow Rue, Mimosa, Mint, Mistletoe, Molluka, Mugwort, Mulberry, Mullein, Mustard, Myrrh, Nettle, Norfolk Island Pine, Oak, Olive, Onion, Orris, Papaya, Papyrus, Parsley, Pennyroyal, Peony, Pepper, Peppertree, Periwinkle, Pilot Weed, Pimpernel, Pine, Plantain, Plum, Primrose, Purslane, Quince, Radish, Ragwort, Raspberry, Rattlesnake Root, Rhubarb, Rice, Roots, Rose, Rosemary, Rowan, Sage, St. Johns Wort, Sandalwood, Sloe, Snapdragon, Southernwood, Spanish Moss, Squill, Tamarisk, Thistle, Ti, Toadflax, Tomato, Tormentil, Tulip, Valerian, Venus Flytrap, Vervain, Violet, Wax Plant, Willow, Wintergreen, Witch Hazel, Wolf's Bane, Woodruff, Wormwood, Yerba Santa, Yucca

Stone - Aventurine, Calcite, Crystal Quartz, Fossils, Herkimer Diamond, Jasper, Lepidolite, Moonstone, Salt, Tigers Eye,

🕷Psychism

Color - Yellow

Herb - Acacia, Althea, Bay, Bladderwrack, Borage, Buchu, Celery, Cinnamon, Citron, Elecampane, Eyebright, Flax, Galangal, Grass, Honeysuckle, Lemongrass, Mace, Marigold, Mastic, Mugwort, Peppermint, Rose, Rowan, Saffron, Star Anise, Stillengia, Sumbul, Thyme, Uva Ursa, Wormwood, Yarrow, Yerba Santa Stone - Amethyst, Crystal Quartz

🕷Purification

Color - White

Herb - Alkanet, Anise, Arable, Asafetida, Avens, Bay, Benzoin, Betony, Bloodwort, Broom, Cedar, Chamomile, Coconut, Copal, Euphorbia, Fennel, Horseradish, Hyssop, Iris, Lavender, Lemon, Lemon Verbena, Mimosa, Parsley, Peppermint, Pepper Tree, Rosemary, Sagebrush, Shallot, Thistle, Thyme, Tobacco, Turmeric, Valerian, Vervain, Yucca

Stone - Calcite, salt

🕷Reconciliation

Color - Orange

Herb - Beans

Stone - Calcite, Herkimer Diamond

🕷Sexual Energy

Color - Red

Herb - Banana, Beans, Caper, Cohosh, Dragon's Blood, Oak, Olive

Stone - Herkimer Diamond, Jasper

🕷Sleep

Color - Blue

Herb - Agrimony, Chamomile, Cinquefoil, Datura, Elder, Hops, Lavender, Lettuce, Linden, Passion Flower, Peppermint, Purslane, Rosemary, Thyme, Valerian, Vervain

Stone - Moonstone,

🕷Spirituality

Color - White

Herb - African violet, Aloe, Cinnamon, Frankincense, Gardenia, Myrrh, Sandalwood

Stone - Calcite, Herkimer Diamond, Lepidolite

🕷Success

Color - Green

Herb - Cinnamon, Clover, Ginger, High John the Conqueror, Rowan, Wahoo, Winter's bark

Stone - Aventurine

🕷Travel

Color - Brown

Herb - Mint

Stone - Herkimer Diamond

🕷Wisdom

Color - Yellow

Herb - Bodhi, Iris, Peach, Sage, Sunflower

Stone - Jasper

[scriptflorist]

Any flower/plant/tree/shrub for a normally human passing character who can shapeshift? They can only have nine forms (all completely human or human passing with feline traits, no full cat form, can change sex though) but can freely shift back and forth, although it is quite exhausting and they are out of it for awhile after changing.

Good question, I am not sure what the result will be here, but let’s have a look at the google sheet. Sounds like a several plants kinda answer. Although meanings are the only option here?

aster (china) – variety, variety of charms, afterthought, fidelity, I will think of thee, your sentiments meet with a return

pimpernel – change, assignation, the weather-glass

rose (mundi) – variety

rose (white, withered) – transient impressions, death is preferable to loss of virtue

rye grass – changeable disposition

Moving away from the actual meanings of plants, there would also be mimicry to consider. There are different types of mimicry, differing in use for the plant in question and in many cases it’s simply to attract pollinators but it has also been observed as a means of protection or a means to avoid detection.

In case of trying to attract pollintaors plants often mimic insects, but they also often mimic other plants, when it comes to protection several plants have been observed to mimic spider webs, but thorn-like imprints count just as much. While stealth is achieved my mimicing the leaves of the plant the other latches onto.

Given your shapeshifters ability, the last of those, which is called cryptic mimicy might fit them best. The plant in question is called Boquila trifoliolata, which due to its mimicry can achieve a variety of phenotypes.

– Mod Jana

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimicry_in_plants

Disclaimer

This blog is intended as writing advice only. This blog and its mods are not responsible for accidents, injuries or other consequences of using this advice for real world situations or in any way that said advice was not intended.

[literarypilgrim]

Read Like a Gilmore

All 339 Books Referenced In “Gilmore Girls” 

Not my original list, but thought it’d be fun to go through and see which one’s I’ve actually read :P If it’s in bold, I’ve got it, and if it’s struck through, I’ve read it. I’ve put a ‘read more’ because it ended up being an insanely long post, and I’m now very sad at how many of these I haven’t read. (I’ve spaced them into groups of ten to make it easier to read)

1. 1984 by George Orwell  2. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain 3. Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll 4. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon 5. An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser 6. Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt 7. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 8. The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank 9. The Archidamian War by Donald Kagan 10. The Art of Fiction by Henry James 

11. The Art of War by Sun Tzu 12. As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner 13. Atonement by Ian McEwan 14. Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy 15. The Awakening by Kate Chopin 16. Babe by Dick King-Smith 17. Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women by Susan Faludi 18. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie 19. Bel Canto by Ann Patchett 20. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath 21. Beloved by Toni Morrison 22. Beowulf: A New Verse Translation by Seamus Heaney 23. The Bhagava Gita 24. The Bielski Brothers: The True Story of Three Men Who Defied the Nazis, Built a Village in the Forest, and Saved 1,200 Jews by Peter Duffy 25. Bitch in Praise of Difficult Women by Elizabeth Wurtzel 26. A Bolt from the Blue and Other Essays by Mary McCarthy 27. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 28. Brick Lane by Monica Ali 29. Bridgadoon by Alan Jay Lerner 30. Candide by Voltaire 31. The Canterbury Tales by Chaucer 32. Carrie by Stephen King 33. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 34. The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger 35. Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White 36. The Children’s Hour by Lillian Hellman 37. Christine by Stephen King 38. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 39. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess 40. The Code of the Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse    41. The Collected Stories by Eudora Welty 42. A Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare 43. Complete Novels by Dawn Powell 44. The Complete Poems by Anne Sexton 45. Complete Stories by Dorothy Parker 46. A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole 47. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 48. Cousin Bette by Honore de Balzac 49. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky 50. The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber    51. The Crucible by Arthur Miller 52. Cujo by Stephen King 53. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon 54. Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende 55. David and Lisa by Dr Theodore Issac Rubin M.D 56. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens 57. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown 58. Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol 59. Demons by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 60. Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller 61. Deenie by Judy Blume 62. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson 63. The Dirt: Confessions of the World’s Most Notorious Rock Band by Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Mick Mars and Nikki Sixx 64. The Divine Comedy by Dante 65. The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells 66. Don Quixote by Cervantes 67. Driving Miss Daisy by Alfred Uhrv 68. Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson 69. Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales & Poems by Edgar Allan Poe 70. Eleanor Roosevelt by Blanche Wiesen Cook 71. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe 72. Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn  73. Eloise by Kay Thompson 74. Emily the Strange by Roger Reger 75. Emma by Jane Austen 76. Empire Falls by Richard Russo 77. Encyclopedia Brown: Boy Detective by Donald J. Sobol 78. Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton 79. Ethics by Spinoza 80. Europe through the Back Door, 2003 by Rick Steves

81. Eva Luna by Isabel Allende 82. Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer 83. Extravagance by Gary Krist 84. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 85. Fahrenheit 9/11 by Michael Moore 86. The Fall of the Athenian Empire by Donald Kagan 87. Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World by Greg Critser 88. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson 89. The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien 90. Fiddler on the Roof by Joseph Stein 91. The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom 92. Finnegan’s Wake by James Joyce 93. Fletch by Gregory McDonald 94. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes 95. The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem 96. The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand 97. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 98. Franny and Zooey by J. D. Salinger 99. Freaky Friday by Mary Rodgers 100. Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut 101. Gender Trouble by Judith Butler 102. George W. Bushism: The Slate Book of the Accidental Wit and Wisdom of our 43rd President by Jacob Weisberg 103. Gidget by Fredrick Kohner 104. Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen 105. The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels 106. The Godfather: Book 1 by Mario Puzo 107. The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy  108. Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Alvin Granowsky  109. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell  110. The Good Soldier by Ford Maddox Ford 

111. The Gospel According to Judy Bloom 112. The Graduate by Charles Webb 113. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck 114. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 115. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens 116. The Group by Mary McCarthy 117. Hamlet by William Shakespeare 118. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling 119. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling 120. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers    121. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad 122. Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders by Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry 123. Henry IV, part I by William Shakespeare 124. Henry IV, part II by William Shakespeare 125. Henry V by William Shakespeare 126. High Fidelity by Nick Hornby 127. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon 128. Holidays on Ice: Stories by David Sedaris 129. The Holy Barbarians by Lawrence Lipton 130. House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III    131. The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende 132. How to Breathe Underwater by Julie Orringer 133. How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss  134. How the Light Gets In by M. J. Hyland  135. Howl by Allen Ginsberg  136. The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo  137. The Iliad by Homer 138. I’m With the Band by Pamela des Barres  139. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote  140. Inferno by Dante 

141. Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee 142. Iron Weed by William J. Kennedy 143. It Takes a Village by Hillary Rodham Clinton 144. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte 145. The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan 146. Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare 147. The Jumping Frog by Mark Twain 148. The Jungle by Upton Sinclair 149. Just a Couple of Days by Tony Vigorito 150. The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar by Robert Alexander 151. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain 152. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 153. Lady Chatterleys’ Lover by D. H. Lawrence 154. The Last Empire: Essays 1992-2000 by Gore Vidal 155. Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman 156. The Legend of Bagger Vance by Steven Pressfield 157. Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis 158. Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke 159. Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them by Al Franken  160. Life of Pi by Yann Martel 

161. Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens 162. The Little Locksmith by Katharine Butler Hathaway 163. The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen 164. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 165. Living History by Hillary Rodham Clinton 166. Lord of the Flies by William Golding 167. The Lottery: And Other Stories by Shirley Jackson 168. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold 169. The Love Story by Erich Segal 170. Macbeth by William Shakespeare 171. Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert 172. The Manticore by Robertson Davies 173. Marathon Man by William Goldman 174. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov 175. Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter by Simone de Beauvoir 176. Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman by William Tecumseh Sherman 177. Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris 178. The Meaning of Consuelo by Judith Ortiz Cofer 179. Mencken’s Chrestomathy by H. R. Mencken 180. The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare 181. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka 182. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides 183. The Miracle Worker by William Gibson 184. Moby Dick by Herman Melville 185. The Mojo Collection: The Ultimate Music Companion by Jim Irvin  186. Moliere: A Biography by Hobart Chatfield Taylor  187. A Monetary History of the United States by Milton Friedman  188. Monsieur Proust by Celeste Albaret  189. A Month Of Sundays: Searching For The Spirit And My Sister by Julie Mars 190. A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway 

191. Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf 192. Mutiny on the Bounty by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall 193. My Lai 4: A Report on the Massacre and It’s Aftermath by Seymour M. Hersh 194. My Life as Author and Editor by H. R. Mencken 195. My Life in Orange: Growing Up with the Guru by Tim Guest 196. Myra Waldo’s Travel and Motoring Guide to Europe, 1978 by Myra Waldo 197. My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult 198. The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer 199. The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco 200. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri 201. The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin 202. Nervous System: Or, Losing My Mind in Literature by Jan Lars Jensen 203. New Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson 204. The New Way Things Work by David Macaulay 205. Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich 206. Night by Elie Wiesel 207. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 208. The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism by William E. Cain, Laurie A. Finke, Barbara E. Johnson, John P. McGowan 209. Novels 1930-1942: Dance Night/Come Back to Sorrento, Turn, Magic Wheel/Angels on Toast/A Time to be Born by Dawn Powell 210. Notes of a Dirty Old Man by Charles Bukowski

211. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (will NEVER read again) 212. Old School by Tobias Wolff 213. On the Road by Jack Kerouac 214. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey 215. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez 216. The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Life by Amy Tan 217. Oracle Night by Paul Auster 218. Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood 219. Othello by Shakespeare 220. Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens 221. The Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War by Donald Kagan 222. Out of Africa by Isac Dineson 223. The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton 224. A Passage to India by E.M. Forster 225. The Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition by Donald Kagan 226. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky 227. Peyton Place by Grace Metalious 228. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde 229. Pigs at the Trough by Arianna Huffington 230. Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi 231. Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain 232. The Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby 233. The Portable Dorothy Parker by Dorothy Parker 234. The Portable Nietzche by Fredrich Nietzche 235. The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O’Neill by Ron Suskind 236. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 237. Property by Valerie Martin 238. Pushkin: A Biography by T. J. Binyon  239. Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw  240. Quattrocento by James Mckean 

241. A Quiet Storm by Rachel Howzell Hall 242. Rapunzel by Grimm Brothers 243. The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe 244. The Razor’s Edge by W. Somerset Maugham 245. Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi 246. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier 247. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin 248. The Red Tent by Anita Diamant 249. Rescuing Patty Hearst: Memories From a Decade Gone Mad by Virginia Holman 250. The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien 251. R Is for Ricochet by Sue Grafton 252. Rita Hayworth by Stephen King 253. Robert’s Rules of Order by Henry Robert 254. Roman Holiday by Edith Wharton 255. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare 256. A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf 257. A Room with a View by E. M. Forster 258. Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin 259. The Rough Guide to Europe, 2003 Edition 260. Sacred Time by Ursula Hegi 261. Sanctuary by William Faulkner 262. Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay by Nancy Milford 263. Say Goodbye to Daisy Miller by Henry James 264. The Scarecrow of Oz by Frank L. Baum 265. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne  266. Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand  267. The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir  268. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd  269. Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette by Judith Thurman  270. Selected Hotels of Europe 

271. Selected Letters of Dawn Powell: 1913-1965 by Dawn Powell 272. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen 273. A Separate Peace by John Knowles 274. Several Biographies of Winston Churchill 275. Sexus by Henry Miller 276. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon 277. Shane by Jack Shaefer 278. The Shining by Stephen King 279. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse 280. S Is for Silence by Sue Grafton 281. Slaughter-house Five by Kurt Vonnegut 282. Small Island by Andrea Levy 283. Snows of Kilimanjaro by Ernest Hemingway 284. Snow White and Rose Red by Grimm Brothers 285. Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World by Barrington Moore 286. The Song of Names by Norman Lebrecht 287. Song of the Simple Truth: The Complete Poems of Julia de Burgos by Julia de Burgos 288. The Song Reader by Lisa Tucker 289. Songbook by Nick Hornby 290. The Sonnets by William Shakespeare 291. Sonnets from the Portuegese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning 292. Sophie’s Choice by William Styron  293. The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner  294. Speak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov 295. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach  296. The Story of My Life by Helen Keller  297. A Streetcar Named Desiree by Tennessee Williams  298. Stuart Little by E. B. White  299. Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway  300. Swann’s Way by Marcel Proust 

301. Swimming with Giants: My Encounters with Whales, Dolphins and Seals by Anne Collett 302. Sybil by Flora Rheta Schreiber 303. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens 304. Tender Is The Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald 305. Term of Endearment by Larry McMurtry 306. Time and Again by Jack Finney 307. The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger 308. To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway 309. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 310. The Tragedy of Richard III by William Shakespeare    311. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith 312. The Trial by Franz Kafka 313. The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters by Elisabeth Robinson 314. Truth & Beauty: A Friendship by Ann Patchett 315. Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom 316. Ulysses by James Joyce 317. The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath 1950-1962 by Sylvia Plath 318. Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe 319. Unless by Carol Shields  320. Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann 

321. The Vanishing Newspaper by Philip Meyers 322. Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray 323. Velvet Underground’s The Velvet Underground and Nico (Thirty Three and a Third series) by Joe Harvard 324. The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides 325. Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett 326. Walden by Henry David Thoreau 327. Walt Disney’s Bambi by Felix Salten 328. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy 329. We Owe You Nothing – Punk Planet: The Collected Interviews edited by Daniel Sinker 330. What Colour is Your Parachute? 2005 by Richard Nelson Bolles 331. What Happened to Baby Jane by Henry Farrell 332. When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka 333. Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson 334. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf by Edward Albee 335. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire 336. The Wizard of Oz by Frank L. Baum 337. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte 338. The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings 339. The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

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Plant Masterlist

Letter R

Radish - Protection and lust

Ragwort - Courage, Warding off Evil Spirits

Raspberry - Healing, Protection, Love, DO NOT INGEST ANY PART OF THE PLANT IF PREGNANT

Red Clover - Cleansing, Protection, Fidelity, Love, Prosperity

Red Willow Bark - Meditation, Cleansing

Rhubarb - Fidelity, Protection

Rice - Fertility, Love, Good Fortune, Warding off Evil Spirits, Prosperity, Protection

Rose - Protection, Love, Lust, Happiness

Rose Geranium - Averts Negativity

Rose Hips - Healing, Good Luck, Invites Good Spirits

Rosemary - Health, Love, Lust, Preventing Nightmares, Purification, Removing Negativity, Healing, Can Be Used to as a Substitute for Other Herbs

Rowan - Protection, Success, Anti-Haunting, Healing, Psychic Powers, Good Luck 

Rue - Healing, Health, Mental Powders, Protection Against the Evil Eye, Purification, Banishing, Breaking Hexes and Curses, DO NOT TOUCH OR USE IF PREGNANT 

Rye - Love, Fidelity, Self-Control

[kantrips]

2021 Reading Log

In 2021 I read 71 books, beating my reading goal of 50! I was in two book clubs last year. For 2022 I’m dropping to one – I found the reading manageable but not the meetings.

I mainly read books that were slow paced, 300-499 pages long and reflective, emotional and dark. My top three genres were Classics, Literary and Historical.

Full list under the cut. Please recommend me things at will! For 2022 I want to read more poetry and am aiming to hit at least 70 books again.

The Overtstory – Richard Powers

The Song of Achilles – Madeline Miller

Homesick for Another World – Ottessa Moshfegh

The American Fiancée - Éric Dupont

The Silent Companions – Laura Purcell

The New Wilderness – Diane Cook

The Driver’s Seat – Muriel Spark

Emma – Jane Austen (comfort reread)

The Fellowship of the Ring – J.R.R. Tolkien (comfort reread)

The History of Bees – Maja Lunde

The Two Towers – J.R.R Tolkien (comfort reread)

My Year of Rest and Relaxation – Otessa Moshfegh (reread for book club)

The Return of the King – J.R.R Tolkien (comfort reread)

Hamnet – Maggie O’Farrell (a new favourite!)

Such a Fun Age – Kiley Reid (a new favourite!)

The Memory Police – Yoko Ogawa

The Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger

The New Me – Halle Butler

The Radium Girls – Kate Moore

The Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath (reread for book club)

The Dutch House – Ann Patchett (a new favourite!)

Convenience Store Woman – Sayaka Murata (a new favourite!)

The Cost of Living – Deborah Levy

Wide Sargasso Sea – Jean Rhys

Rebecca – Daphne du Maurier (comfort reread)

Eggshell Skull – Bri Lee

Far from the Madding Crowd – Thomas Hardy (comfort reread)

Burial Rites – Hannah Kent (reread for book club)

Beauty – Bri Lee

The Silence of the Girls – Pat Barker

The Death of the Heart – Elizabeth Bowen (a new favourite!)

The Turn of the Key – Ruth Ware

The Thirty-Nine Steps – John Buchan (reread for book club)

The Road – Cormac McCarthy

In a Dark, Dark Wood – Ruth Ware

The Bass Rock – Evie Wyld

Starve Acre – Andrew Michael Hurley

The Labyrinth – Amanda Lohrey

The Winter People – Jennifer McMahon (contains offensive racial stereotyping)

Beautiful World, Where Are You – Sally Rooney

Useless Magic – Florence Welch

The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald

High Fidelity – Nick Hornby

A Few Days in the Country and Other Stories – Elizabeth Harrower

Brideshead Revisited – Evelyn Waugh

The Last Time I Lied – Riley Sager

The Museum of Modern Love – Heather Rose

The Silent Patient – Alex Michaelides

Frankenstein: The 1818 Text – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

The Mercies: A Novel – Kiran Millwood Hargrave

The Guest List – Lucy Foley

Life Before Man – Margaret Atwood

Unsheltered – Clare Moleta

The Mysterious Affair at Styles – Agatha Christie

Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall – Kazuo Ishiguro

Mr Salary – Sally Rooney

I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl’s Notes from the End of the World – Kai Cheng Thom

The Yellow Wall-Paper – Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Exciting Times – Naoise Dolan

Persuasion – Jane Austen (comfort reread)

The Woman in Cabin 10 – Ruth Ware

The Harp in the South – Ruth Park

Upstream: Selected Essays – Mary Oliver

Cloud Atlas – David Mitchell

Little Eve – Catriona Ward

Collected Stories – John Cheever

Before the Coffee Gets Cold – Toshikazu Kawaguchi

The Go-Between – L.P. Hartley (a new favourite!)

Lady Oracle – Margaret Atwood (a new favourite!)

Final Girls – Riley Sager (I quite disliked the previous book I read by this author but forgot and picked this up from a street library!)

The Plague – Albert Camus

And currently reading: Girl, Woman, Other – Bernardine Evaristo

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Quarantine Curation- Books

Here are some books I recommend to help you get through quarantine!

- Pride and Prejudice- classic, romance

- Persuasion- classic, romance

- Jane Eyre- classic, mystery, romance

- Wuthering Heights- classic, mystery, romance

- The Woman in White- classic, mystery, romance

- Dracula- classic, horror, romance

- To Kill a Mockingbird- classic, psychological thriller

- 1984- classic, psychological thriller

- One flew over the cuckoos nest- classic, psychological thriller

- A clockwork Orange- classic, psychological, horror

- Rebecca- classic, mystery, thriller, romance

- The Tattooist of Auschwitz- WWII, romance

- The Beautiful and Damned- classic, romance

- High Fidelity- comedy, music

- Atonement- WWII, thriller, romance

- The Bronze Horseman- WWII, romance

- The Nightingale- WWII, romance

- Before I go to Sleep- psychological thriller

- Brooklyn- 1950s, Romance

- The Go-Between- classic, mystery, romance

- War and Peace- classic, war, romance

- Norwegian Wood- music, psychological thriller, romance

- Machines Like me- dystopian,

- The Catcher in the Rye- psychological drama

- Doctor Zhivago- classic, war, romance

- Daisy Jones and The Six- music, comedy, romance

- The Note Through the Wire- WWII, romance

- A Thousand Splendid Suns- War, thriller

- Cilka’s Journey- WWII, thriller, romance

- The Girl from Munich- WWII, romance

[georgianadarcies]

Hiii, do you have any book recs? I feel a reading slump coming on.

omg yes I definitely definitely do! I haven’t read as many books as I’d like (I was in a slump myself for years) so I’m aware there’s a bit of a lack of diversity there but. these are rly good.

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers

Know My Name: A Memoir by Chanel Miller

Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris

High Fidelity by Nick Hornby

Someday, Someday Maybe by Lauren Graham

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fischer

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SOME NAMES TO CONSIDER FOR YOUR NEW BAKERY

A Woman Sconed, Rise & Scone, The French Sconection, Sconecticut, SCONUS, In Bread We Crust, All A-Bread!, Blackbread’s Ghost, Apex Breadator, Made Your Bread Now Rye In It, Grain Expectations, A Salt & Buttery, The Yeast Coast, Flours for Algernon, Muffin Much — You?, Our Butter Angels, Just Loafin’ Around, Loaf-Fidelity, Focacciaboutit, Baguetteaboutit, Kneads Must, Quinoa Phoenix, Lydia Millet, Teff Crowd, The Loaf Song of J. Alfred Proof-rack, Ciabatta Boy, Ms. Spelt