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My local library stays open until 9pm. 9pm!! Do you know how wonderful it is to put my kid to bed and then go over to the library where it’s quiet and serene and get to look at books and take some home?
I always try to be done by 8:45 and thank the librarians for being open late.
Idk I’m just kind of emotional about it today. I work a ton and my weekends are stupidly busy and it feels like I get about one hour of down time per day. The only things open during that one hour are the grocery store and the library. And I guess, like, bars that I don’t go to.
I’m really really grateful for the library.
#have started the practice of getting a book from the library#reading it#and if I like it#getting it from my local bookstore#which is only open until 7pm#but I can dash in for a pick up in between errands on a weekend#miro irl
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mfw jonathan harker is ignoring obvious signs that somethin aint right w the good ol count dracula..
#dracula#bram stoker#jonathan harker#live reaction#first reading of dracula#dont bully me ive watched like 2 adaptations of the book b4 even thinking about reading it#but here i am#reading it
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i was so excited to read the golem and the jinni but i only got through maybe 3 pages. Im so tired of jewish men being written Like That.
#i am so tired of mekubalim being written Like That too#hopefully there will be more jewish men and rabbis in this book that are Not Like That but i just get a heavy feeling when i think about#reading it
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Sometimes I keep following people even though they make me angry just because I need to hear more of their insane opinions
#this girl on booksta reads so much smut which fine whatever floats your boat but she always complains about books not having enough smut#and right now she’s reading six of crows and complaining about how there’s no kaz smut which!!!#kaz is literally touch adverse and can’t even shake hands with people so it wouldn’t really make sense for there to be kaz smut in the book#plus it’s a young adult novels and usually young adult novels aren’t that spicy because there’s a chance someone too young for it might be#reading it#but yeah I don’t think reading smut is bad but like at least check the parental guide to before you read a book to see if there’s smut#instead of complaining about it every day#autumn rambles#anyway jzjjdjdjje
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My brother, parents and I watched The Menu two days ago and I wanted to see reaction videos for it. I told my brother all that was popping up were “Why the Hamburger Scene Is the Most Important Scene”, “The Hidden Meaning Behind Course #”, “The Symbolism of -insert part of the movie here- That You Missed.”
My brother just laughs, “Don’t they realize they are the exact people that movie is making fun of?” And agreed that they give Nicholas Hoult’s character a run for his money with that.
#the menu#it was a super screwed up movie but I love dark humor#but it literally is anti-pretentious in the funniest way to me#and the reviewers are just being themselves about it#it’s the same as ”this book means this”#I’m sorry art is subjective and can invoke various feelings across different ppl#and that’s where the beauty of it lies#also why I hate the ”I read this number of books in this month” or ”I read it so you don’t have to”#you’re 1) not letting the story marinate to see if you think differently about something later and 2) no one will have the same experience#reading it#like I watched the new Batman movie and read Perks of Bring a Wallflower and loved them#but a few weeks after thinking about them I realized how bad they were for me#and that’s the fun part about thinking about stories is seeing how your thoughts change afterwards
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i dont consider myself a 'fashion guru' by any means but one thing i will say is guys you dont need to know the specific brand an item you like is - you need to know what the item is called. very rarely does a brand matter, but knowing that pair of pants is called 'cargo' vs 'boot cut' or the names of dress styles is going to help you find clothes you like WAAAYYYY faster than brand shopping
#also theres no one good place to learn this generally ive picked up yhe knowledge by asking questions#or reading through catalogues. paying attention to the words used to describe clothing styles i like
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had a fun experience on the subway the other day
#mouth is not a sweet bro and hella Jeff reference I never read anything by Hussie#it’s actually based on the jermavenus#mine#comics#diary#to this menacing looking bald guy… i apologize. and if i see you again i might ask you out.#my comics
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why is ao3 is blocked on the hospital wifi????
#Literally everything else works fine it’s just ao3#Who was reading smut that they blocked ao3#I must know#in which nina screams into the void
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bingewatching will never come close to bingereading. there is nothing like blocking out the entire Earth for ten hours to read a book in one sitting no food no water no shower no bra and emerging at the end with no idea what time it is or where you are, a dried-up prune that's sensitive to light and loud noises because you've been in your room in the dark reading by the glow of a single LED. it's like coming back after a three-month vacation in another dimension and now you have to go downstairs and make dinner. absolutely transcendental
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so true
#turned off reblogs bc my activity page is in shambles. i will turn them on again later#also if you’re here reading these tags: this post is about supernatural#angel of thursday#i am not going to let covid stop me from posting a thursday chapter as usual#mine
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"Absolutely no one comes to save us but us."
Ismatu Gwendolyn, "you've been traumatized into hating reading (and it makes you easier to oppress)", from Threadings, on Substack [ID'd]
#q#lit#quotes#typography#essays and articles#id included#ismatu gwendolyn#youve been traumatized into hating reading and it makes you easier to oppress#threadings#m#x
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"it's concerning if university students are genuinely struggling to read full adult-level books for class" and "don't overstate the reporting of a single news article" and "if this shift is genuinely real, it's reflective of broad curriculum changes in lower education levels, probably at least in part due to remote schooling during COVID, and doesn't mean the new generation is being willfully Stupid and Vapid" and "when reading for personal pleasure people should read whatever they like without shame" and "reading from a broad variety of genres, styles, and authorial backgrounds will improve your understanding of both literature and the real world" and "actively mocking people for their tastes in books does not encourage them to become more adventurous you're just being mean" and also "but seriously adult books are not just boringly pretentious nothingburgers padded with pointless sex scenes, and claiming they are just shows how little you've read" all can and should co-exist.
#reading#since that Atlantic article got shared i have been seeing the Worst takes over and over#and i am going to scream
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There was a reviewer or commenter who said "I always keep track of how many mistakes the protagonist makes and after three, I stop reading the story and never look back".
I think about that person pretty frequently. We read for our own enjoyment, and therefore there's no wrong way to read a book so long as you're enjoying yourself, but ... maybe I don't actually believe that. Maybe there are wrong ways to read a book, and this guy found one.
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