joanna 🪐

disabled ace cat lady and booktuber who likes horror a little too much | 34/52 books in 2024 | she/her | currently reading: faithful

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i always like to revisit it every few springs/summers bc it's just that kind of book, but with the 20th anniversary of the reversal of the curse being this year, i HAD to. nothing will ever be more amazing than that. sports peaked in 2004 when we won the world series.

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this book IS springtime to me. it feel like longer, sunnier days, and warmer weather, and the sound of birds and the cracks of bats. "it was a good day today. there was baseball. let it stand."

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shortly after this, i started being concerned about lady macbeth leaving her fingerprints on the daggers used to kill duncan and that's when i knew it was time for bed bc elizabethan scotland definitely didn't know about forensic evidence.

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macbeth said "ingredience" and this was all my brain could supply

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so i read if we were villains and now i'm neck-deep in a shakespeare mood send help

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for me, it would be les miserables - that book discusses justice and equity in a way i never really thought about before i read it at 18, and it changed me and turned me into the person i am today who is always trying to learn and be better while being an activist.

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if you could make everyone on the planet read ONE book start to finish, what book would it be and why?

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my mom gifted me this for christmas and i happy-cried over it. today i revisit my FAVORITE stephen king book, this time with illustrations to haunt me. :)

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my current book is rouge by mona awad and while i’m only 30 pgs in, it’s giving “american psycho for the girlies with mommy issues” vibes in the BEST way

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been a little absent bc life got in the way but i have read 3 books so far this year and while i can only discuss 2 of them, i will say that i am now a discworld enjoyer thanks to mort.

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bringing this back because SOMEHOW they’re refusing to do the bare minimum STILL!!!

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hey, if you're angry and disappointed in st. martin's press for their silence after some incredibly islamophobic remarks from an employee, sign this petition!! https://t.co/RKEPhMV2ft

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the opening chapter of yellowface by @kuangrf is one of the best opening chapters i've read this year. THAT'S how you kick off a story. oh my god.

[joanna 🪐 @jlr_reads]

hey, if you're angry and disappointed in st. martin's press for their silence after some incredibly islamophobic remarks from an employee, sign this petition!! https://t.co/RKEPhMV2ft

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let's GOOOOOOOOO

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might be my favorite read of the year, honestly. absolutely stunning poetry.

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made a mistake after finishing the iliad thinking i’d be fine. i am four chapters in, dear reader, and i am NOT. FINE.

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once i get financially stable i'm going to buy a roll of mylar and use it on all of my hardcover books and truly ascend to Peak Personal Library status

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@timmwy13 LMAOOOO. at a lot of points there's also dudes stopping in the middle of a fight to insult each other. it truly is Tom Lit.

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forgot how many deaths in the iliad were just from dudes throwing rocks at each other

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went thru npr's "books we love" list and my tbr has finally passed 400 books. please send help. there is so much to read in the world and so little time to read it all.