Cassie 🤍

My best friend passed away very unexpectedly today. I miss him and just wanted to share a bit of him and his spirit somehow someway ❤️ I’ll never know a love like his again and I’m just so grateful I had the chance to know it at all

Rin is an outsider in a military academy and must work hard to hold her spot. Until war breaks out and she finds herself on the front lines of an impossible war, unless she calls upon the Gods. Incredible book. It is violent but all rooted in the truth of what happened to China during WWII
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Say Nothing follows stories of the people at the height of The Troubles in N. Ireland and the decades long impact of guerrilla warfare. It begs the question as to how far people will go for their ideologies & how violence is perceived and punished depending on who the perpetrators are.
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Never read this in school and wanted to pick it up now. It’s a classic for good reason and an interesting read during times in which we have seen flecks of humanity peel away. As the boys succumb to barbarism we see their pitfalls in real time and unveil the cruciality of institutions.

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This nordic romantasy follows Freya, a woman with a drop of God’s blood that she has tried to keep hidden. When it’s ultimately discovered she is forced into a marriage and used as a weapon to be controlled, but Freya controls her own fate. Solid, but not my favorite. Lmk if you liked it

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A Victorian era vampire novella based in queer desire. It doesn’t get better than that.

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A diviner is near the end of her service when a boy king comes, his knights in tow, to have his future read. What comes next for the faithful harbinger, the knight, and the king, is a tale of adventure and loss. An incredible book and an amazing follow after the Shepard King duology.

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I almost put this down after the fist chapter and I’m so glad I didn’t. I loved this and became enthralled by the writing, story (or lack thereof), and the ridiculous meaningless of it all. It is heartbreaking, but I left it feeling grateful for the simplicity of life & the love we share

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Bly is a human living between
vampires and witches. She is forced to play their games this year to fulfill a desperate dream after a tragedy in her life. This one just didn’t click with me. It felt rushed and the writing wasn’t believable. Let me know if you felt differently though :)

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Maryse and her friends are monster hunters & the monsters they hunt live inside klan members, feeding off hate. The sci-fi horror made me want to crawl out of my skin. All while I fell in love with the friendships and was devastated by the details of life as a black woman in the 1920s south.

Love this and couldn’t agree more 🫶

My not-so-guilty, guilty pleasure will always be romantasy books. I love them when I need some quick entertainment. Quicksilver is fast-paced with good world building. We follow Saeris, a human who finds herself in a world of Fae and is tasked with saving them from an ever present war.

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I think I want what we all want.
Some tea, a good book, the deed to a crumbling cliffside castle overlooking the tempestuous sea, and a cantankerous caretaker to manage it for me so I can hide in my secret library and take little naps with my cats.

I loved this book and didn’t expect to. Moshfegh is able to write about a year of basically nothingness for a privileged white woman that is ensconced in awareness. No, she is not likable but her journey contains insights nonetheless and left me feeling sad and tender and a bit hopeful

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Politicians who describe whole categories of persons as “criminals” are imputing to them permanent character traits that are frightening to most people, while simultaneously positioning themselves as the protectors of people. Such language undermines the democratic process, replacing it with fear.

Loved re-reading it! Hope you do too :)

Montag is a firefighter in a future where the job has evolved to burning books. Censorship serves to achieve ultimate equality of thought and prevent diversity of ideas. Realizing he is unhappy in a world of homogeneity and meaninglessness, he seeks to work against his job’s purpose.

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Such a powerful quote

Excited you’re re-reading it! Orwell is a master of his craft it’s an incredible book. Let me know what you think of it once you read it :)

It is truly eerie. Weirdly, I get a sense of comfort reading these books because it makes me feel like I have a tad more knowledge and awareness of how the state operates. Hope you’re taking care of yourself these days ❤️

It is crazy re-reading these books now and seeing the parallels so clearly to what we’re living through. Can’t wait to give ur podcast a listen!

Orwell’s fairy tale tells the story of a farm’s rebellion against the tyranny of humans only to find themselves under a new totalitarian regime. It lays out the use of fear, propaganda, lies, and even hope as tools of oppression. Read about tyranny, it is critical now more than ever.

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A short and rather philosophical read. We follow a borderline sociopathic protagonist as he moves through normal life until a day at the beach alters his fate. A reflective portrayal of individual freedoms and the absurdity of norms. I’d recommend but it is a bit stark in its morality

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It’s a COUP

We have lost Due Process

Once legal immigrants are being declared “Dead”

ICE with faces covered are stalking Schools and Churches

WAKE UP

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Simply call your senator and tell them you are against the save act for these reasons. Call them every day if you can.

Create as much of a fuss as you can and tell all your friends and family to do the same <3

The Save Act is a voter suppression bill. This would cause Americans to have 2 forms of ID to vote. This disproportionately impacts married women and trans people as these are the folks who have most commonly changed their names.

Save Act was passed in the house (among a bunch of other bullshit bills amidst the tariff panic)

We must cause a fuss and get this stopped in the senate now. Please call your senators. It’s easy, usually an intern answers and will take your message

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DNF-ing this (for now). Want to give it another try since the concept is interesting and I love complicated & “unlikable” female characters. However really struggled through this book and need a break. If you’ve read it, let me know what you liked about it :)

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I do take issue with Mr. Rochester and the narrative of Bertha. I think the treatment of her is quite horrid, but overall, a quintessential feminist read