House of Mirth and a cat

House of Mirth by Edith Wharton 🥂
This was a nice quick read and I love this old folio society copy!
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The plot wasn’t very well thought out and the characters had no real development.

The Black Tulip ALEXANDRE DUMAS Folio Society

This one just was not it for me. Beautiful folio edition though! ⭐️⭐️/5

Copy of Circe by Madeline Miller

🌻Circe🌻
Another 4 star read for me! My main issue with this text is that Telemachus was my least favorite character in the Odyssey so I didn’t like that this gave him a redemption arc. Circe herself is a really interesting character though.

🥀Clytemnestra🥀
Probably my favorite retelling/reimagining of classic Greek stories that I have read so far!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
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Photo of Charlotte Bronte’s Shirley

This weekend I presented at the #BSLS annual conference! I gave a paper on Charlotte Brontë’s Shirley and the Development of Effective Medical Care in the Victorian Novel ✨📚 It was a great opportunity to hear some excellent talks and share my research! #academicsky #booksky

Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier and cat

Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
This was a great read (especially the last half where things really picked up).

#booksky #catsky

I preordered it from Waterstones to make sure I got a copy right away 😅 I wasn’t taking any chances

Stack of books

🍀 March Reads ☘️
Favorite read: Paper Boat by Atwood
Hon mention: The Penelopiad by Atwood and Eye for an Eye by Trollope

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SUNRISE ON THE REAPING A HUNGER GAMES NOVEL BY SUZANNE COLLINS

5 stars. This was fantastic.

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SISTERS AND THE ENGLISH HOUSEHOLD Domesticity and Women's Autonomy in Nineteenth-Century English Literature Anne D. Wallace And a cat

SISTERS AND THE ENGLISH HOUSEHOLD Domesticity and Women's English Literature Anne D. Wallace

SISTERS AND THE ENGLISH HOUSEHOLD Domesticity and Women's Autonomy in Nineteenth-Century English Literature Anne D. Wallace

Reading for my PhD thesis??? Couldn’t be me.
This was a great little read on the role of sisters (especially older, unmarried ones) in the English family.

#phdstudent #englishphd #booksky #catsofbookstagram #catsofacademia #phdpets #academicsky

WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY The History of Pendennis

Pendennis Castle

Pendennis by Thackeray 🤝 Pendennis Castle

#booksky #classiclit #castles #englishheritage

Copy of The Legend of Meneka

🪷The Legend of Meneka🪷
⭐️⭐️⭐️
This was a fairly fun, quick little read, but I struggled to really get into it. This is supposed to be the first of a duo, but I likely won’t bother getting the second book when it comes out. I’m just not invested enough.

#booksky #bookflash

Stack of books

🌿Trip Packing!🌿
Do you bring books on vacation?
I am going on a nine day round trip next week and these are the three books I am taking with me! I usually only bring one book if I am flying, but since we will have the car I am taking advantage of the space to overpack! 😅

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Photo of The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood

Last week of term! I’ll be teaching Atwood’s Penelopiad this week and I am really looking forward to it. The genre mixing was really interesting.

#booksky #gta #phdstudent

That sounds really interesting! Good luck with your research!

Long haired cat laying next to book

Before the Coffee Gets Cold ☕️
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
This was a super quick read. The story was really interesting but sometimes the writing (perhaps because it is a translation?) was a bit odd.
#booksky #catsofbluesky #catsky #catpics

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February Review! 🩷
Favorite book of Feb: Klara and the Sun ❤️
Books read: 11

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I love these editions!!!

Folio society copy of Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens

Happy Friday! I finished Martin Chuzzelwit today! Super happy to have gotten this massive book off of my tbr (it has been there mocking me for quite some time). Some of this was quite slow, but it really picked up for the last 300 pages or so! 3.5 stars from me.
#booksky #classicliterature #dickens

Copy of The Brickfield by L P Hartley

🧱The Brickfield by LP Hartley
This book held my interest throughout but was a bit disappointing. The narration style was a bit choppy and the climax wasn’t very climactic. 3 stars from me. #booksky

Picture of a cat with a copy of Lud-in-the-Mist

Lud-in-the-Mist and a perfectly posed Radish 💕🍇
This one took a little bit to get into but overall I really enjoyed it! It sounds like Hope Mirrlees was a really interesting person as well so I will be doing a little research into her life and works.

#femalefantasyauthors #fantasybooks #booksky

Love these photos and happy to see you on here!!!

Folio Society copy of First Love by Turgenev.

Interior photo of book

Happy Valentine’s Day! ❤️
First Love is a novella by Turgenev that tells the story of a boy’s (you guessed it!) first love. It does not go the way the boy has planned though, as he soon discovers the girl loves someone else…

#valentinesday #bookstagram #russianliterature #classicliterature #booksky

Flatlay of pink books

Happy Galentine’s Day! Some pink books to celebrate 💕

#margaretatwood #booksky #edithwharton #pinkbooks #galentinesday #galentinesbooks #katechopin #classicliterature #literaryfiction

Quick little library read! Unfortunately, My Lady Ludlow is not Gaskell’s finest work. A few solid moments and a couple of quotes that might sneak into the introduction of my thesis, but overall the characters just weren’t very interesting.
#classicliterature #myladyludlow #gaskell #booksky

Copy of I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

Started this last night and finished this last night. This book literally gave me nightmares but I am still giving it 5 stars.

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Are people doing that? 🫣

Happy Birthday Dickens!
Super excited to have access to Flashes now, thanks Bluesky for making this app!!!

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Never Let Me Go is one of my all time favorite books.