The book wrap-up has arrived! Created by LivingOnStories on twitter. It’ll be my third time answering these questions to give you a portrait of my yearly reading. See you on Dec 1st!

Most women in hell aren’t even real women, they’re fictional women written by men.

I’m trying to find some positive points about winter - no need to rush home after buying groceries - squirrels are wonderfully obese that’s it, that’s all I’ve got

Namivivi is canon, Emily and Charithra said so

Some of my favourite book covers of all time: #bookishQOTD

AO3 people have the best understanding of word amounts out of anyone on earth. We can visualize the exact length of a 5K, 15K, 40K, 350K, etc. text so clearly.

“Where there’s smoke” THERE’S FIRE Ace confirmed for OPLA s03e01 🔥🔥

Good things happened today :)

I told myself that I only needed to read Inferno in time for the book club, since it can be counted as its own book. But I’m already halfway through it, so… I’m not making any promises, but I’m going to try to also read Purgatory and Paradise in the next two weeks. (Watch me fail miserably.)

In the category of “book covers that look like they were designed specifically for me”:

"we often choose our favourite characters because we see ourselves in them" listen I love Sanji and I'm not exactly well but I'm definitely not THAT mentally ill

12 Canti in, and so far my knowledge of Greek mythology has been far more useful to read The Divine Comedy than my knowledge of Christianity. There are so many Greek characters in Inferno, it’s almost baffling.

After seven Canti, I think theory 2 might be closer to the truth. I understand just enough Italian to know that the French translation is much, much closer to the original. But the English translation is much easier to read.

My atheist ass reading about the people suffering in hell in The Divine Comedy for not having been baptized despite living virtuous lives

I need someone who understands Italian to tell me the level of formality that Dante uses with Virgil in The Divine Comedy, because the French translation is using tutoiement and it’s throwing me off. (No such issue in English; there is no informal/formal “you.”)

An advice for reading classics: if it’s popular enough, there’s a good likelihood that someone will have put together a reading playlist specific to your book that will help you get in the mood.

Dark academia Books about an incredibly specific few years of the Italian Renaissance Feminist nonfiction #bookishQOTD

You know what, I might just as well. (I do also own a French copy of this book, but this edition is so well regarded I think I’d rather read it in English. I can always compare the two if I’m in the mood.)

The End of the Year Drama Challenge is back for its sixth year! This is the 2025 edition for your enjoyment! The challenge starts on December 1st. Use the tag #EYDC2025 to help others find your answers! It's hosted on both Bluesky and Twitter.

Trying to pick my book club book for December. The criteria: - Must be available in French - I need to want to talk about it to a bunch of 70 year olds It happens that these two points are quite restrictive when it comes to my personal library.

🐯🕒 くっついてる絵を描きたい時に帽子の行方に迷って最終的になかったことにします🫠

I will not shut up until you've all read One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad. #bookishQOTD

Chapter 10 is up! Oops! Someone might be fireproof. #lawsan

I thought that wanting to read a fic while AO3 is down was painful, but have you ever wanted to post a chapter while AO3 is down? Absolute torture.

The holidays would be so much easier if my dad had any hobbies.

I just realized I haven’t seen my extended family since 2019. I have little cousins that are teenagers now. It’s so weird.

First one is easy: Brandon Sanderson. You don't write a Master's thesis on just anyone's work after all. Then probably Margaret Weis, for the impact she's had on my life since childhood. Third one is harder. So I'll cheat and pick illustrator Chris Riddell. I want to own every book he's worked on.

I got to meet her and her mom yesterday 🥰

I own a banker’s lamp now 😏

I am once again in dire need of more bookshelves.

I get the whole saving labour costs thing with having fewer pages in a book. But there comes a point where the font is so small it’s actively hindering the reading experience. I have really good eyesight and I’m still struggling.

POV you wake up mid-operation and these guys are staring down at you [ #SyrupsArt #HeartPirates ]

This is going to go well. #TheWillOfTheMany

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The city keeps cutting the neighbourhood’s electricity to work on power lines. And like, I get it, maintenance needs to happen, it’s part of life. I feel like they could have done this before the weather fell into subzero temperatures though. We kinda need heating right now.

I waited three weeks and picked the middle of the day on a Wednesday to watch this movie in the smallest cinema, so no one else better show up. I want this room to myself. 🤞

I might have to take a small trip somewhere warm this winter for the sake of my mental health, because it’s only November 11, it’s been snowing for days, and I’m already going insane. Unfortunately what’s directly south is the US and I’m not setting one foot in that country for a long time.

The only time a woman's agency is recognized in Frankenstein is when Victor realizes that the bride he's building for the creature might have opinions and wants of her own, and then he destroys her. Elizabeth is not a protagonist. She's barely a character.

Important announcement: the kitten fell asleep between the sofa cushions.

It’s -1 outside but I’m so averse to being cold right now that I’m tempted to use my -30 winter coat 😭😅

Puttin it out there: Some of you guys make it waayyyy too hard to find your projects lol If you have an ongoing webcomic or a released game demo or a YouTube/Twitch channel or even just a portfolio site that should BE IN YOUR PINNEDDD or your bio somewhere PLEASE!! Posting about it is NOT ENOUGHH

My brother and sister in law just adopted two cats (mom and kitten) and I’m obviously obsessed with them.

IT'S NOVEMBER 9 AND THERE'S A SNOWSTORM

7.5/10 for #TheWorstOfEvil 🙂: Showed the violence and grittiness of gang wars, felt historically accurate for the most part ☹️: Never made me connect with the characters to a deeper level, didn’t really have my favourite quality of undercover stories (insane improv skills)

Looking at my ao3 bookmarks you’d think I’m a big zosan shipper, but I actually just love Sanji and so many of the best fics about him also happen to be zosan. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ lawsan nation we need you!

First snow.

I need the entire thing to an unhealthy degree.

PS: both Frankenstein and the creature suck Mr. I Will Not Take Any Responsibility For Anything Ever and Mr. Original Incel.

I regularly see glimpses of current cdrama and kdrama discourse on my feeds and I’m so glad I’m no longer active in these parts. I’m way too old to care about nonsense like who’s the first actor named on the poster.