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“We don’t want to feel less when we have finished a book; we want to feel that new possibilities of being have been opened to us. We don’t want to close a book with a sense that life is totally unfair and that there is no light in the darkness; we want to feel that we have been given illumination.” ~Walking on Water by Madeleine L’Engle 🌾 • • • A beautiful quote, and a sentiment I find very true in my own reading life and my pursuit of good stories. 🌾On Stories and Other Essays by C.S. Lewis 🌾Walking On Water by Madeleine L’Engle 🌾Howl’s Moving Castle by Dianna Wynn Jones 🌾The Adventures of Tom Bombadil by Tolkien I hope you enjoy this rather cheerful pile of books! Of these, I’ve read Walking On Water and On Stories (both wonderful nonfiction works on the essence of writing and creativity), and Howl’s Moving Castle, which was a strange and lovely fairytale read. I’m hoping to read The Adventures of Tom Bombadil sometime this year, along with Tolkien’s Letters, which, nerd that I am, I am really enjoying! The time between winter and spring feels entirely like its own season to me and I always take a bit of adjusting, which explains my current rather chaotic reading habits! But books are constant companions through every season, those of weather and of life… #qotd What book(s) are you reading at the moment, friends? Have you read any of the ones in this post? Do your reading habits change with the seasons? Happy Reading, as always! • • • • • • • #books #bookstagram #classicbookstagram #classicbooks #classicliterature #literature #literarylife #readerlife #readmorebooks #pileofbooks #nonfiction #fantasylit
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“The realm of fairy-story is wide and deep and high and filled with many things: all manner of beasts and birds are found there; shoreless seas and stars uncounted; beauty that is an enchantment, and an ever-present peril; both joy and sorrow as sharp as swords...” ~On Fairy Stories by J.R.R. Tolkien ☕️ • • • On Fairy Stories is a wonderful introduction to take into Tolkien’s world of Middle-Earth and beyond… This essay is one of my favorite works of Tolkien’s on the nature of stories—what they are, how they work their magic, why we love them, and why we’re drawn to them in a deeply human and transcendent way. It’s brilliant and beautiful. I’ve just finished rereading it and recommend to anyone interested in Tolkien’s works and philosophy, and to all who love stories! There are endless quotes from this essay I could have shared, but I decided to give Tolkien’s words describing the nature of this realm to intrigue you… This edition contains many of Tolkien’s earlier short stories and collections, including Leaf By Niggle— a sort of autobiography on Tolkien’s creative struggle. I have yet to finish this collection, but every time I return to Tolkien works, my mind, heart, imagination and hope are renewed. What a truly special writer! #qotd What are your favorite works by Tolkien? What is something you love about Tolkien’s ways of writing that has stayed with you? Have you read this essay? Happy Reading, friends!! • • • • • • • #tolkien #tolkienbooks #tolkienonfairystories #books #jrrtolkien #jrrtolkienbooks #jrrtolkienquote #fantasy #fairytales #talesfromtheperilousrealm #tolkienfans #tolkientuesday #comfortclassics #classicfantasy #classicbookstagram #literature #loveofstories
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“His gaze wandered from the windows to the stars, as if he would have read in them something that was hidden from him. Many of us would, if we could; but none of us so much as know our letters in the stars yet—or seem likely to do it, in this state of existence—and few languages can be read until their alphabets are mastered.” ~The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Dickens ☕️ • • • What a beautiful and bittersweet thought! Perhaps the stars hide the ending of this story in their shine… This is the last and, sadly, the unfinished novel of Charles Dickens. The Mystery of Edwin Drood, ironically, will now forever remain a mystery. What a tragedy! If this promising novel had been completed, I would have willingly followed this wonderful cast of characters along their compelling story beside the stunningly crafted prose to the very end—that was never written—and it very well might have become one of my very favorite Dickens novels. It is certainly one of his best works and achingly full of exciting possibility! Such is life—an as yet unfinished story… But even in its unfinished state, this novel is truly a work of art, worthy of reading and enjoying the masterful craft and of lamenting its hauntingly unresolved nature... And winter does feel like such a perfect time to settle in with a good mystery, light a candle, watch the snow fall, and escape into the pages of Dickens! #qotd Have you read this incomplete novel? How do you feel about reading unfinished works of fiction? Who are your favorite characters from the book? Which clues or plots interested you the most? Happy Reading, friends!! • • • • • • • #classicbooks #classicbookstagram #charlesdickens #themysteryofedwindrood #dickensnovels #dickens #classicliterature #victorianliterature #readclassics #readingtheclassics #winterclassics #winterreads
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“I looked at the stars, and considered how awful it would be for a man to turn his face up to them as he froze to death, and see no help or pity in all the glittering multitude.” ~Great Expectations by Charles Dickens ☕️ • • • This is one of my favorite Dickens novels. Some scene or passage from this book is never far from my mind. It’s a deeply human, sorrowful, complicated, and heart-aching story, yet it’s one also full of kindness, compassion, humor, growth, maturity, understanding, second chances, and—perhaps most importantly—hope. That is something that will stay with you long after you turn the last page. #gotd What are your favorite Dickens novels? Have you read Great Expectations? What did you think? What’s something you love about Dickens’ style? Happy Reading, friends!! • • • • • • • #classicbookstagram #classicliterature #classics #victorianliterature #greatexpectations #books #readingtheclassics #readerlife #introspective #bookstagram #classicbooks #dickensnovels #charlesdickens #literaturelife #winterreads
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“At intervals, while turning over the leaves in my book, I studied the aspect of that winter afternoon. Afar, it offered a pale blank of mist and cloud… I was then happy: happy at least in my way. I feared nothing but interruption.” ~Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë 🕯️ • • • Reader, it is winter and I am reading Jane Eyre again. It is such a wonderful book, full of introspection and beautiful passages to dwell on long after you finish, of tangible descriptions of nature and of the mind, brimming with life, passion, strength, goodness. This novel has long been a favorite of mine, a truly remarkable work of literature and a timeless story. It’s one I often return to, especially as a comfort reread. Candlelight, a warm cup of tea, fresh snowfall, and a Brontë novel are excellent companions for a quiet winter evening. I also love the 2011 Jane Eyre. It is such a beautiful film, incredibly atmospheric and portraying the essence of the book and characters so well. So I was very happy to find this film cover edition! #qotd Have you read Jane Eyre? What is something you love about this novel? What books do you enjoy returning to in the wintertime? Classics, fantasy..? Happy Reading, readers!! • • • • • • • #classicbooks #bookstagram #classicbookstagram #janeeyre #janeeyrecharlottebrontë #janeeyrequote #charlottebrontë #brontësisters #victorianliterature #janeeyre2011 #perioddrama #bookishaesthetics #winterreads #winterreading #gothicliterature
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“Those of us who have been true readers all our life seldom fully realise the enormous extension of our being which we owe to authors. We realise it best when we talk with an unliterary friend. He may be full of goodness and good sense but he inhabits a tiny world. In it, we should be suffocated. The man who is contented to be only himself, and therefore less a self, is in prison. My own eyes are not enough for me, I will see through those of others. Reality, even seen through the eyes of many, is not enough. I will see what others have invented. Literary experience heals the wound, without undermining the privilege of individuality. In reading great literature I become a thousand men and yet remain myself.“ ~C.S. Lewis 🍂 • • • A reminder of why I read… I have seldom met with another quote that so perfectly captures the mindset of the true reader. A thought to encourage us all in our reading lives! May literature and good stories enrich us everyday. Have you read any of these books? They’re all dear favorites of mine, except Dombey and Son, which I still need to read, perhaps after Our Mutual Friend. 🍂Great Expectations 🍂Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle 🍂A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle 🍂Dracula by Bram Stoker 🍂Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens #qotd Does this quote of Lewis’ on reading resonate with you? What are the most wonderful things about reading for you? How has reading changed your life? Happy Reading, friends!! • • • • • • • #read #reading #readinglife #readingismagic #lit #reader #readerlife #readinglit #readmore #cslewis #cslewisquotes #classicbookstagram #classicbooks #classicliterature #classiclitbooks #classicbookstack #stackofbooks #booksaremylife #bookishlife #books
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“I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. Heaven and the Christmas time be praised!” ~A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 🥀 • • • One of the most wonderful Christmas stories and one of my personal favorites, A Christmas Carol by Dickens was an immediate and an immortal classic since it was first published at Christmas in 1843. I’ve revisited this special story every year since I first read it, and I say, it has done me good and will do me good and I say, God bless it! Such goodness and joy, wonder and grace, new hope and Christmas spirit! (This beautiful edition is illustrated by P.J. Lynch!) Wishing blessings and books for the year to come. May it come with laughter, purpose, and peace!! #qotd What are some of your favorite Christmas stories? What do you love about this novella? Happy Reading, friends!! • • • • • • • #achristmascarol #charlesdickens #dickensnovels #victorianchristmas #victorianclassics #literature #classicliterature #oldsoulaesthetic #oldsouls #gothicliterature #ghoststories #christmas
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“The world was blind, the boughs were bent, All ways and paths were wild: Then the veil of cloud apart was rent, And here was born a Child… Glad is the world and fair this night With stars about its head, And the hall is filled with laughter and light, And fires are burning red. The bells of Paradise now ring With bells of Christendom, And Gloria, Gloria we will sing That God on earth is come.” ~Noel by J.R.R. Tolkien 🕯️ • • • “I hope you have a very happy, and merry, Christmas: or as the ancient Elves might say— ‘Nai lye hiruva airea Amanar (may thee find a blessed Yule’)!” I thought I would share one of J.R.R. Tolkien’s most beautiful (and one of my personal favorite) poems to celebrate this time of wonder and hope, as well as a couple of his works I hope to read and reference in the coming year… I encourage you to read the entirety of ‘Noel’ by Tolkien this Christmas, it is absolutely beautiful! 🕯️The Complete Tolkien Companion by Tyler 🕯️The Fall of Gondolin by J.R.R. Tolkien 🕯️Noel (1936) by J.R.R. Tolkien Time has flown by so strangely this year, that the Christmas season has taken me entirely by surprise. Yet what would Christmas be without grace and new hope beyond hope? Perhaps that is why my heart has turned to Middle-Earth this Christmas… Winter seems such a fitting time for the magic of escapism through stories, which Tolkien was so masterful in defending. It is a time for giving a bit more fanciful flavor to life, for feeling and thinking and living and longing a little more deeply. I think escapism is the beautiful, bittersweet realization that our souls really are meant to long for more… #qotd What stories have given you hope and joy and wonder this season? Have you read this poem? To those who celebrate, those whose hearts are drawn to goodness and wonder, I hope blessings, books, and all the best for you this special season! Thank you for loving stories. Thank you for sharing this literary life with me, it truly gives me such joy. Keep hope and love and literature alive, always. Happy Reading!! • • • • • • • #tolkien #tolkienbooks #tolkienite #tolkienpoetry #classicfantasy #winterreading #winter #noel
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Pick a mug, get a book rec! When I first saw this idea at @layersbookclub I thought it would blow up all over Bookstagram. I was really looking forward to seeing everyone’s special mugs. To my knowledge, it wasn’t the big sensation I thought it’d be. So this is my attempt to revive the challenge. I’ve tagged a few people, but anyone who wants to show off their mugs is welcome to join ☕️
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“And time, with his hardhearted fleetness, strode on so fast…” ~The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens 🍂 • • • One of the many things I adore about Dickens’ novels is his incredible writing—beautiful, subtle, humorous, profound—I soak in his words with relish. This winter has come upon me rather suddenly I feel, but I adore winter, its atmosphere of slow wonder... I always feel inspired to bury myself in literature. (I’m also enjoying hot chocolate in my Sherlock mug, laughing/crying over BBC Merlin, and rereading my favorite Christmas classic, A Christmas Carol, to assuage my Mystery of Edwin Drood woes.) #qotd What are you reading this winter, friends? What are your favorite comfort films or shows? What’s your warm seasonal drink of choice? Happy Reading, as always! • • • • • • • #books #booksbooksbooks #bookstagram #winter #winterreads #winterreading #classicliterature #classicbooks #charlesdickens #dickens #dickensdecember #cozyreading #hotchocolateandbooks
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“It was a rimy morning, and very damp. I had seen the damp lying on the outside of my little window, as if some goblin had been crying there all night, and using the window for a pocket-handkerchief.” ~Great Expectations by Charles Dickens ☕️ • • • Ahh November… the month, to me, which feels most like Dickens. Like Pip, I find that, “Let my body be where it would, my spirit was always wandering, wandering, wandering,” through literature… I’m holding on to these introspective days, watching the leaves fall from the trees and blanket the ground, holding a warm mug, thankful for the in-between atmosphere of late autumn. A melancholy yet deeply comforting season, the earthy exhale of the year, the perfect atmosphere for reading and dreaming… #qotd What are your favorite things about late autumn? What book(s) are you reading at the moment? What’s your favorite Dickens novel? Happy Reading, dear friends! • • • • • • • #books #bookstagram #classicbookstagram #reader #readerlife #readingtheclassics #classicliterature #dickens #victoriannovels #greatexpectations #charlesdickens #lateautumn #autumnread #gothicliterature #atmosphericreads #literatureaesthetic #naturereads #novemberaesthetic #read
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• My Book Palette 🎨🖌 I've seen this trend over the last couple of months and was officially inspired to do my version after @endless_tbr_list and @reesespages posted theirs 🫶 I love having a colorful bookshelf and showing off books I've read over the years. As I've learned more about publishing and the marketing/design departments, I feel like I appreciate a good cover more than ever. And this is coming from a lifelong book-cover-judger 🤭 I tagged a few book besties, if you'd like to have an artistic moment during this holiday season! No pressure tho! (and no one ask me how long i was swapping book covers around and moving them like 4 pixels to the left or right🤫) • 💌 What are some of your favorite book covers? I want to add pretty books to my TBR! • • • #bookstagram #bookreader #bookrecommendations #mybookpalette #booksbooksbooks
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