i love the song of achilles so much. it’s been a long time since i last read it, and i’m not planning to reread it anytime soon, but it’s the kind of story that quietly returns to you every once in a while. i suddenly thought of it again tonight, so i’m leaving this here. somehow, remembering this book feels like reading old messages from someone you never truly moved on from. [read: 2022]

i love love love the atmosphere of if we were villains . the dark academia, the murder mystery, the theater kids who speak like they’re constantly performing even offstage. though looking back on it now, i think i wasn’t as deeply immersed in it as i thought i was, mostly because so much of the book revolves around Hamlet and other shakespearean references that completely flew over my head [read: 2022]