Thanks, will check them out soon ○_○

Can't get through one chapter without falling asleep another of the classics that is a full letdown for me. absolute snoozefest.

I went through a phase where I wanted to read all the old "Horror" classics. There were a bunch of older novels set together at my then local library. Don't really think Dorian Gray should be classified as a horror novel but I enjoyed it. The Dorian Charecter is regularly added to novels and stories however it seems they slowly turned it into a caricature of the original version.

The Oxfam bookshop on Bloomsbury St near the British Museum is one of my favourites, they have an incredible selection and the neighborhood is home to several other good bookshops.

'Transfix'. You keep using that word. I don't think it means what you think it means.

I'm the same, romance just doesn't interest me!

I don’t even have that with just books. I have that a lot of any kind of media that I enjoy.

Thank you. I came here to say this.

"Google" was a popular word with little kids in the 1900's - 1960s.

Goo-goo ad gah-gah was how we described "baby language". Saying, "he goo-gooed" or "he googled" was to say he was using baby language.

The name Google was derived from Googol, which is a word for a very large number (10^100). According to Wikipedia, The word googol was coined in 1920 by 9-year-old Milton Sirotta (1911–1981), nephew of U.S. mathematician Edward Kasner. He may have been inspired by the contemporary comic strip character Barney Google.

So, yes, we knew that word. Similarly with hogwarts, describing the "warts" from warthogs.

Do you have any horror/thriller recommendations that have a romantic aspect on the side?

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Usually within any genre there's lots of different styles for different preferences. Even if I don't like the popular books in a genre I can usually find stuff I like, just takes a bit of digging or recommendations from people who know your reading preferences.

There's a difference between being honest and being honest in an antagonising manner. The goal here is to get your point across without people rejecting what you're trying to do.

I guess you're right.. I wonder how many people can read both kinds

Thirded! I moved out of London during the pandemic and this is one of the main places I miss.

It’s not you. I’m only really interested in science fiction/thriller/horror/speculative fiction. It’s a plus if there’s a romantic aspect, but if it’s the focus, I lose interest.

1. How much better would Jane's life have been had she been allowed to just live happily with her fellow spinster cousins and read books all day every day?

2. How old were you when you realized how "St John" is pronounced? How much does it still cause you physical pain when you think about it?

3. How deliberate do you think it was that Helen dying in Jane's arms is more romantic than anything Rochester could ever do?

4. You and Grace Poole are out at a bar. What drink do you buy her 6 of to get her to spill the tea?

5. Bertha Mason- to what degree would Lucille Bluth say "good for her" when she sets everything on fire?

6. Where does Rochester find the audacity?

One could argue that it was divine will, since religion is a big part of the novel and Jane’s survival strategy is ‘pray and praise God’ when walking around the countryside with nowhere to go and nothing in the way of resources.

Could’ve just been a coincidence but I choose to interpret it as an act of God.

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He’s a (wealthy) dope fiend who takes advantage of poor women in a time when even the implication of sexual activity outside of marriage meant ostracization and poverty for them. He betrays his friends and straight up murders one of them. He’s a massive piece of shit even for current standards

Shutting down this particular lending program doesn't mean the end of everything else the Internet Archive does, including the Wayback Machine and the provision of public-domain and CC works. So all the people acting like the Internet Archive is about to be dismantled and their servers thrown into the ocean are overreacting a little.

r/menwritingwomen called that guy

Yeah definitely, Lord Henry was an edgelord who liked the sound of his own voice, and took advantage of Dorian’s immaturity because he found it amusing to see him take Henry’s bullshit to heart. It’s like when you tell your younger cousin that babies get shat out like turds and then watch in glee when they go ask their mom about it. Despite his words, he lived a very conventional life, he was married to a woman who matched his social standing, and he attended social functions as expected.

Wow, there is a book for everything.

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