I’m right handed and I hold my pencil the same way. I’ve got a little divot where the pencil sits and a bump right behind.

As someone who gets immediate, terrible headaches from any alcohol besides vodka, gin, and sake, I’m always amazed that anyone drinks scotch

Blake is my favorite literary weirdo. I probably wouldn’t love poetry the way I do if I hadn’t found him as a young child. I’ve never met anyone who was able to muster much enthusiasm for Wordsworth; even the Romantic profs I’ve had don’t seem to like him much.

Yeah, I feel like I might, someday, after I work on my more pressing to read list. I’ve got a whole pile of Heian lit, Dazai, and Machado to get through first. As a grad student, I just rarely have the energy to get through things that aren’t “useful” unfortunately

Yeah, my class was just the whole of the Canterbury Tales lol. I really like Romanticism actually, just not Wordsworth or Coleridge. Blake was the first poet I ever loved and I’m rather fond of the Shelleys,Byron, Keats, and Barbauld. I just love poetry more than I like th e great novels

Yeah, I can say that reading all of the Canterbury Tales in middle emglish and then having to read them aloud in middle english has not enriched my life

I was also an English major and I’m also not a Shakespeare fan. Not a Faulkner fan either. I hate having to read Chaucer (and had to take an entire class just about him). Basically, I spent my time as an undergrad running away from the English classics, so the only “traditional” upper division classes I took were…

Reading Shakespeare (excepting his sonnets) seems pointless to me. They’re lifeless on the page, but that could be because I hate reading plays anyway. Or because I’ve been shepherded through Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, and King Lear 5-7 times a piece.

Tolkien is not worth it, imo. He’s a great storyteller/world builder and an insufferable writer.

I’ve definitely heard that. I do wonder how I would feel about it. I’m not terribly familiar with 20th century British or American writing.

I could, but I’m not sure its worth it to fulfill the “fat, mentally ill woman reads ‘The Bell Jar’” stereotype. I should still consider it when I’m done with grad work.

I was an English lit major and I’ve only read 7 of them. Early-mid 20th century lit is not my thing. I’m impressed with anyone who’s managed more than 10 of these, tbh.

I’ve picked up and put down almost all of Austen’s novels after the first few pages. I only broke this embarrassing streak by reading Persuasion which is, according to the Regency lit people I know, very VERY different from her others.

Deciem (TO’s parent company) Hand Chemistry has a body oil with retinol that has worked really well for my mom.

The Bell Jar. I’m not really fond of midcentury lit and I’ve avoided Plath especially because I’m aware of the stereotypes.

Yeah, restricting for any reason other than “this food makes me feel bad” immediately sends me into a spiral of only thinking about food. Every waking minute is about calories, a constant list of every mouthful I’ve had, and planning what I can have later.

I’m surprised, because their dark chocolate brownie mix is the most perfect brownie ever. But, like rice krispies, I’ve never found a homemade brownie that tastes as good as a boxed mix.

It’s just so weird to me as a person who has always had dogs and loves dogs. I can’t understand why everyone feels like their dog will die if it doesn’t go with them everywhere. Really, they will be fine at home and if they aren’t, that’s an issue to take up with a trainer. I got snapped at by a small dog when I…

My favorite cocktail is the Aviation, so I always have: gin, Creme de Violette, and Maraschino. I keep St. Germain and a couple bottles of vodka around, but nothing else because dark liquors give me a headache. If this book has floral/herbal cocktails. I am definitely interested.

Ooooh, that makes it sound so dramatic! You’re really adding to the romance of my hypothetical last ditch option.