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she/her, 22, uk | intermittent booktoker @kateesreads | chronic iliad recommender | mostly sff, classics & litfic
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Girls when 'she will keep the wastrels from him'
July 1, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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Going to see the pride and prejudice rerelease tomorrow
April 28, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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whoever was doing these had a vision but the elvis one is the best lmao
cover of euripides' bacchae showing elvis's mugshot cover of homer's iliad showing a photograph from d-day cover of homer's odyssey showing a photo of earth taken from the moon
April 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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(csethiro voice)
April 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Piranesi folio!!!
April 16, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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I was LOOKING for the phrasing of a SPECIFIC QUOTE you useless ass robot what the hell is this
April 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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This is such a silly thing to say I'm kinda obsessed with it LMAO
April 3, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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this is one of the most beautiful film costumes ever I remember being so blown away by it at like 10 years old and remain so even a decade later
April 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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hopefuls from the tbr... I also have the count of monte cristo, lud in the mist, and an arc of the bewitching on my kindle I want to get to, there's a copy of game of thrones on my floor, and dragonflight is knocking around somewhere. anyone want to advocate for anything.
cover of 'a master of djinn' by p djeli clark showing a figure at the bottom of a tall bronze staircase, surrounded by pillars, with giant clockwork mechanisms above them cover of saint sebastian's abyss by mark haber showing a painting of saint sebastian being shot with arrows. the painting is peppered with holes. cover of 'the starving saints' by caitlin starling showing a nun-like figure with several different faces squished in a red cluster under her cowl, a gold halo behind her head, holding up a section of honeycomb from a beehive. cover of august clarke's 'metal from heaven', showing four figures looking towards a distant city; the predominant collours are pink and purple, and the font of the title is green
March 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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I need whoever makes these to do a homer one PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PL
March 27, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Tomb of dragons spoilers, but it amused me immensely is that celehar's pov paints maia as very calm and dignified... whereas we know FULL well that his own POV is like
Meme of SpongeBob looking apprehensive, photoshopped blurrily into a gloomy low-poly hallway from the horror game Silent Hill
March 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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March 14, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Reading slump begone
Storygraph 'pages read' chart showing a giant increase on today's date and much smaller peaks over the last few weeks
March 12, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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#thetombofdragons reading thread RAHHHHH 🐉🏃(no spoilers just reactions... but still tread with caution, inference is a powerful thing) (page numbers from the UK paperback soz idk about the US copies)
March 12, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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March 12, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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THREE FOR THREE ON ILIAD UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE QUESTIONS DON'T TRY ME BOY
March 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Packige
March 8, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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Got it for a fiver can we say STEAALLL (robert graves' golden fleece folio edition! no slipcase but otherwise perfect)
March 4, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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it is POSSIBLE to get nicely illustrated modern book covers though... but less common
original cover of 'the goblin emperor' by katherine addison. the illustration shows the top half of a young man's face, looking left in watchfulness or undertainty; he has brownish-grey skin and eyes, and curly brown hair,and large pointed ears. he is wearing a crown made to look like a city or a castle. he is bracketed by bridge or aqueducts on either side, and a small airship on his right hand side. the dominant colours of the cover are orange-yellow and brown, but the title font is green. cover of 'gideon the ninth' by tamsyn muir. the illustration shows a young woman with red hair and a face painted in black and white paint like a skeleton, holding a rapier in her right hand and smirking slightly. she is wearing aiviator sunglasses, tatty black robes, a sword belt, and a gauntlet set with knuckle-knives. she is surrounded by flying skeleton parts and dust, and appears to be bleeding in a few places. the author font and the detail under the stepback cover is orange, and the title is in white. cover of 'a fate inked in blood' by danielle jensen. the cover shows a young woman with flowing white-blonde hair spread across much of the cover, wearing a blue dress and with a hand to her neck, from which emanates a glowing rune symbol. she is looking directly at the viewer and behind her are vaguely nordic carvings. blue magic detail is added and the font is in white. cover of 'a dark and drowning tide' by allison saft. the illustration shows two young women lying face up in a pond, in opposite directions; one has dark hair and is dressed in a black cravat and white shirt, while the other has long blonde hair which has spread around in the water. they are surrounded by lilypads. both have a faintly pre-raphaelite look and the colours are very desaturated to mostly include blues, greys, and whites. the title font is between them, and is in a white gothic style.
February 26, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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I wish really beautifully illustrated fantasy book covers would come back In properly because although they probably look dated now I think they're so beautiful and to me they promise a lot more than a fancy font and limited graphics does... I know they're probably more expensive too but. pleaseeee
old cover of le guin's 'a wizard of earthsea' showing ged, a young man with brown hair and skin, stood upon a raft and holding a staff. he is facing left and casting a spell off-page with one hand raised. the sail and his cloak are both billowing behind him as if it is windy, and his boat has eyes carved into the stern. the magic and the foam of the waves make up a dramatic backdrop. the title is in white font of a faintly archaic style. original cover of 'equal rites' by terry pratchett. granny weatherwax, an old woman in a pointed witches' hat and a black cloak, and esk, a young girl in a pink skirt and holding a broomstick, are in the foreground. granny has a hand raised to cast a spell and the other is on esk's shoulder. opposite them, a wizard in starry red robes casts a spell back, arms raised and robes flying. books and magic are flying around, and a yellow ampibious creature clings to the wizard's leg. the components of the illustration overlap the title card. old cover of 'the once and future king' by th white. the illustration shows various knights in plate armour and mail, and women in hennins and vaguely medieval dress, surrounding the central figure of arthur, a young blonde man standing proudly with his sword pointing downwards, dressed in a red and white surcoat, mail armour, and a purple cloak. the colours are very bright and the top of the cover is lined with flags and pennants. the title is in bright orange font. old cover of 'the eye of the world' by robert jordan, showing an illustration of a knight on a black horse's back, wearing black armour and with two swords strapped to his back. beside him on a smaller white horse rides a woman in blue holding a staff and wearing a silver diadem. behind them in the background rides another man on a brown horse. the moon is very large and visible behind them, above the trees of the woods. the title is in bright yellow font.
February 26, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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It was 6 quid I wasn't passing that up... I should not be allowed in bookshops unattended though. Second hand or otherwise. Need to be held accountable
Photo of the Vintage Classics edition of Homer's Iliad translated by Caroline Alexander with a pencil drawing of a lion on the cover, and a worn copy of Four Comedies of Aristophanes with orange bird figures on the cover. The spine is sun-bleached
February 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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YOU ARE MY CRISP FIRST EDITION HARDBACK LITTLE LADS.
Photo of a hardback copy of Terry Pratchett's 'Monstrous Regiment's wrapped in plastic to protect the dust jacket.
February 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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the goblin emperor chapter 30 page 418 colourised
February 21, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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WHEYYY I've been after this one for ages
Photo of the Vintage Classics edition of the Iliad translated by Caroline Alexander, held by a hand in front of some bookshelves. It features a cropped pencil drawing of a lion on the cover and a red spine.
February 19, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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I've always been very compelled by the reoccurrence of this sentence in this series... I feel like it packs a very powerful melancholy into very little space. Especially because his god is the god of the moon and dreams and the night
February 18, 2025 at 9:37 PM