anenlighteningellipsis reblogged
If a friend asked, which of these books would you recommend most?
#books#goddd idk...#[most are must reads]#it depends on what time of life you're in...#what book speaks to you when you need it to and also are open for it#everyone should read all quiet on the western front and the odyssey and the color purple#but I know people who have been turned off by 'the color purple' by the first few sentences one year#then come back and revisited it and read the whole thing in a matter of hours#portrait of the artist... has invaluable advice and timeless wisdom for anyone#not just artists#they're all essential imo#[ok mayyybe not d.h. *aherm*]#[… and I don't personally think the English patient is an essential read...]#it just depends on which one you are drawn to and again which one speaks to you the most#so first of all you have to be attuned to your own inner voice...#oh fuck it just start with love in the time of cholera and if you can't handle that then stop and unfollow me immediately#////me#shut up marty#personal#do recommend#and also... don't#to see if there's a pub