hello all! i have actually read wuthering heights before, and even have it in book form, however i last read it [mumbles how many years ago], and since i was thinking of doing a reread for the quest, i was wondering if there are any decent audiobook versions, in your opinion? unfortunately i do NOT like audio dramas and iirc there is at least one by the bbc that is most definitely in that category and not for me at all, sorry!!!

but yeah. please drop any recs if you have them 🙏 as i said, i can (and indeed might) simply reread the copy i already own, but i figured i should find out if there are good recordings out there. tysm in advance

Libraries are the best!! If they were to be invented now, it would be dismissed as a socialist or communist thing, but (trustworthy) information and stories should be accessible for everyone!

Kimmerer's comment that knowing the names of plants is the first step in regaining our connection to them was powerful. Most of what she writes is lovely and powerful, but this was also poignant. I made it my mission to know what's in my backyard at least, but there's a certain lack of diversity there and it makes me yearn for access to a forest where plants show you their uses by where they live. I'm not sure what uses the plants in my urban area have and her writing makes me nostalgic for a relationship with plants that I can only imagine.

I'd love to see Elizabeth Gaskell added to this quest, Mary Barton, North and South, even Cranford. She's not as well known as other Victorian era authors but she also wrote about the disparity between rich and poor. And in my opinion she's easier to read and get into compared to some of her contemporaries.

I'd love to see Elizabeth Gaskell added to this quest, Mary Barton, North and South, even Cranford. She's not as well known as other Victorian era authors but she also wrote about the disparity between rich and poor. And in my opinion she's easier to read and get into compared to some of her contemporaries.

have you ever wondered what bioluminescent trauma looked like??? look no further

I never really believed when some people say they don't see a movie in their head when they read books. But somehow this is happening to me for the 1st time ever?

It's not that the writing isn't descriptive. It's like it doesn't stick. My mental image clears between sentences and I have to keep re-reading parts.

Anyone else having this issue?

Kimmerer's comment that knowing the names of plants is the first step in regaining our connection to them was powerful. Most of what she writes is lovely and powerful, but this was also poignant. I made it my mission to know what's in my backyard at least, but there's a certain lack of diversity there and it makes me yearn for access to a forest where plants show you their uses by where they live. I'm not sure what uses the plants in my urban area have and her writing makes me nostalgic for a relationship with plants that I can only imagine.

I have read Emperor of Gladness first and am now completely blown away by this poetic writing style. Sometimes to me this seems exaggerated in newer literature, but here it feels completely normal and I constantly find myself reading a sentence—or even a sub-clause—several times and thinking to myself, “How beautifully you can express things with words.”

i am having a painfully difficult time finishing this book

edit: i feel so bad i am new to this app and my first post is so negative! thank you all for your supportive comments!