1. Maroon 2. Lavender Haze 3. Anti-Hero 4. You’re on Your Own, Kid 5. Labyrinth 6. Karma 7. Bigger Than The Whole Sky 8. Midnight Rain 9. Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve 10. Mastermind 11. Vigilante Shit 12. Hits Different 13. Sweet Nothing 14. Snow on the Beach (feat. Lana Del Rey) 15. Bejeweled 16. Glitch 17. Dear Reader 18. Question…? 19. The Great War 20. Paris 21. High Infidelity
1. evermore (feat. Bon Iver) 2. tolerate it 3. coney island (feat. The National) 4. champagne problems 5. ‘tis the damn season 6. long story short 7. ivy 8. no body, no crime (feat. Haim) 9. cowboy like me 10. willow 11. closure 12. happiness 13. marjorie 14. gold rush 15. dorothea 16. it’s time to go (bonus) 17. right where you left me (bonus)
I realized just a few moments ago that I never posted my rankings for Taylor Swift’s evermore or Midnights, like I did for some of her other albums. And since I’m not feeling top notch at the moment and can’t sleep, I’m going to make two separate posts dedicated to rankings for evermore and Midnights.
Just a quick disclaimer – I love both evermore and Midnights to pieces. Putting a ranking together for both of those albums was damn near impossible.
One of my Christmas gifts this year was Tom Felton’s memoir.
I had no intention of starting it till the New Year, since I seem to have burnt myself out on reading this year and need a genuine break — my original reading goal was 60 and I had to reduce it down to 30 (and accomplishing even that almost felt like a chore). But when I realized one of the chapters was about Tom’s relationship with Emma Watson, I couldn’t help but at least read that right away.
Needless to say, I wasn’t disappointed. Obviously I know what kind of relationship Tom and Emma have, but I feel like I’ve almost always heard it from Emma’s perspective so hearing it from Tom’s was really nice and refreshing. Especially how he says at the end of the chapter that one of the things Emma has taught him is to never underestimate the power of a woman.
Just wanted to pop in and say I jumped on that AI trend that’s going around and show some of the images that were generated! I feel like there’s barely, if any resemblance, in some of them but 🤷♀️
It’s my favorite literary character’s birthday today.
It’s hard for me to explain just how much the character of Hermione Granger means to me and how much she has helped me grow as a person, but I’m going to try my best.
The Harry Potter series in general has had an impact on me that I’ll carry with me for the rest of my life. And Hermione is one of the reasons why. When I first read the books at age ten or eleven, I couldn’t believe the similarities we had. Even down to physical appearance (I, too, had hair that was frizzy and bushy and just seemed like it couldn’t be tamed). To finally read about a character who I saw so much of myself in made me feel noticed and valid.
Hermione taught me not to be ashamed of my intelligence and the fact that I actually like school and learning and reading for pleasure. And in a way, Hermione taught me not to be ashamed of unapologetically being myself. Hermione gave me the confidence to do so. Because if she can do it, then so can I.
“Ultimately, she had a bigger heart than she had a brain, and that’s saying something for Hermione.”
“Young girls are told you have to be the delicate princess. Hermione taught them that you can be the warrior.”
Just a twenty something future therapist who needs the occasional escape.
