Rachel Christine

In addition to Project Gutenberg, the following are also helpful, free resources, especially for reading classic novels: Standard Ebooks - use to download carefully and aesthetically formatted public-domain classics HathiTrust - use to find and download library-verified scans of some rare texts and historical collections Internet Archive - use to find scans of old, out-of-print books Google Books - use to find and download scans of first editions or lesser-known works (use the "Full View" filter) Wikisource - use to access and read public-domain primary sources and historical documents Kindle Store (Amazon) - use to download free Kindle editions of many public-domain classics Bookshare - use to gain access to a library of digital texts in accessible formats for those with verified print-related disabilities LibriVox - use for free audiobook versions of public-domain classics Libby and Hoopla - (check to see if your local library offers these) use to borrow ebooks or audiobooks of both modern and classic novels

@megievalist Kubla Khan is king.

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.

From Matthew Arnold's "Dover Beach," 1867:

Literacy starts at home.

@CoffeewClassics 😞

@RachelXReads I’ve done the same thing. Which feels like a surrender.

Tbh, this reads as human to me.

@aliciaandrz Caffeine. It is the only way.

can someone tell me how to be a mom & a professor because I feel like I use all my creative energy between the hours of 8-9AM trying to get my daughter fed, dressed, & out the door. help.

@HannahWardEdu @moonsteaders @usedgov Nice.

@moonsteaders @usedgov Yes.

One of my favorite dedications belongs to the amazing Devoney Looser in her book The Making of Jane Austen. She writes: "To my tween sons, Carl and Lowell Justice: You asked me if Jane Austen belongs among the top 100 authors of all time. When I assured you that she does, you replied, 'What is she then, like, 99?'" I'm infinitely curious if Carl and Lowell have since read their mother's book... and changed their minds.

@JoshPhillipsPhD This is why people say snarky things about Americans. 🤢

This is gross and irresponsible

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@OldHollowTree No dislike button! The world doesn't need more negativity. And I agree, my mutuals are crazy smart and cool.

I don't need a dislike button because I only read things from people I like who are smart and cool.

@mrmikeMTL Yup. ♥️♥️

Are you still friends with your high school best friend?

@oghofer 🤣

I was minding my own business sweetening my tea when all of the sudden there was a malfunction with my 3kg bottle of Costco honey. They're* calling it the greatest viscous flood since the Boston Molasses Disaster. *I am, in what is surely a proportionate response.

@wren_and_paper P.S. Kind of random, but the musical score for this movie is perfect in every way. I listen to it more than I watch the movie (which is also perfect!).

@wren_and_paper 😍🤗

I owe my whole personality to drama filmed in the '80s/'90s 🖤

@SketchesbyBoze Aw, thanks, Boze! I'm sending it off today. Hoping it won't be a desk reject. Will let you know! ❤️

@RachelXReads Rachel, I want to read it!

The web’s transformation from a place of knowledge to a place of mindless amusements is soul-crushing. The places where you could once access books have been gutted. Billionaires seek to dismantle Wikipedia. We built & destroyed the Library of Alexandria in a few years.

King Sigebert of Wessex (seventh century) converted to Christianity, renounced his kingship and became a monk. When a Mercian army invaded, Sigebert was dragged from the monastery and forced to lead an army in battle. Refusing to bear arms, he was slain in short order.

@arealmofwonder Oh, what a lovely poem. This is 10-year-old me. I'm keeping this one!

Take a breath, and read... • Lisel Mueller •