I’ve been able to reach a few authors on Instagram, especially smaller/newer authors

You’re right, it’s not, it’s written as a tragedy, these two people cost themselves their lives due to impulsiveness and thoughtlessness, while destroying a lot of other people in the process. And it’s clearly outlined in the text but I think too many people, especially teens who haven’t been exposed to the text, just get the summary, two young lovers whose families won’t let them be together die for their love.

I read Song of Achilles and then I picked up A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes and then read Circie. They are not written to “go together” but A Thousand Ships starts where Song Of Achilles ends and makes a nice bridge to Circie. And I just recently read Stone Blind which is Natalie Haynes new book about Medusa and I loved it

I get up early, I am not a morning person. I don’t try and be super happy about it I shoot for neutral. I don’t have to love it but I don’t want to let it wreck everyday, it just is what it is. I make sure everything I need for the morning is done the night before, clothes laid out, coffee ready to go, coffee cup washed and sitting by the coffee machine, anything I have to take with me sitting with my purse/keys. The less I have to think about, remember to do, actually do in the mornings the better. The less I have to do the longer I can sleep and that makes it a bit easier. I don’t really even listen to anything on the drive to work I just like the little bit of quiet before my day starts. Ultimately make your mornings as easy as you can.

I’m finishing the last book in the Throne of Glass series and for a book as long as it is, it still feels too short I never want to leave. The world building made me so happy. And for the amount of characters in it by the end I still care about all of them