#war and peace book

[janefrigginausten]

#war and peace #war and peace book #reading books #books #andrei bolkonsky #natasha rostova #war and peace meme #readers #classic book #classic books #classic book meme #book meme #book reccs #favorite books #book memes #classic book reader #classic book readers #highly recommend this book

[redfirerai]

Bats in their natural habitat

#batfam #dick grayson #jason todd #nightwing #red robin #tim drake #damian wayne #cassandra cain #orphan #batgirl #Robin #batman #digital art #my art #dc #dc fanart #colouring is my nemesis #photo references used cause I suck at anatomy #thinnest war and peace book you’ll ever see 😭 #obsessed with how Cass turned out

[gatabella]

Ava Gardner reading War and Peace, c.1946

#ava gardner #war and peace #leo tolstoy #book #books #reading #rare

[kurtssingh]

"Skywalker & Master Dooku's Tree"

#star wars #disaster lineage #like a children's book #qui gon jinn #obi wan kenobi #dooku #anakin skywalker #yoda #ahsoka tano #reva #grogu #youngling #peaceful star wars

[pagan-pottery]

remember when charlie brown read war and peace and wrote a 1000 word essay on it in one weekend, cuz i do

#peanuts #charlie brown #snoopy #war and peace #leo tolstoy #book #books #booklr #literature #reading #bookworm

[vaguelysaunteringdown]

Sex is actually a myth created by classic Russian lit authors as a plot device to stir up drama

#yes I am ace why do you ask #Russian lit #russian literature #Tolstoy #dostoevksy #war and peace #the brothers karamazov #crime and punishment #anna karenina #classic literature #classic lit #books #ace

[antynous]

I love war and peace I wish drag was real

#One of the best scenes in the book… #I’ll draw this better soon #war and peace #nikolai rostov #natasha rostova #sonya rostova

[eleancrvances]

andrei "doomed by the narrative" bolkonsky has been on my mind recently.

the oresteia by roberte icke / prologue by dave malloy / waltz of the 101st lightborne / war and peace (1966-7) by sergei bondarchuk / grief lessons by anne carson / sunday morning by dave malloy / lake mungo (2001) / moby dick by herman melville / empty stage by franz wright / catheryne m. valente / the triumph of achilles by louise glück / ? / grief lessons by anne carson

#this is mostly because that shot of him walking out of the shadows in part 3 haunts me #by me #war and peace #war and peace (& emails) #andrei bolkonsky #andrey bolkonsky #natasha pierre and the great comet of 1812 #web weaving #webs #books #lev tolstoy #great comet

[fistfuloflightning]

“You look better without the hat.”

XianYao prompt from the lovely @limitbreaker23 (you’re enabling me so badly, I swear)

#mdzs #xianyao #wei wuxian #jin guangyao #meng yao #art prompt #mdzs art #my art #tol and smol #it’s all about the ✨height difference✨ #im already getting fic ideas that would unfortunately require me to actually reread the book (specifically the sunshot campaign) #something something after the war jgs still doesn’t acknowledge meng yao and he somehow ends up in lotus pier or somewhere adjacent #peaceful living doesn’t suit his tastes and he starts picking up dirty work from local sect leaders #assassinations—information theft—spying #he pretty much starts building a jianghu-wide spy network and hiring himself out to the highest bidder #not sure where I’m going with this #but either wwx is hunting him down on behalf of yunmeng jiang #or he becomes his information dealer #fic ideas

[janefrigginausten]

#war and peace #war and peace book #books #book characters #anatole kuragin #book memes #war and peace meme #war and peace memes #literature memes #bookworm #bookworms #classic book meme #classic book #classic books #classic book reader #classic book lover #book lover #book lovers

[penned-by-a-dragon]

Tips for reading:

1. Don't judge yourself.

That's it. Don't judge yourself for reading. Don't judge yourself for not reading. Don't judge yourself for what you read or when you read, how often you read, what kind of books you don't enjoy, where you get books from, what makes you stop or start reading, or why you can't read like you used to.

Books for not judging yourself: whatever you enjoy the most, or not reading at all if you don't want to.

2. Do/Don't challenge yourself.

If you feel like you could use a challenge, then challenge yourself. If you're tired of everything all of the time, be kind to yourself. Those are not mutually exclusive, but if you're tired, you deserve to rest, and challenging yourself may not be the best way to do that. Whatever you chose, it's okay. And it's going to be okay.

Books for challenging or not challenging yourself: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. Tired as Fuck by Caroline Dooner. Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao. Comic books. Graphic novels. Picture books you enjoyed as a kid. The Odyssey by Homer. Anything by Tamora Pierce.

3. Do what you can.

If all you can do is read a page, read a page. If all you can do is read a word, read a word. If you can't bring yourself to crack the hardback, look at the cover. Breathe deeply, and take care of yourself first. You aren't expected to be able to read your own mind the way you used to devour a novel. Human beings are far more complicated and challenging than a hundred pages of lined text. You are currently doing what you can do.

Books for doing what you can: the nearest one.

#self care #booklr #book recommendations #its okay #reading #bookworm #iron widow #war and peace #graphic novel #comics #tamora pierce #caroline dooner #tired

[decaffeinatedpartymuggoop]

Okay, we all know being a demigod is a shit position. Its scary and gets you killed in really nasty ways. But I feel like being a Big Three Kid has to be the shitiest position in all the shit positions.

Like, imagine being Thalia Grace. Your dad is king of the gods, lord of the skies. Led a war to get rid of a tyrant. And the only thing you get is his scorned wife AND brother, who both try to kill you (with one technically succeeding), a drunk of a mother, and brother who you thought was dead. Oh, wait, he’s not dead! No instead he was used as an offering to appease your dad’s wife and help fight in a war and prevent mass destruction.

Or maybe you can imagine being Percy. Son of the sea god, the stormbringer, the earthshaker. You get to live with a disgusting, abusive man for around 6 years. Who smells like literal shit. All because your scent as a demigod is too strong, BECAUSE of who your father is. You see things that you aren’t supposed to see and do things that people can’t do and go years thinking something is wrong with you. That your the problem. Then you get to the one place where you’re supposed to be save. But! Here is the kicker! You’re not! Your uncles hate you and you’ve been accused of stealing a symbol of power. A series of events that will kick off a war, and guess what. You’re a center point for it. Welcome to Camp Half-Blood.

Mhm, but then there’s Hazel. Daughter Pluto, god of the underworld and riches. But that doesn’t really change anything does it? She’s still living in 1930s America, in a red state. One where confederate flags still hang if you go deep enough into the city. She go to a school where the kids are supposed to be just like her! They still don’t like her tho. She’s got no idea who your father is, only that he left her with a parting gift. Only it’s not really a gift. Sure, she can pull rubies and diamonds from the earth, all worth millions. But anyone who’s ever gonna touch it will die. She lives with her mother, a woman gone so mad with greed it kills her. And Hazel, by the way. Laying dead Alaska, inhaling oil. But it doesn’t end there! She can’t have her mother suffering for eternity, can she? The answer is no. Hazel gets to spend the next 70 years in the Fields of Asphodel. It still doesn’t end! Because when she’s brought back to life, she gets to fight in a war against giants, her sad story seemingly never ending.

Nico’s a son of one of the Big Three, one of the most ancient and most powerful. But most people look at him as something bad, something not worth taking a second glance at. Something too look away from, mostly. He’s from the 30s, spent years in a magical time casino with only his sister at his side. She doesn’t stay for long though, she dies soon after they discover their heritage. And he doesn’t remember his mother much, a name without a face. A face without a name. He survived an attempted assassination at 2, though it wouldn’t be the only time his was life was threatened. He clings to his sister, even though she’s dead. He’s the son of the god of the underworld, is he not? There had to be a way, and there is. Only she won’t talk to him, she seems more concerned with communicating with the guy who got her killed instead. She chooses rebirth, and he decides to lay it to rest. She’s not coming back, and he has a war to fight in. (He gets stuck in a jar and forcibly outed a few years later, but that’s a lot to get into for now.)

Jason Grace is a pillar of New Rome, their golden boy, their American boy. He’s a son of Jupiter, a natural born leader. He’s been at camp for as long as he can remember, he wants to be praetor soon. He’s had a rocky start, but maybe he’ll be one of the lucky ones. Retire a veteran and live a long life with Reyna in New Rome. Only that never happened. He has no idea where he is, there’s a girl holding his hand, and she’s cute but it feels wrong. They get attacked and people come in and call him a Greek demigod, familiar, yes, but still wrong. It doesn’t feel right. It doesn’t put things into perspective the way it does for Piper and Leo. He’s goes to a quest to rescue Hera, the name sounds wrong. He nearly dies but at least he remembers who he is. He spends the next 6 months trying to get back home, even though he isn’t too sure on where or what home is. He gets there, eventually, but it doesn’t stop there. He’s dragged on quests and battles and fights in the war but at least he survives it, he’s still there. Apollo needs help, he and Piper give him aid. He gets dumped. He doesn’t get to he a veteran in New Rome. Not with Reyna, not with Piper, not with anybody. He doesn’t get kids or grandkids. No, he gets shot down, another demigod buried.

You could be any one of them, really. Pick your poison, but I guarantee you won’t like any of them. Spending years trying to find a place where you belong, where you feel safe. Only for it to never come.

Percy, who, if you really look at the books, isn’t really all that well liked until he’s at least 2 years into camp. Only to then be sidelined because the courages, brave, fearless daughter of Zeus is back from the dead. Nico, the son of one of the most feared and hated gods. Who has death written all over him, who excludes it so much animals can smell it and humans can sense it, who’s been ostracized and pushed off to the side since he was 10. Hazel, who was treated like disease as soon as she stepped foot on camp soil. Who’s gone her whole life looked as something that’s cursed, that will only bring misfortune, a bad omen.

Shit positions, all of them.

#Hazel and Jason make my head spin #also jaosn and Percy #I like how they both in a way didn’t want glory or to be some hero #i don’t think Jason mentions it much but they kids and grandkids mention in BOO is very telling #Percy’s is from the musical but whatever we all know the musical is canon #and show Percy thinking something is wrong with him and that he needs a mental evaluation of some kind is #everything #I’m making that canon now #I’d love to get a Thalia book #a trilogy maybe #first book is her with her mom and Jason + Luke and Annabeth on the run #ending with her dying #2nd book takes place after her resurrection and during the the war #final book is life with the hunters #and how she found peace in a world designed for her to struggle #I feel like out of all of them big three kids she’s the only one who got her happy ending #and in the fandom the hunters have gotten the reputation of being where Rick puts characters that can’t be shipped with anyone #but I really don’t think it’s the case with her #she’s also one of the only demigods where I think her story has come to a close #like it’s done #Percy’s story is almost done too #Nico and Hazel I feel aren’t quite there yet #percy jackson #thalia grace #hazel levesque #jason grace #nico di angelo #pjo hoo toa #heroes of olympus #percy jackon and the olympians

[kenobihater]

sorry, he's allergic to SOUP? no wonder he thinks he's destined for infinite sadness, i'd believe that too if my immune system thwarted me from slurpin down a nice hearty bowl of soup 😭

#len speaks #obi-wan kenobi #obiwan kenobi #obi wan kenobi #star wars #rots novelization #matthew stover #reason no. 928 why i need 2 finish this book: obi-wan allergy lore #reason no. 929 why i need 2 finish this book: obi-wan 'the negotiator' kenobi causing political mayham thru his inability 2 admit his SOUP #allergy. like... bby girl WHY did you do that? you caused politicians to start throwing CHAIRS at each other 💀 truly clownish behavior! #i dont love when ppl exaggerate his disregard for his own physical wellbeing (its fine up to an extent i think) but this is actual legends #material where he knowingly ingests something that can kill him. he's not an inherent walking disaster imo but dear god he has his moments! #also i realize this means he's allergic to one soup and not all soups. let a man make a joke abt his blorbo in peace pls and thank u #sidenote: found and confirmed the allergy bit in the book. cannot find reference to chair throwing. might be in an encyclopedia or deleted #article. i will accept this chair-throwing incident as fact unless proven otherwise 👍🏼

[p1nkshield]

Robin!Jason: Gee I sure am glad to spend the weekend here uncle Clark!

Clark who is sweating a little thinking about when he would watch Dick: I’m glad you’re here too bud! So, what do you want to do first?

He was fully expecting him to say ARSON like his predecessor.

Robin!Jason: Oh I have a great idea! After I do my homework we can each read a book, write a review about what we like about it and a short summary! Then we can see if the other person wants to read that book!

Clark:… that sounds like a book report.

Robin!jason, looking incredibly excited: I know! :D

Clark: …Sounds like a plan!

#clark kent #jason todd #robin!jason #Clark had a great time #alright what book did you choose Jason? (drops dictionary’s amount of paper) War and Peace :) #Dick was fully ready to murder at the time #both Jason and Dick are deeply embarrassed by their past behavior #did i really suggest a book report?/Arson? ugh I’m so embarrassed

[bbtris]

War and Peace (1956)

#audrey hepburn #war and peace #50s movies #50s aesthetic #dark academia #darkacademia #light academia #moodboard #light acadamia aesthetic #light academia moodboard #romantic academia #art academia #soft academia #dark academia art #chaotic academia #dark academia books #dark academia moodboard #books & libraries #boooks #books and coffee #coffee #light academia aesthetic #dark academia aesthetic #classic academia #dark academia vibes #academia #studyblr #aesthetic #literature academia #source: pinterest

[meshimellow]

warand peace more like um... war and PENIS

#reading books again its reminding me of my stupidest favorite book. slash musical adaptation #great comet #natasha pierre and the great comet of 1812 #war and peace #w&p #pierre bezukhov #helene bezukhova #fedya dolokhov #meshi art