You can’t go wrong with Zaera’s booklists
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Lots and lots of reading. Mostly Wikis.
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I thought…
Zaera doesn’t READ books. She’s too busy WRITING them…with victim’s blood used as ink. Afterall, she’s a vampire of the White Court. 
Please share your bookists.
Speaking of ink, I’ve finished reading Jim Butcher’s 11th book in the The Dresden Files series.
Lots of vampires and wizards.
I’m looking to read a new book. Actually, after finishing all the books I have set out to read, All of the 3 slots are open now:
Non-Fiction:
Fiction:
Spiritual/Metaphysical:
-Open to suggestions-
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As a break from Lovecraft.. I am reading Star Soldier By Andre Norton.
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I am 10% through the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn book and I have to say that it is a very dark book. Nothing as similar to the version I’ve read during my childhood. This one is unabridged and uncensored. 
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The children’s version takes out a lot of the more mature themes. Such as the racism and the cultural mindset of 1840 Missouri. It was really the calm before the storm of the Civil War. Becky is based on a girl he was sweet on as a boy. The woman later traveled to where he was living to visit, By that time she was a grandmother, and asked him if Becky was her. He admitted it was so. That her suspicions had been correct that the Becky character was her.
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I vaguely recall the parts with Becky in predecessor The Adventures of Tom Sawyer book. I remember that Tom had a crush on that character.
Some people do leave dents in other people’s lives and they never truly get over them.
The question not to be asked under any circumstances is “What if?”. Because then it’d (life) turn into a Paramore or even a Hayley Williams love song. The “crushcrushcrush” song has these lines:
“If you want to play it like a game
Well, come on, come on, let’s play
'Cause I’d rather waste my life pretending
Than have to forget you for one whole minute”
The correct thing to say would be “So what?” or “PLOT TWIST!” and then move on with life.
The reason why I wrote all this that is because from what I’ve learned from your post that the human nature issues remained the same since late 1800s.
EDIT:
I googled Mark Twain’s wife name and found out that this post on social media:
“When Mark Twain married Olivia Langdon, he told a friend, “If I had known how happy married life could be, I would have wed 30 years ago instead of wasting time growing teeth.” He was 32. Twain—born Samuel Clemens—grew up in a modest family, working from a young age. He started as a printer’s apprentice, became a riverboat pilot, tried his luck at silver mining (and failed spectacularly), before finally finding his true calling as a writer. His sharp wit and storytelling brilliance made him famous across America.
It was around this time that he fell in love—not with Olivia at first, but with her portrait. A friend showed Twain a locket with her image and later invited him to meet her in person. Within two weeks, Twain proposed. Olivia liked him, but she was hesitant. He was ten years older, rough around the edges, lacked the refinement of her wealthy, cultured circle, and had not a penny to his name. She admired his talent but turned him down. Twain, ever persistent, proposed again. Another refusal—this time, she cited his lack of religious devotion. He responded with his signature humor and sincerity: “If that’s what it takes, I’ll become a good Christian.” Despite her refusals, Olivia was already in love with him. But Twain, convinced he had no chance, left.
On his way to the train station, his carriage overturned. Seizing the moment, Twain played up his injuries and was brought back to Olivia’s home. As she cared for him, he made one final proposal. This time, she said yes.
Twain made every effort to please his deeply religious wife. He read the Bible to her every evening and said grace before meals. Knowing she disapproved of some of his stories, he never submitted them for publication, accumulating over 15,000 unpublished pages. Olivia became his first editor and toughest critic—so much so that when she came across the phrase “Damn it!” in Huckleberry Finn, she made him remove it. Their daughter, Susy, once summed them up perfectly: “Mama loves morality. Papa loves cats.”
Twain adored Olivia. He once wrote, “If she told me wearing socks was immoral, I would stop wearing them immediately.” She called him her “gray-haired boy” and watched over him like a child. He, in turn, credited her with preserving his energy, optimism, and youthful spirit. Olivia, for her part, loved his humor. One day, Twain was laughing so loudly that she asked what book had amused him so much. Still chuckling, he handed it to her. She glanced at the cover—it was one of his own books.
Their life together was not without heartbreak. They lost children. Twain went bankrupt. But while his indomitable optimism kept him afloat, Olivia’s unshakable faith gave her strength. They never turned against each other—Twain never once raised his voice at Olivia, and she never once scolded him. Twain was fiercely protective of her. When a close friend made a joke at Olivia’s expense, Twain nearly ended their friendship over it. And when Twain set off on a round-the-world tour at sixty, Olivia—knowing he needed constant care—left everything behind to accompany him.”
Considering that new info, it is interesting why he hadn’t move on. Happily married but still cannot forget the past? Well, I’m not the one to cast the first stone, either but…
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Samuel Clemens has always been a very complexe and at time hard to understand.
But yeah here in America, we are still feeling the effects of the American Civil War. As any historian could tell you. An event as large as that war and what lead up to it. Is going to reverberate down through the years, decades, and even centuries. With current events being a case in point.
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I’ve read a lot about. I think the american civil war was the first imperialistic war of the federal state.
(and now I will be flagged again)
to change your clichés:
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