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Wrap-Up
Irony at Its Finest: Reading The Burnout by Sophie Kinsella While Burnt Out
Two days ago, at almost 11:30 p.m., I finished my first (and probably only) book of February: The Burnout by Sophie Kinsella. Reading a burnout-themed rom-com while I myself was in a burnout phase tu…
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Personal
A Soft Landing into 28
When I was a kid, having a crush was the biggest thing I had ever experienced in life. It was like a top-secret situation, with a top-secret file I held onto cautiously. I might’ve stolen some discre…
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Wrap-Up
A Rainy January Wrap-Up
My first wrap-up post of the year (and also my first after a year), and I’m not even being creative. What’s the cover photo, you might ask? A cup of latte—not the books I actually finished this month…
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Reading
Read House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland (If You Enjoy Being Mildly Traumatized)
You know the feeling when you find a thrilling book that makes you shiver—one that sends all your logic backward, yet you can’t stop reading even though you’re afraid? Others might paraphrase it as, …
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Reading
A Slow Morning with How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin
My idea of a perfect slow morning is a book in hand and the sound of rain—something I was lucky enough to have today. With only a few pages left on my current read, How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kr…
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Romance Comedy
Book #2: Made in Manhattan by Lauren Layne
If Solutions and Other Problems broke my reading dry spell, then Made in Manhattan by Lauren Layne completely got me back on track.
Yup, you heard that right, people. I’ve finished yet another book. (…
Reading
Falling Back into Reading (Thanks to Allie Brosh’s Solutions and Other Problems)
After a year of not reading anything, it feels a little strange to finish a book. And it certainly feels even more unearthly to write a review right after closing the About the Author section. “Who a…
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Personal
A Very Fast Year Called 2025
Well, here we go again—an end-of-year reflection post, a proper goodbye to 2025.
I think most of us would agree with this statement: this year was… fast. It was even comparable (or at least almost) to…
Personal
The Year The Grinch Tried Again
Just when I thought I had written a fitting, bittersweet post for Christmas (one that fulfilled my annual tradition), something came up. It was unpredicted, unpleasant, and unwelcome. I was blindside…
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Personal
The Frostbitten Lullaby
In the cold weather of a freshly arrived season, I find warmth in the embrace of a home. People call us hot tea, candy cane, and lovers—I call us forever pals, with souls intertwined.
If the cold air …
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