got hardcover babel and the european cover of katabasis!! so happy happy :3 special thank u to my friend who got them for me in the netherlands! <33

participated in my first ever two day hackathon and won first place! enjoy some pictures of the free food we got while we were there :3

*pictures from google my bfs mom bought us guleh and tahoe lontong today and they were soooooooo good (⁠☆⁠▽⁠☆⁠) if anyone wants to ever try javanese food i definitely recommend these two!

this is so fire

have to present my project today for work and im on my period and i wanna die

"So real." That's all I could think when I was reading this book. The relationship between Sloane and Ethan felt so familiar. Complicated, messy, and full of emotional uncertainty. It's the kind of connection where you want more but don't know how to ask for it. The push and pull, the hesitation, the longing. It all felt true. The alternating perspectives let me see both sides of their tangled story. The way they drift and collide, the closeness and distance, the mix of hope and confusion. This isn't a story about perfect love or easy answers. It's about the kind of relationship that shapes you, even if it doesn't last. It hurt. But it also made me feel seen because I went through the same thing.

beef balls were a definite 10/10 !

I don't think I will ever get over this book. Normal People hit way too close to home. The push and pull, the silence, the way everything feels both right and wrong at the same time. It was all too familiar. Connell and Marianne's relationship is messy and frustrating, but it is real. I saw myself in the way they kept coming back to each other, even when it did not make sense. The miscommunication, the longing, the quiet heartbreak. Definitely one of my all time favorites.

I did not expect this story to hit so hard. Making Space is quiet and eerie, but underneath it all, it is about motherhood, about longing, about desperation, about what it means to want something so deeply it blinds you. Jess's need to be a mother is raw and painful. When she finds Buddy, something shifts. He is strange, silent, and clearly not from here, but she sees what she wants to see. Chris's reaction, his obvious infidelity, the tension between them, the way the story spirals. It all felt so real and so wrong. If Rebecca ever decides to expand this, I would read it in a heartbeat!

season 1-5 was peak 🙌

girl needs to put herself first sometimes

I did not think I could love Eden and Josh more than I already did. But this book proved me wrong. The Way I Am Now is quiet and powerful. It is about healing, about learning how to live again, about choosing love even when it feels impossible. Eden's growth is slow and messy and beautiful. Josh is patient and kind and exactly what she needs. Their relationship felt real in every way. I cried. I smiled. I held my breath. This story gave me hope. It reminded me that healing is not perfect, but it is possible. Josh and Eden are everything to me.

I read this book in one sitting. I could not stop. The Way I Used to Be is raw and painful and so deeply real. Eden's story is quiet and loud at the same time. It broke my heart in small pieces. The writing is simple but powerful, and every chapter felt like a punch to the chest. I wanted to protect her. I wanted to scream for her. I wanted her to be okay. This book does not offer easy answers. It just shows what it means to survive.

currently listening

so sad they cancelled this show, its so good 😣

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