“The sun will rise no matter what pain we encounter. No matter how much we believe the world to be over, the sun will rise.”

Taylor Jenkins Reid, After I Do

My little physical tbr pile that I need to finish

my main goal in life rn is consuming each piece of literature by Taylor Jenkins Reid like it's air

reading 'after I do' and it's literally a book about the breakdown of a relationship it says it right there on the back cover and somehow I'm only halfway through and it still feels like someone (*cough* Taylor Jenkins Reid *cough*) is slowly and forcibly digging out a chuck of my heart with a broken plastic spoon I don't like it...

Forever, Interrupted Review

I have very mixed feelings about this book. It seemed very rushed and I did not really like the main characters. But I did think that the mourning was written very well.

I know their entire relationship was suppose to be rushed, but it just did not resonate well with me. It felt like Elsie had no common sense when I read this.

For starters, the way the first date went down was very cringey. Elsie let a man who she barley knew help break into her own apartment. She could have used his phone to call her best friend, who had a spare key, but that was apparently to complicated. Then the date continues by Elsie allowing the man she barley knows, to drive her to a unspecified restaurant an hour away. It all she felt wayyyy too rushed. I think the “fast-paced” dating could have been written better.

This book put me in a reading slump for months 💔.

Overall Rating : 2/10

My Taylor Jenkins Reid shrine 😅 my favourite place in my entire bedroom.

Anyone that’s read Taylor Jenkins Reid, which do you recommend next? I’ve read Evelyn Hugo, Daisy Jones, Malibu Rising, After I Do, and One True Loves with my favorites being Evelyn Hugo and One True Loves and my least favorite being Malibu Rising. So which one should i read next?

the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again

the men and boys are innocent too.

we cry "the innocent women and children" to appeal to the masses, to try and force their sympathy, but the men and boys are innocent too.

I have seen sons crying out for their mothers, their fathers, their siblings. I have seen them break down at the loss of their families. I have seen them cling to their dead and grieve.

I have seen fathers cradle their dead children, seen them kiss their faces and hold their little hands. I have seen them faint with grief when asked to identify the dead. I have seen them carry their sons and daughters. I have seen them fasting to provide what little they can for their families.

I have seen men and boys digging through the rubble with just their bare hands, I have seen them comforting strangers, playing with children, rocking them, hushing them, even if the face of such imminent danger. I have seen them cry, seen them grieve, seen them break down into each other's arms, seen them be selfless, beyond selfless, becoming something I don't have a word for.

I have seen the men who are doctors refuse to leave their patients, even when they have no medicine or supplies to give them, even when they're threatened with bombings. I have seen fathers who have lost all their children pick orphans up into their arms and proclaim them their child so they are not alone. I have seen men and boys digging pets out of the rubble.

the men are innocent too. the men and boys are being hurt and killed too. the men and boys are grieving too. the men and boys are scared too. the men and boys are fighting to save their people too. the men and boys deserve to be fought for too.

a moment of peace before the whole world shatters 😇

“Maybe it doesn’t matter if you need someone during the everyday moments of your life. Maybe what matters is that when you need someone, they are the one you need. Maybe needing someone isn’t about not being able to do it without them. Maybe needing someone is about it being easier if they are by your side.”

Taylor Jenkins Reid, After I Do

Falin?

So... a bunch of NFT grifters threw a party in Hong Kong this weekend and reportedly a bunch of attendees are now at risk of permanent eyesight damage because the promoters used unsafe lighting, and people are going to the ER...

no judgements at all here. i was thinking about the possibility of moving out and wanted to know what age other people did

we'll do fine.