Status Updates From Five Tuesdays in Winter

waiting for charlie - gut punch to the stomach, knocked all the wind out of me and now i’m so sad 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

hotel seattle - no just no

timeline - polar opposite of the last one. jam packed with emotion and feelings and happenings and everything. caught me off guard after the emptiness i was full w when finishing north sea. i absolutely loved it. so raw and real. so fleeting. nostalgia but aggressive. a story so present and in the moment but somehow clearly soon to pass as a youthful memory. wow. the writing is beautiful.

north sea - haunting, chilling, moving, touching, but just ah so cold. idk. that was rlly good. i feel for hanne and for oda. and i just feel empty.

finished ‘when in the dordogne’ - characters felt pretty flat and the whole story was kinda boring, not my vibe. painted a vivid pic in my mind in a few scenes tho, lily king is supa talented at descriptions & imagery. just didn’t care for the main guy. wish it had been in the lens of the 2 caretaker dudes or just explored them more. the ending did give me those nostalgia vibes tho. not bad just not great.

finished the first two short stories - creature & 5 tuesdays. creature i was not a fan of. confusing and i didn’t care for the plot, was mostly icked out over hugh (i know that’s the point but just ughhh). 5 tuesdays was fun! was worried at the first description of kat cuz i was like no way not ANOTHER pedo but then i realized she’s his age and i was like phew! supa cute i enjoyed the characters & book vibe

This book has already made me sick at my stomach multiple times (complimentary)