Winter > Recent Status Updates

Day 989738 of asking goodreads to update their UI. At the very least, please allow us to tag people in the comments section. And fix the notifications, for the love of all things holy. I love the community but I'm so sick of this outdated interface.

I had to put this on hold because I was weighed down by corporate life, but now I finally have the time and energy to tackle this big boy again, and I'm reading it from the start.

Anne Karenina (with almost 1k pages) took me nearly a month to finish, so I'm giving this around 2 months. Let's goooo.

Phew. I barely read in 2025 (mainly due to mental health issues) but I really want to change that this year. I'm already looking forward to all the books I'm going to read in 2026 :)

That said, Happy New Year!

Why is every character in this book interesting EXCEPT the main character?? I swear, I don’t need a reminder of Vin’s trust issues in every chapter.

It's that time of the year where I update my reviews again because I'm not the same person I was at the beginning of the year.

It's that time of the year where I edit my book reviews again because the person I am today is not the same person I was when I gave these ratings x

I'm in a reading slump. 🫠 Get. Me. Out.

I hate it when people just casually drop a major spoiler at the start of their review. Literally the first line. Like why??? 😩

When will goodreads allow us to tag people in the comments section???

I want to read, but I don't know what I want to read. 🥲

I'd like to learn how to write shorter reviews, but I just ramble too much— like who has the time to read all that? 😩 Then again, I write book reviews mostly for myself. I want to be able to look back years later and remember my exact thoughts while reading a book.

My toxic bookish trait is reading YA and then complaining that it's not mature enough. 🥹 If you're reading this, what's yours?

Guess who's in a reading slump? 😔🙏

as someone who primarily used to read classics and literary fiction, i've recently been struck by the epiphany that i'm officially in my ✨ romantasy era ✨

Is it a bad thing that I value prose over plot? When the writing is beautiful, I'm more inclined to overlook narrative flaws and simply savor the beautiful language. On the other hand, if the writing is poor, I find it hard to overlook and tend to be more critical of the story as a whole.

The best books are the ones that you love. At the end of the day, reading is subjective and we all have different tastes. ♥

i didn't realize i was hard to please until i noticed my goodreads average rating of 2.96 (i'm either a hater or i've been reading the wrong books)

I'm a simp for Henry. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Starting 2024 with War and Peace 🥳

— This book has 1.4k pages so it will probably take me awhile to finish this one considering my poor attention span. But I'm very excited.

My second book for fall season 🎃👻🍁🍂 Gothic, murder mystery, and paranormal elements? Sign me up.

My first book for spooky season 👻🎃

Rereading this book so I can take down important notes.

This is admittedly the most difficult book I've read thus far, but I'm having the greatest time reading it and interpreting it.