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if you make an asshole a president then you’ll get an asshole president

so many good voices in this book. i like the one that talked about holding onto sadness as a comfort even in happiness. the play one was interesting but not necessarily a favorite of mine. and the poem was topical as we get closer to valentine’s day.

“i do think i’m overthinking things…i think that all the time but then i think what if im not overthinking things what if im just regular thinking things but then i think im overthinking things because i subconsciously want to let myself off the hook”

absolutely love the chapter told from a dog’s pov

love that stephanie beatriz reads a chapter and i’m currently rewatching brooklyn 99

he talked about how the opposite of a situation isn’t always a direct correlation, there’s actually a lot of options besides what we choose to do. “the opposite of silence is silence”

it’s like a crazy mirror world the way he describes a wedding and yet i understand it so much, i kinda love it

now why did those letters almost make me cry. don’t remember that hit from the first read. probably because it’s 7am

totally forgot her name is january

i think i did my percentage math wrong last time cause yeah im only at 25% not, no way i was at 32% yesterday

chapter two is way too early for sibling incest

did yall know how long this book is cause i didn’t jesus christ

restarted this (audio) book again yesterday

god emily henry the woman you are. every book is just so good and i read them so fast. truly does wonders for my reading goal each year. and even in stories like this where the main character is optimistic and bubbly (aka the opposite of me) it’s not to an annoying level, or one that deters me from the story at all.

this book is a real struggle for my fantasy is just not my thing but it was a gift so i’m trying to keep an open mind.

“It has been so hard to feel good about a world where hope feels like a stupid thing to have”

however, it could just be the current chapter i’m in that talks about her becoming internet famous and the money that comes from it, but i can’t help feeling like this book is somehow a pull for money based on the same formula of tiktok fame. i don’t really think it is because she talks about it how that wasn’t why she started posting the cats but something about this section makes my paranoia perk up.

this is such an interesting book in the way it connects real human problems, the authors own life, and the lives of these cats together. very well woven together and thought provoking.

obsessed with the cats Sad Boy and Lola who are besties and lovers and can’t live life without each other. total opposites and yet they cannot exist without the other.

“I have to agree and, though I’m not a drinker myself, I’m glad to get the bottle” i’m six pages in and already hurting

it’s so interesting how the characters have such high and low opinions of themselves simultaneously. they love each other but it’s like a blinding love they’ve looked at for too long. they almost resent it without realizing. they only want to do what the other doesn’t want, they push away just to see if the other will chase, the idolize and yet judge. it’s chasing the romanticized life but it’s not there