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"The Worthless Servant"

"I find it shocking to realize how simple it would be to see myself as a worthless servant, to find joy in the service of others, to open my heart and let it remain open to everyone, everyone, all the time."

Rating: 3.5/5

My Year of No Shopping

"The things we buy and buy and buy are like a thick coat of Vaseline smeared on glass: we can see some shapes out there, light and dark, but in our constant craving for what we may still want, we miss too many of life’s details."

Rating: 3.5/5

The Paris Tattoo

"I took comfort in the sound of her breathing and maybe my breathing was a comfort to her as well. We were never able to keep each other from making bad decisions, not completely, but at least when we made those bad decisions, we were together."

Rating: 3.5/5

The First Thanksgiving

"Erica and her mother were with me in the kitchen while I browned the flour in the roasting pan, but they never seemed to get it. And I never taught them because I loved them. I wanted to be invited back."

Rating: 3.5/5

Three Fathers

“...If he had any gaping holes in his life, I was never for an instant made to feel they were mine to fill."

Rating: 5/5

I love how she described her experiences from each father and how it affected her. Especially Darrell.

I will be rating this per essay, so far, I love it.

Introduction: Essays Never Die

As for death, I have remained lucky. Its indifference has never waned, though surely it will circle back for me later. Death always thinks of us eventually. The trick is to find the joy in the interim, and make good use of the days we have.

Rating: (idk, I will reread this again later, it's been a while)

I read this for the shits and giggles but I ended up enjoying more than I should be

I have high hopes on this one

I still don't understand what's happening, but I am intrigued.

There are way too many characters in this story

Filipino myth rep? Lezgo?

Death telling you to use a condom lmao

Death as your dad, that's fun. Also Fox calling him Papa sounds so cute.

"Too logically? I thought the female crime I was supposed to avoid was thinking about magic emotionally."

Yes go off, queen.

I honestly love Carra

Oh? There's romance???

I don't wanna jinx myself, but I sense a 5 star read.

I can see why they say that this is for Fullmetal Alchemist fans

"It’s much easier to tell yourself you’re a good person than it is to actually be one.”

The magic system in this is interesting to the point that I actually take my time to understand what they are saying.

The victim of sexism and the victim of racism became friends. I like where this is going. (*trying to not spoil anything pt.9999*)

Yoooo the sexism

MC felt like a woman in stem irl, I feel for her