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“It is a hallmark of failing societies, I’ve learned, this requirement that one always be in possession of a valid reason to exist.”

My stomach is in knots 💔

Friendship love can be so strong ❤️

“I loved her. I would always love her. That was far more important than the men we were to marry.”

“But every family in the seaside villages of Jeju was most grateful for the birth of a daughter, because she would always be a provider.”

“The higher you climb with ease where you’re not wanted, the less you are who you truly are.”

“‘You know what I realized? I just never met someone like you.’”

✨24-Hour Read-A-Thon✨

🕰️Time elapsed: 24:02
📖Book(s): Crying in H Mart ❤️, The Dragon Republic 💙, Before the Coffee Gets Cold 🩵, Start With Why ❤️ & Everything is Tuberculosis 💛

It took 5 chaotic days, but just like that the read-a-thon is complete!

I’ll of course keep reading Crying in H Mart ✨

✨24-Hour Read-A-Thon✨

🕰️Time elapsed: 22:55
📖Book(s): Crying in H Mart ❤️

Happy birthday to me 🎂

Happy Thanksgiving 🍂

And happy final day of the read-a-thon (hopefully) ✨. Just over one more hour of reading to go!

✨24-Hour Read-A-Thon✨

🕰️Time elapsed: 17:52
📖Book(s): Before the Coffee Gets Cold 🩵 & Crying in H Mart ❤️

A ton of ups and downs today with errands, but I was able to finish Before the Coffee Gets Cold ☕️

To make myself feel better after the chaos, I made some chocolate chip banana bread 🍞

Up next - Crying in H Mart!

✨24-Hour Read-A-Thon✨

🕰️Time elapsed: 16:41
📖Book(s): Before the Coffee Gets Cold 🩵

Over 2/3 of the way through the read-a-thon. I have a few errands to run today in prep for Thanksgiving 🦃🍂, so we’ll see how much more reading I get done today 🤞🏾

✨24-Hour Read-A-Thon✨

🕰️Time elapsed: 15:28
📖Book(s): The Dragon Republic 💙

Day 4! Give it up for day 4!

Finally Rin is starting to grow a back bone.

✨24-Hour Read-A-Thon✨

🕰️Time elapsed: 14:18
📖Book(s): The Dragon Republic 💙

Finishing the night with The Dragon Republic. Less than 10 more hours to go!

✨24-Hour Read-A-Thon✨

🕰️Time elapsed: 13:10
📖Book(s): Before the Coffee Gets Cold 🩵

One-third of the way through Before the Coffee gets cold. I’ve found that the story doesn’t really pick up until ~page 50, as there is a ton of explaining and re-explaining the concept of the setting in the beginning. Regardless, I liked how the end of the first short story played out.

✨24-Hour Read-A-Thon✨

🕰️Time elapsed: 12:08
📖Book(s): Start With Why ❤️ & Before the Coffee Gets Cold 🩵

Over half way through the read-a-thon!

I’ve finished Start With Why (def a future re-read) - now on to Before the Coffee Gets Cold 🏃🏾‍♀️‍➡️