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Okay so normally I don't comment about my silly hockey books... but I'm only 60% through and already sobbing so I'm cooked

I forget how much I love quotation marks until I read Rooney, but loving the book nevertheless!

My friends on Goodreads: reading thought provoking literature and non-fiction
Me: Speed reading hockey romcoms to escape the tragic dumpster-fire that are the 2025 Toronto Maple Leafs

Suzanne, you're EVIL. This is comparable to her Gregor the Overlander era - EVIL work

# academic-ing

crying, sobbing, devastated

Winn, that was VIOLENT, pure emotional VIOLENCE

I sense pain and tears in my future... I also sense top 5 book of the year...

The Scene: Holly and I at McNally Jackson. Rain is pouring.

We both want a book. We ironically pick up this book. I ironically purchase it. I am now traumatized.

I am still less than 50% through.

# trauma # more trauma

In case anyone was wondering (no one was wondering), here are my top 5 books of 2023 :)

(These are too different to rank)
T-1: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
T-1: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
T-1: Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart

T-4: Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

T-5: Swimming in the Dark by Tomasz Jedrowski

Honorary Mention: The Stone Face by William Garnder Smith

For the record, I am reading this ironically and because @ Holly Sexton said this was the most ridiculous and absurd book ever written (but is apparently entertaining)

... getting attached, this is very bad

The writing is terrible; the plot resembles a rip-off of Seven Kingdoms, Eragon, and other dragon books. And yet I'm still reading.

Screaming, crying

Girlie, JE is NOT the best college 😭😭😭

feeling emotions <33

It's time besties 🥰