BookishWolfe
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I recently discovered I enjoy reading to rain or fireplace sounds (open to any other cozy non-music suggestions) but am conflicted as I’m using YouTube to find the sounds I like and worry I may be unknowingly supporting AI-created content. Does anyone have any creators/sources for this type of noise that are created by humans?
Story of My Life
Lucy Score
Presently, I am so stressed I could burst. My mind is a constant anxious churn lately - so naturally, I turn to reading (when everything calms and I have time) to feel somewhat at peace. But I’m struggling to read actively anymore. Where before I may have questioned things, pondered, reflected, researched, now I just read passively. I’m still very much enjoying the books, but it feels like my mind is half switched off at the same time.
Has anyone else experienced this sudden switch, and did you come out of it? Any tips? I’d love to actually discuss the books I’m reading again, but fishing that level of focus out of myself seems like a monumental task.
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Till Summer Do Us Part
Meghan Quinn
This is the only line that has made me laugh and I don’t see that changing, this book is a train wreck 😭
“I fucking hate side eye. Just look at me with regular eyes.”
There is something about “just look at me with regular eyes” that is the perfect amount of petulant and I kind of love it
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I’ve read old favorites when I’ve been in this headspace. Still allows for “active distraction “ but isn’t completely new so the amount of mental effort is less and you can go to your comfort books