Elvedon's Book Journey
The Vanishing Cherry Blossom Bookshop
Takuya Asakura
Elvedon commented...
31w
The Vanishing Cherry Blossom Bookshop
Takuya Asakura
Read the book with the pretty cover they said, oh yes what a beautiful book they said! FAILED TO MENTION THE GRIEVOUS HARM TO MY EMOTIONS THOUGH DIDNT THEY????
WHO is they, you ask? It’s ME. ME WHO GOT LURED IN BY THE PRETTY COVER AND THE BOOKSHOP!!!!
It really is a beautiful book though 😭 inside and out
I keep trying to enjoy cozy fiction and keep failing. Even when the coziness is drenched in grief, my mind wanders incessantly. As the cat nods and the two-dimensional girl in a pinafore monologues about books and miracles, all I can think is, "It's a short book. Surely she'll stop soon..."
This feels like a character flaw.
Should I bomb the rating as a true reflection of my experience? Or be gentle with my rating as an aspiration - "fake it till you make it" - pretending to enjoy cozy fiction to blend in and maybe, one day, become a cozy reader myself?
I want to access the beauty and comfort others experience with these books. But for now, I'm just stalking the experience.
Sigh. 3 stars, I guess.
Elvedon commented...
30w
Like vampires lurking outside a door, waiting for an invitation and never getting it.
I keep trying to enjoy cozy fiction and keep failing. Even when the coziness is drenched in grief, my mind wanders incessantly. As the cat nods and the two-dimensional girl in a pinafore monologues about books and miracles, all I can think is, "It's a short book. Surely she'll stop soon..."
This feels like a character flaw.
Should I bomb the rating as a true reflection of my experience? Or be gentle with my rating as an aspiration - "fake it till you make it" - pretending to enjoy cozy fiction to blend in and maybe, one day, become a cozy reader myself?
I want to access the beauty and comfort others experience with these books. But for now, I'm just stalking the experience.
Sigh. 3 stars, I guess.
Elvedon commented...
29w
I laughed out loud when I saw it because it really does capture the feeling so perfectly 💀
I keep trying to enjoy cozy fiction and keep failing. Even when the coziness is drenched in grief, my mind wanders incessantly. As the cat nods and the two-dimensional girl in a pinafore monologues about books and miracles, all I can think is, "It's a short book. Surely she'll stop soon..."
This feels like a character flaw.
Should I bomb the rating as a true reflection of my experience? Or be gentle with my rating as an aspiration - "fake it till you make it" - pretending to enjoy cozy fiction to blend in and maybe, one day, become a cozy reader myself?
I want to access the beauty and comfort others experience with these books. But for now, I'm just stalking the experience.
Sigh. 3 stars, I guess.
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Elvedon commented...
32w
I'm listening to the audiobook and just learned in the forum that the book had a playlist. Oh well, I thought, ignoring it. But then your post piqued my curiosity so I looked it up and yes! It fits perfectly! I can see the spiritual experience 💮