taking a chance on another Murakami book since a friend gifted me it. i hope the women are written better than in Norwegian Wood 😭

I honestly don’t mind this style of dialogue. It is so natural for my brain to follow. What does that say about me?

Neva (Fern's real name): Snow (Spanish), white spirit (Celtic) Parcae (the librarian): The female personifications of destiny, who directed the lives and deaths of humans and gods in Ancient Roman mythology (often referred to as 'The Fates'). Decima (the black dog): One of the Parcae/Fates, who measured the thread of life to determine how long someone lived. Also associated with childbirth. I'm halfway in - did you spot any more?

"Orgasms are easy to fake and make both parties feel better. Do a good deed today." I don't agree with the faking orgasms advice, but the phrasing of do a good deed made me laugh so much 😂😂

Okay… I put it off for a bit, but I’m ready to start! I find it fascinating how polarizing Sally Rooney’s books are. I cannot quite put my finger on what it is. But here we go.

This is SUCH an English class book.

I’m really excited to join in such a huge read along, I’m going in pretty blind. I can’t wait to share my thoughts and see what you all think!

I am easily distracted, and easily influenced by cute things. I was scrolling on tiktok last night, and Hank Green starts telling me about a bean in my phone. So obv I'm interested. It's an app called Focus Friend. And there's a bean who loves knitting. But it get's distracted when I'm on my phone. So I set a timer for being off my phone, and in that time, the bean can knit socks and scarves. And then I can trade those in for cute things for the bean's room. It's adorable, I love it. I called mine Venus, and I would already die for her. It's made to help focus on work and school. But I figured it'd be good for us readers as well. To focus on the book, and not get up for every little notification on your phone. The bean needs to knit!