This was such a moving, beautiful mix between a slice of life (astronaut style) and a reverent existential pondering of what the purpose of space travel is, and exploration in general.
I admit I got a little teary in the end - gorgeous writing from Becky Chambers, as always. I’ll be thinking about this one for a while. 🥹✨🩵🪐🚀

Alright so I needed to read this in longer stretches and not at night and that finally hooked me🤗 This book was absolutely fascinating - very cerebral, dream/trancelike in many parts, with the slow dawning kind of dread/horror that something isn’t as it seems to Piranesi.
I won’t make it a spoiler review but this was so good! The pace was a lot slower than I expected, and tbh was often so relaxing I’d fall straight to sleep at night if I was reading late.
Personally I found it’s best read in big chunks/or just a sitting or two and not when I’m sleepy😅
Piranesi was a gentle soul that I came to love very much🥹 So glad I finally read this, it’s a unique experience and I’m glad I pushed through the slow beginning and kept going!✨

Heartstopper is very near and dear to my heart. It was the first show I watched when I came out to myself after leaving behind my extremely conservative christian upbringing in my mid-20’s. It really helped me as I unlearned old toxic beliefs and learned to accept myself for who I really am, not the mask I had relied on to survive.

Reading the graphic novel was so lovely - Oseman’s art is simple and yet full of heart (no pun intended;)). It was interesting to see the graphic novel end sooner than season 1 did in the show. And I’m so impressed with how well done the show is and how closely it matches up to the graphic novel thus far.
I read Solitaire before this which was a nice intro, and I can’t wait to finish the series and read Alice Oseman’s other books🤗