Hi Boundlings!

I know there are lots of olders like me here who won’t need this explained, but for the youths, back in the days of dial-up internet, we would sit on our desktop computer in the living room on AOL Instant Messenger. If you needed to get up for any reason, you could just sign off (cue door slam sound effect), or, if you really wanted attention like moi, you could leave a super angsty away message that tells everyone how you really feel while also being vague AF (the precursor to the already historical phenomenon known as “vaguebooking”). Usually this away message was song lyrics and/or quotes from cultural touchpoints such as The Office and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, but I think quotes from books could work, too.

I was thinking… maybe we could leave away messages here, and recommend books to each other based on tHe ViBeZ?

Mine’s in the comments 😘

I got to sing (scream) along to this song with Ms. Hayley Williams back in May and it was the best night ever, but… that 37th bday is fast approaching so I was thinking to myself, my opportunities to use these lyrics are dwindling 😂

Did you ever get triggered in a book by something you were not expecting?

(coming next : tw for food and weight talk)

I've been reading Bailey Bangs her Brother's Best Friend (very good, btw) and there's a little scene between Bailey and her mom in which her mom comments on how much bluberries she ate and how the banana in her bag is basically "a sugar stick" and how they're just worried about her and how she'll pack grilled chicken and salad for her "because lean protein". And that false "we're just worried about you" when really it's just that your mother thinks you don't look thin enough hit me way harder than I expected. Hard enough I had to come here and let it out because oof, new trigger unveiled! It's a tiny scene, not even a full page, but damn it packed a punch.