"It was a wonder that mortals accomplished anything at all when they had to sleep, eat, clothe themselves, and do another thousand small tasks besides. At least eating was a pleasure, even if it had to be done for sustenance."

It really is hard out here being human 😭 No one ever mentioned how much time sleeping, eating, and clothing yourself actually takes up! I can barely manage it most days myself (though eating really does help)

So I picked up Yellowface again after a break and after seeing it on my timeline, I realized, nope this is a read for me. There's actually two books I'm reading fully and completely for myself: Yellowface and Hell Followed With Us. I really don't care about other people's opinions and have nothing to really say about those books to other people.

Do you guys have books like that? Ones you're tracking on here but realized, no actually, I don't want to post on the forum about this and I don't really want to hear other people talk about it.

I don't know if I would have realized that on an app like tiktok or goodreads. I really feel like this app has slowed me down and helped me process instead of content farm. I'm doing things for me and myself alone instead of engagement. I hope I'm making sense! Also you don't have to share exactly what books they are if they're too personal, I'm just wondering if anyone else is going through the same thing!

"I was trapped here, for humanity's own selfish purposes, and now they ruined the same world they wanted me to bless."

Gosh that was beautiful. Barely started the book and there's already such an interesting reflection on humans and humanity. I'm moved by the beautiful writing of this author.