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Cozy Fantasy
Japanese Literary Fiction
Level 9
My Taste
Skulduggery Pleasant (Skulduggery Pleasant, #1)
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate, #1)
The Plans I Have for You
Howl’s Moving Castle (Howl’s Moving Castle, #1)
Project Hail Mary
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Territory of Light
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The Anxious Person's Guide to Non-Monogamy: Your Guide to Open Relationships, Polyamory and Letting Go
47%
Lo que pasa es que te quiero: Poemas de amor y desamor
31%

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  • Territory of Light
    Thoughts from 57% -- Mid Chapter 7

    Up to this point, I'm sure of two things:

    • The MC's daughter is represented as the light in her life, what keeps her going amongst the darkness.
    • Japan really has a problem with divorce 🤣
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  • Territory of Light
    Thoughts from 30% -- Up to Chapter 4

    Reading this book for a second time, it's giving me the opportunity to properly enjoy the story and the writing style 😍

    For now, I'm really enjoying the inner monologue of the MC, you can really see her inner turmoil with her daughter, her first time living on her own, and the issues with her husband (a very annoying man 🙄)

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    Territory of Light

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  • The Dilemmas of Working Women: Stories
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    Jun 22, 2026
    The Dilemmas of Working Women: Stories
    4.0
    Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 4.0Characters: 3.5Plot: 4.0
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    Overall a pretty interesting read, the different stories depicted pretty well what it means to be a woman going through difficult moments in life (an illness, depression, routine turned into indifference...), except for the last story which confused me 🤣

    All in all, I really liked the writing style, soft but powerful, and even if the apathy of most MCs left me cold, I enjoyed seeing how their stories developed into powerful moments.

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  • The Dilemmas of Working Women: Stories
    Thoughts from 100% -- A Tomorrow Full Of Love

    To be honest, the last story left me pretty cold, I didn't understand why the MC was a man instead of a woman, and because of the depiction of Sumie through his eyes, it was difficult to understand the goal of the author behind this story: to see how men can love women secretly? How sometimes someone we deem "weird" is not really so? It was a bit lacking 😅

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    Thoughts from 38% -- "Planaria"

    It's heartbreaking to see how people expect someone who's gone through cancer to "get back on their feet" even though the person has to suffer the aftereffects from the surgery and the following medical care... I sympathise with the MC of the story, cancer isn't something you easily forget, and it may be something that indeed shapes your mentality and your life post-surgery.

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    Thoughts from 20% -- "Naked"

    I didn't expect the harsh judgement that the MC of this story receives just because of not working, as someone who's been unemployed for a long time I'd get sad then mad 😭

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  • Like This, But Funnier
    valkyrie_221B
    Jun 19, 2026
    Like This, But Funnier
    2.0
    Enjoyment: 2.5Quality: 3.0Characters: 2.0Plot: 1.5
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    I'm so sorry for the toilet emoji, but girl, we had no business learning about Caroline's toilet issues, it added zero information to the plot 😬

    Spoilers ahead everyone!

    Overall, I was not a fan of this book: I want to think it was an attempt at "sad girl lit", but it did not deliver at all for me. It felt like it wanted to touch many issues in Caroline's life, and it did so without succeeding. The MC was so, so, so self deprecating and saw herself as the ultimate victim, so it was very hard for me to connect and root for her (the irony, since that's her problem with the script she's writing).

    For the "romantic interests", why was Raf there? He added absolutely nothing to the plot beyond being a dick, and Harry...was sort of a dick too? I mean, this guy knew Caroline didn't want to have kids and yet kept insisting on the freezing process, that's nasty in my eyes.

    The only character I really liked was Nicole, and yet her storyline fully depended on Caroline's. Once the later decides to cut communication, that's the last we see of Nicole, it was a shame.

    Finally, the ending...she ends up as a teacher? Really? She went for "those who can't do, teach", but how could you be a teacher with such low self esteem and value of your work 🤣

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