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For all my fellow oversharers out there.
As a chronic people-pleaser, this is my advice for success.
Offer as little as possible. Be terse. Get rid of all those exclamation marks and tidbits about why you want to take a sick day. State your needs clearly and concisely without reason. Start saying “No, I’m unable.” more often. Say Thank You only when the other party deserves it.
people get specific as they age
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This added so much to the story and makes Bryce's exit and betrayal at the end of part 1 wayyy more impactful. I'm genuinely shocked it was left as a bonus chapter.
Rating: 4.5/5
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All’s fair in love and poetry… New album THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT. Out April 19 🤍
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📷: Beth Garrabrant
Can't Wait Wednesday: House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J Maas.
Can't wait for what is almost definitively the most anticipated book of the year!
Thoughts here!
TAYLOR SWIFT & BEYONCÉ @ The "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour" Concert Movie World Premiere at AMC The Grove 14 on October 11, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.
Surprise!! 1989 (Taylor’s Version) is on its way to you 🔜! The 1989 album changed my life in countless ways, and it fills me with such excitement to announce that my version of it will be out October 27th. To be perfectly honest, this is my most FAVORITE re-record I’ve ever done because the 5 From The Vault tracks are so insane. I can’t believe they were ever left behind. But not for long! Pre order 1989 (Taylor’s Version) on my site 😎
This was so much fun! Review here and why you should read it: https://readingwitches.blogspot.com/2023/07/review-caraval-by-stephanie-garber-is.html
i love that kaz said to nina it ‘had to look real’ and instead of tailoring him she chose to fucking deck him
Overall season rating: 7/10
This review contains SPOILERS!
Shadow and Bone season 2 dropped earlier this month, and I finally got around to finishing it this week. And to summarize my experience in one word: it was...surprising.
the hunger games films tore out the books teeth. like it does the series such a disservice when it stands for nothing, says nothing, passes no judgement.. katniss speaks so plainly in the books about what she thinks of the capital. of what they do to her and her family and the districts. of the different worlds she witnesses as she’s straddled between 12 and the capital.. she calls it barbaric. she calls it disgusting and wrong and horrifying, over and over, and the films were like how do we market this teen romance.
like these…… are unmarketable to a production company. as they should be
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The air nipped lightly at Nesta’s exposed fingers as she drew the string of the bow back, stretching her skin painfully thin where it was already beginning to blister.
Another miss. The arrow clattered noisily as it rebounded and bounced over the granite floor, falling pitifully short of where the target stood. She cracked her neck, glaring at the ground where it lay, before marching over, plucking it up and returning back to her spot.
It had felt so natural to her before. The sting of the bow as it left her skin. The soft whoosh as it had sailed past and landed before Gwyn, saving her in the nick of time. Granted, Nesta had never really fired an Illyrian bow before, and the one and only time she’d successfully done it was in a time of panic and desperation.
No okay but imagine a pre-nessian, pre-elriel modern au where the whole archeron family’s spending the holidays together, and Rhys and Feyre are sharing a room. There are two other rooms and Cassian refuses to sleep with Azriel because he’s worried Az is going to steal his snowball fight battle plans, so Cassian and Elain share and Nesta and Azriel share. And they all know Cassian and Nesta and Azriel and Elain are in love but no one’s confessed yet so it’s just Elain listening to Cassian talk about how perfect Nesta is, and Cassian bugging Elain about needing to ‘be a strong independent woman and ask Az out,’ and Nesta and Azriel just barely speaking but each night before they go to sleep in their separate twin beds one of them asks ‘did you tell them today?’ and the other one just very quietly says ‘no. did you?’ and then they just sigh and go to sleep.
Oh god, how do I even start? I cannot even put into thoughts what I feel about this book, let alone words, but I will try.
Normal People is a story about two people whose lives become permanently entwined and entangled throughout their lives. It's about the sorrows of a life lived with a lot of missteps and regrets. There are happy moments of course, but they pale in comparison to the reality of life; the intricacies of emotions, how miscommunication and hurt and trauma and jarring transitions can accumulate and feel overwhelming.
@pscentral event 09: comfort
I have no idea what will come next. I have no idea about a lot of things these days, and so I’ve clung to the one thing that keeps me connected to you all. That thing always has and always will be music.
TAYLOR SWIFT winner of Artist of the Year, Favorite Country Album, Favorite Music Video, Favorite Female Pop Artist at the 2022 American Music Awards (November 20, 2022)
