painting you say

currently splitting time between YEAR OF THE MONKEY by Patti Smith and HURRICANE SEASON by Fernanda Melchor; the former is part of my goal to clear out my physical tbr and i fear i might abandon the latter because its run-on sentence prose is too much for my brain right now
#booksky

13. IN THE ABSENCE OF MEN by Philippe Besson ⭐⭐
14. THE LOST HEIRS by Sam Prentice-Jones ⭐⭐⭐
15. MARTYR! by Kaveh Akbar ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
16. YOU WEREN'T MEANT TO BE HUMAN by Andrew Joseph White ⭐⭐⭐⭐
17. YOUNG MUNGO by Douglas Stuart ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
18. FRANKENSTEIN (1919 TEXT) by Mary Shelley ⭐⭐⭐⭐
#booksky

so in the meantime, a rating speedrun:
8. STAG DANCE by Torrey Peters ⭐⭐
9. HEARTSTOPPER VOL1 by Alice Oseman ⭐⭐⭐
10. HOW YOU GET FAMOUS by Nicole Pasulka ⭐⭐
11. MY BROTHER'S HUSBAND by Gengoroh Tagame ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
12. MARRY ME A LITTLE by Robert Kirby ⭐⭐⭐
13. OUR COLORS by Gengoroh Tagame ⭐⭐⭐
#booksky

the last time i journaled was JULY 2; i've fumbled that so hard omg - but i am still reading, albeit slowly... goodreads has me five(!!) books behind my reading goal so RIP i guess

best trek in MY opinion!

triage on standby 😭🙏🏻