Status Updates From The Authenticity Project

Honestly it’s a little slow but not to the point where it isn’t interesting to read

Definitely a winter read oops

"You have such energy. You're like the sun. When you're interested in someone, you turn your rays toward them and they luxuriate in your warmth. But then you turn somewhere else, leaving them in the shadow, and they spend all their energy trying to re-create the memory of the light."

"He had a rather uncomfortable sensation that he only really existed in the eye of the beholder, that when he stopped being noticed, he actually stopped being. Did that make him horribly shallow? And if so, did it matter?"

"All those passions she'd had when she was younger, the things that had made her heart race and filled her dreams, all abandoned in favor of working hard, being sensible, planning for the future."

"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift."

"Perhaps the compulsion to fill every inch of space was because it made him feel less alone, or because every single object was imbued with memories of happier times, and the objects had proven more reliable than the people."

Love!

I hate this book

For all his idiosyncrasies and imperfections, he really was the most extraordinary person Monica had ever met.

Of all the cafés in all the world, she was terribly grateful he’d chosen hers.

“Well, if anyone can persuade the People’s Republic of China to change their policy, I’m sure it’s Mrs. Wu. Oh, it’s all so wonderful,” said Monica, realizing that, possibly for the first time, she was nothing but genuinely pleased to hear news of another wedding.

i KNEW they’d end up together!!!

And then, an uncomfortable realization: perhaps it was he who’d destroyed it—that luminescence.

oh my GOD??????

He forced his concentration back to the mindless chitchat about mutual acquaintances, soulless places, and pointless status symbols.

It feels like everyone has a piece of me except for myself.

Solid chance I’ll have it finished in time for book club 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

Will I finish it by book club on Thursday? I have my doubts 😂🤷🏻‍♀️

Decided I’m just going to read it super fast so I never think about it again

Resisting the urge to dnf so bad

Al inicio esta medio pesado, pero ya vamos agarrandole el gusto.

“Excuse me. No dogs on seats. He’ll have to sit on the floor,” he said to Julian.
“He’s not a dog,” said Julian.
“What is he then?” asked the conductor.
“He’s my muse.”
“No muses on seats either,” replied the conductor.

Is there a plot

I think i could read all 300 pages today (not because it’s good)(it’s fine)

Why do British people use words like bugger and bloke

I am not sure why but I am definitely not loving this book so far lol. But it was highly recommended so I guess I’ll keep reading to see if it gets any better.

Over the years, carpets, curtains, and furnishings, chosen by her mother for their availability and price rather than beauty, had combined to create a contrasting, clashing, riot of pattern and color.

All the festive televisual jollity had driven him back to bed with a cold tin of baked beans, a fork, and a bowlful of regrets.

If you couldn’t wear Westwood on Christmas Day, then when could you?

Monica’s stomach lurched as if she were on a roller coaster—pleasure and fear so bound together that she didn’t know where one ended and the other began.