Jaime Leigh > Recent Status Updates

TW:Depression, loneliness, suicidal thoughts/wishes, parents divorce, intense negative self thoughts, feelings of being useless and worthless

All of the side characters in this section sound soooo bad. Most of the are women and are too highly pitched, one sounds like Yoda, and the school boys feel like they are pitched lower than the narrator's voice can go. The only voices that sound normal are the desk lady and the writer from the MCs old class. Feel like it's getting in the way of the story in this section, which sucks because it's good.

Just looked back and I DNFed 8 books after reading a significant amount of them. That's why it feels like so much more. But also proud that I didn't keep reading them. So my book count is closer to 35.

Really loving this books messages about being able to follow your dreams, change yourself, or your path at any time in your life. It's never too late, you're never behind or ahead, you're just on your own path and you have the power to shape that.
It's a message that resonates deeply with me and I feel like it will with a lot of people.

I feel like I've read so much more this year than I actually did. Maybe it's because I've DNFed so many this year, at least 5 or 6. Or that they've been longer. Not sure.

Yall why does Hiroya's voice for the librarian sound like Yoda? 🤣

Maybe it's a Japanese culture thing but I would really love it if we could stop describing this librarian as hideously fat or monstrous because of her weight.

Everyone should have a Madame Mizue in their lives.

I'm really glad that this book is doing an honest portrayal of the difficulties of motherhood. I feel like this section is great for moms that are told to keep the hard parts of motherhood to themselves and always be grateful for their children. I have no intentions of ever bring a mom but I have enormous amounts of respect that grows as I get older. I think a both/and mentality is much needed in the conversation.

Okay well our chapter 2 MC did demonstrated growth but I'm glad to be out of his head.

Tomoka is a cinammon roll and needs to leave this dude ASAP. He is insufferable and incredibly unlikeable.

HOLY CRAP
really?? We're going to describe a lady as so fat she could burst and continually call her Stay Puff?? That's awful!! 🤮

Ooooo. The stories overlap!

Awww. The first story was so sweet. ❤️

I'm loving the impact that this adorable children's book is having on this woman's life. It's this impact, specifically children's books, that made me want to work in children's editing. I definitely had a romanticized vision of what that job would look like, but I think I will always have a place for that dream in my heart.

I haven't been able to give this book the attention that it deserves, thanks to really bad overstimulation all week. But so far, it's so quaint and charming, but I can tell there's going to be some deeper life lessons that get taught, and I'm excited about that.

This book has been on my TBR, I think, since it was released in 2015. One of the farthest back I've had sitting. Let's see how it fairs and if I can conquer it.

She's a lady beast!! Didn't see that coming.

TW:Death of child by drowning.

This fight is cool but I'm just not attached to the big bad. I feel like they are a third tier character we didn't get to know well or see enough of. I wish it would have been someone closer to the girls that we saw more of. That may have been more obvious but I think it would have been more compelling.

I'm so close to finishing this and it's gotten so interesting that I want to push through to finish it tonight. But I am a worn out human and need sleep so I'm a be a responsible adult and go to bed.

Usually don't count textbooks towards my reading goal because I don't actually end up reading the whole thing. However, I've realized that the three TB's I've been assigned this semester I'm going to end of reading close to 90% of. Therefore, I'm counting them towards my goals and giving them mini reviews.

My favorite characters are the animals in this. Raccoons taking rain showers is adorable.

I have had a sinking feeling this new love interest was in on it and I think I'm about to be proven right. Which is kinda a bummer because I liked them!

"There is no shame in taking your time in life."
Amen Gran. 🙏

Don't mind me, just diversifying your feed with something that isn't Iron Flame 🤣