I Can't Take The Pain

Everything did not go as planned, surprise-surprise.

the Opening™ will be Wednesday. Dealz still apply as informed

so when's the opening :3 ?

Who gave it away!

This Friday, if everything goes even slightly according to plan. Not a big event tho, gotta mind <*rona. Special deals ‘till Sunday the 13th

Got any favorite animals?

Plenty! Highland cattle, octopi and pretty fish, dogs, goats, tigers.. I could go on.

2023

<- 2022

January

finished: 2 books +kids' stuff | avg. rating: 3.5 stars favorite: a 1954 Toivo Pekkanen -collection

February

finished: 3 books | avg. rating: 3.33..3 stars favorite: Kaikki tiet vie koomaan 2021 by Riina Aho, tho these were all thinkers in that bad-good way

March

finished: 4 books | avg. rating: 3.5 stars favorite: The Wicked Hour 2020 by Alice Blanchard ?

April

finished: 2 books | avg. rating: 3.5 stars favorite: The Ballad of Black Tom 2016 by Victor LaValle

May

finished: Tuliaiset Moskovasta 2009 by Matti Rönkä | 3 stars

June

finished: 2 poetry collections & a play | avg. rating: 3.66..67 stars favorite: Midsummer Night's Dream 1595 by William Shakespeare, specifically the Matti Rossi translation (Finnish)

July ???

August

finished: 2 books | avg. rating: 3 stars favorite: Minä-nainen 1961 by Siv Holm

September

finished/re-read: 3 books | avg. rating: 3.33..3 stars favorite: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 1950 by C.S. Lewis

October

finished: Jääkaksoset 2015 by S.K. Tremayne | 4 stars this was recommended by one of my sisters, and I'm glad I had a story for the road, but damn

November

finished: 2 books | avg. rating: 3.5 stars favorite: Jane Eyre 1847 by Charlotte Brontë (but it's complicated)

December

finished: 2 books | avg. rating: 3 stars favorite: The Silver Chair 1953 by C.S. Lewis ?

~28/25 books finished. good year -lots of hits. let's see in 2024 I'll figure out more practical & satisfying ways to keep track

Goodreads

I made these pride-colored versions of my avatar and then almost forgot to actually use/post them anywhere 🤷🏻‍♀️😅

Happy Midsummer's💘🍀🥂

Twitter: Is it just me, or does anyone else *common, relatable concept*?

Tumblr: Is it just me, or do you guys *super specific abstract*?

comments: y e s

no one should be wealthy, no one should go hungry & no one should suffer against their will ♥️

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