June 2026 Wrap-Up & Favorites

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Hello fellow reader! We're already halfway through and I suddenly decided to start a side quest. The side quest is to watch all Ghibli films starting with Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind to their latest The Boy and The Heron. So far it goes great. I discovered some old but gold titles.

May 2026 Wrap-Up & Favorites

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Hello fellow readers! In the last wrap-up post I wrote that I was busy planning and researching for a trip. It's a two-weeks Japan trip in May. I didn't read anything because I was busy enjoying my trip (and watching films and series in between). This post will mostly be about my Japan trip.

April 2026 Wrap-Up & Favorites

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Hi fellow readers! my April was filled with planning and researching since I was going on a trip in May. So I only read one book and it's a reread. I want to call it a comfort read but the title kind of makes me sound creepy if I call it a comfort. Let's leave it at that.

March 2026 Wrap-Up & Favorites

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Hello fellow readers! We're in the third month of the year now. I'm feeling pretty good on my reading. Though the books I read in March are mostly Penguin Minis but it's still progress, isn't it?

[Review] Stories of Your Life and Others - Ted Chiang

Title of Book: Stories of Your Life and Others

Author: Ted Chiang
Publisher: Picador
Publication Year: 2020
Language: English
Format: Paperback
Pages: 338