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What has everyone been reading / playing / watching lately? Also, for people who reply do you prefer this question during the middle of the week or the weekend weekly thread haha.
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My update is LENGTHY today.
Reading: I finished 3 books! Chlorine by Jade Song, Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica, and The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw.
**Chlorine** I found very compelling. I never was a student athlete but was in a similarly high-stress environment when I was in high school. So some of it was very wow I felt that but also like… wow that’s a lot lol. It was wild and I enjoyed it for the most part! It was very engrossing to me so it was a quick read. If you are at all squeamish, it gets quite descriptive so I’d suggest caution!
**Tender is the Flesh** was something that came on my radar because everyone was talking about the cannibalism book that made them sick, made them rethink eating meat, etc. Overall, it is a big meh from me. I understand what it was trying to do, but personally, for me I didn’t find it very shocking or effective. Additionally I saw the ending coming a mile away.
I picked up **The Salt Grows Heavy** because I guess I wanted more goriness (also more mermaids) haha. I really, really enjoyed this short little novella! It had some of the most beautiful and evocative prose I’ve read lately. I, for one, am grateful for e-readers and their built-in dictionaries because I was looking up words a lot. It never came off as “SAT word of the day” to me like some books can, maybe because this high-level vocab was truly entwined throughout the writing instead of just peppered in seemingly randomly. Some people may think it’s too purple prosey but idk I liked it haha. Out of these three, this was definitely the most intense body horror / gore wise. Loved the ending – it got me misty eyed whew. Above all else, I am a sap.
Playing: I finished Radiant Tale! My ranking of routes is >!Ion > Paschalia > Vilio > Radie > Zafora!<. Overall I really liked it. For being a game that I really only ever saw described as fairly light-hearted it got pretty dark?! Yeah sure, there are no bad ends but >!two of the ‘normal ends’ are absolutely cut from the ‘bad end’ cloth imo. I’m a bad end enjoyer so this is not me complaining lol. It just surprised me, especially in comparison to the other normal ends!<.
I’m probably gonna just be going through the routes I haven’t played in Jack Jeanne for now – I only have three left! I don’t want to start any completely unplayed games since the October onslaught is coming haha. Maybe I’ll get around to playing some non-otome too. 🤔
Watching: Gonna need to figure out what to watch once My Happy Marriage ends this upcoming week. 😔 It would be nice if it gets another season!
The past couple of weeks, I’ve actually been teaching myself KPop choreo. I’m by no means rhythmically adept but it’s an itch I just got to scratch. It’s frustrating at times not being able to get it at first but getting it done is nice. Right now I feel like I just got Super by Seventeen down and I just got Seven memorized.
Wishing my fellow Jewish ARMYs a sweet and happy new year! שנה טובה ומתוקה 🍎🍯
u/bonanderson and I were looking everywhere for the most recent issue of *POP Magazine* featuring V. It seemed to be sold out everywhere. BUT we managed to find copies for sale on eBay AND it was reasonably priced.
Of course, I know the circumstances were very different but I really wish Jin had managed to have a magazine cover, not only because of the pictures but for the interview.