February Reading Journal entry! For this month, I read Book Lovers by Emily Henry. I was originally planning to read Neon Gods by Katee Robert but I found out that it’s a series and I’m afraid I can’t commit on reading a series since I have a lot on my plate for this semester with my Undergraduate Research and preparations for practicum. I just randomly searched for a list of Romance Books in Good Reads and picked the best synopsis that caught my attention. Luckily, I picked Book Lovers because I really enjoyed reading the whole of it.
One of my most favorite lines from the books is,
Maybe love shouldn’t be built on a foundation of compromises, but maybe it can’t exist without them either. Not the kind that forces two people into shapes they don’t fit in, but the kind that loosens their grips, always leaves room to grow. Compromises that say, there will be a you-shaped space in my heart, and if your shape changes, I will adapt.
also i find it deeply funny that in tsc andrew is just kevin’s pet goalkeeper and kevin’s pet monster and “that creepy little goalkeeper” when he takes up soooo much space in aftg in literally every fucking scene. even when he isn’t physically present he’s taking up space on the page because neil won’t stop thinking about him. then u get inside jean’s head and he’s like yeah aaron minyard is uninteresting outside of his outstanding murder charge and andrew is also there
If only I could meet someone new. I guess my chances of that happening are somewhat diminished, seeing that I'm incapable of making eye contact with a woman I don't know.