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    I Got a Library Card // Random Rambling

    I honestly don’t know why I’m writing about this relatively unremarkable occasion, but until a few weeks ago, a library card was a foreign concept to me. In a way, it still is. I come from a place that does not have a strong (or existing) “library culture”. Unless you attend a private school, you’d be hard pressed to have access to a good library. And because that’s the norm where I’m from, it never occurred to me when I came to the U.S for uni that there’d be working public libraries. And so, I never had any reason to look for one in my area. In case you’re wondering,…

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    Mood Reading at its Finest || Where I’ve Been

    When this year started, I made a list of my most anticipated book releases of 2019. Knowing myself, I made no promise to actually read those books. But I planned to. The hope was that I’d make no promises so that if I eventually did succeed in reading them all, I’d post a 2019 wrap-up talking about it. Alas, we’re now in the second half of 2019, and I’ve only read one of those books. I have access to quite a few of them; I’ve just not read them. Because mood reading. I usually call it a reading slump (because that’s what it feels like) but the truth is, I’ve…