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Digging through my sims files and found my favorite alien Xena Ao xD

He did have a special charm to him.

Unsure of what else to say, I simply nodded.

Okay, the free snow cones are pretty good.

Nothing really leisurely about it. Still, I needed to get out of the house more.

They sent me a check of $3,000. Not enough to live off of, but at least now I can live in something a bit better than a shack. At least I had a stove.

It was a helpful reminder to know that I was free like them.

To celebrate, I spend the day at the beach. It didn't cost anything, and it made me forget my troubles...just for a bit.

Potential is not going to pay the bills. I needed to get a job.

My sketchpad will probably be the only thing keeping me sane in the days to come.

Getting things ready for next year! Going to put a couple stat spreads and then this will be all set for January! #bookjournal #readingjournal #books #bookstagram #reading #bulletjournal #bulletjournaling #bujo #journaling https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl4PJcdJKnO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I got this book through Amazon First Reads and it took me a couple of years to get to it, but here we are! I wanted to like this book and I did during the first 25% of it. I was invested in the mystery, trying to figure out the “why”, the “who” and I was actively trying to engage in some of the guesswork, but there was just a few things that just held me back. Every little thing was explained in such excruciating detail. We got a step by step on the protagonist folding a piece of paper, we even got super unnecessary details on how the calender and contacts apps work on an android. It was almost as if the author thought the readers were stupid and we’ve never seen a smart phone in our lives or been on the internet. Not to mention the dialogue/plot are full of clichés. There’s no real challenge and things just happen to work out for our main guy. I think I shouted “things don’t work like that” a bunch of times. Things felt rushed after a certain point and a plot point that could have been really interesting seemed to have been abandoned. Once I reached a certain point in the novel, I had no desire to continue reading when I got there, but I was determined. I won’t be continuing the series and if you like this book and author, good for you but neither are for me. Rating: ⭐️ #readingjournal #journaling #bujo #bulletjournal #reading #bookstagram #books #booklover #bookcommunity #booksofinstagram #readingtime #bookblogger https://www.instagram.com/p/ClxJq7DrTaw/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=