mango talkies

when i watched season 1, i was delighted that crowley and aziraphale were portrayed as 'obviously together but not exactly in a traditionally human sense'. i was really hoping that it would continue.

them repeating the notion of 'our car', 'our bookshop', 'carving out a precious, peaceful, fragile existence for us', 'we could've been us' and their loud micro-expressions during the alpha centauri conversation, or when crowley finally tries to communicate with aziraphale was more than enough to portray how much they need and love each other's existence.

the kiss, personally, was underwhelming and slightly unreal. i didn't need it, but i'm not necessarily complaining about it. their body language during the scene also helped amplify the angst of their situation. i highly doubt the kiss would've happened if everything was well and good, so i'm not complaining.

watching aziraphale and crowley watch gabriel and beelzebub get their happy ending was an excellent touch of heartache.

first i have booklists, which open up to the main reading list but filtered according to the subjects of the booklist - i need this section because i’m very interested in history and natural sciences but they aren’t really my academic subjects, only design studies is. my goal is to read atleast one of each every month.

then i have a gallery of my current reads and books i’d like to read next

after that is my main reading list, a huge database. it’s still under progress, i have to add in a lot more books here (both read and unread).

i add in specific tags that i use to filter my booklists (like indian history, recommended fiction, design list etc.).

i also have a Why Read? property where i have ‘descriptive’ tags for times when i need convincing to read the book

i’ve seen people have a rating column as well, but since i don’t rate books generally i didn’t bother adding it.

the checkbox is for owned books.

lastly is the gallery of books i’m done reading, for this year and all-time.

it’s pretty basic and not fancy at all. but it works for me.

sometimes it takes a little effort to maintain it, like adding the book covers and updating the list often. although, now and then it feels good to look at the complete page. i get a sense of accomplishment even though a vast majority of these books are unread. good to see them all in one place.

the mornings have been cloudy with the sun occasionally peeking out.

i visited a partially crowded waterfall river that had a small temple perched in it’s centre - the waterfall is named after the goddess in the temple, an ancestral tutelary deity. watching the water cascade and splash within the space they’ve created among the rocks was insanely therapeutic.

reading has been chaotic:

began ruined by design by mike monteiro; it’s a required reading for my upcoming semester and i have so many questions. definitely setting the tone for the semester though.

making good progress on we the drowned by jensten carsen - again, lots of thoughts. it’s agonisingly slow and it’s not a book i can binge-read; still get excited to continue it everyday.

kept things fall apart and flight of deities on hold because i figured they need more attention and focus than i can give right now.