Saz

"Many people think that death is the end. The ending of pain, of hate, of love. But these things are not so easy to erase. Any kind of wanting leaves a scar."

Bat Eater - Kylie Lee Baker
5/5 🦇

Absolutely spectacular from start to finish, unbelievably original and fresh. Couldn't recommend enough.

"You have to play the system. They think you’re weak and girly? Act weak and girly. Use their own prejudices against them. Then when they’re not looking, cut their fucking throats."

Sweetpea - C.J Skuse
3/5 🔪

Honestly? Started off a slog for me but ended up worth it in the end. A fun book all in.

"It’s weird how easily you can get to know someone from the traces they leave behind when they go."

The Flatshare - Beth O'Leary
3/5 🛏️

Not my usual thing at all - read for part of a book group expecting to hate it but I have to admit it has me really sucked in at times!

"I've never really not written, never not had another world of my own making to escape to, never known how to be in this world without most of my soul dreaming up and living in another."

Bunny - Mona Awad
2.5/5 🐇

Desperately wanted to love this after Rouge, but it just didn't hit for me.

"He was withering. To wither is not the same as to break; to break is to have pieces to put back together, and to wither is to dry up, to wilt, to lose bone, to die, and death is the most boring."

Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova - 5/5 🖤

Sixth book of the year and such a standout. Amazing.

Haven't worn this dress in a couple of years, kind of forgot it existed until Friday night.

"Happiness is an incredibly rare and dangerous emotion. I'm someone who can't bear the fall from happiness to despair. I need a safety net to prepare for it since the higher I climb, the greater my injuries will be when I fall. That's what's so frightening"

Walking Practice - Dolki Min
4/5 👽

"Power is not a material possession that can be given. Power is the ability to act and that must always be taken, for no one will ever give that power to you."

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls - Grady Hendrix 5/5 🧹

Book no 4 of the year by my favourite author was something special 🖤

New tattoo day! #dracula #tattoo

"You always know the truth, because when you cut yourself or someone else with it, there's always a bloody show"

Stephen King - The Body.

Book number 3 of the year hit me harder than expected for something I picked up on a whim. 4.5/5 ⭐

Now to watch Stand By Me!

I'm so confused by the Until Dawn movie trailer? It's nothing like the game, story wise at least? Why bother honestly

Some people text their ex when they're drunk. Me? I text my tattoo artist 🫠 guess I'm getting another tattoo thanks v much drunk saz

"Only bad religions depend on mysteries, just as bad governments depend on secret police."

Poor Things - Alasdair Gray

2nd book of the year down. Unsure how I felt about this one to be honest... Review still pending.

Got my library card for my local library only to discover it shuts in February for renovations... And will reopen in two years hahahaha

This is tough - bg3 and Alan Wake 2 came to mind but nothing beats ffx for me

"You were such a lonely little girl, weren't you? Whispering to grass. Befriending sticks. Dreaming yourself into movies and books. Every screen, every page, like a door to another world, remember?"

Rouge - Mona Awad.

What a wonderful first read of the year 🌹🥀

Desperately craving a little weekend away from here

I die a little inside whenever I see someone posting pretending to be their animal in like "cutesy" words it's 2025 and you are an adult

I've settled on giving Nosferatu a 7.5 ⭐ - points off for Lilly Depp doing my box in, the moustache and the ending but my god it was a beautiful movie

Going to wrap Christmas presents tonight, so basically, I'm going to do battle with my cats for a few hours before having to hide presents from them because they will just assume it's all for them to rip open

If people don't like a game, I don't understand why they constantly talk about it? When I don't like something, I put my effort in avoiding it instead of engaging with it. Makes me wonder if these people have no personality outside of what they hate.

Maybe should have said more of a bitch 🤷🏻‍♀️

Don't really do new year resolutions but next year I'm determined to stop putting out what I don't get back /giving energy to people I don't get back/ putting in effort that's not appreciated or reciprocated. Tried before and failed. Just gonna be a bitch in 2025 tbh tired of being empty.

So so so so tired physically and emotionally I would just like to have a big long sleep some time soon please

can't stop laughing at "Mangione played a game about assassins called Among Us". hope if i ever snap there are headlines like "she played a game about killing the pope called Final Fantasy XIV Online: Heavensward"

Church has zero concept of personal space

I did it btw!

I'm going to change this

"My heart is a thin thing, these days - shred of paper blown between the spaces in my ribs."

Our Wives Under the Sea was wonderful. I think I felt every emotion reading it. Sometimes you read a book, purely by chance, at just the right time in your life. This was one of those instances for me.

Going to go to the library on my lunch break to get my physical library card - writing it on here so I actually go!