Jess Shankland

Quick Reviews 📚

Recursion - Black Crouch
☆☆☆☆☆
Time is but memory. And I'm obsessed with his writing.

ACOTAR - Sarah J Maas
☆☆☆☆☆
So happy I picked these books up as they really got me back into reading and into a new genre!!!

ACOMAF - Sarah J Mass
Deserves all the stars in the Night Court! ☆+

Quick Reviews! 📚
Dearest - Jacquie Walters
☆☆
Unreliable narrator, the only spooky part of this book is the extreme PPA and PPD.

The Church Beneath the Roots - Felix Blackwell
☆☆☆☆☆
One of the best prequels ever!

Maggie's Grave - David Sodergren
☆☆☆☆☆
I'm buying all his books now. 2/2 amazing.

Finished The White Lotus season 3 and while I love every season of that show, I'm left wondering how the Ratliffs will fare when they're back home. I like, really really want to see their reactions.

When someone you took multiple writing courses with in college, 10+ years ago, publishes their work... you buy it!

Not my cat, Orphan, cosplaying as Jesse Gemstone. An uncanny resemblance.

I was nursing Elliott and petting my playful cat when the cat bit and scratched me a little too hard. I said owie!! and whimpered. And suddenly Elliott looks at me, frowns, and goes "oooh" and omg is my 14 month old baby practicing empathy already?!

Yes, they have a return policy as long as not more than 25% of the product has been used but tbh, that's more hassle than I care for. I'll take the loss this time.

Honest review here: I'm really disappointed in the quality of the toilet paper. It's not absorbant at all. It's not soft. I was really hoping for the price I'd be getting a nice quality, earth helping, product. Now I have a lot of toilet paper I'll have to find a use for that isn't for wiping.

Twice now in the past month I've had face to face conversations with people who assumed my age and said, "Well, there's no way you're 30 yet, right? You're like, maybe 27?"
Thank you. No. But thank you.
They were very surprised when I told them they were about 10 years off.

stacks of brightly colored, fun patterned, single wrapped rolls of toilet paper and boxes and tissues

Got my first subscription order of #whogivesacrap t.p. and tissues today! Super fast shipping and amazing packaging! Reduce, reuse, recycle, and be totally cute in the meantime.

I love White Lotus! Haven't started season 3 yet, but super looking forward to it!!!

I've never had any real type of anxiety before and now 3x in past 2 weeks I've experienced wild anxiety symptoms that have basically debilitated me in the moment. Over-stimulation, head spinning, eyes popping behind my lids, heavy chest. Focus and take deep breaths....

a toddler sits on the ground and rubs the tummy of a concrete Buddha statue that is wearing a tiny bowler hat and sunglasses

My 13 month old is progressing very quickly suddenly and I'm utterly astonished.

Gulf of Distraction

Alzheimer's and dementia are so hard and so heart breaking. I've been grieving a living person in my life for 2 years and yet it gets harder every week as they continue to decline and I continue to grieve. I'm shattered.

Got my @springheeldjack.coffee beans today and I'm so excited for tomorrow mornings latte!

photo of the cover of book The Haar by David Sodergren on a Kindle

📚 Quick Review 📚

The Haar - David Sodergren @paperbacksandpugs.bsky.social

Scottish folk horror with heavy elements of macabre/gore. A sweet old love story at it's core that made my heart burst!

☆☆☆☆½

Watched the trailer for the movie Cuckoo last night, and it freaked me out. Hesitant to watch the actual movie now. When did I become so lame?

There was a Ms. Rachel skit asking how old are you and they went up to 10. I said I highly doubt 10 year olds are watching Ms Rachel. Then I laughed, because I'm a 36 year old watching Ms. Rachel. 😌

Thanks, I bought myself some new socks. 🧦

Our power was out from 740pm until 5am. The house dropped 10 degrees. Not a fun night. 0/10 recommend.

You definitely have every right to mourn over this! Technology is wonderful but can be a true heartbreaker. A menstrual grimoire feels right for you moving forward.

🕯🔦 At least my Kindle is charged. I made some great progress on my book club book "The Haar" by David Sodergren tonight.

Nothing like a neighborhood blackout from a drunk driver hitting a power pole, starting a fire, and fleeing the scene to make you realize how ill-prepared you are for power outages.🕯🔦

With the continued threat to the Josephine County Library this is a great and important article outlining our history, from tax levies, to county commissioners, to shut downs, to the wonderful volunteers (hey, I'm one of those) and donors!

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This January has been a crazy year. Furthermore, this has been the longest 8 days I've ever experienced.

Have you watched Smile 2 yet? I plan to soon.

Finally watching Smile (2022) and it's exactly what I expected. Nevertheless, glad I chose to watch it during the day.

Two people sit at a dining room table. One shows the other the weather app on their phone, and says, “It says it’s nineteen degrees out, but the general lack of empathy in our current climate makes it feel colder.”

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Matt Reuter. #NewYorkerCartoons