"She was a non-active member of the Order of the Phoenix and did not fight." - Manacled III: The End by Senlin Yu

"Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing." —Robert E. Howard, The Tower of the Elephant from Savage Son by Jack Carr

"I want the next Muggle-born witch with stars in her eyes to come into a world that welcomes her. A world where she doesn't have to constantly re-earn her right to be there and isn't treated like wanting to exist is stealing from someone else."

-Manacled II: The Flashbacks by SenLinYi

"This is a story with only one ending. If your Order had wanted a different one, they should have made different decisions. Perhaps some hard, realistic ones." - Manacled by SenLinYu

“If we carry the burdens of our fathers, we'll never know what it means to be free.” - The Phoenix King

What a day it's been! Submitted the rough draft of my completed thesis for review. My brain is quite tired.

My little adventure buddy!

Today has been a really awesome day! We had a mommy and Alex Adventure!

We went to the bookstore, where I picked up 3 new books for myself.

Then we went to Village Inn for dinner. He convinced me to play the claw machine and I rescued Tails for Alex!

Feeling happy today. 💞

National Pie Day on January 23rd celebrates one of my favorite desserts. No matter how you slice it, pie in just about any form makes me happy.

Got this slice for free!

"The strongest weapons are not made of steel, but of words and manipulation." - The War of Two Queens

Poppy's journey continues...

Took me a total of 26.5 hours to get through the entire book. Took me back to the days when I used to read through the entire night and finding safety and solitude from the real world.

Books are my safe place.

I wonder if I can finish one more book before the end of January.