...if it's not clear yet, I am not the same person I was before I finished reading this book 🫠

The central theme being how dehumanizing silence and loneliness are, how it makes us question our very humanity, makes us question time. What is time in isolation if not the passing of the seasons? What is time if not the moments we spend connecting with others?

It is in Filipino and taglish ☺️

Kulang Na Silya by Ricky Lee is a VERY close second, and i will probably hold that book closer to my heart than anything else I'll read this year, and for that, I'm glad I found the time to finally read his work.

#2 Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass by Lana del Rey
3⭐️/5⭐️

"I have a safe called the boyfriend box
and in it every saved receipt,
every movie theatre ticket just to remind me
of all the things I've loved and lost and loved again unconditionally"

#1 Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman
4.5⭐️/5⭐️

"But to feel nothing so as not to feel anything— what a waste!"

I MISS UR DRAWINGS SO MUCH AGSHDJDK ART SESH TAYO WHEN I VISIT MANILA AGAIN NEXT YEAR! 🥺💖