2023

• world war z - max brooks
• convenience store woman - sayaka murata
• earthlings - sayaka murata

2024

• a long way to a small angry planet - becky chambers
• till we have faces - c.s. lewis
• beasts - joyce carol oates
• uprooted - naomi novik
• a winter's promise - christelle dabos
• the missing of clairdelune - christelle dabos
• thornhedge - t kingfisher
• remnants of filth vol. 1 - rou bao bu chi rou
• salad days vol. 1 - jing shui bian
• yumi and the nightmare painter - brandon sanderson
• the hundred thousand kingdoms - nk jemisi...

various:

• element → water
• flower → frangipani
• animal → jellyfish
• weather → rain
• dog breed → rottweiler
• tarot → star

food:

• cuisine → italian, japanese
• soup → clam chowder
• dessert → chocolate lava cake

fashion:

• article → midi skirts
• colors in closet → beige, light blue
• pattern → floral, plaid

music:

• genre → pop
• artist → charli xcx (technically)

✧ hakuouki

play the old version prior to kyoto winds and edo blossoms. not super romantic but well translated with an interesting story, and i actually like the ratio of romance to general plot here. this is the only otome i've completed all routes in

✧ i was a teenage exocolonist

so good that i'm scared to play again. has my favorite love interest in all of gaming history - his impact on my psyche is not to be underestimated. also has a deckbuilding feature but its easy to understand. lowkey rewired my brain just play it

✧ my vow to my liege

a really good experience, but very wordy and a little confusing - if you've read cultivation danmei the writing style is essentially the same. also i dont really care much for enemies to lovers but this game shows how to do it splendidly