- mourned the loss of my great-grandmother, whom I love and miss so much
- spent twelve days traversing England and Scotland
- stayed in London and Edinburgh
- visited York, Alnwick, and Stirling
- rediscovered my love of reading
- new favorite books include
- A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
- The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber
- Beloved by Toni Morrison
- As Meat Loves Salt by Maria McCann
- Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
- Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison
- Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
- The Clay Girl by Heather Tucker
- Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
- The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
- A Traveller in Time by Alison Uttley
- Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms by George R. R. Martin
- new favorite books include
- marathoned all eight Star Wars films with the fam to prepare for The Last Jedi
- began my Funko Pop collection
- took a spontaneous birthday road trip to Oxford, MS with my parents
- visited William Faulkner's Rowan Oak
- spent every cent of my birthday money in Square Books
- conquered an OCD relapse that fucked up a good part of the year
- made significant progress on my magnum opus fanfiction
- commissioned a painting of my OC because I love him that much
- joined Instagram and Goodreads
- binge watched A Place to Call Home and Good Behavior with my mom
- got my first job
- spent Christmas in Nashville at the Gaylord Opryland Resort
- attended Cirque Dreams Holidaze
- drooled over the mountains
- fulfilled my childhood dream of building a Build-A-Bear
dec 9 2017 ∞
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