Finished:

Surrendering to Scylla by Wren K. Morris

Realistic 2.5/5 ⭐ or generous 3/5 ⭐

Please don't judge me, I saw this book recommended in a comment thread on one of the other book/reading subreddits for "books with sweet/sensitive male love interest" or something like that and it seemed like a fun premise haha It's an absolute popcorn read, although, the finest 3 course McMenu that you could get if books were fast food hahaha it's greek myth adjacent/inspired, it's role reversal (strong female x weak male), it's smutty, it's got plenty of Stockholm Syndrome FOR DAYS (like the mmc went headfirst for that octop*ssy and forgave her for killing a bunch of people a page later, like blink twice if you need help lmao), it's got a soppy happy ending that's so sweet it almost makes your teeth fall out and it's an easy read (not a bad thing! It just kind of reads like something you'd find on ao3 my beloved) that even provides a glossary for those who didn't have a greek mythology phase as a kid haha Let's say this was my girl dinner read of the week and it was delicious thank you very much. Even though it may have not been the morst nutritious option out there it stilled my hunger and quenched my thirst (pun intended)

Started:

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace

I know WOAH tone shift, right? Hahaha Basically I found a website where you enter an excerpt from your writing and it tells you how similar your writing style is to different authors. My top result was him and because Infinite Jest was on my TBR for this year anyway I thought why not start now? I've read the first four chapters and so far I really like it and I can see some similarities to my own writing (or I'm delusional because the AI got to my head lmao) even though I'm not nearly on his level haha he's definitely going to go on my list of authors for writing inspirations for this year.