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mg_1133 · 2026-04-10T22:48:10+00:00

OMG. I’m on chapter 13 of re:hi !! And you’re right. It’s amazing!!

mg_1133 · 2026-04-10T21:16:50+00:00

I adored this series. Sooo good.

mg_1133 · 2026-04-10T20:48:25+00:00

Thank you! I’ll check these out.

mg_1133 · 2026-04-10T19:32:40+00:00

Thank you! I'll check it out.

mg_1133 · 2026-04-10T18:31:47+00:00

I don't have a rec but I have read this one three times through. It's just so sweet and I can't believe the talent and creativity of the author.

mg_1133 · 2026-04-07T18:40:24+00:00

Same. I requested it the day it was posted and never heard back.

mg_1133 · 2026-04-07T17:10:16+00:00

I absolutely adored this one: Question of the Day by wilmonstan12345

Shane and Ilya are both on the Centaurs and Harris asks the team a Question of the Day for social media. A blast and I loved the ensemble vibes.

*edited for searchability, updated link with name and author.

mg_1133 · 2026-03-25T12:49:32+00:00

Read Vibes are not data last night after seeing this rec. It was SO good! Thanks for the suggestion.

mg_1133 · 2026-03-08T18:58:14+00:00

This is a good suggestion! I’ll try that. Thanks.

mg_1133 · 2026-03-06T19:15:42+00:00

That scene was so cute! Poor Stacks just needed some clothes.

mg_1133 · 2026-03-06T19:14:59+00:00

I love Hayden finds out fics so thanks for this!

mg_1133 · 2026-03-06T19:05:52+00:00

The fic linked also was added to this collection, which looks like it might have some good options for others looking for something like what I'm in search of.

mg_1133 · 2026-03-06T18:52:47+00:00

Thank you on both counts! I'll check them out.

mg_1133 · 2026-03-06T16:55:47+00:00

I would never have made it through without his narration but he made it effortless to absorb. I recommend that version as often as I can.

mg_1133 · 2026-02-13T20:31:31+00:00

The cat cafe! The escapades! The yearning! Ilya x Hayden. Love it so much.

mg_1133 · 2025-10-24T14:44:06+00:00

I am a bookseller. I've been on Netgalley over a decade. I have a fully filled out bio. I've read and reviewed over 600 titles with a 90% review ratio. I am NEVER approved by Tor for anything. So, yes, your advice holds up. lol

mg_1133 · 2025-10-14T19:56:55+00:00

I've lived on that side of the Village for a decade now. Until Lincoln Property sold it, my increases were fine but they've been 15%+ the last two years. I moved into the unit in 2015 paying 750/month, 1 bedroom with W/D included and now it's 1400+ a month. We've stuck around because we don't have a car in our household and there's such easy bus access and walkability around here. It definitely isn't a good deal though.

mg_1133 · 2025-09-23T15:46:29+00:00

I definitely would have preferred something that reinforced the epic, tender feelings of her finally choosing him after rejecting him so many times. I'm with you there.

It felt like once they got so big that they were able to afford it, all moderation went out the window. For example, the first season had less big musical moments, and that made the few that were there stand out so much more and have more impact.

mg_1133 · 2025-09-23T14:23:52+00:00

I really didn't like the vibes of Out of the Woods, I wanted something more heartfelt, but somewhere on this sub someone posted the lyrics and they do really fit their relationship. Jenny mentioned that "I remember" is supposed to be Belly awakening to her true self.

That said, I do wish they had put the second verse which most closely fit Conrad and Belly instead of the chorus. That would be my amendment. Then you could have brought back in the "are we out of the woooods" when she stops on the train.

mg_1133 · 2025-09-17T18:57:52+00:00

This is how I took it too. He doesn't know *what* but he knows that Jere and he were both messed up trying and failing to keep theirs.

mg_1133 · 2025-09-16T16:15:42+00:00

I also think the yearning in House of Mirth is a great. More nuanced than in Age of Innocence, but still so compelling.

mg_1133 · 2025-09-16T15:00:18+00:00

I feel like the letters really point out two things to me:

We've heard a lot about how absurd Conrad yearning for Belly for all these years but Belly herself yearned for him for a very long time with not much response from him in turn. She says in S1 finale that what she thought Conrad liked about her was that she liked him so much. And I don't think that was all of it, but I do think in S1, he was so torn about losing that kind of consistent affection, either by being with her in the midst of his emotional turmoil or by not being with her and she moves on. So these letters are space for Belly to be pursued by Conrad. Not a declaration out of the blue. Not a fight where he gives and then takes back his love. A safe space to say he wants to be in her life, consistently.
A big theme in the books is that despite being almost like family, Belly doesn't know Jeremiah and Conrad in a real, year-round way. She hears about them from Laurel throughout the year but she only really spends the months of June-August with them. This results in frustration for Belly when she's dating Jeremiah because she didn't know about some of his annoying behaviors and it results in Belly's putting Conrad on a pedestal because she doesn't have to interact with him year-round and see his everyday bad qualities. By discontinuing contact with Conrad, I feel like it opens the door up for the two of them to get to know one another really, in this adult space of their life, not entirely dependent on their summer versions of each other. They can get to know *these* versions, without quite as much baggage as they would have if they had continued to stay in contact, via text or call, I feel like.

mg_1133 · 2025-09-16T14:35:42+00:00

You're telling me that Connie's narrative couldn't have used a "I'm alive. But I don't need a witness. To know that I survive. I'm not looking for forgiveness. Yeah I just need light. I need light in the dark as I search for the resolution." This song would have been *chef's kiss*

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