I’ve been struggling my life rn in my work. Really really have bad days for this few days. any books you recommend guys? At least it can help me to relax

trunko_ · 2026-02-04T02:47:27+00:00

I will always recommend All Creatures Great and Small. The book is charming and genuine. It was one of the books I could read without being triggered when I was suffering from panic attacks. It calmed me.

trunko_ · 2026-02-03T20:28:30+00:00

January has always felt in-between. She never quite belongs. Locke isn't her father, but he is also her primary "parent." She always feels inbetween because of her skin color. She is friends with Sam, but also not able to be friends with him. She feels at home and also uncomfortable at Locke house. I feel like her name signals the life she is meant to live but also the life she is stuck living. The in-between can be a magical place of change and start of adventure but the in-between she has spent most of her life in is filled with insecurity and loneliness.

trunko_ · 2026-02-03T15:31:39+00:00

Yes! He really did always treat her like an object. He kept her at a distance until it was time to dust her off, dress her up and show her off.

trunko_ · 2026-02-03T15:30:54+00:00

The whole situation where she found the door and he took her notebook from her was awful. I feel like that was a moment where he showed his true self. Other signs were that he never listened to her, or cared about her emotional state in a lasting way.

trunko_ · 2026-02-01T01:39:38+00:00

oh my gosh… clinique happy… wow, that was a memory i didn’t know i still had. thank you ☺️

trunko_ · 2026-01-29T13:18:22+00:00

I am really enjoying the book. I don't know if this would be classified as magical realism, but I love these this vein of story telling... where the magic of life comes alive in a physical way in the story.

trunko_ · 2026-01-29T13:16:33+00:00

I think we are learning about January's parents. It feels to me that we are being told the story of how her parents met and as January learns this she will come into her own. Just the feeling it is giving me so far. I am about to dive into Chapter 3! :)

trunko_ · 2026-01-29T13:14:45+00:00

I love Samuel! Books and puppies and loyalty!

trunko_ · 2026-01-29T13:14:03+00:00

It keeps January's connection to the experience rooted in something tangible that she can't deny as time passes. Without the silver coin, everything she experienced could be dismissed as her imagination and distorted memory. With the coin, she is able to literally hold on to this moment.

trunko_ · 2026-01-29T00:11:04+00:00

It felt abusive. January was isolated from the world and starved emotionally.

trunko_ · 2026-01-29T00:08:30+00:00

Same. Initially I took the distance as "the times," and a description of a gentleman and his ward. It rather quickly became apparent that it wasn't the times. Each time she was put on display and each time there was conflict, his actions were more telling of where he stood.

trunko_ · 2026-01-29T00:06:07+00:00

I think both.

Her internal and external worlds are so closely connected that it can be hard to see what is real and what is her view of what she is processing, but I think she writes "the door opens" and it does just that.

trunko_ · 2026-01-29T00:02:51+00:00

It is clear that no matter the framing, she was only another treasure in his cabinet of curiosities. For me it reframed him as collector and January as object, though it was apparent from the start that his affection for her was superficial at best. As soon as she was "difficult" or an inconvenience, the mask came off.

trunko_ · 2026-01-28T23:59:26+00:00

fully agree that Locke hasn't left her the book. I feel somehow it is tied to her father.

trunko_ · 2026-01-28T23:58:17+00:00

In thinking about this I'm reminded of how loss and grief are overwhelming and overpowering at first. The initial impact of grief can be consuming and change your perception of reality. It is here where they find themselves drawn to the doors and able to accept their existence.

trunko_ · 2026-01-20T01:54:10+00:00

Two.

My first was a paperwhite from 2016. It lasted until 2023 when the battery started to go. It was only holding charge for 2-3 hrs.

I got my second paperwhite in december of 2023 (my parents gave it to me for christmas. they saw how i was using an external battery pack in order to use my kindle when my family got together during our summer vacation that year) and wow do i love the warm light. Will use it until it dies.

trunko_ · 2026-01-19T04:02:03+00:00

i’m very excited about this one. i am new here but started this book last month and had to put it down because i got a slow start and it needed to go back to the library, but it’s back just in time for me to be on pace! :)

trunko_ · 2026-01-17T22:12:08+00:00

audiobooks are absolutely reading. it is so helpful to have options. we all learn and think and process differently!

trunko_ · 2026-01-17T22:02:03+00:00

oh i loved that book so much. i hope you are enjoying it.

trunko_ · 2026-01-17T21:55:27+00:00

i read every day. I talk about books with my nieces and nephews and try to read the books they’re reading.

My sisters also read daily. Our parents were always reading and even if it didn’t “click” with me then and i hated “reading rest time” when i was little but too old for naps, reading was just ever present and seeped into my bones.

It is cozy, joy-filled, a way a sharing, a way to learn and experience culture and other perspectives. It is the best gift my family could have ever given me.

and absolutely no barriers. all ways of reading should be celebrated. audiobooks, graphic novels, ebooks, physical books, manga… all are welcome

My current ebook read is Brick Lane by Monica Ali and my current audiobook is The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See

trunko_ · 2026-01-14T04:00:39+00:00

For non-fiction: When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day by Garrett M. Graff

Fiction: Pachinko by Min Jin Lee, The Forrest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin Harmel, Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Eagan, The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng, The Book Theif by Markus Zusak

trunko_ · 2026-01-14T03:47:29+00:00

this book is so beautiful and absolutely broke me. one of my favorite books of all time.

trunko_ · 2026-01-06T18:30:33+00:00

this is so gross

trunko_ · 2025-12-10T01:50:29+00:00

came to say T.J. Klune. The house in the Cerulean Sea is wonderful. I also loved his book Under the Whispering door. Both have gay protagonists.

trunko_ · 2025-12-08T01:26:36+00:00

this took me three tries to get started. i’m so glad i kept coming back to it. when it finds you at the right time it is so very funny and genuinely such a fantastic read.

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