dual personalities

We had a very perfect weekend: sleeping in, drinking iced coffee, reading outside, walking on the trail, shopping at the farmer’s market. The weather was ideal, and our apartment feels more and more like home, especially because I have finally been able to hang a few things on the walls.

It was marred only by a terrible book I managed to finish: Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng. I grabbed it from the giveaway basket at my mom’s office this summer because I had read (and not hated) Ng’s Little Fires Everywhere, a book which is now being made into a television series starring Reese Witherspoon and Kelly Washington. (Honestly, that might tell you enough — Ng writes that very specific genre of women’s-thriller-posing-as-literary-fiction that makes Reese Witherspoon see dollar signs.) I drafted a lengthy post detailing every reason why Everything I Never Told You is awful, but I decided against posting it. Who needs that kind of negativity on a Monday?

Instead, I’ll focus on cheerful bouquets and balcony snacks!

Here’s to a good week — and better luck with giveaway books!