Picked up this book written by a New Zealand author and loving it. Super witty and dry humor and queer characters, recommended for fans of Patrick Dewitt, Elif Batuman, and Fleabag
title: love is an ex-country
author: randa jarrar
publisher: catapult
year published: 2021
format: ebook (borrowed from university library on libby app)
rating: 5 stars
beautifully written and funny memoir covering some very difficult topics
Libby is and forever will be THAT GIRL and I recently discovered you can subscribe to basically any magazine via the newsstand feature. I am really enjoying flipping through NYmag and trashy celeb mags like Us Weekly on my phoneβit feels like all the guilty pleasure of scrolling though social media but infinitely more fun and less draining. I also like reading food mags and the New Yorker!
I went to the Korean spa for the first time with my bestie last night and it was a profoundly nourishing experience on every level. we were having deep heart to hearts while schvitzing it out in the sauna and it felt like my soul was being cleansed. there are these tubs of different temperatures and this basin full of mugwort water with empty bowls so you can pour it over yourself, and all these magical heated rooms with different scents and properties. I also saw people carrying giant bottles of spa water with chopped mango and mint and they were like $20 each but they looked sooo good. next time I also want to go to the Korean restaurant inside and the tea room.