Collaged Chapters

She/her (27) Fragments of books, gathered in collages Vibes pressed between pages, words showed through my mind

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About me and the why

Hi! My ex told me I didn’t have a purpose and that I didn’t have any idea of what to do with my life, that he needed someone who already got that figured out (which is partially true, I do have a purpose but I’m discovering what to do with my life, and contrary to what he thinks, I find that wonderful, I get to create myself, he gets to travel a path that’s already decided for him, the one he’s too scare to leave for other passions). He also said that he didn’t see me as an equal and considered himself superior in some aspects, and with the “subtle” foreshadowing at the beginning about how that went in our relationship, I’ve decided to prove him wrong.

So now I have this sense of anger about it and find a tumblr post saying you need to start doing shit out of spite, using both (the anger and the spite) to fuel you, I’ve decided to do that, fuel myself to create the things that I want for my life and show him that being lost, searching for a path and being comfortable with the uncertainty of discovery is not inferior. 🗡️

So here I am, maybe on my artsy villain arc?

I started to do digital collages for my reading journal and I want to show them, they represent how I imagine those worlds, the vibes, hope you find them cute 🥰

A little more about me:

She/her

27 almost 28 years old, still amazingly lost

Virgo sun babe + Scorpio moon ♥️ and I love it.

I have 2 cats, one of them is using me as a bed as I write and you read. Thank you for reading all this btw 🥹 I’m not sure if this is gonna find someone but still.

English is not my first language.

Im obsessed with this song right now, has me in a chokehold goddam

I graduated from college with an art degree and I’m learning anatomy to start drawing the characters of the books I read, I’ve always love anime and dreamt about being a mangaka when I was a smol human being, learning to draw people is my try to accomplish that smol human’s dream right now.

I remember too many memes for that to be okay 😖 and get hyper fixated too easily so you might lose me for a week to some random shit.

That’s all for today, if you found this in the vast world of tumblr and got to the end of it 😳 Ty for giving me that precious time of yours, hope it was worth it for you and maybe you can be my companion to show him that being in the process of becoming someone is beautiful too, that sharing the way is nicer and that you don’t need to be finished to be worthy.

Hope the foam on your latte never disappears and your coffee or tea stays warm babe.

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Heartstopper 2 by Alice Oseman

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5/5

(Graphic Novel, LGBTQIA+, Coming of Age)

This book is sadder than the first, focusing more on the fear and shame that arises when exploring sexuality, especially if your social circle isn't safe. Charlie has a small but incredibly close-knit group of friends who support him, while Nick is confronted with the fact that his friends aren't the best and are quite homophobic towards Charlie. It portrays the highs and lows of the process very gently, even a little innocently, and the moment they both accept the relationship is incredibly liberating. Now all that's left for them is to make it public…

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Heartstopper Vol. 1 by Alice Oseman

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

(Graphic Novel, LGBTQIA+, Romance)

First book of the Anti-Brain Rot Reading Challenge 📚

It's a very sweet story that shows the discovery of sexuality through the relationship between Nick and Charlie, both teenagers. It all starts with a friendship that evolves into a mutual crush. Charlie has a small, supportive social circle of friends and family.

Nick, on the other hand, is part of a heteronormative group, plays on a rugby team, and his friends aren't the most accepting of having a gay friend (in this first volume). I find the characters quite inclusive; there are other queer people, people of Black and Asian descent.

It portrays the confusion, guilt, and shame that arise when you question your sexuality, the fear generated by an unsafe environment, a bad group of friends… I loved it; it tells the story in a comforting way, with its difficult moments but also showing the beauty of the experience.

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Anti-brain rot challenge 2026 by @thisstoryaintover

Here’s the other half of my 2026 tbr for the anti brain rot challenge 🥰

What do you think?

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Anti-brain rot challenge 2026 by @thisstoryaintover

A few weeks ago, a bookstagrammer I follow presented this reading challenge, which I found super interesting. I'd been thinking for a while now that I needed to diversify the books I read, especially to reduce my screen time and when this appeared in my feed, I liked its structure. It had me searching for authors from specific backgrounds and countries, for example swana authors, that were so difficult to find cause the market is so centralized on white authors.

I don't want it to be a productivity challenge about reading more and better, or about achieving a bunch of goals. I like the creator's approach of "engaging critically with what we consume," whether it's books, articles, or any other content.

So, following the challenge rules, I chose the books for 2026. It was harder than I expected; again the market isn't particularly diverse. So this is half of the the list 🥰

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I stumbled on your profile and your book reviews are exactly the kind of stuff I didn't know I wanted to read, so I'll be poaching your book recs for a whilllee now, just wanted to say thank you.

🥹 oh my god, ty so much! I hope you like the future ones too, this was amazing to read 🥰

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The Vegetarian by Han Kang

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

(Horror, mental health, feminism)

I think I'm still processing this book… It's quite disturbing, yet liberating.

Interesting things about this book:

• Obviously, the mental health discussions, as mentioned in the reviews: that detachment from the human condition, which feels intentional at many points but at the same time snowballed, inevitable.

• The brother-in-law's perspective on "madness," the 180-degree turn from how the rest of the family sees it, perceiving it as a form of freedom and bringing that into the creative process.

• The questioning of a permanent state of being.

This book is also strangely erotic; I didn't expect it to be for the story, and it very effectively portrays autonomy and aggression over the body, desire, integrity, and a very blurred line between control and free will.

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Books I want to finish before the year ends 🤞🏻

• The Vegetarian by Han Kang (fiction, horror): I'm a few pages in, but I like the idea of ​​a woman who breaks free from the rhythm of her life and her wife status. The husband is an idiot in the few pages I've read 😒.

• The World According to Color: A Cultural History by James Fox (nonfiction, history, art): It explains the connection humans have with color and how various colors have been constructed throughout history; it discusses culture, history, mythology, religion, among many other aspects that have transformed our understanding of color and our relationship with it.

• Love Stories by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (Japanese literature, short stories, fiction): This is a collection of love stories, but none of them are the kind of love stories you'd expect. From tattoos to feet... they all deal with love for "bizarre" things.

• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (science fiction, classics): A classic that depicts a perfect world where everyone is happy, at the cost of sacrificing many things to achieve this utopia. I've also read a few pages, but it hasn't captivated me yet, though I still have high hopes for it.

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Dune by Frank Herbert

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

(Science fiction, adventure, space)

Interesting things about this book:

• The creation of the ecosystem and its connection to religion.

• The idea of ​​the self-made "hero," who doesn't actually have that role but believes in it so much that he ends up having a huge influence on the story, the catalyst.

• The women are the power behind the throne, but they also represent, to some extent, the counterpart to the messiah, embodying the voice of reason (I have a long-standing disagreement with the film about this because Chani is a super intelligent woman, aware of how politics and power works, but at the end of the second film she portrays the opposite, as if she doesn't understand the reasons behind some decisions).

• The world-building is incredibly complex; it's the kind of book you have to pay close attention to because there are details and intricacies that are important to understand. It took me about three tries to read it 😬.

• Cultural assimilation, wars over the natural resources of an "underdeveloped" planet, environmental destruction, and the critiques surrounding it. It has many themes that are easily found in our reality.

I'm on the second book in this series, and I'm very curious to know how the story progresses, especially after finishing the second book (which I didn't like very much 🫠).

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The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. 5/5

(Sci-fi, aliens, space)

A book that fuels my fascination with space… I think I've made the most notes on all the books in this trilogy this year.

Interesting things about this book:

• All the astronomical and astrophysical theories explained to build the plot.

• The parallel between the real world and the game, whose development I didn't expect at all.

• The hidden roles some characters had, the intrigue of not knowing who they were working for.

• The ending 🫠🫠🫠 I was blown away.

I couldn't put this book down. I feel like the science and theory make it a bit dense, but the plot is so captivating. I constantly wanted to find out more and had no idea how it was going to unfold. Even though it's a relatively long book, the story moves quickly. I loved it.

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Lor by Lily Mayne

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5/5

(Monster romance, LGBTQ+, fantasy)

Interesting things about this book:

• The story doesn't take place in the human world; most of it focuses on the monster world.

• It happens much earlier than all the previous books.

• I think it's the most tragic story of them all. 🫠

• Now it's a human discovering how the monster world works: the food, customs, etc.

• There's more politics and betrayal.

This book focuses much more on the relationship between the two main characters. They're kind of in a bubble, but it's more tragic than the others, less violent, but much sadder 🥺.

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Seraph by Lily Mayne

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

(Monster romance, LGBTQ+, post-apocalyptic)

Interesting things about this book:

• Human experimentation…

• Seraph's psychological development, the idea of ​​bringing back a bit of humanity after all the trauma he experienced, and, because of that, the effects of traumatic events.

This book has a very dark side that I feel the rest of the series lacks. Everything related to turning a human into a monster to be a weapon, the experiments, the gradual disintegration of what makes you who you are, the degradation of the mind, the savagery, the pain…

[academic-vampire]

𝔦𝔱’𝔰 𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔞 𝔱𝔢𝔰𝔱

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Nocticadia by Keri Lake

⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

(Dark romance, dark academia, slow burn)

Interesting things about this book:

• Everything about the disease and the parasites described in the book is very disturbing; discovering how it works was interesting.

• The mystery surrounding both main characters and their families, and all their connections to the disease.

The book has very dark vibes, a mix between dark academia and horror. The ending felt like a combination of many things, but it was fun.

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𝔠𝔬𝔷𝔶 𝔞𝔲𝔱𝔲𝔪𝔫 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔫𝔦𝔫𝔤𝔰

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