#spark joy

[cocoandduckie]

The Tiny Book of Tiny Pleasures at Coco and Duckie

[eggwhiteswithspinach]

Tidying is the act of confronting yourself; cleaning is the act of confronting nature

#Marie Kondo (Spark Joy)

[ramyeongif]

Tidying is the act of confronting yourself; cleaning is the act of confronting nature

#Marie Kondo (Spark Joy)

[lionheartedmusings]

yeno what i'm excited for this new year on this hellsite? to see you guys' takes. like, i reblogged the post about fancy fandom posts being all poetic and shit but my god, that fuels me. i adore it. not to get like emotional in the year of our lord 2024 but you guys are so passionate, and cool, and have so many interesting thoughts and i get to see them on my dash and on the tag?? for free?? i get to see you express joy and excitement?? over cube people?? and it's so fucking cool??

even when i hate a cubito's guts, i still like the analysis, the posts, the angst and the poetry bc yeno what, do you. be happy. be passionate and write and theorise. the world sucks and we deserve to be excited, and to inspire other people to be excited too.

anyway long story short, i'm pumped to spend another year with you guys here on qsmpblr.

[caribeandthebooks]

March 2025 Reading Wrap-Up

I read 4 books and got 1 Kindle/Goodreads challenge achievements this month!

Now lets look at the breakdown :)

Reading Challenge Progress: I committed to reading 20 books in 2025 so currently I'm ahead by 12 books!

Top Genre read as at March 2025: Literary Fiction

My first read for March and Book #9 was Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor. Rating: 4.5/5

Loved this one! Lost a half point because I never locked in but otherwise it's a solid story and I love how the stories feed into each other. Her family though, all I'll say is that I didn't know what the interviews were alluding to until the book ended and honestly no matter what she did I was gonna be on her side because the way they treated her had my eyebrows on the roof. Nnedi delivers yet again! Love that for her and love that for me.

Death of the Author helped me earn the Essential Reader achievement.

Book #10 was My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite. Rating: 3.75/5

Women's History Month is an excellent to celebrate women's rights and women's wrongs. I'm shocked I forgot to include this in the March TBR but what matters is I remembered to bring her in for a quick read! This book was hilarious to me because this man said "the red flags can't stop me, I can't see". This wasn't a mystery or a thriller, it did what is said on the tin. Which is fine, because I thought it was funny. Also yay for locs representation in a book!

Book #11 was Spark Joy by Marie Kondo. Rating: 4/5

I got this book forever ago in a PopSugar subscription box when those were still a thing. I miss them but I guess my bank balance doesn't. This book helped me come to terms with the fact that my and my families aversion to disposing of things is likely coming from a place of lack. I will be employing these tips in my next spring clean for sure. I just...dunno when that will be. But I won't her tips to waste, I promise!

Book #12 was The Midnighters by Hana Tooke. Rating: 4.5/5

I picked up this book as part of a reading prompt to choose a book based on it's book cover. This book did not disappoint! An adorable story set in the Czech Republic and the Epilogue is from a cat's POV! What's not to love!

I was committed to only reading black authors this month and I did that! Next month it will be only female authors in honor of women's history month!

That's all until next time! What have you been reading?

[outragedtortilla]

Discarding is not the point; what matters is keeping those things that bring you joy. If you discard everything until you have nothing left but an empty house, I don’t think you’ll be happy living there. Our goal in tidying should be to create a living environment filled with the things we love.

#Marie Kondo (Spark Joy)

[fly-the-pattern]