12 meses 12 libros: July: Shakespeare's Secret by Elise Broach

The theme for this month was a book you picked based on the cover.  A while ago (a month or two, I think) I went to a library sale.  If you ever have a chance to go to one of these, you definitely should!  You can get books for cheap and all the proceeds go to help your local library.  I got like 15ish books for less than $7 that day, and one of them was Shakespeare's Secret by Elise Broach.  You guys know I love kids books and I love Shakespeare, and I thought the cover looked cool and fun... it implied mystery, and the art style reminded me a bit of A Series of Unfortunate Events, so I knew this would be a good book for this month.

This was a really cute, fun little book.  I'd never heard of it, or the author, but I'm glad I picked it up.  I got to really like the characters, the mystery was fun, and there was a really nice (happy) twist that I didn't see coming, but in hindsight the clues were there.

I started this book July 21st and finished July 25th.  It's not terribly long (over 200 pages but it is a kid's book) and it only took me as long as it did to finish because I had other things going on (watching true crime videos on youtube mostly lol).


Bottom line, would I recommend this book to a friend? Yeah!  I don't think it's by any means a must read or a life changing book, but it's really fun and you'll probably enjoy it, especially if you're a big nerd who has ever wondered if Shakespeare is really Shakespeare.

i think i'm having what the kids call

a major depressive episode

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days are so interminably long in the summer.  you're hot and miserable and depressed, because you have clinical depression (although also because it's so goddamn hot and that would depress anyone), and things just suck more.  you just want to find some taste of joy to make the time pass but you don't enjoy anything because you're a miserable excuse for a human and also it's your own fault you're that way.  i am not happy.

am i allowed to pray for technology?

So yesterday I moved the screen on my laptop back by like half an inch, and I felt something give. The hinge broke, and now the screen is coming open a bit on the side.  I'm really stressed and worried about that, but I just really hope it's going to end up being fixable.  I definitely would prefer not to be without a laptop, and I certainly can't afford to replace it.

Right now I'm working on my camp nano project, and it's actually going really well.  The story is angsty and I don't like it, but I think I needed to get it out, because I've actually gotten a good amount of words out.

Would be a shame for my comp to kick rocks as soon as I'm able to write, lol.