Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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0:00 — intro
0:48 — the prompt
2:38 — skincare routine
7:40 — notion pls sponsor me
9:25 — too late for tears (final thoughts)
12:38 — black christmas (final thoughts)
15:58 — heartburn (final thoughts)
21:12 — you are what you take out, garbage!
25:35 — building a summer tbr
29:16 — yellowface (final thoughts)
33:40 — punks (updates)
38:40 — how is it already night time
40:45 — morning mumblings
42:46 — miyazaki hates birds
50:04 — outro with a reading from ross 💙

no frills me.
stay in.
stay cool. and read.
because it’s sexy ;)

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Creators Mentioned:
​⁠ @benjaminjournal
@bibliosophie
@readwithcindy
​@MatthewSciarappa
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Books Mentioned:
Heartburn by Nora Ephron:
goodreads.com/review/show/6641496712
If Only by Vigdis Hjorth:
goodreads.com/book/show/203166817
Yellowface by RF Kuang:
goodreads.com/review/show/6656301913
Punks by John Keene:
goodreads.com/review/show/6656301913
A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood:
goodreads.com/review/show/514623453
Pure Colour by Sheila Heti:
goodreads.com/review/show/4442899225

Films Mentioned:
Too Late for Tears (1949):
https://boxd.it/6Rz3l7
Sunset Boulevard (1950):
https://boxd.it/2a20
The Maltese Falcon (1941):
https://boxd.it/29c4
Black Christmas (1974):
https://boxd.it/6RzQBt
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974):
https://boxd.it/1lcS
Jack Frost (1997):
https://boxd.it/1XUo
When Harry Met Sally (1989):
https://boxd.it/29W2
Mickey One (1965):
https://boxd.it/6S7naB
Chinatown (1974):
https://boxd.it/6S7quz
Klute (1971):
https://boxd.it/2ako
The Boy and the Heron (2023):
https://boxd.it/6T1PkV
Dreams (1990):
https://boxd.it/6T1Zrx

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