the answer to this question is usually YES. these days tho... i find most of my reads underwhelming when it comes to books. the last one i read and was fully enamored with was "Life is Elsewhere" by Milan Kundera, but he's just fucked up in the head. i'm slowing getting into "This Is How You Lose the Time War" by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone and i HOPE it's good because i've been meaning to read it since forever.

in terms of fics, i'm loving "color theory" by yoonminology, and "Arrhythmia" by elisabeta, and "The Lost Marquess" by kicksomeacid.

if you have any recs for fics/books, i'm all ears. ⁠♡