satoshi yagisawa – as told by zaheerah

A R T

Actually shame on me that I have no art to share with you this month. So I thought I would highlight some commissioned art instead! Here are two pieces from CarmenFFLV. The first one was actually a gift from my friend, Seth, who commissioned art of my OC (who I used as my png model when I’m streaming on Twitch.) I was so in love with the art that I commissioned the artist myself for a picture of myself! It’s SOO adorable and I just want to use it everywhere!

B O O K S

In June, I read 8 books!

For transparency, books marked with an asterisk (*) signify books I received through work at PRH.

Welcome to Glorious Tuga*

While to the residents of Tuga – the world’s most remote island – Charlotte Walker looks like a temporary resident, a researcher ready to study the island’s turtle population. For Charlotte, Tuga holds the secret to a past she never knew and can she find it amongst the people of glorious Tuga?

I feel like this book is a quintessential beach read – the kind of book that is low stakes, low energy and some thing that you can finish in a couple summer days. I thought it was cute, something quick to read. Personally, for me, it just felt SO empty. Nothing really happens except in the last few chapters and I actually almost forgot Charlotte was at Tuga to research turtles. I don’t think she actually did anything the entire time she was there? There is a sequel out now which judging by the synopsis sounds to be much better, but I don’t think I cared enough about Charlotte to think about picking it up.

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L I F E

I mentioned in the last rewind post that I was waiting for some good news, and now I can finally share that I have extended my job contract at Penguin Random House! Initially, my contract was expected to end this December, but I was offered a year-long extension on my role as a Bibliographic Metadata Assistant. I was really anxious when I applied for this job in February, partly because I was deeply burned out from a long period of unemployment. I ALMOST didn’t apply for the role because I wasn’t sure if I would even understand the role. This role has really taught me so much about publishing. It is such an exciting position from within the company as I often interact with people who work in Editorial, Marketing and Production – three areas where I initially focused my attention when applying to publishing jobs.

I’m also slowly trying to return to the world of book blogging and bookish social media. I recently revamped my old art account into an art/bookstagram type account where I can post about streaming and books, which are two things that basically take up my life these days.