Thank You So Much For Responding! Yes, Yes, And Yes On The Adorable And The Feel Good Vibes. You Are

Thank you so much for responding! Yes, yes, and yes on the adorable and the feel good vibes. You are so talented a writer at both the extreme emotional-tragic-dark-heart hurt fictions AND the softer, kinder, head-over-heels stories. Sometimes I am fragile enough that the latter is just what I need to keep the light of hope burning inside so thank you for that.

A sequel? I'd like to know more, a lot more, of the bookstore romance from the moodboard story, Echo Your Name. Has the owner any secrets beyond thinking Peter is captivating, quiet, and handsome? Was the store started by the owner? An inheritance from a family member? A collector of unwanted unloved tomes that need loving homes? What's going on in Peter's head as he runs his fingers along the spines? Is he imagining the owner's skin under his fingers? Tell me more, please?

Ooooooh that's one I haven't thought of in a long time and I love it!

Echo Your Name

I was imagining a family owned book store that has a small town feel to it and is full of used books. Maybe it's been in her family for a few generations. They're trying to stay afloat in today's world where the internet has taken over and less and less people are searching for physical books. Which is why she probably gets in trouble for giving Peter so many discounts.

The first day Peter went in there was to find a specific sci-fi book that he's been searching for. I always headcanon him to be a thrifter type person and always go for the used options over brand new. So, naturally, he'd seek out a used bookstore to find what he's looking for. The first time he went in was for a book. Every other time he's walked in, it's always to see if she's working and to "browse" the books, picking things at random, just so he can talk to her. And even though he's picking books out without much thought, he does read them all! He wants to widen his book knowledge so he can get closer to her, thinking that it'll impress her.

I also like to think that there's a small coffee shop attached to the bookstore. It's probably where they actually get most of their business. Grab a book, buy a coffee and pastry, and curl up on a comfy couch for an hour or so to enjoy. That's where they would have their first date. They would talk books and Peter would ask a million questions about her life and the bookstore. Any time she'd try to ask questions about him, he'd flip it on back to her, always being the secretive type. It would become a weekend tradition for them. Sometimes they would just read quietly side by side, other times they would talk for hours, occasionally he'd help her organize the books and clean up.

The most adorable and soft "fall in love at a bookstore" vibes ever.

Side Note

These are some pics from my favorite independent bookstore that is located in an old mill building that I used to go to all the time when I was a teenager:

Those are very similar vibes to what I was imagining. Old wooden floors, beat up chairs and benches, used books everywhere, big windows, little coffee shop to sit and chat

Yeeeah, I'm going to bath myself in the tomato based pasta sauce with guanciale, onion, garlic, and pecorino romano topped off with too much wine to remember why the hell I bought the kale in the first place. Maybe I can use it as a napkin to wipe that little bit off of the corner of the mustaches.

J/K: Kale is alright but it's nice to have a cheat night with the pasta, wine, and firelight once in awhile. Bella luna!

ANDREW GARFIELD

and mystery woman was spotted grocery shopping in Malibu.

Here we go, the thing changed figure.

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So very good that these two talents were cast in these roles. Riveting and I am so looking forward to the release. Insane to think that the original Orwell novel was published in 1949, 75 years ago and yet is just as compelling as it ever was.

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Winston (played by Garfield) is in the torture chamber in the Ministry and is being put through a harrowing ordeal by O'Brien (played by Scott).

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Mr. Gosling is having a moment and it's well deserved. Range, charm, and some serious acting chops whether it's drama, comedy, or the old song and dance. (No slight on Ms. Blunt, she's also worthy of accolades as well). Looking forward to this film and hope it lives up to the hype.

Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt grace the new covers of Total Film.

Congratulations and perhaps, based on your comments: consolations, as no one looks forward to trainwrecks.

On a related note, is it weird that one half of me anticipates spring break as being a break from the usual, and enjoying spring and spring weather and the novelty of whatever the new year brings prior to summer and yet the other half is rather like a literal coiled spring that has been unbound and hurtles through the air with a million different ideas, activities, and the unharnessed energy that I cannot quite corral in order to accomplish them in the one week that has been allotted? That's what it's like in my brain in March.

I MADE IT TO SPRING BREAK

I may have to move grade levels and potentially work with a Trainwreck of a team next year and have also been applying to non teaching jobs but other than that, I made it to spring break!!!!

Brilliant and funny, quirky and memorable, a charming movie all around.