I recently had one of those birthdays that’s supposed to make you think about your life. Since I’m not interested in having a midlife crisis, I don’t know how necessary that is.
But I did decide to make a point of making the first thing I read something that would set the tone for this year of my life. I do the same thing for the new year. Really, though, any book you read is the first book you read for that chunk of time. Or the last book. I guess last book makes more sense.
After contemplating reading something heavy and ‘meaningful’, I actually went with the next volume of Chi’s Sweet Home.
I’ve already written about Chi’s Sweet Home. It’s a slice of life manga about a kitten adjusting to being adopted by a family after she gets lost from her mother. (Chi didn’t actually lose her mother. She’s still alive, somewhere out there. Don’t get all dark about it)
Chi’s Sweet Home might be fluff but it might be more about the life of a fluff. It isn’t grandiose but I think it actually accurately reflects the life that we spend most of our time living.
And that’s why I decided it was a good ‘tone’ read. To remind myself that life is full of little wonders.
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