august 2025 finds is here!
BOOKS
1. i’ve been reading the crazy rich asians trilogy by kevin kwan. it’s his first novel! it’s an easy read, a complicated network of characters and great world-building. also, it’s educative for an outsider.
2. i ‘read’ a photo book about brazil. for a beginner like me, it was the perfect introduction: lots of pictures and text in 6 languages for all the areas of the country.
MAGAZINES
3. this month’s british vogue had michaela coel on the cover. great idea!
MUSIC
4. i’m happy to see paco amoroso and ca7riel doing so great!
5. i liked this deus concert. they even do wake me up before i go and little arithmetics.
6. this is a random blast from the past.
7. desire is fontaines dc’s latest single and it’s deftones-coded.
8. how wet leg took off.
9. michelle zauner aka japanese breakfast moved to korea for a year and wrote a new book.
PODCASTS
10. kid cudi‘s giving us a life update. he’s newly married, jumped on the salomons trend and has a new memoir out.
YOUTUBE
11. keelung is close to taipei and to other places i have saved on my map.
12. i love the feeling of `why am i home and not somewhere remote`. alaska has never crossed my mind so far.
13. i like flea markets, but this guy seems to be a professional.
14. i walk at least one hour every day.
15. do hot baths count? i hope they do.
16. you can never be weirder than nature. today’s episode: fireflies.
17. this might come handy one day.
18. i’ve always liked crows.
19. this is a lived-in house with incredible views of rio de janeiro.
20. yoshitomo nara chooses to live in the north of japan, where he was born.
how was your august? you can check this chill month on my insta.
photo and video credits: copyright holders and little aesthete
