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Tina's avatar

Awww this post is so cute! I have Spotify premium to and just finished the audiobook called Inner Excellence by Jim Murphy. Highly recommend this! It gives so many good advice on how to stay present in your life and how to not let fear/anxiety run your life :)

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Kristen Garaffo's avatar

Ahh thank you for the rec! I love self help, Im here for the good vibes 🥰

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Feride | Swiftie's avatar

I love this, white lotus part is so real🫠🪷

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Kristen Garaffo's avatar

Girrrrrl I’m literally still marinating in this season 😭

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Ashley Gambro's avatar

Have you tried Fourth Wing? I felt it was the only book to cure the ACOTAR hangover? Also loved White Lotus!

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Kristen Garaffo's avatar

I've heard so much about Fourth Wing, but I haven't picked it up yet! I started Throne of Glass but ended up stopping. The same thing happened with ACOTAR, I know her books sometimes have a slow start and I just have to get over the hump—summer may be the perfect time to do it! Unless Fourth Wing starts with a bang and maybe I should switch 😂

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Ashley Gambro's avatar

Yes I read 4 of TOG books and stopped. I plan to pick them up again sometime. Fourth Wing… could not put it down!

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Kristen Garaffo's avatar

Ahhhh good to know! You've convinced me!!

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lexi's avatar

I downloaded Finch before I even finished reading! Already love it!!

For audiobooks, I use the Libby app through a local library and there's no additional charges or anything like Spotify or Audible.

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Kristen Garaffo's avatar

Eeeee yay!! Isn't Finch so cute? 😍 And yes, I use Libby too! I already pay monthly for Spotify and it was actual big news for me to discover they had audio books too. But they don't offer everything and Spotify also has a limit! I remember I got so mad last summer when I hit my monthly limit and couldn't keep listening to ACOTAR, so now I look for back-ups 😂

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lexi's avatar

The same thing happened to me with Fourth Wing! And I had only like an hour left.

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Priya | The Pretend Poet's avatar

That bread looks AMAZING!

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Kristen Garaffo's avatar

Ahhh it is and it's so easy to make!! Totally recommend trying it! 😍

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The Girls Column🍒's avatar

Suddenly craving spring green spaghetti carbonara 🍝 🤤

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Kristen Garaffo's avatar

GIRL I'm obsessed—you will love it!

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Rachel Duncliffe's avatar

Fascinated by the bird app and will definitely be trying the spring carbonara. And always delighted to have a new acronym!

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Kristen Garaffo's avatar

I first saw the r.e.p.o.r.t. on TikTok last year and it kind of fizzled away—but I'm so happy to bring it back, and to do it on Substack! Let me know what you think of the carbonara, I hope you love it 🥹

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NEMM Design's avatar

Love your energy and joy! 🩶 it’s rare and refreshing 😉

Also I love Iove love no-knead bread and I [almost] always add olives to the dough either black, kalamata or green…

You should try making focaccia, it’s easy, you will love it too!

I got a 4 months free Spotify premium offer through H&M and now that you mentioned it maybe I’ll sign up to try, the problem is I really don’t need another subscription…there is no ending to that! 🩶

Enjoy!

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Kristen Garaffo's avatar

Ahhh thank you for reading and sharing! I def want to try focaccia—I found a jelly doughnut focaccia recipe that looks AMAZING! I’ll have to find it and share it once I give it a go 🍩

Have you heard of the app Hoopla? It’s like a library app for audio books! I always check there if Spotify doesn’t have have I’m looking for 😍

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NEMM Design's avatar

Interesting! Please do share!

Thanks for the tip! 🩶

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Kristen Garaffo's avatar

Here is the jelly doughnut focaccia! Doesn't it look amazing? 😍

https://www.instagram.com/_lacebakes_/reel/C9myc9SorFe/?hl=en

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In a Time By Caryn's avatar

Loved this post! I already sent my husband the links for the bread and the mocha icebox cake. I told him I want the cake for Mother’s Day! Also loved the white lotus but I feel strongly that Chelsea and Rick were not a love story but a pathetic tragedy. Happy to discuss! I also found it very telling that Rick, a white man, was so dismissive of the Meditation Woman and her need to keep her appointment with another client, a black man. I don’t think it was accidental how that was set up.

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Kristen Garaffo's avatar

Omg YAY! My dough is currently rising, you’ll have to tell me what you think of the bread recipe!

And gah, I just rewatched the finale yesterday and it left me feeling so much sadder than the first time, since I could watch it knowing what happens. I’m sad Rick couldn’t get his shit together, I’m sad Chelsea got caught up in it, I’m sad Gaitok ended up using the gun, I’m sad Greg/Gary went unscathed—man, Mike White went for it 😭 And ugh, I hadn’t considered that take on the last scene with Amrita and Rick!

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In a Time By Caryn's avatar

Yes it was all so sad. And what about Belinda doing to Pornchai what Coolidge (I’m bad with names!) did to Belinda in season 1! And poor Gaitok, using the gun, changing his beliefs for Mook, who wouldn’t accept him for the sweet man he was. Ughh. Mike White was brutal this season.

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