halcyon days

Welcome!

I created this site on a whim. I primarily talk about books and video games, but I'll occasionally journal, discuss manga, and post my art once in a blue moon. Thank you for visiting!

If you'd like to chat, feel free to drop a comment on my
neocities profile page or email me at alkuone@protonmail.com!

This site is best viewed in Firefox at 1920 x 1080, is NOT optimized for mobile, and uses Javascript. Depending on your resolution, some things may look wonky or misaligned.

Updates

May 9 2025
calendar update
Mar 29 2025
calendar update
Mar 15 2025
calendar update, more memes in the about page, review for emily wilde's map of the otherlands, updated the vidya page + fixed images
Mar 9 2025
calendar update
Mar 7 2025
new bookbug page and review for despair
Mar 4 2025
new calendar page!
Mar 2 2025
new art page + malenia fanart
Feb 22 2025
book reviews for lethal white, troubled blood, the serviceberry, and the passage
Jan 24 2025
book review for career of evil, final 17 books reviews for 2024, added 2025 page, adjusted book links
Jan 17 2025
new journal entry
Aug 21 2024
new journal entry (+ shadow of the erdtree review), added cafe rose weblisting
Jun 3 2024
new journal entry
May 18 2024
new gamelog entry
May 10 2024
new v3 video games page
May 7 2024
ignore- updated image hosting for some things to catbox
Apr 28 2024
new credits and buttons pages, nav links updated
Apr 21 2024
book reviews for gideon the ninth, the warm hands of ghosts, emily wilde's encyclopaedia of fairies, and the spear cuts through water, updated error page
Apr 19 2024
new journal entry/format, minor spelling fixes
Mar 18 2024
book reviews for the splendid and the vile, belladonna, killers of the flower moon, the grace of kings, and the silkworm
Mar 15 2024
new and improved about page!
Feb 8 2024
site v3 preview! every page is still up but i've delisted most links in the nav bar until i can update to the v3 version. unlisted pages may still be accessed via url or by clicking a link below (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧
Jan 28 2024
new gamelog entry, also fixed font issues (i think)
Jan 25 2024
new journal entry, 12 new book reviews + separate pages for 2023/2024
Dec 7 2023
13(!!!) new book reviews, also formatting change for reviews, long overdue buttons page update, slightly edited my own button
Nov 9 2023
new gamelog entry
Sept 10 2023
new journal entry
Aug 30 2023
new gamelog entry, reviews for the last word, the honjin murders, braiding sweetgrass, killers of a certain age, and shuna's journey
Aug 10 2023
pokémon shrine wip, reviews for blood, sweat, and pixels, the first bright thing, yellowface, and daring greatly, video games page updated, credits page updated, site formatting, etc.
Jul 9 2023
the giga book update: reviews for witch king, the murder of roger ackroyd, foundryside, harry potter and the order of the phoenix, and when the moon turns to blood.
also added an archive for the books i read in 2022 and added reviews for 47/50 books (i didn't write reviews for 3 of them)
Jun 18 2023
new gamelog entry, video games page updated
Jun 7 2023
new journal entry, reviews for catch and kill, harry potter and the goblet of fire, and ancillary justice
Apr 11 2023
animal crossing doodles, reviews for figure drawing: design and invention and the aosawa murders
Mar 30 2023
video games page updated, new gamelog entry, reviews for assassin's quest and harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban
Mar 14 2023
art page pushed, edited buttons page, more nav links updated that i forgot, webring widget added
Mar 12 2023
a man and his cat review, buttons page added, nav links updated
Mar 5 2023
reviews for my year of rest and relaxation and guards! guards!, new gamelog entry
Feb 8 2023
gamelog page pushed, new journal entry, harry potter and the chamber of secrets review, updated nav bar
Feb 2 2023
changed site background + colors, minor update to nav bar, updated splatoon stats, harry potter and the sorcerer's stone review (kinda)
Jan 22 2023
book reviews for babel, jesus, interrupted, and nettle & bone, new journal entry
Jan 1 2023
new journal entry, video games page update, 6 new book reviews and also books page slightly edited
Dec 17 2022
video games page pushed, new overly long journal entry, several book reviews, minor updates
Dec 2 2022
splatoon page pushed, new journal entry, letters to a young poet review, minor updates
Nov 24 2022
giga update!
journal page pushed, two journal entries are up, books page edited to be slightly less wonky, several book reviews are up, credits page pushed, about page edited, manga page pushed, various misc. edits
Oct 24 2022
books page pushed, ordinary monsters review, minor changes elsewhere
Oct 18 2022
about page pushed, css updated
Oct 17 2022
index pushed, css edited, no other pages currently available
Oct 16 2022
site created!