MY YEAR OF REST AND RELAXATION Written by Ottessa Moshfegh First published in July of 2018 Roughly 290 pages Rate 5/5 (Read: 2/27/25-3/4/25) When I first saw this book it was gaining traction on Booktok, I thought nothing of it, I didn't even know what it was about. A few months ago, the title of the book called to me. My friend and I were discussing the possibility of hibernation for humans. Is hibernation necessary and can it be done? How long should it last? What does it look like? In our discussions, we coined the term "Blue Butterfly Winter." A Blue Butterfly Winter looked as simple as this: At the start of December we would curate a nightly routine and then be in bed by 9 pm. In addition to that routine, we would plan one event per week to look forward to (including coffee meetups). This would go on until the end of February. Though the unnamed main character's hibernation was more extreme, we still wondered what the consequences of hibernating in gener...
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