First Impressions of Kill Hill Carnage

• Why I Picked It: this book got chosen because I saw Gab Smolders recommend it in one of her horror book wrap ups. she described it as a fast read slasher book. I don’t really have a lot of experience with slasher stories so this stood out to me.
• First Impressions: everyone was unlikeable, I honestly didn’t mind if all of them died in the end. the story is fun though, especially the mystery of it all.
• While Reading: got bored in some parts especially since I didn’t like any of the characters. when the pacing started ramping up though it became much more engaging.
• Final Thoughts: this is a solid recommendation for a slasher/horror book i’d say. it was gory but nothing too disgusting that turned me off, and I actually liked the ending, very fitting.
• Would I Recommend It? yes, especially if you’re a fan of monster horror books, one of the later sequences felt like I was watching a movie, it was great.

The Experience Log

• Where I Read It: in my room while sitting on my computer chair
• Mood It Gave Me: tension and thrill,I was so curious what was gonna happen next that I kept reading
• Three Things I Loved:
  • loved the pacing of the story, when the action started, I couldn’t stop reading
  • loved how short and to the point it is
  • loved that there was no extreme cheesiness even though there was a slight romance plot line
• One Thing That Bugged Me:
  **click to reveal spoiler**

  even though I know the author likes to genre bend, it kind of took a little bit of the scare factor for me when it was revealed that the main creature is an alien. heck, it even reminded me of certain inter-galactic races from multiple universe fantasy/litRPG books I've read. especially with the hatred for humans + using the planet as a food source. still enjoyed the story though. just kind of meh.
• Lingering Feeling: finishing this book made me want to finish other unfinished ones. maybe i’ll look for another short horror novel.

Weeknotes

Weekly Notes – [Week 1, December 1-6, 2025]

Life Snapshot

• Mood this week: focused but slightly stressed out
• Weather or vibe: hectic as fuck, exam seasons are the worst
• One word for the week: BUSY

Highlights

• Best moment: having dinner at a restaurant with my boyfriend and getting random free food (garlic parmesan bread sticks), it was soo good! but then again, free food always tastes better hahaha
• Something I learned: how to style my short hair using a heated round brush! I’ve had this tool forever but I just finally learned how to use it so my hair is all fluffy and volumized
• A challenge I faced: my eyeglasses lost a screw and my lens popped off. good thing I have contact lenses left because I had to order a repair kit online and I have to wait for it to come.

Hobbies & Creative Time

• Fibre Arts: I finished a beanie and one fingerless mitt! they’re both crochet and I took my time in making them. the yarn I used came from a frogged project that I didn’t want to continue anymore. I think it’s a good decision.
• Reading: the only reading I did was read Kill Hill Carnage by Tim Meyer for five minutes when I remembered it. i’m about 70% of my way through an admittedly short book. just really need to prioritize it over other hobbies so I can finally finish the story.
• Cooking/Baking: haven’t done much of this since the semester started this past September. I’m hoping i’ll get more time during the holiday break but we’ll see.
• Gaming: I started Winter Burrow a couple of weeks back and still haven’t picked it back up after doing nothing all day but play it one Sunday. It felt like such a waste of time. i’ll revisit that thought surrounding video games in the future because I enjoy them, I want a healthier relationship with it
• Journaling: experimented with bullet journaling this week because it felt too restricting using a mead planner I got from walmart. so far i’m enjoying it a lot. less pressure.
• Fitness: aside from all the walking while working, I haven’t really been intentionally working out except for wednesday when I did 40 minutes of strength training. I had the stomach flu last weekend so I was off working out for a week to recover.

Media Consumed

• Movies / TV Shows: some episodes of hemlock grove. i’ve never seen this show and so far it’s pretty interesting. i’m literally only in episode 4 though.
• Asian Dramas: i’ve been bouncing from one drama to the next recently. can’t seem to find any that catches my attention.
• Books: kill hill carnage by tim meyers. 70% of the way. will read it tonight before bed, yay!
• Games: nothing this week.

Gratitude Corner

Three things I’m grateful for:

1. i’m super grateful for how beautiful snow days are even though it feels cold outside. the brightness of the surroundings when sunlight hits the snow is super magical.
2. i’m grateful for friends who join me to study and who are super supportive and encouraging as well.
3. i’m super grateful for my continuous practice of meditation and how it has impacted my anxiety positively.

Looking Ahead

• One intention for next week: might not be the healthiest but study, study, study. exam is on friday and I don’t want to fail. just focus on my tasks one day at a time.
• One hobby I want to prioritize: crochet, because I want to be able to finish the other fingerless mitt so I can use them before the winter is over. i’ll prioritize reading another time after all the reading I need for exams.

P.S. food in the photo is my favorite food combos ever. any sort of cheesy bread and tomato soup. heaven!

After I finished the beanie, I still had a lot of the cream colored yarn leftover. So I decided to start making fingerless gloves. Every time I’m on campus and I’m working on my laptop, my hands start getting too cold. I don’t want to wear gloves because I can’t feel the keyboard well. I think this will be an accessory that will be used often.

I just finished one of the gloves, time to make the other one. I’m 100% sure I’ll still have leftover yarn from this but I think I’m gonna make a huge hair bow to use when my hair gets a bit longer and I can tie it up. Again, I’m taking my time with these projects, I don’t want to just make it for the sake of the product. I want to enjoy the process too.

That’s it for project updates. I hope it doesn’t take me forever to finish the other one.

Pattern is called Textured Fingerless Gloves by CarolAnne Creations. I found it on Ravelry when I was searching for free accessory patterns using DK weight yarn in crochet. I’m kind of in a crochet kick right now after being steeped in knitting for a good chunk in the beginning of the year. The yarn I’m using is the same as the beanie, Paintbox yarns, DK.

After one year, I decided to get a haircut. My hair is so fine that long hair just flattens it out too much. It’s the first time I’ve cut my hair this short though. I’ve always wanted to but I didn’t feel comfortable when I was still bigger. I thought I would look like an egg lol. I love it though!

I finally finished my beanie! Just in time for all the snow to come in. It took me a lot longer than I usually would. Mostly because I actually took my time to finish it. It wasn’t a priority, just something I can do at the end of a long day. Back then, my priorities were all over the place. I would procrastinate to the nth and would finish a book or sprint through a project rather than do what actually mattered (aka school or work). In the spirit of trying to change for the better and also not injure myself, this time I managed to stretch out this project in about a week.

The difference? I actually appreciate it more, unsurprisingly. The size was the right one, I remembered for the most part how to do the project, and I now know where this particular yarn went. I have so much more projects that I made just cause and in the future I’ll unravel them and re-use the yarn into something different but for now, here’s to learning how to slow down.

I can’t wait to think of what project I want to do next.

This is so good! If I could stuff my face with it I 100% would but I have to stop myself from inhaling this much sugar 😂 will have to grab some more before the holidays end because I have a feeling this is a seasonal flavor. My second favorite ritter sport would be the pretzel one. Crunchy!

Current project. I’ve been taking my time with them now. It’s gonna be a beanie, which is perfect because snow’s finally here. I love frogging old projects to reuse the yarn. Probably why I still haven’t made a dent in my huge stash lol yarn is paintbox DK. To pompom or not to pompom?

So thankful I’ve developed so many great habits this past year. They’ve been saving me so much. I used to be super bad at realizing when I’m too tired until I’ve burned out but with the combination of fixing my sleep, diet, exercise and a healthy dose of meditation I’ve been in a better state.

I’m still not the best at knowing when I’ve done too much but I’m getting better. Therapy over the years taught me that it’s okay to cry to release stress and that has been my go-to when I’m overwhelmed. At least now I know when I’m feeling tired at the end of the day and I’m not pushing myself to keep on going anymore.

Do something or nothing, life will move on around me so it has been good practice to let things go. I hope in the new year I’ll be even more compassionate towards myself and let go of so much self-hatred. Here’s to life long goals!

About a quarter of all the physical books I have. I’ve been too into e-books these days because they’re too convenient but I’ve barely touched any physical ones. It doesn’t really help that I’m blind as a bat without my glasses and I can’t make the font size bigger in the books 😂 I’ll still try.