i don’t know. i love the sensory feel of physical books, but i use my ereader much more. as a trade for the mediocre answer, i’ll offer 10 of my favourite recent reads (the real motive of the question):

risk game - francis j green burger
thinking in bets - annie duke
creativity inc - ed catmull
the human stain - philip roth
never split the difference - chris voss
‍de profundis - oscar wilde
red rising (full series) - pierce brown
three body problem (full series) - liu cixin
pachinko - min jin lee
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[updated: aug 10, 2024]

i can rap the first verse of drake's only you freestyle. word for word. bar for bar.

my sketchbook… while the time it takes to develop a page is consistently several folds longer than what i predict, i don’t regret any minute. if you’re interested, check it out here

generally, i enjoy low intensity complementary colour duos, such as #e2b6a1 + #00563B and #FBE187 + #212f58. i dislike sloppy use of analogous colours. however, when used intentionally, even some of the most conventionally jarring colour combos can be beautiful.

here are a few examples of colours i've used in designs :)

Y stands for my middle name, “Yue.” I use ellyypeng because ellypeng is sometimes used in usernames, and I want my accounts to be consistent (ellypeng.com redirects here too!)

eating pizza backwards (sort of). i eat the crust first because it’s my least favourite part of the pizza. after, i can enjoy all good parts, and it elevates my pizza experience

my laptop computer stand. changes lives one straightened back at a time