Friday, January 17, 2025

October in Retrospect

We got married in October, so it was a pretty busy month for us preparing the house and getting everything ready for family to come over and spend a week at our place. That didn't leave as much room to read, but we did have a horror movie night at a friend's house on Halloween!

I read: 

  • This Alpha Is Little And Sweet by 摇摇兔
  • Jiangzhi's Female Supporting Role Just Wants to Lie Flat by 栗非
  • The System Forced Me To Raise The Hero And Villain by 醉折桃花
  • Being A Soft Rice Boy In A Zerg Group by 软饭天才
  • The Sick Beauty And His Bamboo Horse Bodyguard [Book Wearing] by Su Mang
  • The Green Lotus Peasant Girl by 倾碧悠然
  • Seventy's Only Daughter Doesn't Want to Work Hard Anymore by 海岛听雨
  • Doomsday Cannon Fodder Who Just Wants to Be Salted Fish by 简三顾


I watched: 

  • That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 3 (2024)
  • The Ossan Newbie Adventurer (2024)
  • Parasite (2019)
  • The Exorcist (1973)
  • I Parry Everything (2024)

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Books I Want to Read This Month

I finally started reading Demon Slayer over the holiday break because I'm too impatient to wait for the movies to know what happens next! Although, I still can't wait for them to come out because these fight scenes are going to be amazing animated! Also, I've already cried so many times reading this series!

  1. Demon Slayer vol. 20 by Koyoharu Gotouge
  2. Demon Slayer vol. 21 by Koyoharu Gotouge
  3. Demon Slayer vol. 23 by Koyoharu Gotouge
  4. Yona of the Dawn vol. 1 by Mizuho Kusanagi
  5. Yona of the Dawn vol. 2 by Mizuho Kusanagi
  6. Yona of the Dawn vol. 3 by Mizuho Kusanagi
  7. Wotakoi Love Is Hard for Otaku vol. 1 by Fujita
  8. Wotakoi Love Is Hard for Otaku vol. 2 by Fujita
  9. Wotakoi Love Is Hard for Otaku vol. 3 by Fujita
  10. Wotakoi Love Is Hard for Otaku vol. 4 by Fujita
  11. Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Familia Chronicle Novel vol. 1 by Fujino Omori
  12. Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation vol. 1 by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu
  13. Scum Villain's Self-Saving System vol. 1 Mo Xiang Tong Xiu
  14. Bailin and Li Yun by Jayessart
  15. Home Body by Rupi Kaur

Sunday, January 12, 2025

September in Retrospect

I'm trying to catch up on all of the previous posts! Here's everything that I read and watched last September! I managed to read quite a bit! But I also DNF four books, so it was a mixed bag of books that month lol.

I read: 

  • Back to the Year Before the End of the World by N/A
  • When A Vampire Bit An Omega by 初陌笙
  • When the Male pProtagonist Turns Black [Quick Tme Travel] by 作者
  • After I was Reborn, I Became the White Moonlight of the Prince by 小庄周
  • Embracing Me Over the Balcony by Roca Kato
  • Our Whole Family Has Secrets by 像野
  • He, Who Is Always Wrapped By A Snake by Don't Listen To Zhou
  • Rebirth of the Bright Starry Sky by j112233


I watched: 

  • Tower of God (2020)  [rewatched]
  • Spy x Family Code: White (2023)

Thursday, January 9, 2025

HAPPY 16TH ANNIVERSARY!

I'm a week late, but...

Sixteen years is a long time to stick to any sort of medium. Last year, I slacked a lot on here because there was so much happening irl that I didn't have the brain power to sit down and write it all down. Now, I kind of regret it because these are the types of situations that I would like to look back and remember and reflect on since I have such a bad memory lol. Instead, I feel like I reached out and talked to more people about my problems this past year, so it feels like a trade off!

Sorry for the unplanned hiatus. A lot happened in the past few months that I was either not home or too exhausted to try to maintain consistent updates. Instead, I had a lot of half written posts drafted here and there, so I'm going to try to get things back in order in the following months and start publishing everything.

Also, I caught a cold last week from all of the traveling, so I'm still feeling brain fog and gross from all of the phlegm coming out of my body 😨

And as I'm typing this post, I'm realizing just how much my index finger is important for keyboards... I broke my nail on my right index finger last month. The nail broke all the way into my nail bed. It's grown out a bit since then, so I thought it was okay, but as I put pressure on the nail when I type, it kind of hurts... I might be slow in typing these posts out... 😭

What a way to start off the new year! Lol thanks for sticking around. I hope you find what you're looking for.

Friday, September 20, 2024

Webnovel Review: The Omega Can’t Pretend to Be a Beta After Accidentally Witnessing the Major General’s Susceptible Period by 翡唐

Title: The Omega Can’t Pretend to Be a Beta After Accidentally Witnessing the Major General’s Susceptible Period
Author: 翡唐
Chapters: 98 chapters
Publication: 2021
Summary from Novel Updates:

The top alpha, Major General Ji Cheying, disguises himself as a down-on-his-luck beta in order to carry out a secret mission. One day, when he goes out to take out the garbage, while wearing a pair of torn socks, he comes across the poor nephew of his landlord, Xie Quan, a good-looking beta who was staying in the dirty and terrible bas**ent.

The two look at each other, each feeling a little sorry for the other.

No one expected that one of these two miserable people was the prestigious Major General Ji and the other was the most powerful mecha engineer in the Empire. And to Ji Cheying’s further surprise, this beautiful beta confessed his passionate love for him!

He was torn again and again under the prudent choice to refuse the other, after all, this is a mission, not the time to talk about love.

When the mission was over and it was time to talk about love, it was Xie Quan’s turn to become baffled, “Who do you think likes you? Who confessed? I didn’t, I’m not, don’t talk nonsense.”

Ji Cheying: ???!

It was only then that Xie Quan unexpectedly realized that the Imperial Major General seemed to have mistakenly thought that he was in love with him.

A few months later, Major General Ji, who had entered his susceptible period, was violent and fierce, not able to be approached by strangers. However, his eyes were red and he was tugging at Xie Quan, his voice hoarse, “You little liar, cheating on my feelings and not taking responsibility.”

Xie Quan sighed, lifted his hair, and tore off the invisible gland patch, finally revealing the omega gland at the back of his neck, “Bite it. I’ll give you a bite.”

Ji Cheying gritted his teeth, “You’re a f*cking omega?”

True love has nothing to do with identity and gender.

3.5 STARS - I LIKED IT

MY REVIEW: 

Don't let the summary fool you; the actual gender reveal doesn't exactly happen like described. It's definitely more serious than described lol. 

I was also mainly expecting action and comedy based on the summary and tags on Novel Updates, so I was surprised by the amount of suspense and mystery throughout the book. It kept me hooked, that's for sure! However, I felt like the author was too wordy at times trying to drag out the suspense by rehashing scenarios from different people's perspective. 

Xie Quan was a rare cold and intelligent omega love interest. I loved how rational and calm Xie Quan was, even in the face of his pheromones going out of control. He was cold hearted, logical, and smart, which helped him out of many situations that could have gone south quickly. 

On the contrary, Ji Cheying was a rare male lead alpha who also had a super tight control on his emotions and pheromones. Best of all, the man knows consent! Even in the midst of his susceptible period! They really were meant for each other, but man, they had to go through so much to get there. 

Also disappointed there were no extras. I want to see how they spent their future together!

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Weekly Haul 167

It's been a long time since I last bought any books, especially because I was holding off on buying anymore before the big move. However, after the last 2nd & Charles run to sell some books, I ended up buying some more poetry books. The good news is that most of them were used and were less than $5 each!


This is for the Women Who Don't Give a Fuck by Janne Robinson

Please Don't GO Before I Get Better by Madisen Kuhn

Starry Night, Blurry Dreams by Henn Kim

Heart Talk by Cleo Wade

Thursday, September 12, 2024

Manga Review: Cheeky Brat vol. 23 by Mitsubachi Miyuki

Title: Cheeky Brat vol. 23
Author: Mitsubachi Miyuki
Pages: N/A
Publication: 2022
Summary from Goodreads:

The new semester has begun, and Yuki and Naruse have moved up one grade at a time.

The final volume of the big hit basketball romantic comedy!

4 STARS - I REALLY LIKED IT

MY SPOILER REVIEW: 

It's finally over!

Overall, I enjoyed the series and am glad to have reread it from the start to appreciate catching up with the end of the series. However, I don't think we needed 23 volumes to depict their relationship and growth.

The beginning and near the end were so frustrating at times because Yuki and Naruse seemed to be stuck in their same old problems: Letting problems build up because of temper tantrums and lack of communication. Like, the whole middle of the series was great when they were finally together and working to be better together. It seemed like they made 10 steps forward as a couple but then went 11 steps backwards once new love interests were introduced. It just seemed that some arcs were dragged out because of the same problems.

Btw, I ended up loving Sanohara; she could have had a whole spin-off series on her own with her situation. Also, finally, no cat fights between girls over a boy. I hope she found a boyfriend and is living well with her mom. 

However, I do appreciate how the author depicted their relationship over the years. I think this was one of the few manga I've read where it shows all of the ups and downs of being in a long-term committed relationship that spanned from high school to college, especially where they're both in different grades. Unlike most series wanting to jump to the good part years later, there wasn't just one long time skip or a breakup before doing a time skip.  

I'm glad I could finally finish the series, but I wish there were some extras on the side couples! How are Usami and Suwa doing? What about the captain and the other manager?? What's more, Himiko and Usamin???? I want to read more about their dynamic!!! Also, author never explained why Usami is ashamed/hates her lil bro lol. I just want to knowww

Monday, September 9, 2024

Book Unhaul 35

Here's the last part of books I'm unhauling after bringing them back from my parents' house recently. Now, there's another giant bookshelf of YA fiction to bring back lol.

Love★Com vol. 1-9 by Aya Nakahara

MeruPuri vol. 1-4 by Matsuri Hino