Book Unhaul (11)

Looks like I'm trying to get rid of as many books as I can before the year ends, lol. These past few weeks have been hectic and fun and crazy, but then I got sick on Christmas Eve, and I'm now just trying to survive the rest of the year.

But yeah, I'm really trying to whittle down my book collection since I know that I won't be able to take them all with me whenever I finally move out of my house and start living on my own. That means that I've been pretty ruthless getting rid of books that I've previously read and know that I don't intend on rereading again. It's harder trying to get rid of books that I have yet read though. Regardless, I'm just going off on the basis of if I've lost interest in the plot or not, lol.

Murder of Crows by Anne Bishop

Straw House, Wood House, Brick House, Blow by Daniel Nayeri

The Five Flavors of Dumb by Antony John

Eragon by Christopher Paolini

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins

Demon Glass by Rachel Hawkins

Spell Bound by Rachel Hawkins

The Fox Inheritance audiobook by Mary E. Pearson

Past Midnight by Mara Purnhagen

The Demon's Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan

The Last Days by Scott Westerfeld

Angelfire by Courtney Allison Moulton

Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver

Misfit by Jon Skovron

The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong

The Awakening by Kelley Armstrong

The Miles Between by Mary E. Pearson

Point Blank by Anthony Horowitz

Skeleton Key by Anthony Horowitz

Pig Bride vol. 1 by KookHwa Huh & SuJin Kim

Pig Bride vol. 2 by KookHwa Huh & SuJin Kim

Magical JxR vol. 1 by Lee Sun-Young

Magical JxR vol. 2 by Lee Sun-Young

Shiki Tsukai vol. 1 by To-Ru Zekuu & Yuna Takanagi

Shiki Tsukai vol. 2 by To-Ru Zekuu & Yuna Takanagi

Shiki Tsukai vol. 3 by To-Ru Zekuu & Yuna Takanagi

Shiki Tsukai vol. 4 by To-Ru Zekuu & Yuna Takanagi

La Corda d'Oro vol. 12 by Yuki Kure

Juvenile Orion vol. 4 by Sakurako Gokurakuin

Yoki Koto Kiku by Koge-Donbo

Disgaea by Arashi Shindo 

Happy Cafe vol. 2 by Kou Matsuzuki

.hack // AI Buster vol. 1 by Tatsuya Hamazaki & Rei Idumi

Scott Pilgrim vol. 1 by Bryan Lee O'Malley

Scott Pilgrim vol. 2 by Bryan Lee O'Malley

Weekly Haul (100)

My 100th post for these hauls! Man, it's been a long time since I started bookblogging all those years ago, lol.

Anyway, even though I've been trying to get rid of lots of books, I still ended up buying a lot of books because of Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales last month. I got suckered into great deals. What can I say? I'm weak, lol.

Map of Fates by Maggie Hall

The Conspiracy of Us by Maggie Hall

The Beauty of Darkness by Mary E. Pearson

Frozen Tides by Morgan Rhodes

Smoke by Ellen Hopkins

All the Rage by Courtney Summers

This is Not a Test by Courtney Summers

Gone, Gone, Gone by Hannah Moskowitz

The Geek Feminist Revolution by Kameron Hurley

Candy: A Century of Panic and Pleasure by Samira Kawash

Rage Against the Dying by Becky Masterman

Fear the Darkness by Becky Masterman

In the After Light by Alexandra Bracken

The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur

Battle Rabbits vol. 1 by Ameichi

Battle Rabbits vol. 2 by Ameichi

Battle Rabbits vol. 3 by Ameichi

The Prince in His Dark Days vol. 1 by Hico Yamanaka

The Most Emotional Meal: Zaxby's Insane Wings

This happened a few weeks ago, but I swear I've never had such an emotional meal before, lol.

My mom came home late and didn't want to make dinner, so we decided to order out at Zaxby's. Now, my mom likes spicy food; she always prefers spicy food even when it's not an option. Since most fast food restaurants' spicy food doesn't phase her, I decided to order Zaxby's insane wings, which is their hottest flavor (I think). To be honest, I thought that she could handle it.

She couldn't. Lol, after her third wing, she couldn't eat it anymore. At this point, she was tearing up and deeply breathing, trying to handle her stinging mouth and tongue. She told me to eat the rest of her wings, since I like spicy food, too.

I was dying after one wing. These wings were dangerous because they lulled you in with a false sense of security when you first start eating them. They're not that hot when you first taste it. It's not until a few minutes later when the lingering spiciness catches up to you, and suddenly your mouth is on fire, lol.

David was over as well, so my mom told him to eat it, too. I told her that he couldn't eat it because he can't handle spicy well, so what does he do? Just to be contrary, he grabs the biggest piece and slathers extra sauce on it and starts eating it. Lol, he started dying not long after that.

Lol, towards the end, I'm on my third wing, David's on his second, and we saved the last one for my bro to try, so he's eating one, too, and we're all dying. My ears are burning (which only happens when I eat really spicy stuff), my eyes are tearing up, David said that he couldn't hear out of one ear, Brian's slathering his wing in ranch to hide the spicy taste, and we're all deeply breathing because our mouths and tongues are on fire. And in between all of us dying, we're all laughing at each other because we weren't expecting to die during dinner that night.

Yeah, it was the most emotional meal I've ever had, lol. I think we all bonded that night.

After dinner, my mom told us that we needed to go to Walmart the next day to buy more water bottles, but I knew that I couldn't just go back up to my room and pretend that my lips and tongue wasn't still tingling and have to endure that. I figured walking around would help get over our spicy dinner, so David, Brian, and I decided to go to Walmart right then and there and get stuff for mom.

It took a good 30 minutes for our mouths to finally calm down, lol.

So yeah, if you're looking to have an interesting meal, I definitely recommend buying Zaxby's insane wings and trying it out with others. :D

Book Unhaul (10)

This is all from cleaning my room a month ago. I've read half of these books and no longer want them, and the other half I have yet to read but have lost interest in and no longer want either. These were all sold to Second & Charles for store credit, so I could buy other books, lol.

Hetalia: Axis Powers vol. 1-2 by Hidekaz Himaruya

Bleach vol. 1-22 by Tite Kubo

Legend vol. 1-6 by Kara & Woo SooJung

Let It Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson, & Lauren Myracle

Orchards by Holly Thompson

A Touch Mortal by Leah Clifford

Vampire Rising by Jason Henderson

The Red Necklace by Sally Gardner

The Silver Knife by Sally Gardner

Soul Thief by Jana Oliver

The Demon Trapper's Daughter by Jana Oliver

Heart of Darkness and Other Tales by Joseph Conrad

Changing Media, Changing China by Susan L. Shirk

The Power of the Internet in China by Guobin Yang

Cascade by Lisa T. Bergren

Boy Toy by Barry Lyga

Griffin Rising by Darby Karchut

A Mango-Shaped Space by Wendy Mass

Metagame by Sam Landstrom

Adaptation by Malinda Lo (ARC)

Inheretance by Malinda Lo (ARC)

Icons by Margaret Stohl (ARC)

King of the Screwups by K.L. Going

Juno & Juliet by Julian Gough

Books I Want to Read This Month

Unfortunately, I didn't manage to read any books off of this list last month, but I'm definitely going to try to read at least one of these books by the end of the year! I still can't believe that it's already December...

1. The Vegetarian by Han Kang
2. Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat
3. The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
4. Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls In a Dungeon? vol. 9 by Fujino Omori & Suzuhito Yasuda
5. Seraph of the End vol. 1 by Takaya Kagami & Yamato Yamamoto
6. Seige and Storm by Leigh Bardugo
7. Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong
8. The Princess Saves Herself in This One by Amanda Lovelace
9. Words That Kill by Vivid Vega
10. Never Fade by Alexandria Bracken
11. Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari
12. Scarlet by Marissa Meyer
13. Talon by Julie Kagawa
14. Brave by Svetlana Chmakova
15. The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman

November in Retrospect

Where did this month go??? It went by so quickly that I'm still reeling. I managed to find a new manga series to follow and watched a lot of new superhero movies, lol.

I read:

• Namaikizakari vol. 1 by Miyuki Mitsubachi
• Namaikizakari vol. 2 by Miyuki Mitsubachi
• Namaikizakari vol. 3 by Miyuki Mitsubachi
• Namaikizakari vol. 4 by Miyuki Mitsubachi
• Namaikizakari vol. 5 by Miyuki Mitsubachi
• Namaikizakari vol. 6 by Miyuki Mitsubachi
• Namaikizakari vol. 7 by Miyuki Mitsubachi
• Namaikizakari vol. 8 by Miyuki Mitsubachi
• Namaikizakari vol. 9 by Miyuki Mitsubachi
• Namaikizakari vol. 10 by Miyuki Mitsubachi
• Namaikizakari vol. 11 by Miyuki Mitsubachi

I watched:

• The Foreigner (2017)
• Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
• Taken 3 (2014)
• Koe no Katachi (2016)
• Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
• Justice League (2017)