tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62861784254252552572024-03-22T15:04:32.729-04:00serious insanitythe musings of a bookworm with too many interestspointy starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383571235359128779noreply@blogger.comBlogger1712125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286178425425255257.post-10308185202090192622024-03-22T15:04:00.001-04:002024-03-22T15:04:00.133-04:00Mini Reviews: A Wolf in Doctor's Clothing -Why is His Touch so Good?- vol. 1, Dressed as the Younger Sister of the Male Protagonist of Shuangwen in the Entertainment Industry, Don’t Think About Hindering My Studies<p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjziacLoe7AheQWFLikgN2-aw6VHSklJc_DgUF5swRSYcM8h9js-KHzHLu5ZvBjmDO5gEzbjx7cUJfPVNDEzIrKitcmNqZ_C_O2H6zl9fK3T6I9MmyWS5uKDxQ_156RwFuUU6algdlldpsv6Lzs_Zn4C0X9wbPOZjBQ-U0R-TsSDbjIFtoiTxwOjkbq/s400/A%20Wolf%20in%20Doctor's%20Clothing.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="283" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjziacLoe7AheQWFLikgN2-aw6VHSklJc_DgUF5swRSYcM8h9js-KHzHLu5ZvBjmDO5gEzbjx7cUJfPVNDEzIrKitcmNqZ_C_O2H6zl9fK3T6I9MmyWS5uKDxQ_156RwFuUU6algdlldpsv6Lzs_Zn4C0X9wbPOZjBQ-U0R-TsSDbjIFtoiTxwOjkbq/w141-h200/A%20Wolf%20in%20Doctor's%20Clothing.jpeg" width="141" /></span></a></b></div><b style="color: #274e13;">Title:</b><span style="color: #274e13;"> </span><a href="https://www.ebookrenta.com/renta/sc/frm/item/142118/"><span style="color: #7f6000;">A Wolf in Doctor's Clothing -Why is His Touch so Good?- vol. 1</span></a><br /><b style="color: #274e13;">Author: </b><span style="color: #274e13;">Rion Nanao </span><br /><b style="color: #274e13;">Chapters: </b><span style="color: #274e13;">7 chapters </span><br /><b style="color: #274e13;">Publication: </b><span style="color: #274e13;">2016</span><br /><b style="color: #274e13;">Summary from Renta:</b><p></p><p></p><blockquote><p><span style="color: #274e13;">Those fingertips, that tongue... They're not enough anymore...!</span></p><p><span style="color: #274e13;">Yuri is dating the upperclassmen of her dreams and life has never been better! Or it should be, but she has a secret... She can't get turned on by his touch in bed.</span></p><p><span style="color: #274e13;">So, Yuri goes to get help from a specialist, but that doctor...!! To make matters even worse, she climaxes!! But, she's in love with her boyfriend... Yet, she can't get that doctor out of her head!</span></p><p><span style="color: #274e13;">Dr. Narumi and Yuri's secret sessions are underway...!</span></p></blockquote><p></p><p><b><span style="color: #274e13;">2.5 STARS - IT WAS OKAY<br /><br />MY REVIEW: </span></b></p><p><span style="color: #274e13;">If you read this for the smut and are willing to overlook general stupidity, then you're fine. Don't come here looking for a completely healthy relationship, especially in the beginning. </span></p><p><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #274e13;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKOQcujDrJ1wBjQL0xC7AFGBF_ZEqKSjlHDrSwQCF0lNDSO_UKJcQih0cl7sEztWCSxSeJd6M8evvZytpZKqqhjNWDNo-PG0IBogsFXokpo4QTNK0LIulsgvpybvGnUMwGTH2he8EcOWM_ik8GC0CqA2PxEecfLGrysgbCYUq_vKb2fEN-DChdMpZg/s280/Dressed%20as%20the%20Younger%20Sister%20of%20the%20Male%20Protagonist%20of%20Shuangwen.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKOQcujDrJ1wBjQL0xC7AFGBF_ZEqKSjlHDrSwQCF0lNDSO_UKJcQih0cl7sEztWCSxSeJd6M8evvZytpZKqqhjNWDNo-PG0IBogsFXokpo4QTNK0LIulsgvpybvGnUMwGTH2he8EcOWM_ik8GC0CqA2PxEecfLGrysgbCYUq_vKb2fEN-DChdMpZg/w143-h200/Dressed%20as%20the%20Younger%20Sister%20of%20the%20Male%20Protagonist%20of%20Shuangwen.jpeg" width="143" /></span></a></b></div><b style="color: #274e13;">Title:</b><span style="color: #274e13;"> </span><a href="https://www.novelupdates.com/series/surprise-the-supposed-talent-show-was-actually/"><span style="color: #7f6000;">Dressed as the Younger Sister of the Male Protagonist of Shuangwen in the Entertainment Industry</span></a><br /><b style="color: #274e13;">Author: </b><span style="color: #274e13;">顾无痕</span><br /><b style="color: #274e13;">Chapters: </b><span style="color: #274e13;">241 chapters + 14 extras</span><br /><b style="color: #274e13;">Publication:</b><span style="color: #274e13;"> 2021</span><br /><b style="color: #274e13;">Summary from jjwxc:</b><p></p><p></p><blockquote><p><span style="color: #274e13;">Jiang Meng read a refreshing article on the entertainment industry before going to bed.</span></p><p><span style="color: #274e13;">At first, she thought that the male protagonist was the real and wise boss who would lock people into a dark room at every turn, while the female protagonist was the newcomer in the entertainment industry who ran with the ball.</span></p><p><span style="color: #274e13;">Later I learned that the real protagonist of this book is Xiang Lin, the son of a wise boss and a top figure in the entertainment industry.</span></p><p><span style="color: #274e13;">As soon as Jiang Meng woke up, she found that she had entered this entertaining novel about the entertainment industry and became the... ball in it, the biological sister of the male protagonist Xiang Lin.</span></p><p><span style="color: #274e13;">As a top figure in the entertainment industry, there are always as many women who like Xiang Lin as there are crucian carp crossing the river, and it is not uncommon for some of them to go backstage to chase him.</span></p><p><span style="color: #274e13;">But as soon as Xiang Lin's performance ended that day, he was blocked by a pretty girl.</span></p><p><span style="color: #274e13;">With a face that was somewhat similar to his, the little girl shouted: "Brother!"</span></p><p><span style="color: #274e13;">Xiang Lin said: "...???"</span></p><p><span style="color: #274e13;">-</span></p><p><span style="color: #274e13;">Xiang Lin, a top celebrity in the entertainment industry, didn't know his wise father until he was 18 years old. There is also a romantic debt outside, and he also has a daughter.</span></p><p><span style="color: #274e13;">At first he looked down on the little girl named Jiang Meng, but later he doted on Jiang Meng to the point where the whole internet spread rumors that he was Jiang Meng's sponsor.</span></p><p><span style="color: #274e13;">Xiang Lin sneered coldly: Financial owner? I am her brother!</span></p><p><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #274e13;">#This is a story where having a brother means you have the whole world#</span></p><p><span style="color: #274e13;">#The heroine CP is not the brother, but Gu Jun. Because the heroine of the main text is underage, and underage people cannot fall in love, the two of them get along as friends in the early stages. This article is not without cp, the specific emotional drama will be placed in the extra chapter after adulthood."</span></p></blockquote><p></p><p><b><span style="color: #274e13;">4 STARS - I REALLY LIKED IT<br /><br />MY REVIEW: </span></b></p><p><span style="color: #274e13;">This was HILARIOUS in the first half as Jiang Meng and Xiang Lin started making fun of each other as they started getting along with each other. They really became typical siblings where only they could bully each other and no one else lol. After they became closer and dealt with their parents, the tone became less humorous and more slice of life as Jiang Meng grew up and how the siblings overcame obstacles stemming from their upbringing together. This was an entertaining but healing family novel with a small sprinkle of romance at the end. </span></p><p><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #274e13;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOC3f_LFDdkqs1xsaw4Jq1XOwX_OztMVUgsLLEwQ4uaSOrmN2SMZzWHtNkA67_kfGGZe88844BkpfRyh8ZvZA9-iIF19eQXsPSwI34M9hhyPtEF84UuzZO_huvvq0KwEFOQlID6l90fy2MwPnOh2rHipVcZdVeaQUrCook8PTIQUpY9Xrihy4gxMVZ/s280/Dont-Think-About-Hindering-My-Studies.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOC3f_LFDdkqs1xsaw4Jq1XOwX_OztMVUgsLLEwQ4uaSOrmN2SMZzWHtNkA67_kfGGZe88844BkpfRyh8ZvZA9-iIF19eQXsPSwI34M9hhyPtEF84UuzZO_huvvq0KwEFOQlID6l90fy2MwPnOh2rHipVcZdVeaQUrCook8PTIQUpY9Xrihy4gxMVZ/w143-h200/Dont-Think-About-Hindering-My-Studies.jpeg" width="143" /></span></a></b></div><b style="color: #274e13;">Title:</b><span style="color: #274e13;"> </span><a href="https://www.novelupdates.com/series/dont-think-about-hindering-my-studies/"><span style="color: #7f6000;">Don’t Think About Hindering My Studies</span></a><br /><b style="color: #274e13;">Author: </b><span style="color: #274e13;">池多鱼</span><br /><b style="color: #274e13;">Chapters: </b><span style="color: #274e13;">65 chapters + 4 extras</span><br /><b style="color: #274e13;">Publication:</b><span style="color: #274e13;"> 2019</span><br /><b style="color: #274e13;">Summary from Novel Updates:</b><p></p><p></p><blockquote><p><span style="color: #274e13;">When Ning Yi, a young top student, transmigrated and became the white lotus female supporting character who only knew how to go “ying ying ying”1, she discovered that pretending to be pitiful and picking on the female lead was more difficult than getting first place.</span></p><p><span style="color: #274e13;">Do you know how painful it is for a top student to look at the WuSan2 and not be able to work on it?</span></p><p><span style="color: #274e13;">Do you understand the despair of clearly knowing the answer yet being unable to fill in the answer sheet?</span></p><p><span style="color: #274e13;">Such a wonderful period of time, why use it to be jealous and chase men?!</span></p><p><span style="color: #274e13;">Ning Yi presented the cake with a cold and detached heart: “Nan gege, I made this myself ying~ Can you teach me after you eat it?”</span></p><p><span style="color: #274e13;">Lu Xu Nan frowned as he looked at the annoying person in front of him: “Not eating, not teaching, get lost!”</span></p><p><span style="color: #274e13;">Ning Yi, who had completed the storyline, scolded a ‘smelly tr*sh’ in her heart, turned around, and left.</span></p><p><span style="color: #274e13;">Lu Xu Nan who has the ability to read minds: ??? When she wants something, it’s Nan gege, and when there’s nothing, it’s smelly tr*sh. Did she graduate with a major in face changing?</span></p></blockquote><p></p><p><b><span style="color: #274e13;">4 STARS - I REALLY LIKED IT<br /><br />MY REVIEW: </span></b></p><p><span style="color: #274e13;">This was hilarious in the first half! I loved hearing Ning Yi's rants inside her mind and Lu Xu Nan's reaction after hearing them! Most of the times when he read people's minds were pretty funny lol. The gap between outer appearance vs inner dialogue was too funny! However, as the plot progressed, it focused less on the comedy and more on foreshadowing and mystery. It took out a lot of the original fun, which was a bit disappointing. </span></p><p><span style="color: #274e13;">I also liked the author's spin on transmigrators and people involved in the plot. Although it felt like it came out of the left field towards the end, the extra stories helped make up for it with lots of fluff lol.</span></p><p><span style="color: #274e13;">I thought that this novel sounded similar and found out that it was because the author changed the title three times, so I think I read one of those summaries before. The other titles are: The Noble Cannon Fodder Side Character Doesn't Care About You and I Won't be a Cutesy White Lotus.</span></p>pointy starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383571235359128779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286178425425255257.post-30351256228052006712024-03-19T16:24:00.001-04:002024-03-19T16:24:00.148-04:00Books I Want to Read This Month<p><span style="color: #f1c232;">Not sure if I'll be able to tackle much from this list because I only moved 4 books over so far lol. But I will try!</span></p><ol><li><span style="color: #f1c232;"><span>Solo Leveling vol. 1 by </span><span>Dubu & Chugong</span></span></li><li><span style="color: #f1c232;"><span>Solo Leveling vol. 2 by </span><span>Dubu & Chugong</span></span></li><li><span style="color: #f1c232;">Wotakoi Love Is Hard for Otaku vol. 1 by Fujita</span></li><li><span style="color: #f1c232;">Wotakoi Love Is Hard for Otaku vol. 2 by Fujita</span></li><li><span style="color: #f1c232;">Graceling the Graphic Novel by Kristin Cashore & Gareth Hinds</span></li><li><span style="color: #f1c232;">All of Us Villains by Amanda Foody & Christine Lynn Herman<span></span></span></li><li><span style="color: #f1c232;">The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang<span></span></span></li><li><span style="color: #f1c232;">Scum Villain's Self-Saving System vol. 1 Mo Xiang Tong Xiu</span></li><li><span style="color: #f1c232;">Scum Villain's Self-Saving System vol. 2 Mo Xiang Tong Xiu</span></li><li><span style="color: #f1c232;">Bailin and Li Yun by Jayessart</span></li><li><span style="color: #f1c232;">Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Familia Chronicle Novel vol. 1 by Fujino Omori</span></li><li><span style="color: #f1c232;">Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Familia Chronicle Novel vol. 1 by Fujino Omori</span></li><li><span style="color: #f1c232;">Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? vol. 15 by Fujino Omori</span></li><li><span style="color: #f1c232;">Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? vol. 16 by Fujino Omori</span></li><li><span style="color: #f1c232;">I Name Him Me by Ma Yan, translated by Stephen Nashef</span></li><li><span style="color: #f1c232;">Home Body by Rupi Kaur</span></li></ol>pointy starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383571235359128779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286178425425255257.post-70744822578670889302024-03-17T10:38:00.000-04:002024-03-17T10:38:00.159-04:00February in Retrospect<p><span style="color: #b45f06;">Okay, I knew I'd be busy this in February, but I didn't expecting how hectic and exhausted I would be after moving into the house. Unpacking and organizing takes a lot more mental work than I expected that I had no motivation to even try to blog. </span></p><p><span style="color: #b45f06;">But I was still able to read a bit in between all of these changes! Also finished watching Marry My Husband with Shelle right after I started living in the new house! It was soo gooood!</span></p><p><b><span style="color: #b45f06;">I read: </span></b></p><p></p><ul><li><span style="color: #b45f06;">He’s So Sweet After Class by 沽飞双</span></li><li><span style="color: #b45f06;">The Girl Who Wears a Book is Very Salty by You Qian</span></li><li><span style="color: #b45f06;">This Villainess Wants a Divorce! by AhBin & Nokki</span></li><li><span style="color: #b45f06;">The Wealthy Fiance Has the Ability to Read Minds by 秦皇</span></li><li><span style="color: #b45f06;">The Real Daughter is Also Trying to Spend Money to Get Rich Today by Cat Fengqi</span></li><li><span style="color: #b45f06;">Zombie's Abnormal Love by 长燃</span></li><li><span style="color: #b45f06;">How Did It Differentiate From Omega to Alpha? by 水暖鸭知</span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style="color: #b45f06;"><br /></span></p><p><b><span style="color: #b45f06;">I watched: </span></b></p><p></p><ul><li><span style="color: #b45f06;">Marry My Husband (2024)</span></li></ul><p></p>pointy starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383571235359128779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286178425425255257.post-62478564276705378802024-02-20T12:02:00.003-05:002024-02-20T12:02:00.160-05:00DNF Review: I Was the Heroine, and in the Sequel, Even Though I’m a Mob, All of My Stats Are Maxed Out & Salted Fish Plant Department, But Lord of Another World [Infrastructure]<p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMCsKsPHECH_OsB2vJFJYD7KJxx4Oo5JtfGqOrbqUff-bFKT7OYgAYokW_CzSfxL7puiJ5PmiR1N_DPRLVtT7RYRXMjrl6k83yLzwOgfrKZwY6mJ1CAxXJ9LKBChj8NefiHCANh_b0Ylw9ZaImdboe61qboJm0UYKpx51Ii9vxWMWpKvfS0eehOU1C/s995/%20Was%20the%20Heroine,%20and%20in%20the%20Sequel,%20Even%20Though%20I%E2%80%99m%20a%20Mob,%20All%20of%20My%20Stats%20Are%20Maxed%20Out.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><img border="0" data-original-height="995" data-original-width="700" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMCsKsPHECH_OsB2vJFJYD7KJxx4Oo5JtfGqOrbqUff-bFKT7OYgAYokW_CzSfxL7puiJ5PmiR1N_DPRLVtT7RYRXMjrl6k83yLzwOgfrKZwY6mJ1CAxXJ9LKBChj8NefiHCANh_b0Ylw9ZaImdboe61qboJm0UYKpx51Ii9vxWMWpKvfS0eehOU1C/w141-h200/%20Was%20the%20Heroine,%20and%20in%20the%20Sequel,%20Even%20Though%20I%E2%80%99m%20a%20Mob,%20All%20of%20My%20Stats%20Are%20Maxed%20Out.jpeg" width="141" /></span></a></b></div><b style="color: #e06666;">Title: </b><a href="https://www.novelupdates.com/series/i-was-the-heroine-and-in-the-sequel-even-though-im-a-mob-all-of-my-stats-are-maxed-out/ "><span style="color: #f6b26b;">I Was the Heroine, and in the Sequel, Even Though I’m a Mob, All of My Stats Are Maxed Out</span></a><br /><b style="color: #e06666;">Author: </b><span style="color: #e06666;">琴子 & 藤丸 豆ノ介</span><br /><b style="color: #e06666;">Chapters: </b><span style="color: #e06666;">81 chapters </span><br /><b style="color: #e06666;">Publication: </b><span style="color: #e06666;">2022</span><br /><b style="color: #e06666;">Summary from Novel Updates:</b><p></p><p></p><blockquote><p><span style="color: #e06666;">Summoned as a saintess heroine to the world of an Otome game, Nina saved the world with her capture targets and returned to her original world with a grand ending to her friendship.</span></p><p><span style="color: #e06666;">Two years later, Nina came to the sequel world.</span></p><p><span style="color: #e06666;">“All the stats are at MAX? Eh, what is this color… How scary.”</span></p><p><span style="color: #e06666;">This time, she was supposed to be a mob with no role, but somehow, she had inherited her previous saintess stats. The hearts, which represented the level of favorability, were all full, but for some reason, in the case of the prince, they were completely black.</span></p><p><span style="color: #e06666;">At any rate, there seemed to be a different heroine this time around, and the script might go wrong if I were to be there.</span></p><p><span style="color: #e06666;">With this in mind, Nina changed her appearance and decided to use her cheat-level magic to live a leisurely, slow life in the countryside.</span></p><p><span style="color: #e06666;">However, the previous capture targets who inadvertently met again chased after Nina, ignoring the sequel heroine. Rather, even the heroine became attached to Nina.</span></p><p><span style="color: #e06666;">“Hey, why did you betray me?”</span></p><p><span style="color: #e06666;">“I won’t let you go again.”</span></p><p><span style="color: #e06666;">Above all, Prince Alvin’s appearance was strange.</span></p><p><span style="color: #e06666;">Far from a leisurely slow life, Nina found herself caught up in the game world and the bug that took her life last time.</span></p></blockquote><p></p><p><b><span style="color: #e06666;">MY REVIEW: </span></b></p><p><span style="color: #e06666;">I made it to chapter 35 before deciding to quit reading it. The book was just kind of boring. Everything from Nina's POV is so naive and lackadaisical. Because she's already OP from the get go, there's no tension or rush to do anything. Even making money was super simple for her. Her obliviousness of the opposite sex was interesting at first but annoying after a while, even with her love interest's blatant feelings. </span></p><p><span style="color: #e06666;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #e06666;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGNkhpVtW-GccJEPRdicPEX61ogS56rSAaXPkuSO-uWOazUjvXtCPYAbjHTGbAj3Q0EnlkrmsTrypcZGpUrTyumJQNxs8Ajw0BfLmzbw1Yk4gaWTpku5cCnDeVVLprh1cLGJsKmt-2kB8CsKsC4LRgK9J8VdZ66WR2FA8AFil8UXHQQH2Ilrbpx5ky/s800/Salted%20Fish%20Plant%20Department,%20But%20Lord%20of%20Another%20World%20.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="512" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGNkhpVtW-GccJEPRdicPEX61ogS56rSAaXPkuSO-uWOazUjvXtCPYAbjHTGbAj3Q0EnlkrmsTrypcZGpUrTyumJQNxs8Ajw0BfLmzbw1Yk4gaWTpku5cCnDeVVLprh1cLGJsKmt-2kB8CsKsC4LRgK9J8VdZ66WR2FA8AFil8UXHQQH2Ilrbpx5ky/w128-h200/Salted%20Fish%20Plant%20Department,%20But%20Lord%20of%20Another%20World%20.jpeg" width="128" /></span></a></b></div><b style="color: #e06666;">Title: </b><a href="https://www.jjwxc.net/onebook.php?novelid=6988274"><span style="color: #f6b26b;">Salted Fish Plant Department, But Lord of Another World [Infrastructure]</span></a><br /><b style="color: #e06666;">Author: </b><span style="color: #e06666;">时空篱</span><br /><b style="color: #e06666;">Chapters:</b><span style="color: #e06666;"> 150 chapters + 14 extras</span><br /><b style="color: #e06666;">Publication: </b><span style="color: #e06666;">2022</span><br /><b style="color: #e06666;">Summary from jjwxc</b><p></p><p></p><blockquote><p><span style="color: #e06666;">Zhuang Jiu died on the eve of victory.</span></p><p><span style="color: #e06666;">When she opened her eyes again, she was back before the end of the world, and there was an extra book in her mind. Only then did she realize that she was just an important tool in the book, and she was mainly responsible for giving her credit to the hero and heroine.</span></p><p><span style="color: #e06666;">Zhuang Jiu: ...What kind of unparalleled scapegoat is she!</span></p><p><span style="color: #e06666;">After a new life, she got tired of fighting and killing, so she ran into the mountains with the supplies she had stocked up, deciding to stay there in peace and contentment until the end of the apocalypse.</span></p><p><span style="color: #e06666;">As a result, the apocalypse began, and Zhuangjiu, who was quietly waiting for the appearance of violent powers in her previous life, and then used it as a safety wall to isolate zombies, discovered that she had acquired plant-based powers.</span></p><p><span style="color: #e06666;">Silently looking at a group of strangely growing and squeaking plants that appeared in the ground, Zhuangjiu thought hesitantly: This... can also be used as a safety wall, right?</span></p><p><span style="color: #e06666;">—In the year 5X23, the apocalypse has come. Half the planet fell in an instant, and zombies are rampant everywhere.</span></p><p><span style="color: #e06666;">All animals and plants have evolved, and humans have developed special powers, but they are still unable to resist the invasion of zombies. As a last resort, humans have established major safety zones in an attempt to unite and jointly resist the zombies.</span></p><p><span style="color: #e06666;">However, there are still intrigues in the safe zone, food, water, and supplies are constantly being consumed, and the territory is gradually being eroded by zombies. Everyone lives in endless panic.</span></p><p><span style="color: #e06666;">Just when everyone was in panic, a giant base was suddenly discovered deep in a certain mountain range. All the people living there were people who had been expelled. However, it was technologically advanced and rich in materials, comparable to the alliance before the end of the world. developed.</span></p><p><span style="color: #e06666;">No, it's even more powerful than the Alliance.</span></p><p><span style="color: #e06666;">All the security zone leaders who were trying to covet the base, after several threats and force deterrence still failed, and suffered a lot of blows, finally understood the fact that it was impossible for them to occupy Zhuangjiu's base!</span></p><p><span style="color: #e06666;">What to do?</span></p><p><span style="color: #e06666;">The people in charge looked at each other.</span></p><p><span style="color: #e06666;">Hurry up and surrender, become the lord's subordinate safe zone, and maybe even be able to hold him in your arms and enjoy the food and drink!</span></p><p><span style="color: #e06666;">—In the fifth year of the end of the world, half of the safe zone has become a subsidiary safe zone for the winery.</span></p><p><span style="color: #e06666;">The winery suddenly had a lot more workload, and the pressure doubled instantly. After working for two days in a row, she finally couldn't stand it any more. She broke into the heavily secured laboratory of the base, grabbed the man's collar and roared: "Hurry up! When will the antidote be developed? I can't hold it anymore!"</span></p><p><span style="color: #e06666;">Gan Jinxing Pointing to the supercomputer next to him: "Then you have to ask it. When will it finish running and when will mankind be saved?"</span></p></blockquote><p></p><p><b><span style="color: #e06666;">MY REVIEW: </span></b></p><p><span style="color: #e06666;">Normally, I don't mind an OP lead if everything else is good. However, this book was pretty boring after the initial hoarding spree. Once sbe gained her powers and started working on her base, she was already too OP that there was no tension or excitement about this phase that I quickly grew disinterested in her development. </span></p><p><span style="color: #e06666;">Then, the random mystery suddenly introduced made everything seem too contrived to give Zhuang Jiu the perfect ending later, so I was even more turned off and decided to quit after reading 38 chapters.</span></p>pointy starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383571235359128779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286178425425255257.post-21434705861574229152024-02-15T15:02:00.001-05:002024-02-15T15:02:00.147-05:00Books I Want to Read This Month<p><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Not sure how much time I'll have to read this month in between being busy with work and moving (I haven't even packed all of my books yet!), but we shall see!</span></p><ol><li><span style="color: #c27ba0;"><span>Solo Leveling vol. 1 by </span><span>Dubu & Chugong</span></span></li><li><span style="color: #c27ba0;"><span>Solo Leveling vol. 2 by </span><span>Dubu & Chugong</span></span></li><li><span style="color: #c27ba0;"><span>Solo Leveling vol. 3 by </span><span>Dubu & Chugong</span></span></li><li><span style="color: #c27ba0;"><span>Solo Leveling vol. 4 by </span><span>Dubu & Chugong</span></span></li><li><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Wotakoi Love Is Hard for Otaku vol. 1 by Fujita</span></li><li><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Wotakoi Love Is Hard for Otaku vol. 2 by Fujita</span></li><li><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Graceling the Graphic Novel by Kristin Cashore & Gareth Hinds</span></li><li><span style="color: #c27ba0;">All of Us Villains by Amanda Foody & Christine Lynn Herman<span></span></span></li><li><span style="color: #c27ba0;">The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang<span></span></span></li><li><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Scum Villain's Self-Saving System vol. 1 Mo Xiang Tong Xiu</span></li><li><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Scum Villain's Self-Saving System vol. 2 Mo Xiang Tong Xiu</span></li><li><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Bailin and Li Yun by Jayessart</span></li><li><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Familia Chronicle Novel vol. 1 by Fujino Omori</span></li><li><span style="color: #c27ba0;">I Name Him Me by Ma Yan, translated by Stephen Nashef</span></li><li><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Home Body by Rupi Kaur</span></li></ol>pointy starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383571235359128779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286178425425255257.post-72318933655346164142024-02-12T08:57:00.001-05:002024-02-12T08:57:22.591-05:00January in Retrospect<p><span style="color: #674ea7;">Sorry I've been MIA for the past few weeks. Alec and I started house hunting again last month, looked at houses for one weekend, put in two offers, and got accepted for our second pick house. Since then, we've been busy getting everything in order, planning, packing, setting up utilities and everything just to close last Thursday. </span></p><p><span style="color: #674ea7;">The upcoming weeks are also super busy with the movers coming this Thursday and Friday for Alec's stuff while we need to figure out when to move my stuff as well. Then, unpacking and reorganizing and cleaning <i>again</i>. </span></p><p><span style="color: #674ea7;">Posts will most likely be sporadic until things settle down! We'll see how much time I have for reading or watching anything and compare it to January. Look how well I did last month!</span></p><p><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">I read: </span></b></p><p></p><ul><li><span style="color: #674ea7;">The Supporting Male Character Just Wants to Be a Tool Man by 林盎司</span></li><li><span style="color: #674ea7;">The Meaning of You Season 1 by Tilda Kim, Yeyoung, & Lee Sorock</span></li><li><span style="color: #674ea7;">The Meaning of You Season 2 by Tilda Kim, Yeyoung, & Lee Sorock</span></li><li><span style="color: #674ea7;">After I Flopped on My Crush by 松子茶</span></li><li><span style="color: #674ea7;">My Boyfriend Discovered My Zhihu Response by 杳杳一言</span></li><li><span style="color: #674ea7;">After Transmigrating Into a Villain Cannon Fodder Male Zerg by 牧粮人</span></li><li><span style="color: #674ea7;">I Can Still Salvage It by 松子茶</span></li><li><span style="color: #674ea7;">After Marrying the Evil God by 浮白曲</span></li><li><span style="color: #674ea7;">BL Fans LOVE My Brother?! by Mimu Oyamada</span></li><li><span style="color: #674ea7;">How to Feed a Little Jiaojiao in the Last Days by 君水益</span></li><li><span style="color: #674ea7;">Showing Affection with the Villain in the Abuse by Grapefruit 99</span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style="color: #674ea7;"><br /></span></p><p><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">I watched: </span></b></p><p></p><ul><li><span style="color: #674ea7;">Strong Girl Nam-Soon (2023)</span></li><li><span style="color: #674ea7;">The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)</span></li><li><span style="color: #674ea7;">I'm in Love with the Villainess (2023)</span></li></ul><p></p>pointy starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383571235359128779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286178425425255257.post-42470695099490334822024-01-16T16:21:00.000-05:002024-01-16T16:21:00.139-05:00New Anime and Movies This Winter That I'm Excited For!<p><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">I'm so excited for the sequels and movies this season! Loved these series! Also looking forward to all of these other anime because I've heard about their manga series multiple times. Lol Mikey has been reccing Solo Leveling to me for the past few years.</span></p><p><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Anime:</span></b></p><p></p><ul><li><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Solo Leveling</span></li><li><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Classroom of the Elite Season 3</span></li><li><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Banished from the Hero's Party, I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside 2nd</span></li><li><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Blue Exorcist -Shimane Illuminati Saga-</span></li><li><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">My Instant Death Ability Is So Overpowered, No One in This Other World Stands a Chance Against Me!</span></li><li><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic</span></li><li><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Villainess Level 99: I May Be the Hidden Boss but I'm Not the Demon Lord</span></li><li><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">The Foolish Angel Dances with the Devil</span></li><li><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">A Sign of Affection</span></li><li><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Mr. Villain's Day Off</span></li><li><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!</span></li><li><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Kui Cheng Shoufu Cong Youxi Kaishi</span></li><li><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">SPY x FAMILY CODE: White</span></li><li><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">HAIKYU!! The Dumpster Battle</span></li><li><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! Movie</span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></p><p><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Movie:</span></b></p><p></p><ul><li><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Miller's Girl (Jan 26)</span></li><li><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">The Epidemic (Jan 31)</span></li><li><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Argylle (Feb 2)</span></li><li><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Madame Web (Feb 14)</span></li><li><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Dune: Part Two (Mar 1)</span></li><li><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Kung Fu Panda 4 (Mar 8)</span></li><li><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">The American Society of Magical Negroes (Mar 22)</span></li><li><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Mickey 17 (Mar 29)</span></li></ul><p></p>pointy starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383571235359128779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286178425425255257.post-53811019455771394392024-01-11T17:40:00.000-05:002024-01-11T17:40:00.143-05:00Mini Reviews: Using a Wok to Reorganize Life and Fly to Immortality, Senior Green Tea Turned Into an Abused Heroine, I Just Want to Be in a Relationship<p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH_1dTlCX_mHj0LHXMS9L3K3xuD3bXmhXFDpmJ1cjkcJ59gJnpTuhp0Binmz-6cAARa5dveaXE2LWiZOsocfU_UbvNBKn2WDeSQnH7ToV8xJq5hCBpoGUqg8IKChA739x2x5KI_ayj3N4tlxuqGC6l3-nCpY7bOASrNbPN1HheeVdBhQH_0l5AdA/s560/Using-a-Wok-to-Reorganize-Life-and-Fly-to-Immortality.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #45818e;"><img border="0" data-original-height="560" data-original-width="400" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH_1dTlCX_mHj0LHXMS9L3K3xuD3bXmhXFDpmJ1cjkcJ59gJnpTuhp0Binmz-6cAARa5dveaXE2LWiZOsocfU_UbvNBKn2WDeSQnH7ToV8xJq5hCBpoGUqg8IKChA739x2x5KI_ayj3N4tlxuqGC6l3-nCpY7bOASrNbPN1HheeVdBhQH_0l5AdA/w143-h200/Using-a-Wok-to-Reorganize-Life-and-Fly-to-Immortality.jpeg" width="143" /></span></a></b></div><b style="color: #45818e;">Title: </b><a href="https://www.novelupdates.com/series/using-a-wok-to-reorganize-life-and-fly-to-immortality/"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Using a Wok to Reorganize Life and Fly to Immortality</span></a><br /><b style="color: #45818e;">Author: </b><span style="color: #45818e;">盐焗大龙虾</span><br /><b style="color: #45818e;">Chapters: </b><span style="color: #45818e;">117 chapters </span><br /><b style="color: #45818e;">Publication: </b><span style="color: #45818e;">2022</span><br /><b style="color: #45818e;">Summary from Novel Updates:</b><p></p><p></p><blockquote><p><span style="color: #45818e;">Su Yu, a descendant of a royal chef, entered a novel of the immortal world. She became a second senior sister who took over a mountain full of wounded and disabled from her missing senior brother.</span></p><p><span style="color: #45818e;">According to the original plot, her third junior brother’s golden core was broken. Her fourth junior brother gets into trouble. Her fifth junior brother was deceived… In short, they are dead, casualties, or injured.</span></p><p><span style="color: #45818e;">Su Yu: Ah, this… our division seems to be over.</span></p><p><span style="color: #45818e;">Looking at a group of skinny, weak, or disabled juniors, Su Yu, who wanted to retire: What kind of immortals are cultivating and fighting? Come and help me cook! Peace is a blessing!</span></p><p><span style="color: #45818e;">However, when she researched the ingredients in this world of cultivating immortals and decided to make a pot of delicious vegetables… the spiritual energy in the wok was great and the fragrance spread, but there was a faint circle of energy, which turned into super-quality spiritual pill that could repair broken meridians lying on the bottom of the wok.</span></p><p><span style="color: #45818e;">Su Yu: !</span></p><p><span style="color: #45818e;">The seriously wounded and waiting to die juniors: !</span></p><p><span style="color: #45818e;">Master Su didn’t believe in failure. When she was preparing to make a lotus leaf roasted rib, oil dripped and the aroma was overflowing. But at the bottom, there was a faint gleam of light accompanied a two-foot-long spirit sword, unparalleled in sword energy and a rare treasure once in a century.</span></p><p><span style="color: #45818e;">Junior brother who gave up cultivation because of lack of spirit swords: !</span></p><p><span style="color: #45818e;">Looking at the pots and pans full of spiritual pills and spiritual treasures piled up in her small kitchen, Su Yu frowned.</span></p><p><span style="color: #45818e;">You may not believe it, but I just want to make a dish.</span></p><p><span style="color: #45818e;">The heroine who sucked her luck but went all the way to decline: ???</span></p><p><span style="color: #45818e;">—</span></p><p><span style="color: #45818e;">Because his cultivation rose too fast, the number one senior brother of Zhiqiong Peak, Xiao Muge, had to go far to the northern glacier to suppress his terrifying cultivation.</span></p><p><span style="color: #45818e;">A year later, he finally avoided the Ascension Thunder Tribulation and rushed back to his sect, preparing to regain the luck for his juniors, but he almost didn’t recognize his own peak.</span></p><p><span style="color: #45818e;">His third junior brother with a broken golden core had leveled up into Yuan Ying. His fourth junior, with extremely poor musical talent, had become a complete success… And his second junior sister, who is sullen, cold, and has never been out of her room, is sitting on the throne of the peak leader with her phoenix eyes narrowed. Her red lips raised when she enjoyed her junior’s respectful thanks. “Second Senior Sister is the master of our peak. She has powerful wisdom and is omnipotent. Senior Brother… Who is Senior Brother?”</span></p><p><span style="color: #45818e;">Xiao Muge: ?</span></p></blockquote><p></p><p><b><span style="color: #45818e;">4.5 STARS - I REALLY LIKED IT<br /><br />MY REVIEW: </span></b></p><p><span style="color: #45818e;">This was so funny and delicious! If you're into absurd humor and lots of faceslapping in the beginning as Su Yu starts changing people's opinion of her and don't mind constantly craving food from reading all of the delicious descriptions, then this book is for you!</span></p><p><span style="color: #45818e;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #45818e;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyptazWX8bVmatfEDA2UQ9uFxpsLjluK2kJjIYHhramOUPDBOW6X-HGW3rM4_PS0n1F3zNN7LSfH2D-6FH6yzOwyrH2XuUxFAwawJXasjd7Ba-zs_6JASgNXQKfVCbiXy4ccP29yYMAEs-7HCrLUthVsS_vCPo19usLnCRQQUrlxfzdEZuXcNLPw/s946/Senior-Green-Tea-Turned-Into-an-Abused-Heroine.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #45818e;"><img border="0" data-original-height="946" data-original-width="679" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyptazWX8bVmatfEDA2UQ9uFxpsLjluK2kJjIYHhramOUPDBOW6X-HGW3rM4_PS0n1F3zNN7LSfH2D-6FH6yzOwyrH2XuUxFAwawJXasjd7Ba-zs_6JASgNXQKfVCbiXy4ccP29yYMAEs-7HCrLUthVsS_vCPo19usLnCRQQUrlxfzdEZuXcNLPw/w144-h200/Senior-Green-Tea-Turned-Into-an-Abused-Heroine.jpeg" width="144" /></span></a></b></div><b style="color: #45818e;">Title: </b><a href="https://www.novelupdates.com/series/senior-green-tea-turned-into-an-abused-heroine/"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Senior Green Tea Turned Into an Abused Heroine</span></a><br /><b style="color: #45818e;">Author: </b><span style="color: #45818e;">You Ying</span><br /><b style="color: #45818e;">Chapters:</b><span style="color: #45818e;"> 79 chapters </span><br /><b style="color: #45818e;">Publication: </b><span style="color: #45818e;">2020</span><br /><b style="color: #45818e;">Summary from Novel Updates:</b><p></p><p></p><blockquote><p><span style="color: #45818e;">Lin Xiaocha was a veteran ‘green tea’; she knew her way around playing with love. She could pretend to be cute and innocent, tearing up her opponents, and raised bountiful fish in her green tea fish pond.</span></p><p><span style="color: #45818e;">She was selected by the system to fulfill the wish of the heroine of an abusive novel, to target the hero and the supporting male characters who were obsessed with the white lotus. And if she were to complete the missions, she would receive generous rewards.</span></p><p><span style="color: #45818e;">Initially she thought this would be a breeze, her riches were right in her grasp. However, just when the task was about to be accomplished…</span></p><p><span style="color: #45818e;">She found that she…</span></p><p><span style="color: #45818e;">Targeted! The! Wrong! Person!</span></p><p><span style="color: #45818e;">…</span></p><p><span style="color: #45818e;">Lin Xiaocha: Don’t panic, I’ll do it again. It’s not a big deal.</span></p><p><span style="color: #45818e;">Until–</span></p><p><span style="color: #45818e;">Lin Xiaocha: “Xianjun, why lock up Xiaocha?!”</span></p><p><span style="color: #45818e;">The cold and pure max-level boss: “Didn’t you say you would stay with me forever, that we would be inseparable in life or death?”</span></p><p><span style="color: #45818e;">He kissed Lin Xiaocha’s earlobe. “This lord is very sure.”</span></p></blockquote><p></p><p><b><span style="color: #45818e;">4 STARS - I REALLY LIKED IT<br /><br />MY REVIEW: </span></b></p><p><span style="color: #45818e;">I loved how Lin Xiaocha played all the guys around her like a fiddle. She was so good at it and wasn't pretentious about her skills to hook men or why she was such a money grubber. That's why it was great seeing her slow character growth from treating the world as just a book to showing her true nature and caring about people.</span></p><p><span style="color: #45818e;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #45818e;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCYL3O3cKsDinkxRhXv3w1pIZV5-xMXM6RHM7s00_ztTK35xSu9Ogl-3GIt3r-a9F_1aAOAUEpxPLbG7FUdgTavgRCiD40-1bdFT5hG8r013pN_IikkTCna5QuGtGEeGstf7odlspNUDuZ5Czn-zDW1uBC7o7t3zqp5hZiH_phD3ykHfu9-cS04A/s200/ijustwanttobeinarelationship.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #45818e;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="143" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCYL3O3cKsDinkxRhXv3w1pIZV5-xMXM6RHM7s00_ztTK35xSu9Ogl-3GIt3r-a9F_1aAOAUEpxPLbG7FUdgTavgRCiD40-1bdFT5hG8r013pN_IikkTCna5QuGtGEeGstf7odlspNUDuZ5Czn-zDW1uBC7o7t3zqp5hZiH_phD3ykHfu9-cS04A/w143-h200/ijustwanttobeinarelationship.jpeg" width="143" /></span></a></b></div><b style="color: #45818e;">Title: </b><a href="https://www.novelupdates.com/series/i-just-want-to-be-in-a-relationship/"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">I Just Want to Be in a Relationship</span></a><br /><b style="color: #45818e;">Author: </b><span style="color: #45818e;">连朔</span><br /><b style="color: #45818e;">Chapters:</b><span style="color: #45818e;"> 96 chapters + 6 extras</span><br /><b style="color: #45818e;">Publication: </b><span style="color: #45818e;">2017</span><br /><b style="color: #45818e;">Summary from Novel Updates:</b><p></p><p></p><blockquote><p><span style="color: #45818e;">In the last life, Movie Emperor Yu listened to the company and listened to his manager in order not to expose his sexual orientation. Until his death, he never had a relationship.</span></p><p><span style="color: #45818e;">Yu Qing Huan didn’t want to be a money making machine in his current life. He wanted to travel to the best place, see the best scenery, eat the best food and then find the best man to live a happy life together.</span></p><p><span style="color: #45818e;">Hou Qu is a genius savant who can easily learn chemical formulas just by glancing at them. One day, he gets lost in the busy streets and Yu Qing Huan helps him.</span></p><p><span style="color: #45818e;">Little does Yu Qing Huan know that his wish to stay out of the limelight may not ever be granted as he had unknowingly been locked on by a hungry wolf hidden in the shadows because of his single act of kindness…</span></p></blockquote><p></p><p><b><span style="color: #45818e;">4 STARS - I REALLY LIKED IT<br /><br />MY REVIEW: </span></b></p><p><span style="color: #45818e;">I think this was one of the first Cnovels I read that got me interested in the Cnovels. Loved it as much as the first time I read it!</span></p>pointy starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383571235359128779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286178425425255257.post-61014912691433775832024-01-08T15:51:00.000-05:002024-01-08T15:51:00.247-05:00Books I Want to Read This Month<p><span style="color: #6aa84f;">So I didn't actually read any books off of this list last month... Instead, I'll try to do better this month! I'm really interested in reading Solo Leveling since the anime comes out this month!</span></p><ol><li><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span>Solo Leveling vol. 1 by </span><span>Dubu & Chugong</span></span></li><li><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span>Solo Leveling vol. 2 by </span><span>Dubu & Chugong</span></span></li><li><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span>Solo Leveling vol. 3 by </span><span>Dubu & Chugong</span></span></li><li><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span>Solo Leveling vol. 4 by </span><span>Dubu & Chugong</span></span></li><li><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span>Solo Leveling vol. 5 by </span><span>Dubu & Chugong</span></span></li><li><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span>Solo Leveling vol. 6 by </span><span>Dubu & Chugong</span></span></li><li><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Wotakoi Love Is Hard for Otaku vol. 1 by Fujita</span></li><li><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Wotakoi Love Is Hard for Otaku vol. 2 by Fujita</span></li><li><span style="color: #6aa84f;">So You've Been Publicly Shame by Jon Ronson</span></li><li><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Scum Villain's Self-Saving System vol. 1 Mo Xiang Tong Xiu</span></li><li><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Scum Villain's Self-Saving System vol. 2 Mo Xiang Tong Xiu</span></li><li><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Bailin and Li Yun by Jayessart</span></li><li><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Familia Chronicle Novel vol. 1 by Fujino Omori</span></li><li><span style="color: #6aa84f;">I Name Him Me by Ma Yan, translated by Stephen Nashef</span></li><li><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Home Body by Rupi Kaur</span></li></ol>pointy starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383571235359128779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286178425425255257.post-29095328567320242312024-01-04T16:39:00.001-05:002024-01-04T16:39:00.143-05:00December in Retrospect<p><span style="color: #bf9000;">Didn't read as much as I thought I would last month, but it's probably because Shelle and I were addicted to watching Cdramas lol.</span></p><p><b><span style="color: #bf9000;">I read: </span></b></p><p></p><ul><li><span style="color: #bf9000;">Don’t Hide From Me! by 今闲</span></li><li><span style="color: #bf9000;">Reborn To The Start Of The Apocalypse To Farm by 暖荷 </span></li><li><span style="color: #bf9000;">The Omega Can’t Pretend to Be a Beta After Accidentally Witnessing the Major General’s Susceptible Period by 翡唐</span></li><li><span style="color: #bf9000;">Non-Human Seeking Re-employment by 梅花六</span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br /></span></p><p><b><span style="color: #bf9000;">I watched: </span></b></p><p></p><ul><li><span style="color: #bf9000;">Who Rules the World (2022)</span></li><li><span style="color: #bf9000;">Watch A Playthrough of a Certain Dude's VRMMO Life (2023)</span></li><li><span style="color: #bf9000;">Blue Beetle (2023)</span></li><li><span style="color: #bf9000;">The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent Season 2 (2023)</span></li></ul><p></p>pointy starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383571235359128779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286178425425255257.post-2720345344126941082024-01-03T10:45:00.001-05:002024-01-03T10:45:00.136-05:00HAPPY 15TH ANNIVERSARY!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvyGIQTUPVBV1zkF2Cs9z6_sPrLbQMo6VHCDgtcpB7vs-mGZE6_aCC3ViHYNl05TZF5uajQ4WSvD4whlViZRY0EZp9pl0lmeUi0fZsedsuLhcjbVZ8H2VvPPJMXIH5bOTOgFUhBIv2T_V8bgAQ8hoBUo3cw696MZIlQkLN-jYaIblmCyombnpsQDdU/s510/360_F_305867937_mrezPLTDQgIZd4EoKxSgHWAYkcoFSqi4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="510" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvyGIQTUPVBV1zkF2Cs9z6_sPrLbQMo6VHCDgtcpB7vs-mGZE6_aCC3ViHYNl05TZF5uajQ4WSvD4whlViZRY0EZp9pl0lmeUi0fZsedsuLhcjbVZ8H2VvPPJMXIH5bOTOgFUhBIv2T_V8bgAQ8hoBUo3cw696MZIlQkLN-jYaIblmCyombnpsQDdU/w400-h283/360_F_305867937_mrezPLTDQgIZd4EoKxSgHWAYkcoFSqi4.jpeg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">15 years is a long time dedicated to something. I'm constantly surprised by how long I've been blogging. Sure, some years are more sparse than others, but the fact that I continue to come back and post about my interests and life updates is probably something that will continue for a long time. So to whoever is reading this, thank you for stumbling upon my page whether it's for me or my notoriously popular creepy pick-up lines post lol.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">And Happy New Year!</span></div>pointy starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383571235359128779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286178425425255257.post-32895279243456566382023-12-29T08:58:00.000-05:002023-12-29T08:58:43.230-05:00Weekly Haul 166<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Sorry I've been MIA for the past few weeks. I didn't expect work to get so hectic that I was doing overtime until midnight for a while. Now that I've taken this week off, I've been chilling and babysitting and have been too lazy to update about life lol.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">But here is my last weekly haul of 2023! Can't believe how fast time flew by this year. Anyway, these were all Christmas presents from the fam.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvb5u_oVA3HQ6zyi58gAtX5JKptJclVmUCMs0EZav7kElzD4S7o01HJ32Q6WFafO-4q2psBdw0grzp4_a8ze-aXHICBiwqw6f4BD_4X9xCm4P4NdFr270iOmnu11_SgLqgl52wEiJzzIV26ThU3memwBq9FNzUJXFu23mGR322U_8ojJFM1tJDYWsX/s4032/20231226_095905.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvb5u_oVA3HQ6zyi58gAtX5JKptJclVmUCMs0EZav7kElzD4S7o01HJ32Q6WFafO-4q2psBdw0grzp4_a8ze-aXHICBiwqw6f4BD_4X9xCm4P4NdFr270iOmnu11_SgLqgl52wEiJzzIV26ThU3memwBq9FNzUJXFu23mGR322U_8ojJFM1tJDYWsX/w400-h300/20231226_095905.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Demon Slayer vol. 14-23 by Koyoharu Gotouge</span></div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilxeaxpGvHfDZ1n6K3Q19jsLg4DDjVzdoD1VsGlY99DruNFc57VfiWijpllLKHNLvjZVkrnMKShKF8dD116703NvxFbvX4SJF7YzA2mQi56qou-W1eQkt4vtMtn8JtzzjDALqWWF3mL4v-sE5KHKyNrmBbuNCPL87kMkn1IbpM-HmNM0NoKhyEfer9/s4032/20231226_100005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilxeaxpGvHfDZ1n6K3Q19jsLg4DDjVzdoD1VsGlY99DruNFc57VfiWijpllLKHNLvjZVkrnMKShKF8dD116703NvxFbvX4SJF7YzA2mQi56qou-W1eQkt4vtMtn8JtzzjDALqWWF3mL4v-sE5KHKyNrmBbuNCPL87kMkn1IbpM-HmNM0NoKhyEfer9/w400-h300/20231226_100005.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">The Wolf of Oren-Yaro by K.S. Villoso</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Macbeth by Shakespeare</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">With that said, see you in 2024! Happy New Year!</span></p></div></div>pointy starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383571235359128779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286178425425255257.post-80529273562910673282023-12-07T15:17:00.000-05:002023-12-07T15:17:08.129-05:00Book Unhaul 32<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47;">I kept this trilogy for years because I really wanted to buy the last book and finish reading it. Clearly, it hasn't happened, so I'm going give up lol. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK4JGTv54JTVnPj3CmDpfMJFspMEu-RGetZkK3Uw0oTXceBAZllE4clT09IUUKNCqF0oHH9HzjQVCjxR5ByeKMtLdNeiDaNnE1uloJCgN1tuaf9awPOYBmCuYXUWJ871atL3KLPDt5BY0FM_gX1WqNtghXZVktuf4q-A5UXh37Hy6ugBtEoEQUA1S-/s3956/20231207_141111.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2967" data-original-width="3956" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK4JGTv54JTVnPj3CmDpfMJFspMEu-RGetZkK3Uw0oTXceBAZllE4clT09IUUKNCqF0oHH9HzjQVCjxR5ByeKMtLdNeiDaNnE1uloJCgN1tuaf9awPOYBmCuYXUWJ871atL3KLPDt5BY0FM_gX1WqNtghXZVktuf4q-A5UXh37Hy6ugBtEoEQUA1S-/w400-h300/20231207_141111.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47;">The Darkest Mind by Alexandra Bracken</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47;">Never Fade by Alexandra Bracken</span></p>pointy starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383571235359128779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286178425425255257.post-67293764061888050982023-12-04T16:41:00.000-05:002023-12-04T16:41:00.154-05:00Books I Want to Read This Month<p><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">After half of a year (or more lol), I've finally finished a couple of books off of this list! Let's keep the momentum going, since I took off time after Christmas!</span></p><ol><li><span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span>Solo Leveling vol. 1 by </span><span>Dubu & Chugong</span></span></li><li><span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span>Solo Leveling vol. 2 by </span><span>Dubu & Chugong</span></span></li><li><span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span>Solo Leveling vol. 3 by </span><span>Dubu & Chugong</span></span></li><li><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">Wotakoi Love Is Hard for Otaku vol. 1 by Fujita</span></li><li><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">Wotakoi Love Is Hard for Otaku vol. 2 by Fujita</span></li><li><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">Graceling the Graphic Novel by Kristin Cashore & Gareth Hinds</span></li><li><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">So You've Been Publicly Shame by Jon Ronson</span></li><li><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">Scum Villain's Self-Saving System vol. 1 Mo Xiang Tong Xiu</span></li><li><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">Scum Villain's Self-Saving System vol. 2 Mo Xiang Tong Xiu</span></li><li><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">Bailin and Li Yun by Jayessart</span></li><li><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Familia Chronicle Novel vol. 1 by Fujino Omori</span></li><li><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Familia Chronicle Novel vol. 2 by Fujino Omori </span></li><li><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">I Name Him Me by Ma Yan, translated by Stephen Nashef</span></li><li><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">The Anatomy of Being by Shinji Moon</span></li><li><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">Home Body by Rupi Kaur</span></li></ol>pointy starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383571235359128779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286178425425255257.post-28327752412536294932023-12-01T14:34:00.000-05:002023-12-01T14:34:00.131-05:00November in Retrospect<p><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Sorry, I said that I was going to slowly get back into posting again, but it's really hard finding time and motivation. I'll try to do better this month!</span></p><p><span style="color: #3d85c6;">However, it was nice taking an extra day off for Thanksgiving so that I could essentially have a 5 day weekend. It definitely gave me a lot of time to finish reading Cheeky Brat, which I started reading around this same time 5 years ago lol.</span></p><p><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I read:</span></b></p><p></p><ul><li><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Sand Sculpture Agent, Military Training Became Popular by 千千鸟</span></li><li><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Being a Fine Rich Woman, Showing Off and Becoming Popular by 长安如昼</span></li><li><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Cheeky Brat vol. 1 by Mitsubachi Miyuki</span></li><li><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Cheeky Brat vol. 2 by Mitsubachi Miyuki</span></li><li><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Cheeky Brat vol. 3 by Mitsubachi Miyuki</span></li><li><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Cheeky Brat vol. 4 by Mitsubachi Miyuki</span></li><li><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Cheeky Brat vol. 5 by Mitsubachi Miyuki</span></li><li><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Cheeky Brat vol. 6 by Mitsubachi Miyuki</span></li><li><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Cheeky Brat vol. 7 by Mitsubachi Miyuki</span></li><li><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Cheeky Brat vol. 8 by Mitsubachi Miyuki</span></li><li><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Cheeky Brat vol. 9 by Mitsubachi Miyuki</span></li><li><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Five Scum Gongs Get Crazy Jealousy For Me by 木三观</span></li><li><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Cheeky Brat vol. 10 by Mitsubachi Miyuki</span></li><li><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Cheeky Brat vol. 11 by Mitsubachi Miyuki</span></li><li><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Cheeky Brat vol. 12 by Mitsubachi Miyuki</span></li><li><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Cheeky Brat vol. 13 by Mitsubachi Miyuki</span></li><li><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Cheeky Brat vol. 14 by Mitsubachi Miyuki</span></li><li><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Cheeky Brat vol. 15 by Mitsubachi Miyuki</span></li><li><span style="color: #3d85c6;">He is Too Stingy, This Sand Sculpture Cannon Fodder by 陈五野</span></li><li><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Cheeky Brat vol. 16 by Mitsubachi Miyuki</span></li><li><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Cheeky Brat vol. 17 by Mitsubachi Miyuki</span></li><li><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Cheeky Brat vol. 18 by Mitsubachi Miyuki</span></li><li><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Cheeky Brat vol. 19 by Mitsubachi Miyuki</span></li><li><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Cheeky Brat vol. 20 by Mitsubachi Miyuki</span></li><li><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Cheeky Brat vol. 21 by Mitsubachi Miyuki</span></li><li><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Cheeky Brat vol. 22 by Mitsubachi Miyuki</span></li><li><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Cheeky Brat vol. 23 by Mitsubachi Miyuki </span></li><li><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Bite Your Fingertips by 苏景闲</span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></p><p><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I watched: </span></b></p><p></p><ul><li><span style="color: #3d85c6;">The Saint's Magic Power Is Omnipotent Season One (2021)</span></li><li><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Hidden Love (2023)</span></li></ul><p></p>pointy starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383571235359128779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286178425425255257.post-71335241818824387862023-11-16T17:55:00.003-05:002023-11-16T17:55:00.181-05:00Weekly Haul 165<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #76a5af;">A birthday present from my bro. This has been on my TBR list since it came out! Don't ask me why I never bought it. Idk! Such is life!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKPcp6R5qqdqQCJ7c-60ZCipa68FS_cjkEcYNzbDPOkAnV6aNQr2WtwkyzgBvkxJ1q1vT2a_vraYOvOVuPkSbf6IGLG8CmdKu1pFn7e3arfhqhXLGhkL1yUoRQFTKGG0FUM60EVdyNN1iSHcYZwmp7ODIlaj41-6UYjirKQgGr3CTBvtA5MHKycRlj/s4032/20231115_110148.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #76a5af;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKPcp6R5qqdqQCJ7c-60ZCipa68FS_cjkEcYNzbDPOkAnV6aNQr2WtwkyzgBvkxJ1q1vT2a_vraYOvOVuPkSbf6IGLG8CmdKu1pFn7e3arfhqhXLGhkL1yUoRQFTKGG0FUM60EVdyNN1iSHcYZwmp7ODIlaj41-6UYjirKQgGr3CTBvtA5MHKycRlj/w400-h300/20231115_110148.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #76a5af;">The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller</span></p>pointy starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383571235359128779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286178425425255257.post-25950441651722092012023-11-13T17:10:00.001-05:002023-11-13T17:10:00.137-05:00AUG: Luna's Birthday Cancellation, Filipino Fest, Agent Breakup, First Atlanta United Game<p><span style="color: #38761d;">I'm a bit behind on these life updates since the hiatus. However, I didn't want to completely skip these last few months, so these posts will probably be a bit shorter and less detailed, since I can't remember everything that happened anyway lol.</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d;">August was Luna's first birthday! We were so excited and had spent the last couple of weeks preparing for her party... Until the fire nation attacked. Jk, she got hand-foot-mouth the night before the party and was not allowed around other babies until her scabs healed over. So we had to cancel the party at the last minute :(</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d;">Also, her whole class in daycare was out for a bit because they all caught hand-foot-mouth.</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d;">Fortunately, people (without kids) stopped by during the whole weekend to drop off presents and see her for a bit, so that was nice. She still had a good time with family and friends around.</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d;">The next weekend, Alec and I went house hunting in the morning with John before stopping by the Filipino Festival near downtown. It was hot and sunny and smokey from some of the food stalls outside. It was pretty unpleasant, especially because the lines for the food were all super long. </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d;">Alec and I split up to go to two different stalls, and we both waited for over an hour to get to order anything. What sucked was that I was in line for this dessert stall and wanted to order halo halo because it was 80 degrees out there, and when it was my turn, they said that they ran out of ice, so it would take another hour before they served it again! The only thing that didn't have ice was the hot tofu drink they had instead! </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d;">This was the amount of people in front of me halfway through waiting for this dessert line.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz3WzDRhq0O0yKccoLCBbY4mDw5tn63WFS5FNgckDg0Qvig2FMEpHl9tjOJwxtdywt2zJF1lJbDVGoloL-JFnzfg1-Drqu6PGS06pCM_v6UbcP1JE8f6QYvJGaw4MmuIPpfT2MAmDPMaHkMk8jwrJDSGoNauH4AbEDotV4BbhgimaRxwuUhcJpwoF4/s4032/20230812_140506.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz3WzDRhq0O0yKccoLCBbY4mDw5tn63WFS5FNgckDg0Qvig2FMEpHl9tjOJwxtdywt2zJF1lJbDVGoloL-JFnzfg1-Drqu6PGS06pCM_v6UbcP1JE8f6QYvJGaw4MmuIPpfT2MAmDPMaHkMk8jwrJDSGoNauH4AbEDotV4BbhgimaRxwuUhcJpwoF4/w400-h300/20230812_140506.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><p><span style="color: #38761d;">Overall, Alec and I agreed that the festival wasn't worth the hype. All of the stalls were inefficient (a lot of them also spent a lot of time just chatting with the customers) and unprepared. It was not worth the effort to only get two food items after spending almost three hours there. Also, parking was bullshit. </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d;">Online, they said that regular parking was like $10 and closer parking was $20. When we got to the only entrance, they, a bunch of shirtless guys who smelled like weed and one guy who was rolling a blunt in broad daylight, told us it was $20 and we could park anywhere. Later, Alec heard from someone behind him in line that they paid $30 for parking. So the guys were jacking up the price throughout the day!</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d;">Then, the next day, our real estate agent called and basically broke up with us. He basically said that we didn't know what we were looking for, were undecided about the price we were willing to pay, and that we wouldn't give him a lot of commission anyway even though he's basically just doing this for fun because he could retire at any time. </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d;">Alec also thinks that because he called us the day before about an offer we could put on a house while we were at the Filipino Fest, but we asked to have a call the next day because we were busy, so Alec thinks that John thought that we weren't as serious about buying a house anymore.</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d;">Anyway, because of that and because my dad offered to help us, Alec and I decided to take a break from looking at homes for the rest of the year and start again in January.</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d;">My work sponsors some local local sports teams, so we had discounted tickets for upcoming Atlanta Braves games and an Atlanta United game. Since I've gone to many Braves games with SITA before and because Alec had two opportunities to go to an Atlanta United game before but always had to cancel last minute, we decided to go to our first soccer game together!</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d;">I took Alec to Momonoki for dinner before the game. It was his first time there, and he really enjoyed the food. It was my first time trying mazemen, which you typically don't find in most Japanese restaurants. It was really good!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7rMBaLhzH_yOk2ONCcYXFCsSdNcyRrIWd96XbkZfsjslO_WASHgLBHkSC9vyLQgaQJzrrogc7nzxx7uqBGFKZ9HzKVAl3xEtCV1fE2BoC5ULOv1YyxU0GH7Hon61N_xjtOTZb4tKsViujbOc9uZJxYPsKaMPKvDw7kJsrK56m9s_FPkvLWE65THgf/s4032/20230826_174352.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7rMBaLhzH_yOk2ONCcYXFCsSdNcyRrIWd96XbkZfsjslO_WASHgLBHkSC9vyLQgaQJzrrogc7nzxx7uqBGFKZ9HzKVAl3xEtCV1fE2BoC5ULOv1YyxU0GH7Hon61N_xjtOTZb4tKsViujbOc9uZJxYPsKaMPKvDw7kJsrK56m9s_FPkvLWE65THgf/w300-h400/20230826_174352.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><p><span style="color: #38761d;">The game was at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The only time I've been there before was to get my first two Covid shots, so it was nice to see it bustling for an actual game lol. The game was against Nashville, and we actually won! We were in the lead the whole time! </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7u2_vbb-8R8TJakFFk8EDbciZs-PCIchFSJru2jDo2hA4qGhIH4-LIrxy3XorI74ty_zfZmG2cJHjTE2ELsykWEuuzSpY9DQTV6JVpaNzhSb8Z9xy4e8Rm2YjNjXx3uz5Dv4xNC2nK9NAT7Tay1iA6-hgTLrBq_rJXGw5dUXf5Hbvyr2VSRV5Yk6Q/s4032/20230826_213226.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7u2_vbb-8R8TJakFFk8EDbciZs-PCIchFSJru2jDo2hA4qGhIH4-LIrxy3XorI74ty_zfZmG2cJHjTE2ELsykWEuuzSpY9DQTV6JVpaNzhSb8Z9xy4e8Rm2YjNjXx3uz5Dv4xNC2nK9NAT7Tay1iA6-hgTLrBq_rJXGw5dUXf5Hbvyr2VSRV5Yk6Q/w400-h300/20230826_213226.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><p><span style="color: #38761d;">So that was August. Lots of highs and lows lol. Part of the reason why I stopped posting for a bit. Too much happened. </span></p>pointy starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383571235359128779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286178425425255257.post-16352225332658720412023-11-08T16:28:00.000-05:002023-11-08T16:28:00.145-05:00Manga Review: An Observation Record of my Fiancée - A Self-Proclaimed Villainess by Shiki & Natsume Hasumi<p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9cMxewf2cVbu0GgG-ZjLf8i8oxdea_OE8wYbONOtUGhBydMZ3KGmKlxj_MaCtLZgGXYJ-FO610wc_RreM_c5bE-ktNqTBV8M3jDJaLFMOjeL0TLF8g82a291zxQWOXfOQ60ulCdE-DHHud9ewVrb8zqTT-9MKRDebOp9aUhrPT8WkUcs8kL9FzQ/s556/An%20Observation%20Log%20of%20My%20Fiance%CC%81e%20Who%20Calls%20Herself%20a%20Villainess.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><img border="0" data-original-height="556" data-original-width="394" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9cMxewf2cVbu0GgG-ZjLf8i8oxdea_OE8wYbONOtUGhBydMZ3KGmKlxj_MaCtLZgGXYJ-FO610wc_RreM_c5bE-ktNqTBV8M3jDJaLFMOjeL0TLF8g82a291zxQWOXfOQ60ulCdE-DHHud9ewVrb8zqTT-9MKRDebOp9aUhrPT8WkUcs8kL9FzQ/w142-h200/An%20Observation%20Log%20of%20My%20Fiance%CC%81e%20Who%20Calls%20Herself%20a%20Villainess.jpeg" width="142" /></span></a></b></div><b style="color: #f1c232;">Title:</b><span style="color: #f1c232;"> </span><a href="https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/mwemqhg/jishou-akuyaku-reijou-na-konyakusha-no-kansatsu-kiroku"><span style="color: #45818e;">An Observation Log of My Fiancée Who Calls Herself a Villainess</span></a><br /><b style="color: #f1c232;">Authors: </b><span style="color: #f1c232;">Shiki & Natsume Hasumi </span><br /><b style="color: #f1c232;">Chapters: </b><span style="color: #f1c232;">33 chapters </span><br /><b style="color: #f1c232;">Publication: </b><span style="color: #f1c232;">2018</span><br /><b style="color: #f1c232;">Summary from Manga Updates:</b><p></p><p></p><blockquote><blockquote><span style="color: #f1c232;">Crown prince Cecil was so brilliant that everything in life was easy to the point of boring him, then one day, his fiancée Bertia suddenly said "Prince Cecil, I am a villainess!" Claiming that this world is the same as that of an "otome game" from her past life and that she is playing the role of the "villainess" in it, she aims to play her part well and have their engagement annulled. With that goal in mind, she sets about causing turmoil in Cecil's daily life.</span></blockquote></blockquote><p></p><div><b><span style="color: #f1c232;">5 STARS - I LOVED IT</span></b></div><p><b><span style="color: #f1c232;">MY REVIEW: </span></b></p><p><span style="color: #f1c232;">Most protagonists who remember their past life and realize that they're currently a villainess will try to change their fate. They usually try to avoid their bad ending or try to become the new heroine. Instead, Bertia tries her hardest to be the BEST villainess and doesn't realize that everything went downhill from the moment she told her bored, intelligent fiancé, the crown prince lmao.</span></p><p><span style="color: #f1c232;">I loved that this was told from Cecil's POV because Bertia's POV would have been a completely different story. Every "mean" thing she did would seem true, but from Cecil's POV, you can see that she's actually a very kind, if oblivious and reckless, girl.</span></p><p><span style="color: #f1c232;">Seeing Bertia try her best to get the plot in the right direction only to be foiled or sidestepped by Cecil's immaculate planning was hilarious. Their interactions together were cute, and Cecil's character growth was great.</span></p><p><span style="color: #f1c232;">Love Kuro and Zeno as well as all of the side characters! You can see just how popular and kind Bertia really is by the people she surrounds herself with.</span></p><p><span style="color: #f1c232;">The art took a bit to get used to, but it definitely improved as the volumes continued.</span></p><p><span style="color: #f1c232;">Definitely recommend if you're looking for a different twist from your usual villainess protagonist!</span></p><p><span style="color: #f1c232;">There's also a sequel series called </span><a href="https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/m1cksey/jishou-akuyaku-reijou-na-tsuma-no-kansatsu-kiroku"><span style="color: #45818e;">An Observation Log of My Wife - A Self-Proclaimed Villainess</span></a><span style="color: #f1c232;">, which is currently ongoing, so I'm excited about any new releases for that series!</span></p>pointy starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383571235359128779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286178425425255257.post-77739998721027994752023-11-05T16:33:00.001-05:002023-11-14T16:47:23.183-05:00Books I Want to Read This Month<p><span style="color: #e69138;">Still haven't read off of this list in a while... Still trying to get motivation to read... We shall see! </span></p><ol><li><span style="color: #e69138;"><strike>Cheeky Brat vol. 1 by Mitsubachi Miyuki<span></span></strike></span></li><li><span style="color: #e69138;"><strike>Cheeky Brat vol. 2 by Mitsubachi Miyuki</strike></span></li><li><span style="color: #e69138;"><strike>Cheeky Brat vol. 3 by Mitsubachi Miyuki</strike></span></li><li><span style="color: #e69138;"><strike>Cheeky Brat vol. 4 by Mitsubachi Miyuki</strike></span></li><li><span style="color: #e69138;">Wotakoi Love Is Hard for Otaku vol. 1 by Fujita</span></li><li><span style="color: #e69138;">Wotakoi Love Is Hard for Otaku vol. 2 by Fujita</span></li><li><span><span style="color: #e69138;">So You've Been Publicly Shame by Jon Ronson</span></span></li><li><span style="color: #e69138;">Scum Villain's Self-Saving System vol. 1 Mo Xiang Tong Xiu</span></li><li><span style="color: #e69138;">Scum Villain's Self-Saving System vol. 2 Mo Xiang Tong Xiu</span></li><li><span style="color: #e69138;">Bailin and Li Yun by Jayessart</span></li><li><span style="color: #e69138;">Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Familia Chronicle Novel vol. 1 by Fujino Omori</span></li><li><span style="color: #e69138;">Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Familia Chronicle Novel vol. 2 by Fujino Omori </span></li><li><span style="color: #e69138;">I Name Him Me by Ma Yan, translated by Stephen Nashef</span></li><li><span style="color: #e69138;">The Anatomy of Being by Shinji Moon</span></li><li><span style="color: #e69138;">Home Body by Rupi Kaur</span></li></ol>pointy starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383571235359128779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286178425425255257.post-37259213926781063562023-11-02T18:07:00.001-04:002023-11-02T18:07:45.625-04:00October in Retrospect<p><span style="color: #e06666;">October went by really fast. I was busy watching shows and on vacation, so I didn't read much. More about the trip to come!</span></p><p><b><span style="color: #e06666;">I read: </span></b></p><p></p><ul><li><span style="color: #e06666;">After Rejecting the Boss, the End of the World has Come by 曙歌</span></li><li><span style="color: #e06666;">Doomsday's Rabbit Essence by 大卉</span></li><li><span style="color: #e06666;">I Just Want to be the Second Generation of the Rich, I Lost and Became the Richest Man by Hot Stove</span></li><li><span style="color: #e06666;">The Villain's Nephew Loves Me Too Much by 明识</span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style="color: #e06666;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #e06666;"><b>I watched:</b><br /></span></p><p></p><ul><li><span style="color: #e06666;">Sex Education Season 4 (2023)</span></li><li><span style="color: #e06666;">When I Fly Towards You (2023)</span></li></ul><p></p>pointy starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383571235359128779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286178425425255257.post-21821678412076048262023-10-30T16:58:00.001-04:002023-10-30T16:58:00.170-04:00Weekly Haul 164<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #c27ba0;">More preorders from RightStuf came in! This was earlier this month before they officially moved to Crunchyroll. I'm still sad about the acquisition. :( </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB0bEWCmG5peSpWNi4SMse4vP6_HKtsAu_hMO2WGHNxgfiWw_pi5wvPSDHdqJPBOQJg3rqtKXqPmVXrk0CbLcu2hqAmdPiKq_tYglj3ztAlju-o3eENhQxotiguRvL6AW2PHjLk98NDStErvE-w880rJYaTPjgBMwWq6Mz3-hDFdoyD_qRQd3LiYWz/s4032/20231001_094435.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #c27ba0;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB0bEWCmG5peSpWNi4SMse4vP6_HKtsAu_hMO2WGHNxgfiWw_pi5wvPSDHdqJPBOQJg3rqtKXqPmVXrk0CbLcu2hqAmdPiKq_tYglj3ztAlju-o3eENhQxotiguRvL6AW2PHjLk98NDStErvE-w880rJYaTPjgBMwWq6Mz3-hDFdoyD_qRQd3LiYWz/w400-h300/20231001_094435.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Heaven Official's Blessing vol. 7 by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Manhua) vol. 3 by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu & Luo Di Cheng Qiu</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>pointy starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383571235359128779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286178425425255257.post-72371436047071099262023-10-18T17:07:00.000-04:002023-10-18T17:07:00.149-04:00September in Retrospect<p><span style="color: #800180;">I think I was in a bit of a reading slump last month. It took me a while to read just these four books. </span></p><p><b><span style="color: #800180;">I read: </span></b></p><p></p><ol><li><span style="color: #800180;">After I Stole the Male Lead, the Female Lead Cried by 美人无霜</span></li><li><span style="color: #800180;">I Lay Flat After Dressing as a Maidservant by Go to the Moon</span></li><li><span style="color: #800180;">The Paranoid Real Young Master Attacked the Fake Young Master After Rebirth by Shanhe Xiaoxiao </span></li><li><span style="color: #800180;">The Tang Family’s Seven Os by 白云朵</span></li></ol><p></p><p><span style="color: #800180;"><br /></span></p><p><b><span style="color: #800180;">I watched: </span></b></p><p></p><ul><li><span style="color: #800180;">Encanto (2021)</span></li><li><span style="color: #800180;">Crash Course in Romance (2023)</span></li><li><span style="color: #800180;">Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon (2023)</span></li></ul><p></p>pointy starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383571235359128779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286178425425255257.post-31936333639802920652023-10-12T15:27:00.011-04:002023-10-12T15:27:00.151-04:00New Anime and Movies This Fall That I'm Excited For!<p><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">SPY x FAMILY is back!!!!! And there's also a movie?! I'm so excited to watch it! Just waiting for a couple more episodes to be released before watching it. There's a lot of interesting anime coming out this season! I just hope they're better than the summer anime because Alec and I dropped a lot of them after watching the first or second episode. </span></p><p><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><b>Anime:</b></span></p><p></p><ul><li><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">SPY x FAMILY Season 2</span></li><li><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">GOBLIN SLAYER II</span></li><li><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 3</span></li><li><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Frieren: Beyond Journey's End</span></li><li><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess</span></li><li><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">My Daughter Left the Nest and Returned an S-Rank Adventurer</span></li><li><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">I'm Giving the Disgraced Noble Lady I Rescued a Crash Course in Naughtiness</span></li><li><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">UNDEAD UNLUCK</span></li><li><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">A Playthrough of a Certain Dude's VRMMO Life</span></li><li><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">I'm in Love with the Villainess</span></li><li><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">A Girl & Her Guard Dog</span></li><li><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">The Family Circumstances of the Irregular Witch</span></li><li><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Butareba -The Story of a Man Turned into a Pig-</span></li><li><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Heaven Official's Blessing Season 2</span></li><li><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Coleus' Dream</span></li><li><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Spy x Family Code: White</span></li><li><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Mask Danshi wa Koishitakunai noni</span></li><li><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Otome Game no Hametsu Flag shika Nai Akuyaku Reijou ni Tensei shiteshimatta… Movie</span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><b>Movies:</b></span></p><p></p><ul><li><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">The Marsh King's Daughter (Nov 3)</span></li><li><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">The Marvels (Nov 10)</span></li><li><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Villains Incorporated (Nov 10)</span></li><li><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Wish (Nov 22)</span></li><li><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Poor Things (Dec 8)</span></li><li><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Migration (Dec 22)</span></li></ul><p></p>pointy starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383571235359128779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286178425425255257.post-67592963541122920062023-10-09T17:23:00.001-04:002023-10-09T17:23:00.140-04:00Weekly Haul 163<p><span style="color: #134f5c;">One of my pre-orders arrived, and I think the last of my Right Stuf purchases came!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuhelBJ3L-T2p8LaZ3_VVN5cs_1JX9P1LdKVe9t5eNCpcO8CsNdUE0S7bBKsmtiJ_AeqlzE5KhMtbyqW6-WimDQusUKVr-0N1cQstE2zDn6sR5i2I7R1GlcjC6gb4YkoJeIpW--q2DHl-D56V7N4r21DKRxFdgzjPJ8fqUS9ABSqiT2QuMesTrr4uF/s4032/20230721_093448.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuhelBJ3L-T2p8LaZ3_VVN5cs_1JX9P1LdKVe9t5eNCpcO8CsNdUE0S7bBKsmtiJ_AeqlzE5KhMtbyqW6-WimDQusUKVr-0N1cQstE2zDn6sR5i2I7R1GlcjC6gb4YkoJeIpW--q2DHl-D56V7N4r21DKRxFdgzjPJ8fqUS9ABSqiT2QuMesTrr4uF/w400-h300/20230721_093448.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><p><span style="color: #134f5c;">Cheeky Brat vol. 7 by Mitsubachi Miyuki</span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c;">Spy x Family vol. 7, 9 by Tatsuya Endo</span></p>pointy starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383571235359128779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286178425425255257.post-55453838418385269262023-10-04T16:39:00.000-04:002023-10-04T16:39:00.163-04:00Books I Want to Read This Month<p><span style="color: #93c47d;">I've been in a bit of a reading slump for the past few weeks. Maybe picking up a physical book will help me get over it? I hope so! I just found out that Cheeky Brat was finished last year, so I can finally get back into reading the series! I think I stopped trying to catch up 2 years ago lol.</span></p><ol><li><span style="color: #93c47d;">Cheeky Brat vol. 1 by Mitsubachi Miyuki<span></span></span></li><li><span style="color: #93c47d;">Cheeky Brat vol. 2 by Mitsubachi Miyuki</span></li><li><span style="color: #93c47d;">Cheeky Brat vol. 3 by Mitsubachi Miyuki</span></li><li><span style="color: #93c47d;">Wotakoi Love Is Hard for Otaku vol. 1 by Fujita</span></li><li><span style="color: #93c47d;">Wotakoi Love Is Hard for Otaku vol. 2 by Fujita</span></li><li><span><span style="color: #93c47d;">So You've Been Publicly Shame by Jon Ronson</span></span></li><li><span style="color: #93c47d;"><span>I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki by </span><span>Baek Se-hee</span></span></li><li><span style="color: #93c47d;">Scum Villain's Self-Saving System vol. 1 Mo Xiang Tong Xiu</span></li><li><span style="color: #93c47d;">Scum Villain's Self-Saving System vol. 2 Mo Xiang Tong Xiu</span></li><li><span style="color: #93c47d;">Bailin and Li Yun by Jayessart</span></li><li><span style="color: #93c47d;">Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Familia Chronicle Novel vol. 1 by Fujino Omori</span></li><li><span style="color: #93c47d;">Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Familia Chronicle Novel vol. 2 by Fujino Omori </span></li><li><span style="color: #93c47d;">I Name Him Me by Ma Yan, translated by Stephen Nashef</span></li><li><span style="color: #93c47d;">The Anatomy of Being by Shinji Moon</span></li><li><span style="color: #93c47d;">Home Body by Rupi Kaur</span></li></ol>pointy starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383571235359128779noreply@blogger.com0