Weekly haul 121

A bit late, but here are all of the books I bought and got from friends and family for Christmas.

Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki & ROsemary Valero-o'Connell

Sweat Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa

Tamiko and the Two Janitors by Forthright 

Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair by Pablo Neruda

Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

New Anime and Movies This Winter That I'm Excited For!

I actually haven't been in the mood to watch anime or movies for the past few months. However, I am still interested in watching them eventually, especially Ip Man and Mulan! :D

Anime:

• Somali and the Forest Spirit
• Uchitama?! Have You Seen My Tama?
• Kyokou Suiri
• Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It
• I Don't Want to Get Hurt, So I'll Max Out My Defense

Movies:

• Ip Man 4: The Finale (Dec 27)
• Just Mercy (Jan 10)
• Mulan (Mar 27)

Book Unhaul 19

My parents moved recently. I left most of my books at their place, so I had to move and unpack them and realized that I didn't want a lot of them anymore. This is just the first of a few posts of all of the books I'm planning on selling or donating since I didn't have room in the car to bring them all back with me.

My Most Excellent Year by Steve Kluger

Zombies vs. Unicorns Anthology edited by Holly Black & Justine Larbalestier

Sing Me to Sleep by Angela Morrison

By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead by Julie Anne Peters

The DUFF by Kody Keplinger

Confessions of a Triple Shot Betty by Jody Gehrman

Triple Shot Bettys in Love by Jody Gehrman

Grace by Elizabeth Scott

Fracture by Megan Miranda

Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

Inkspell by Cornelia Funke

Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers

On a Dark Wing by Jordan Dane

Arson by Estevan Vega

Book Girl and teh Suicidal Mime by Mizuki Nomura

Books I Want to Read This Month

Lol that book club I talked about last month quickly blew up since everyone had different opinions and wanted to do other things, too. I'll just try to read on my own time XD

1. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling & Illustrated by Jim Kay
2. Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
3. Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat
4. Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls In a Dungeon? vol. 12 by Fujino Omori & Suzuhito Yasuda
5. The Rising of the Shield Hero vol. 1 by Aneko Yusagi
6. The Rising of the Shield Hero vol. 2 by Aneko Yusagi
7. Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki & Rosemary Valero-O'Connell
8. The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui
9. The Anatomy of Being by Shinji Moon
10. Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa
11. Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
12. Love Looks Pretty on You by Lang Leav
13. the witch doesn't burn in this one by Amanda Lovelace
14. On Love by Alain de Botton
15. The Consumption of Magic by T.J. Klune

December in Retrospect

Pretty late posting this, but it's been busy these past couple of week! I still can't believe it's 2020 lol. Luckily, I managed to read a couple books and watched a couple of different shows last month. :)

I read:

• Grabbing Your Hand, Dragging You Away by Tian Xia Wu Bing
• Wipe Clean After Eating by Fei Gu Niang
• Killing the Same Person Every Time by Tan Chen

I watched:

• Triad Princess (2019)
• A Little Thing Called First Love (2019)
• Angel Has Fallen (2019)
• The Witcher (2019)
• Little Women (2019)

New Orleans Trip

What spurred on this trip was the fact that I was around $75 away from being a Delta Silver Medallion member, so my coworker told me to do a cheap day trip somewhere before the end of the year.

Since I like traveling with others, I asked my friend and boyfriend if they where down to go to New Orleans since the flights were cheap. They were the ones who actually convinced me to make it a weekend trip instead lol. Jessica ended up not going, so it became a weekend trip with the bae instead, which I definitely didn't mind.

The only downside was that we had early flights around 7am each way, so we woke up early and did our best to make the best of each day.

Friday, December 20th:

• Woke up at 4:30am and headed to the airport
• Landed around 8:30
• Tried and failed to check into our Airbnb since it was the right time yet
• Walked to Cafe du Monde for breakfast
• Tried their beignets and Cafe au Lait (delicious!)
• Explored the shops nearby
• Sampled lots of pralines
• Explored the French Market

• Bought some souvenir long-sleeve shirts for ourselves
• Tried alligator sausage and seafood gumbo that's been featured on the Food Network
• Ate lunch at a Creole restaurant where we tried jumbalaya, etouffee, and shrimp po boys
• Walked around Bourbon Street
• Checked into our Airbnb and rested for a bit
• Ate fried chicken and tried a frozen mixed drink at Willie's for dinner
• Relaxed for the rest of the night

Saturday, December 21th:

• Tried beignets at Cafe Beigent for breakfast the next day, which also had a live band perform
• Walked around and bought pralines and souvenirs for people
• Went back to the Airbnb to nap since it was drizzling a lot
• Napped a lot since we were exhausted from yesterday
• Went to dinner at Trenasse for their happy hour oysters
• Ordered way too much delicious food since we had skipped lunch lol
• Got dessert at Amorino since we passed by it a few times and it always looked tasty

• Packed up

Sunday, December 22nd:

• Woke up around 5am
• Headed to the airport and got assigned Comfort+ seats (I think it's cuz we checked into our flight late the night before)
• Ate breakfast at Pho Dai Loi
• Drove back to David's place
• Started watching The Witcher on Netflix
• Went back home

Overall, an eventful and tiring weekend!

Weekly Haul 120

I backed Obvious State's poetry Kickstarter a couple of months ago and received the first six visually reimagined poetry books by T. S. Eliot, Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, Sara Teasdale and Henry David Thoreau. I also got a calendar and art prints! Everything's so nice!

Books I Want to Read This Month

Some of my coworkers started a book club a few weeks ago to get back into reading. After much debate, we decided to read Harry Potter as our first book, so I've got motivation to read at least one physical book this month!

1. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling & Illustrated by Jim Kay
2. Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
3. The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
4. Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat
5. Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls In a Dungeon? vol. 12 by Fujino Omori & Suzuhito Yasuda
6. The Rising of the Shield Hero vol. 1 by Aneko Yusagi
7. The Rising of the Shield Hero vol. 2 by Aneko Yusagi
8. The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui
9. The Anatomy of Being by Shinji Moon
10. Love Looks Pretty on You by Lang Leav
11. the witch doesn't burn in this one by Amanda Lovelace
12. On Love by Alain de Botton
13. The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman
14. The Consumption of Magic by T.J. Klune
15. Bloody Jack by L.A. Meyer