tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17512229903886540702024-02-02T18:08:50.840+08:00the Blacksheep Readerczaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01343988297200251224noreply@blogger.comBlogger281125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1751222990388654070.post-59542849998388019082022-07-28T20:00:00.002+08:002022-07-28T20:00:00.174+08:002022 Midyear Book Haul<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHFlyHugOwVP1eQKrjD6-k3OyL0p9kiAHDpU3K0b0SW4SUkI3itPFhXKVm9mvJV7c6fESBR1aDekPBumKcQ6jyAephY1QeJ1EXdY5DH8zLyeKnQNLT8cUBUnRFlIw4r67GU3lG50Qz--rCQ_IcGHAHrMmtN1Ise6oREkmh_Qx9p7VePRrWpnbHdNXoyw/s16000/2022-midpoint-haul.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">old photo</td></tr></tbody></table>Hi,<p></p><div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div><div></div><div>I just wanted to make a separate post for all the books I purchased/received so far. Just sharing and briefly talking about them. Had to have them on a separate post from my midyear update since this haul has gotten out of hand since it's been six months but I've also done a little self restraint from time to time. lol. I didnt get a book the entire April which really surprised me.</div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>As always, I like the contrasts of my books. It's always a mixed bag for me. I got the usual fiction and I'm also starting to get more non-fiction. Reading <i>The Bronx Zoom</i> a couple of weeks back, tells me that I actually enjoy reading nonfiction. There aren't much dialogue and mostly a narration of events I already know with a few insider interviews. The mixture of true crimes and thriller and crime fiction to all those light/fun and sometimes partly serious chicklit romcom to break the seriousness of my reads to the somewhat hard reads like <i>You'd Be Home by Now</i> and <i>Heroine</i>. Looking at these also kind of reminded me that I don't read much SFF. I'm into scifi but surprisingly, I haven't bought any recently because whenever I'm in the bookstore, I'd gravitate towards the chicklit romance section (altho I am reading a scifi book right now).</div><div><br /></div><div>NOW on to the books!<span><a name='more'></a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;">2022 book haul so far</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ntr8McXnCTkX3aC35bqeUcvgkdMlwhGUmGHUaM8LrL1ykXW_VLItodGmxpg-_iU9IeGiJBPlcIuxMX3ilvrhbvgWV-T_TPzVLG-qAGuwMlpOOkHTKkJTA7wGyR4SD4RRiCG3ljcIZxqMSJWYt7veP6Vq9yd1lTsZDTnzPQWS_Lehpgio4D-zoIcuBA/w133-h200/american%20kingpin.jpg" width="133" /><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVXjkvbGBvv8hGVLevLEM3bEyfdQECAOejT6SZZjkD5DrCqYwMtO1xv2EeRtuMjDjETz-Wz8eClEJ2s9qXB-oodT2tXbwVpCkoXqyNVJa2vQbg6W1cxG_x3A6JRoA1TIufaTzeJuxWh89I4AsWDKijhi0bl4RsGYXVCjkpzdVqHtSinw2x0GR7X3cgxw/w133-h200/roxy.jpg" width="133" /><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="315" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFp0SkDBP9qDCeToYC0nKZfL8k8O8el0EwtGgKdw-4uG-gsPMTG3VcAElADS29Om8EvPvyxFml4HRieNT82OVLl-kQw9pGgM9qtoldgki6yWcpDA3S95RikzhGNKvwAiLfw0R-qh6XaQFXjfTT-kkcj63-P4U7ygq_hDSZOJjIsgFB3qbC3dRoLy0CMw/w133-h200/forensics.jpg" width="133" /></div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33390368-american-kingpin" target="_blank">American Kingpin</a> by Nick Bilton // <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56980350-roxy" target="_blank">Roxy</a> by Neal Shusterman & Jarrod Shusterman // <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25634188-forensics" target="_blank">Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime</a> by Val McDermid</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>January </b>was my month of getting my finances back after the Christmas season. So I avoided buying books all together. But really, I still ended up getting <i>Roxy</i> because it's a Neal Shusterman book and I was excited for it. The other two are Kindle Deals/Kindle Sale books.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="264" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwrL2mIJXgPzeVpdlQqDy7LDDP--zSlXyET7U2O4lOmJ1Cpb6uoLAAU9c6AX40ln5R4yvdhxHxC27xy0j6rwtCgOkFJFYD3KfQb6m82a4WorEsV1iDFqqxrveLezhpR-XkuuKL9jNLMvzHZSBaoieHP7OQmDaCniEkIyMNT-E05wmBHk4gHD0SKo2U2w/w132-h200/nine%20lives.jpg" width="132" /><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="315" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh27dG1oOd2aYV_P6HKF_gH15XYO_tXE9AF8SAloMMTXeJX91MSTCvYAzbZCchpw-ReiDsqyL0rOrjy5ItnBKnXAw058bx8uNjG3rflpXgL1wj1tXaTvGM1sX82-N9quF-g2SZOiffw4uJ53mk5_RO3OSy9NpGaV0C_KAKS6MAgZV261FXkcPrTso6J0w/w133-h200/Last%20Chance%20Books.jpg" width="133" /><img border="0" data-original-height="414" data-original-width="318" height="200" 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src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKPIif0O23is5sH-1vaAlPK_nAKUH9g9a9XeNK7d_LthwLymwsTX7ZiuAOeGccipLaoZ5e69Qy-ExU4ZTwjT4BhKzCe3AmdRNpVhlgCqD9_pjoYBgV0slJ-A-GisLgZZeMBJBFXGO31FObr3UjTKHzewCG5lw_kPQgalZpD5a2S5IEYHRQWjgdPYedAA/w133-h200/You'd%20Be%20Home%20Now.jpg" width="133" /><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOJ9YWzD6ACsO6tT3YXlQwmqie1gX1aBMStnSqDnZng2VmFbMLWSJHChf-gdEqjoLr0U0L7LpxsvzBlrz-Ma6XgScSc3c6U5G6J8z-pJfBO44tvq4-fXrAzwr71tn2N8KNBGOh1sDhIqjertHO_nVKmOrBwJeXCGWLVFvT_UUtkoM4wpNcuPfiZEibPQ/w134-h200/The%20Reading%20List.jpg" width="134" /></div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58385688-nine-lives" target="_blank">Nine Lives</a> by Peter Swanson // <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55235573-last-chance-books" target="_blank">Last Chance Books</a> by Kelsey Rodkey // <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18885067-the-grand-tour" target="_blank">The Grand Tour: Around the World with the Queen of Mystery</a> by Agatha Christie // <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58587864-insomnia" target="_blank">Insomnia</a> by Sarah Pinborough // <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56545505-there-s-no-such-thing-as-an-easy-job" target="_blank">There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job</a> by Kikuko Tsumura // <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56027327-talk-bookish-to-me" target="_blank">Talk Bookish to Me</a> by Kate Bromley // <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56692773-in-my-dreams-i-hold-a-knife" target="_blank">In My Dreams I Hold a Knife</a> by Ashley Winstead // <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52867387-beach-read" target="_blank">Beach Read</a> by Emily Henry // <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59475949-you-d-be-home-now" target="_blank">You'd Be Home Now</a> by Catherine Glasgow // <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56186026-the-reading-list" target="_blank">The Reading List</a> by Sara Nisha Adams</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>February.</b> The first time I went out to the bookstore after an entire year so I got three books. Three books I absolutely would love to read soon!! The rest are ebooks I got from Kindle Deals/Sales or Scene of the Crime Group. I read <i>Beach Read</i> a month or so after buying it and it was generally an okay read for me. <a href="https://theblacksheepreader.blogspot.com/2022/06/hello-heres-update-and-maybe-im-back.html" target="_blank">Quick thoughts are on my last post</a>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="312" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiGFfrhhin1rdvvitf9o6yPwpwJw-Yiy8tpYJS-sfwWD2JdxtLOBQqx7HpeQ88MpETxAngdFxhvmMWi2u_hU6yKG4ARXAuUKH8aKxS4xeoZE0S8lUSzIa4RktNYm1p9DAOx7W7_GBGRZ83HAq_sjquU_IdtaKspjqPQVQ32pT95SjDHYaOTydmQfkzeQ/w131-h200/Penance.jpg" width="131" /><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="304" height="200" 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src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Zhlnh6LVbOOwtGZT8ihYJZA1-2PfTW38TNjyHqP5oWQRIShV1MvXu-X-p9IuFWp_EySRZ3tZblvMIdWSWyEFeM9tcdc2CMnjunI5XONNeI1OHx8oeU7HyQEvDRnKXF5qRVN3Zj7ZAWC7DEBfBII1f5dykBjK-t_6PsUBuhq-rb8fi6XQtvZuIhHRrg/w133-h200/isnt%20it%20bromantic.jpg" width="133" /><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="313" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCICK6wX-rSWjbSMAE-c8q4FCxiBgJgEYGKocaFA3JsjrnrHRl0C5ShLrJd8p1zL_cjrZcVEFIC1Hm3jV2sgonTdghb3uWuuIH90fsj7Yf2Mh_8qT7PoI7Vhoakl9wDFPrhQ8-mnFmpXnwbQiXnpBXg7g7_A3EE_v1XqMUWb7sySuvKDBFSKX_OpyM1Q/w132-h200/The%20Flight%20Attendant.jpg" width="132" /></div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40238085-penance" target="_blank">Penance</a> by Kanae Minato // <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38485397-the-nakano-thrift-shop" target="_blank">The Nakano Thrift Shop</a> by Hiromi Kawakami // <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53523634-tsarina" target="_blank">Tsarina</a> by Ellen Alpsten // <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6583255-darkly-dreaming-dexter" target="_blank">Darkly Dreaming Dexter</a> (Dexter #1) by Jeff Lindsay // <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54985743-people-we-meet-on-vacation" target="_blank">People We Meet on Vacation</a> by Emily Henry // <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44279110-my-year-of-rest-and-relaxation" target="_blank">My Year of Rest and Relaxation</a> by Ottessa Moshfegh // <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58677504-the-wild-girls" target="_blank">The Wild Girls</a> by Phoebe Morgan // <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53306581-saint-young-men-omnibus-vol-4" target="_blank">Saint Young Men Omnibus, Vol. 4</a> by Hikaru Nakamura // <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52070453-he-started-it" target="_blank">He Started It</a> by Samantha Downing // <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55502884-isn-t-it-bromantic" target="_blank">Isn't It Bromantic?</a> (The Bromance Book Club #4) by Lyssa Kay Adams // <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35506211-the-flight-attendant" target="_blank">The Flight Attendant</a> by Chris Bohjalian</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>March.</b> Most I've gotten books so far. Since March, I started going out more regularly and on the latter part of the month, I went back to the office. SO yeah, more trips to the bookstore while also buying books from Kindle. Sometimes I hate my spendy ways since I'm also not reading a lot lately. lol. <i>Tsarina</i> was clearly a title buy because Tsarina = Czarina and that's me. lol. I still don't have plans on reading<i> Saint Young Men</i> since I kind of want to complete all of the volumes and my hyped self really bought vol 4 without owning vols 1-3. lol. Also, I enjoyed <i>Isn't It Bromantic</i> but not as much as I hoped. But all is good :)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="312" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqlkjytWrKx2qWYF28SM2uuGW0Ezx3GCtfhS24EDEcgwbwVJfDMWXza5SNjnB9fzR1hC7rNy20el9CXJ_UirTfT05ZV0OpG1CSeltWp90y74fkRhqt9X4DqvXHUpjysVdpaAg8PMceg4K7WZlvaYiP2MiWgWL-fCj_WC6AoJrM5rjh0_ehRWNN1O-Q1g/w131-h200/the%20bronx%20zoom.jpg" width="131" /><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="316" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9RcNVUwAh1UPKqtVRpjqzeZjZCx_Bs_CJ9h22kcX2BZA7c7cJ5AjD-q6NzMh5lwnG8xuBfdHAT2AgPt38VNBKGNNTX0JeazufVWztB_Z42aM1vkG5-HJ2dEwTsDgp1ZMIruXVurPxcA1jDqxlZIuMilyqWwrWiw59lzHJ753vBEAQtGV7eZUYfX6MNQ/w133-h200/A%20Brief%20History%20of%20Seven%20Killings.jpg" width="133" /><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Iv7gGdMMCwP0iJbYYzqln8l-J_l49nYGX9gHpP6Pf3zpsHLF1tqGLaLbDuRYA7vKHKfvAlNxuXJRtDMKyYrPQrvNoWlf67nMmYvtF4JY95weJM6XrijAGs0XsbnH_ADb0MxKstilVnYdN6O29jf11fBt2X_sfxAPBYJexi63iIwdy30A90_Ir9wm5g/w133-h200/Heroine.jpg" width="133" /><img border="0" data-original-height="463" data-original-width="318" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP2yOs-lgdLCNWZ0ScMNdbzmbPioTS1h_nZ1ZgFovURygL5E8Jgr-BeCFUWaaf9cwjSQVL_JBK4oz8FDdHdSQUp1dGLXTcaKqcNRPjjQvSYJNk9uEK71yGIwgL0hyeQWCZbniG9bpyGQWvbwQ0XDg_9qwA6c7KS7c4Jqr8Up-gJhV8iq4pwgcQ7X5a2Q/w138-h200/How%20to%20Kill%20Your%20Family.jpg" width="138" /></div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57923883-the-bronx-zoom" target="_blank">The Bronx Zoom: Inside the New York Yankees' Most Bizarre Season</a> by Bryan Hoch // <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24611846-a-brief-history-of-seven-killings" target="_blank">A Brief History of Seven Killings</a> by Marlon James // <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40511356-heroine" target="_blank">Heroine</a> by Mindy McGinnis // <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56303236-how-to-kill-your-family" target="_blank">How to Kill Your Family</a> by Bella Mackie</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>May books.</b> I didn't get anything in April which is also kind of surprising. At this point tho, I don't remember how I managed that. When I saw <i>The Bronx Zoom</i> on sale on Kindle, I just had to get it. I got <i>A Brief History of Seven Killings</i> and <i>How to Kill You Family</i> on my trip to the bookstore. Every time I go out, I just had to buy a book! lol. <i>Heroine</i> was also on Kindle Sale. Also, it still haven't arrived (altho it's probably due for a follow up), I special ordered <i><a href="http://theblacksheepreader.blogspot.com/2021/02/review-tender-is-flesh.html" target="_blank">Tender is the Flesh</a></i> from my local bookstore. I've read it in 2021 and I'm getting it for my best friend because I know he'll like it</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="228" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuzwgXvZHCFGCCBY7zmHMPZInoaUE35Z81vhJU-n595gJr1HQZj8-nx4Cc7ID4zAmr-VMkfnBt0hHDn2q0ngwU9Wjh7vZlzi_E7fj0AXj70iVRzzNILXZxmfnCB0VvouWIJRKRFT2re36WGTaC-fWSElk4YkHU5pLkybliQj-Ar2g-4B-yAdXLvaHZbA/w132-h200/The%20Violence.jpg" width="132" /><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="464" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Aa9hELtjUwzeLFbu8lvDB9fuqY3f5G9Nph1c9PWEb8MPiv0AZVjQt-W9OYDWpHuvV_DfyrzmT6X7NIxMVrVERnLGebUcP5OKP2-Wbs8QAKXLGoIAjUDG5yK9UtVodyWP9lxdMbxeGXB2491S-v9ImGTYdxx9Yp_POD0mZJN32Gn2Id0_YR9Adl08Jw/w133-h200/Book%20Lovers.jpg" width="133" /><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN3amp9eGvga6K3bXB99Eigj34OW2d9zi9Bls08ADgOUrZMA4aaYFPT1Hse3Po7C66FlZQT0xmziPt2mwU-S_Tym3oDfygDE2711EWxkOkTlFu_BSsYrXuBDY_phlo6X1UJThcHTOwIKav8_f3hypy6sq4ye4SWeyQtLzUTfrh7Bde_PWqGMHwxJI_2w/w133-h200/Killing%20Pablo.jpg" width="133" /></div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51529945-the-violence" target="_blank">The Violence</a> by Delilah Dawson // <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58701063-book-lovers" target="_blank">Book Lovers</a> by Emily Henry // <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18880720-killing-pablo" target="_blank">Killing Pablo</a> by Mark Bowden</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>June haul. </b>All I'm gonna say is I'm excited to read <i>Book Lovers!!</i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="25" data-original-width="800" height="10" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdRzfqOuMb_bhlfrRUglsijAczT8ekiPY2Rvsseukx-1iy9mJn9wIsNZmH2xqZEfFgNggt8G9ZwZzgyEH7Idbp0sOhPnyp5WpRKtKxIUH0lPVAJ6zthM6dWkhp1I3oPq9-r8-Nk7qCe29D/s320/separator.png" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">HOW ABOUT YOU</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">What do you think of these books? Which of these should I read next?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: medium;">let's connect!</span><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/czai_" style="background-color: white; color: #cc1177; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><img data-pin-nopin="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyhQQcnNQNyi2S5IuDZABq3ID2ZJPzwSG4fFz2d7gw6CoF4BxkSU1fAnqLdxKVpd0rV6W6CFQcbQ_ZT0kJCeeFGDv8xlZ4aeD0VcpxyyQtIile-gxtQhR0VmZsQgb9ntNHIn61Tm1cbck/s32/twitter.png" style="background: none; border: none; box-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Blacksheep-Project/445966108773995?ref=stream" style="background-color: white; color: #cc1177; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><img data-pin-nopin="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixOPT-hK9Ze2Bulg_69aD9SxrbrFBLuVyeuQ-P7DIE6rgIrtEq75f0SqB874ocRjyc-p630NJLoOdAEOamAyi_poxnmfc6hEavaeMVF8Dw4VcTjVFk6itJ7CzVC1kchM02jh89l3IGX24/s32/facebook.png" style="background: none; border: none; box-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></a><a href="http://instagram.com/czai_" style="background-color: white; color: #cc1177; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><img data-pin-nopin="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5M91ERHMWg_feLHFTyGSMs824GpWsyhgcwXSp8bxCfjyizTDva8XMl6QMDd9JVtSQtx1YaBM9tCtXZ32NDOZNwlMcrslT8MmU0xJHaTy71DyEcVw9o3naAduFKqFMWEvQ6R0JpCXDj2g/s32/instagram.png" style="background: none; border: none; box-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/9077237-czai" style="background-color: white; color: #cc1177; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><img data-pin-nopin="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Kn-LG-3jnD46d-eNjt3vmWN9annJ8PzTIRMjyXmxNIsTeIdBWGIuSS2OhGNNybnCvVCQik_HeqEnN_No_cr8BeA2igW3l3B_OluiM8vgZCFVjEzTIiJThlGKyIKxlYsexvgfQv5olSk/s32/goodreads.png" style="background: none; border: none; box-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></a><a href="http://myanimelist.net/profile/-blacksheep" style="background-color: white; color: #cc1177; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><img data-pin-nopin="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi72dXQifHmkpTOYFymDdZktILGD0OtvgjGwC8azd8b6pRstSkXxfaf9gP-2iRpEv6_CyduZY-8_ydlKTLjA1d4hZxjOYcQqNRI7C7fmrpbskzeGLiVyI0kyKVr3zK_N5gqM8hwlMgfpvk/s32/mal.png" style="background: none; border: none; box-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tsarinaaa" target="_blank"><img data-pin-nopin="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixOPT-hK9Ze2Bulg_69aD9SxrbrFBLuVyeuQ-P7DIE6rgIrtEq75f0SqB874ocRjyc-p630NJLoOdAEOamAyi_poxnmfc6hEavaeMVF8Dw4VcTjVFk6itJ7CzVC1kchM02jh89l3IGX24/s32/facebook.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: none; box-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></a><a href="https://instagram.com/tsarinaa_" style="background-color: white; color: #cc1177; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><img data-pin-nopin="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5M91ERHMWg_feLHFTyGSMs824GpWsyhgcwXSp8bxCfjyizTDva8XMl6QMDd9JVtSQtx1YaBM9tCtXZ32NDOZNwlMcrslT8MmU0xJHaTy71DyEcVw9o3naAduFKqFMWEvQ6R0JpCXDj2g/s32/instagram.png" style="background: none; border: none; box-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></a></p></div>czaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01343988297200251224noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1751222990388654070.post-36652724558472232452022-06-29T22:55:00.003+08:002022-06-29T22:55:36.700+08:00Hello!! Here's an Update and Maybe I'm Back<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhSItB1-T6aqH0HvgFvNA8NfQxrgpzEIMpNSOaVrJ8eG9qG104Q69NMjY_J1ZYQLkQXbRhs8FWOqAuDZXvgHB4V9QqS7UsxL7UIztAwGDutGmaR-eSra9QPao3GfcQWTX7ItD-fxbZryPMSsnxy_ax7sJ81lGNHWAeoj2jGjRvdIyKqioIJpFBR190ZA/s16000/2022-midpoint%2002.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">old photo</td></tr></tbody></table>Hi,<p></p><div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div><div></div><div>I just wanted to post an update. again. We're halfway thru the year.</div><div><br /></div><div>I also kind of want to get back to blogging slowly :) Even though I've been reading slower than usual, I usually think about how I'll be reviewing books once I finish them. So one of these days, I want to sit down and actually try and write my thoughts on books I recently read.</div><div><br /></div><div>Little life update, I got a new laptop because my last one finally broke down after eight years. I went back to the office three months ago and went to a work travel in between that as well (see <a href="https://www.instagram.com/notczai_/" target="_blank">my personal instagram</a> if you're interested 😊). I'm still on a terrible reading slump which is kind of a carryover from last year which I<a href="https://theblacksheepreader.blogspot.com/2022/01/december-wrap-up-aka-month-of-trying-to.html" target="_blank"> also mentioned on my post early this year</a>. We're halfway through the year and somehow I don't want to panic over not reading enough books but, yes, I'm also kind of panicking. lol. I'll just like to see how my mood will get better and get back to reading like before.</div><div><br /></div><div>On another life update, as much as I'd like to keep up with my usual photos, we're in between moving houses and trying to build a new one. So I can't take photos like before but I'd really like to see how I can get around this and create new style of photos. Also, if you haven't done so, feel free to follow me on my bookstragam account <a href="https://instagram.com/czai_" target="_blank">@czai_</a> which I'm slowly getting back into posting on (even though it's mostly just old photos I took, lol).</div><div><br /></div><div>I just want this to be a post for my bookish updates then I'll see where this takes me. I have a separate book haul posts because it's been six months and I'm clearly buying more than I'm reading. Reading-wise, I've only finished seven books so far this year. lol. But let's still talk about that!</div><div><br /></div><div><span><a name='more'></a></span></div><div><span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;">2022 reads so far</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="311" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2eKbb0XGgyKL_Faf0EKtsV0FNIIJP6zbvhntCHgdnhbjdzX2R-cdf1q4EQdWfj_K6gT-2foleAN0kbAaTg7itVz3GPQ7uuqDkO85KjvO37eZfmsRqaHaTsI6Uuezw6aXjAorvIc4pEbMGgvThzoB51sF6-bFuU_6Zy3axtj11Wb5ENYo8Uanzvf_OTw/w131-h200/ACrownofWishes.jpg" width="131" /><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="302" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiizrnTeTM5zz80erFhLnOADFtI1C4NIC8MpDuuBoz3U8l-KqRE0BPWB2ARhBzw92PCZHjUBQqaLWNPN9OlMph3stnYqggjFdzl3bi-VJbJ_9u0ZOBGR6vUytz_BUrEEhrrl_5eqcNMDfLP2xwLqCFxzLDEeusWml-hZIrLrBUgaNfxpwfmADLocdDXyg/w127-h200/double%20indemnity.jpg" width="127" /><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIBL5zgUOg5Hyf0gZweOLO8iqHxsxBzvrThZC9YpX5cr9LWEWSutsbcLPZUU4VpC9wv4pz43lFmyfHo6Xed4NxWAOK49xmc-w8iQeo2CBT9h0BL9z2aZiy6idfuNtQ5vkO8KudCerHUsYKEfYk5BDDBqoWRwnp55gUOq7Kv-tH-SzNi4OGle3Buq7yCg/w133-h200/roxy.jpg" width="133" /><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="315" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_p7BniTtL2_Po9NLCCdmNO_VBfjG8_APugq2dIUPfEQo0q5qDcC2pe578nVKBNEefOt0_pkbv8U4MtoCjYDfDQG2cI_Nbn6ZIX8BIhH2N8rScMlj9mz5Mr7VTgS5vqCUL4iydunmSls08ylzdlCqgaIae3-hQQPyy9YQa9gyMPuTh9Pl94H_JXuLWow/w133-h200/In%20Five%20Years.jpg" width="133" /></div><p><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29939047-a-crown-of-wishes" target="_blank">A Crown of Wishes</a></b> (The Star-Touched Queen, #2) | Roshani Chokshi<br />ohgosh, it's been a while.. I liked this but it's not something memorable for me. I do think it's better than its companion novel, <i>The Star-Touched Queen</i>. I enjoyed the dynamics of the two main characters although, if I recall correctly, I still had my gripes on their relationship. All in all, it's still a fun ride, I believe. Definitely worth it if you've read Chokshi's first novel. And if you haven't, it's still a pretty good read.</p><p><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11036868-double-indemnity" target="_blank">Double Indemnity</a></b> | James M. Cain<br />Probably one of my faves so far this year (but then I've only read six so far. lol. It's an absolutely great crime fiction. It's one of those books wherein you somehow have an idea as to where things are going and you're just in the ride to know how things get there. <i>Double Indemnity</i> follows an insurance company guy who plans the perfect murder of one of his clients with the help of the said client's wife. A completely intriguing and unputdownable read from start to finish.</p><p><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56980350-roxy" target="_blank">Roxy</a></b> | Neal Shusterman & Jarrod Shusterman<br />I didn't like this as much as I'd hope but it's still a good read. I'd still read everything Neal Shusterman writes, that's for sure. <i>Roxy</i> is basically a novel about two teenagers' descent to drug addiction or dependency. Basic story but the Shusterman, father and son, added the twist of adding the points of view of the drugs themselves which makes it kind of interesting.</p><p><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51865702-in-five-years" target="_blank">In Five Years</a></b> | Rebecca Serle<br />Probably my fave so far this year. I was kind of deceived with how this was marketed or maybe it was my lack of reading thru reviews. But either way, I was surprised with this novel in such a good way. I LOVE how it's got a bit of romance, a lot of truly understanding yourself, and a massive lot of friendship.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNkhGudu8X4_wk2nJsWn76JkS7hHi1yusXIErnK27nHJOY_yy_mDIR1zjDvaUGxbTHpJYIq1ciZPpnf54pLx3cG4MMafVDY9YkHPx4jGsSXp-6ZWvHabV7QTNpTwrRjJwb8XJGOrvFw2lZd75vBZSvVdulL5NE96AZ1YoCcEwR5PLYgYcbQw0qC6Pv1A/w134-h200/the%20light%20of%20paris.jpg" width="134" /><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJm9cG6ZpNm9MBxvE8Vu3NbCrUJ4J-KXNuyqHSW9M4HolQ0fFXflLkWWTxN20NmvHtly1GXEGTvLj6LZICqaZsRcRV-8iQkrWDPqJr_tKLeMCv_AdZzSP9DytdLdhMBaAYtAnNMQms9BI7mPY7H-FVs3XWtmWmoSOZpLzlm9DtcfMwySW5tQ-S5EA34Q/w134-h200/beach%20read.jpg" width="134" /><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="300" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIoHt7yYdSBkJhDKpNGdU61gIbzkj9oBseNQEtLgGXk1NB4q7nPp9LSobza6YKQGC1oFoL5_3XvBQV3gMPAP0LJyPmVK8PRn0iudLavd87ZvEpELtGjgvjn1rL35PwQWNPRFLVtYYwSYaSolNFiHKYlNc6Ah5XCuRNqcLYYbWIS-dlcrKmG976lYgEZA/w133-h200/isnt%20it%20bromantic.jpg" width="133" /></p><p><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32739412-the-light-of-paris" target="_blank">In Light of Paris</a> | </b>Eleanor Brown<br />Unfortunately, I can't remember what's with this book. So here's my thoughts from goodreads, the writing wasn't for me but the story is quite interesting. There's so many descriptions. I liked it more towards the ending and there were points where I felt for Madeleine. Deals with a mixture of family pressure and pursuing what you truly love.</p><p><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52867387-beach-read" target="_blank">Beach Read</a></b> | Emily Henry<br />I enjoyed this. I thought it was absolutely adorable and I love the literary/author couple aspect of the story. However, I was kind of a bit disappointed just because of the hype. I can't pinpoint exactly what went wrong for me but I'd like to believe that the hype just got into me. Gave it four stars anyway and I'm still really excited to read Emily Henry's other books.</p><p><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55502884-isn-t-it-bromantic" target="_blank">Isn't It Bromantic?</a></b> | Lyssa Kay Adams<br />I absolutely LOVE the Bromance Book Club boys and I immensely enjoyed Vlad throughout the books. So I was really excited when this was announced. And somehow I'm a bit disappointed. It's still a good book, in general. There are points that I enjoyed but mostly, I didn't care about Vlad and Elena's relationship. Or maybe I didn't care enough for Elena.</p><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;">currently reading</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="265" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFIDPrkHUFDWH8yJBTiUIZGwXDONp1dEk92o1N6-twA9BY58s7IEUXqX7Xss-7taHRz2ISpSbeewdhDMolD-9xAnMNixekQsaXlLedN4VZo3rzow0ej75oYw-KJUr0vl8Yh3J4hlHOPHNbjlMu4eaNISAdgc6OuDec7w2-rU8Sm9Au4F7SVqK0ci4Wdg/w133-h200/all%20her%20little%20secrets.jpg" width="133" /><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="290" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhms6VI2fboMi0d7ipeoAh0tGNmxM57BWgJq7M4Mhbo8Rik7vlnFKlV4SjETHa_N3g4sm0tpdcHfs7IkGm0LBBz9M82UDbR2WVR9EPlEykxARJiitgxq2fmPLpOolnLcdGFADZrtQ4hwPNFhS8zSJYcTBcHl3rhr6D9bldPEuR-phOK-tnxnD3fVQig2Q/w122-h200/enders%20game.jpg" width="122" /></div></div><p><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56554479-all-her-little-secrets" target="_blank">All Her Little Secrets</a></b> | Wanda M. Morris<br />I can't even remember when I started this. It's a mystery. The main character is a black woman. She's a lawyer and she's also having an affair with her somewhat boss. He tells her to see him early that day and next thing she sees is him dead in his office in what appears to be a suicide. In which a police ruled a homicide later on. Intriguing but not enough to capture me. I read this on and off. It's intriguing but not something I'm always excited to get back to. It seems to deal with racism.</p><p><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/375802.Ender_s_Game" target="_blank">Ender's Game</a></b> | Orson Scott Card<br />This isn't for me. My best friend pushed me to read this. He bought a brand new copy just to lend it to me. And unfortunately, I'm not having fun. There were interesting parts but as a whole, my brain just isn't accepting the genius kids part of the book which is actually a whole lot of it.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="25" data-original-width="800" height="10" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdRzfqOuMb_bhlfrRUglsijAczT8ekiPY2Rvsseukx-1iy9mJn9wIsNZmH2xqZEfFgNggt8G9ZwZzgyEH7Idbp0sOhPnyp5WpRKtKxIUH0lPVAJ6zthM6dWkhp1I3oPq9-r8-Nk7qCe29D/s320/separator.png" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">HOW ABOUT YOU</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">What books did you recently finish? What are you currently reading? 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQarzLUBVI0BE1CsqOSTkI32PfnyTPAXIMaDY2WpN60uT2hYsxA1JZy8MR8J3is7jiiJP8twf-bbFe-vVlPY8yqkJEL19wQABlJEqevt2-xNH6OLI3FcdCMD8oV7RgU1lq3_p7HSPq8tVW3idmENlJYyf_KapkZU2pG8UT_copcDPCg7nzD_7wwqmvsg=s750" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQarzLUBVI0BE1CsqOSTkI32PfnyTPAXIMaDY2WpN60uT2hYsxA1JZy8MR8J3is7jiiJP8twf-bbFe-vVlPY8yqkJEL19wQABlJEqevt2-xNH6OLI3FcdCMD8oV7RgU1lq3_p7HSPq8tVW3idmENlJYyf_KapkZU2pG8UT_copcDPCg7nzD_7wwqmvsg=s16000" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Hi,<p></p><p>I wanna try and keep up with the updates here.</p><p>So 2022 started on an unfortunate note for me. Got sick on the first week (or less). It most likely was COVID but I opted not to leave my room and it was an absolutely lonely time. It did allow me to finish my book journal set up (and it's my first time trying this out) but I still haven't read much. Haven't finished a book but I don't want to panic this early in the year. Rough start reading-wise but it's okay, it's probably just a bit of continuation from last year. There's still 11 and a half months of 2022.</p><p>SO, sad things aside, I ordered <i>Roxy</i> early this year as a mini gift for myself since all I've been purchasing are ebooks. So I got one of my most anticipated books from 2021. I don't really know much about this book. I'm really just here to read all of Neal Shusterman's books.</p><p>I'm currently in the middle of <i>A Crown of Wishes</i> which I started late December and hoped to finish before 2022 but alas, here I am still struggling with it. I'll probably sell or give this book away along with its companion book <i>Star-Touched Queen</i> when I finish this. I need to unhaul soon especially since we'll be moving to a smaller house soon.</p><p>Now for series, I recently finished/watched!<br />- <b>Mindhunters</b> - just finished this and it was good. It was interesting although admittedly there were a few slow times. There were also times when I won't care for certain characters. There was a point that Holden's personal life just got boring and probably non-existent, Bill's got me curious and sad, and Wendy, fairly indifferent until the final couple of episodes.<br />- <b>Narcos S3 + Narcos: Mexico</b> - S3 was absolutely amazing. I liked following the Cali Cartel over Pablo Escobar just because they feel smarter and more calculating while Escobar was... chaotic. For Mexico, I was a bit hesitant at first because it'll be a whole new cast. It definitely started intriguing and after a couple of episodes, I was hooked and always excited for it.<br />- <b>Ozark</b> - I wanted a dark show involving another organized crime thing and some people said that if you like <i>Breaking Bad</i>, this is a good show and is comparable to it and idk if it's just me or those people were joking around but it's NOTHING like <i>Breaking Bad</i> vibes. I mean I get it, the guy's in an unfortunate situation but every episode is just... boring (?). Please tell me it gets exciting.<br />- <b>Big Bang Theory</b> - it's an endless rewatch for me, I guess. <br />- on a side note, we also watched <b>Encanto </b>and damn that was sooooo good! I still have the OST on repeat on Spotify.</p><div>NOW ON TO THE BOOKS! 👇👇👇<span><a name='more'></a></span></div><p></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVcM3ZB26l6r6iXGRjhbycapQ-eyLKrRMmTEKSkdTmZ6_NdCnp-UVlpMPHb_61vwKxiKS6JJb0hBFkSSedKyHZ50oO9clxPJOn6qya5giA8tC4G26prgJVdNPuZusactT11px4SpweIW3J/s1600/separator.png"><img border="0" height="10" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVcM3ZB26l6r6iXGRjhbycapQ-eyLKrRMmTEKSkdTmZ6_NdCnp-UVlpMPHb_61vwKxiKS6JJb0hBFkSSedKyHZ50oO9clxPJOn6qya5giA8tC4G26prgJVdNPuZusactT11px4SpweIW3J/s320/separator.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">books read</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49096052-shadow-sands" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="334" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgASFP_6WQ5x3I11c9P9HwhjEIAUH9lvdfFOcroeanQMOTRfNoh-vbombHhiFxYaHkSiNzoqLImajQvdl-vuUW9_qpS8wXRLitgP1vdIeYjYcAH2wKK7_LP8a_zPrw3n1kKj0ANjaVF25JK-etRdl9qRk4boNoB8fB56hCkVtJA-bWYf0w-xA6WvOBwhw=w134-h200" width="134" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44327422-simmer-down" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="300" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjjBOXbgKNPonI05e9bP0qMnP6Olyj7fIgjKfSUTngxPVinnAnPOMuHyKwlrqkq1e6AMuPLpt3tuOpIrjtkdp3hjbo7mSY7zPhddBYWmehQUdlx5cj7xLuzMyrAs1t6vxcv3XVq6F-om2bvv_hi76700aDdq4dRqVpd2vlo-r2tGfuVJm_Wgg1rdOvFYw=w133-h200" width="133" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13641105-parasite" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="308" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5mWWtDU39aNRNEJ9-0ngA9IWbqGdjiwOu5naqeAmBIQAt_5k8HuI3O0igFor8UWv7EtacYs_jCFxbFhEg25ebNcJLizIXUBBZB43ELHMMBpZhArijq08iPA7Iq5Z6Jm9o0PbNH66u0DYCH7H2NonegHvB3OE6aiMJSZMJY5ewPxQ378OEGAaDJV85kQ=w129-h200" width="129" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18283314-sharp-objects" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="291" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgC8ewIQ-k52hW3dvlHbMXoMGO0P4VoEab7JTUTStTQzQaKQK0LBMLy2iiyyK3FbSuubBMmP5-hYd-ZLG19RWqWTKWRo_Tp_VPslpOtLNhHenp9Kz9-cx9QgcaSFN6vxAOXScZvy1VcVlEXl-_GsPsD59skPK4gJ1Bskbg3gfVCJzjeR_FH5bPCwNKm1w=w123-h200" width="123" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>quick thoughts right here </b>👇</div><div><div><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49096052-shadow-sands" target="_blank">Shadow Sands</a></b> - was okay. It generally has the same vibes as its prequel, <i><a href="http://theblacksheepreader.blogspot.com/2020/10/review-nine-elms.html" target="_blank">Nine Elms</a></i> but less thrilling, I guess. Parts of it feels like the author is shoving down your throat that, "hey, this guy is suspicious." I mean yeah, I get it the first time you mentioned it. You don't have to say it every chapter. lol. This time, I didn't care much about the main characters.<br /><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44327422-simmer-down" target="_blank">Simmer Down</a></b> - I unexpectedly enjoyed this. It was a rough start though since I was really frustrated with Nikki and Callum but probably half way through or somewhere there, I got into them and enjoyed things. And I like the small talks on Filipino dishes. <i>Turon </i>still don't get much credit though. This is probably the first time I read it else where unlike <i>lumpia </i>or <i>adobo </i>or <i>pansit</i>. It is pretty simple to make (I think they mentioned it somewhere in the book although they failed to mention that sometimes we add <i>langka</i> (or Jackfruit). soooo good!<br /><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13641105-parasite" target="_blank">Parasite</a></b> - this is a reread for me since I recently got the 2nd and 3rd book on Kindle when it went on sale. It's been almost 10 years since I read this and the reread worked really well. Some things I completely forgot, others I remembered, and all in all, I enjoyed the ride again. I like the concept of using parasites to cure certain sickness or whatnot and the same parasite taking over a person. Then there's a bit of political or capitalist stuff involved or generally how money is involved why things can't / aren't revealed as they should have been or whatnot. Really good! Although there are a bit of infodump moments.<br /><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18283314-sharp-objects" target="_blank">Sharp Objects</a></b> - I was just not as invested as I thought I'd be on this. The first half did feel intriguing although I didn't care much about it until things got darker and I got sucked into things and liked it.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">book haul</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57434891-the-cosy-cottage-in-ireland" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="309" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaSFI-YWO8ik3AGPm4jX0SHT1_5QodE5tQwbrWD4sQ3sAhCTsfsGbK-8I9qtseR480LbZ6PpRC05KUOgjULQNlJ8CDsMM82_T-hncnRE5nWvL7iOej-8Q0ol6v8Dmyz8DCVOIb23LcdVk5BjafMQhRD5UE2himAE48YmBLrrFyRSiSo58q6aZ9BhTrnA=w130-h200" width="130" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56006520-the-introvert-s-guide-to-online-dating" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="305" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOKnqWYdkyaetGuF6p7VCVPDuixheDd8RhJsYkLzzVKZPipn15amoI74_BFzhmzZnst-R25TcTrZrHxoQpUk5zt8Mwf7ufH-OG4fVtRMVQQwFuX468bHHdiTO6CcBcdzp7z-qxUc5GSADdw_oYhwsFUr8IHdHopb15jzVitb5YCkqViQeOTHWGBFneVQ=w128-h200" width="128" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57094287-when-a-killer-calls" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="265" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjk7Fw58neYT-BpVzd9XkuLZ2bQP4PNdxHWZyyIIhwxEHzG6SxjduG_Agokn_VGzSubrx9SGfKw8qJ-3u121nZMKFgtgMwOSU4kPyS2gcBhAA1Uusz6_1srJF388x3Q372BnFK18vEwxB8njiWuwsni2DaZz30ocNRXjAiTQHezrDMHMnzcAHkj5gny_g=w133-h200" width="133" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37649233-crime-and-punishment" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="318" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjUmtdt0ZLZ5dhQtTJSv-A9v0UDFgWvGpHs6F8oKJ-yqHmvLJ6gOH7-Ancs30fA-Le1sESuIK6x3kOgwj1O-unop7nAzmugLcTDlNBQaurNsKm5j9WWkA3Al-L5GtsBfSM1pfIY-C-8sj5rVnd4kPeip1_hRoNbjL9Exht27XN4a5Fx9Vu-r7QFAMEoJw=w134-h200" width="134" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43435683-the-rising" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="308" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-YSK3xFa3Eq7UogazAq3LuR2GYa2mmuKZpx7JRYAk-Elkd-KbjwIYC9wi2pjFx831BhwCfnYA7YWOqEYjaeCtCIhtdl1wHNXGeqHlD7zigOPecnwsU9H62gWT5rpPOvYSO6LQjR_ZB1tnp1x_q47YO4dMbv--UwZ0vWs2Z3SIsmg5Ev7dixe_Z49DRw=w129-h200" width="129" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35799845-feedback" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="308" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg7J8UYkHzqCrz6nxgQOhlIgzTnWGkKnJByvG7sybwIX27YOzHsqH_5yaZsX2PZmSJIfnUngCnDutVrmvFTQONeWHrFnZi667V_a2T_IbGtLFWNTKopi4_m4bvqIuwY_7xP47KvXv0Qd1WOlZBn_gZBq6NzNmu-5dYnsvadS03BDDIBVEXVq-EUTUyW3A=w129-h200" width="129" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30089417-rise" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="308" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgsoDPYS1c3jQJHkfaklet5cDS8qB8s826aH5IvZiZxmTSh5mTXb3LdI15iay-GNUeXOD7RIgCc7MjoOiUox4HK9KdOvFEOBNfb_Vizy_jCekswb-0rBlu-esY47KVyjxO12MoDt0zsS-zpxD_TuSMOmRLRf73nR3ohyQjsN3oFVBky_cVGQYI5-LEzoQ=w129-h200" width="129" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51865702" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="315" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJCjAl-XOz0j7XheWTq8I2j1f7xnJTHSJTN5cactWH4IXcw43me2amWh41ILcUwnAFawBL31-stY1eV7cTJ48HKny3B6QPmA89xZ_6fGpWoAhwRFNY9cu0HEW9Q-ZkVeHJ3zxTX_S-ZryMLIHDrWMyOn9CMXyIIkkXP3ylNfHrpvh31kU2O4VWSsMsww=w133-h200" width="133" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36199084-the-kiss-quotient" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhkYTWruEWTx6COxKlu8F4x5Zemph8R2lGn60pXMGNXXFSUJ-D89O2Eul9HIkwXBJI45kzT6X-lTfKiKv8Y8DQZVfoV8W7-T8-WC_-G6ewnvyvGomLNOPnWDwtJP_L0DzHpDOgVULGR2WqgNKs_xpNih-cfMKGQa4MSRqQbqEYj0IOLFbPYAmmV-zEXEg=w134-h200" width="134" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57434891-the-cosy-cottage-in-ireland" target="_blank">The Cosy Cottage in Ireland</a></b> (Romantic Escapes #8) by Julie Caplin | <b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56006520-the-introvert-s-guide-to-online-dating" target="_blank">The Introvert's Guide to Online Dating</a></b> (The Introvert's Guide #1) by Emma Hart | <b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57094287-when-a-killer-calls" target="_blank">When a Killer Calls</a></b> by John E. Douglas | <b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37649233-crime-and-punishment" target="_blank">Crime and Punishment</a></b> by Fyodor Dostoevsky | <b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43435683-the-rising" target="_blank">The Rising: The Newsflesh Trilogy</a></b> by Mira Grant | <b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35799845-feedback" target="_blank">Feedback</a></b> (Newsflesh #4) by Mira Grant | <b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30089417-rise" target="_blank">Rise: The Complete Newsflesh Collection</a></b> by Mira Grant | <b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51865702" target="_blank">In Five Years</a></b> by Rebecca Serle | <b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36199084-the-kiss-quotient" target="_blank">The Kiss Quotient</a></b> (The Kiss Quotient #1) by Helen Hoang</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Once again, Kindle Deals especially on the last day of December when I bought the last five books. <i>Crime and Punishment</i> was gifted to me by my sister and <i>When A Killer Calls</i> was a Scene of the Crime pick.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVcM3ZB26l6r6iXGRjhbycapQ-eyLKrRMmTEKSkdTmZ6_NdCnp-UVlpMPHb_61vwKxiKS6JJb0hBFkSSedKyHZ50oO9clxPJOn6qya5giA8tC4G26prgJVdNPuZusactT11px4SpweIW3J/s1600/separator.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="10" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVcM3ZB26l6r6iXGRjhbycapQ-eyLKrRMmTEKSkdTmZ6_NdCnp-UVlpMPHb_61vwKxiKS6JJb0hBFkSSedKyHZ50oO9clxPJOn6qya5giA8tC4G26prgJVdNPuZusactT11px4SpweIW3J/s320/separator.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">HOW ABOUT YOU GUYS,</span><br />How was the last month for you guys? 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0EekplX-rmgLHwe4GSfOXKrZK3IvPs1rc3lSMmiPnvxxwOU_kMpJZIcFWZThnygyUQ-Ikp-y67uzeH0jRGqYhd5D3jLwp3SXZWxprLtOiA2gf7cGo0NmiIB4IGu136xJSBrfKE3YdaER3f57QTsqdNWukT2BdJRzjcjO6dXVc74tlVEsXCl5gEg3c-w=s16000" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">thought i got the books in order of when i finished them. lol.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Hi,<p></p><p>Three months went by.</p><p>Mentally, I'm all over the place. I'm just doing work, trying to read, watching a couple of stuff on Netflix, and doing home chores. Nothing special and it really feels like a dead end sometimes. I still write on my journal on a somewhat daily basis to keep myself on track and talk to friends just to get stuff out of my head. I'm trying to bounce back on life. Not exactly on blogging though. I still don't know if I'll get back to this like before but right now, I just want an update here.</p><p>I'm still on a reading slump. Over those three months, I only finished five books. In November, I completely threw out the idea of making a tbr since I'm not really doing much in terms of reading in general. lol. Currently, I'm in the middle of <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22849314-monsters-of-men" target="_blank">Monsters of Men</a></i> by Patrick Ness and <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44327422-simmer-down" target="_blank">Simmer Down</a></i> by Sarah Smith which I just started and hopefully I can speed through it.</p><p>Since I haven't been reading much, I got myself into watching stuff (aside from wasting my time playing <i>Honkai Impact 3rd</i>). The last couple of months, I watched,<br />- <b>You S3</b> - I enjoyed it even though it really deviates from the book.<br />- <span style="font-weight: bold;">Good Girls</span> - enjoyed it. It was exciting. I love the drama but the series finale was 'meh.' It had a good point and a lot of unfinished business and a couple of points I absolutely didn't like.<br />- <b>Narcos S1 & S2 -</b> just finished the first two seasons and it's quite interesting. After watching <i>Breaking Bad</i> (early this year?? or late last year, I think?) I'm somewhat inclined to just watch series related to drugtrafficking and stuff (?). idk. lol.<br /><b>- </b>the entire <b style="font-style: italic;">Hunger Games</b> movie series - my sister said it's my comfort movie and maybe it is since I'm not really a big movie rewatcher kind of person. I still absolutely loved all of them! Would definitely rewatch it (and reread it!) again.<br />- <b>Mindhunters</b> - I like this but I'm watching it with my best friend so I can't binge it so I'm still not done. But it is really intriguing.<br />- the entire <i style="font-weight: bold;">Fear Street</i> movie series - first movie was meh. I complained so much (?). second movie was quite exciting. third movie kinda wrapped stuff up nicely. But overall, I didn't like the main girls. That's just it.</p><div>NOW ON TO THE BOOKS! 👇👇👇<span><a name='more'></a></span></div><p></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVcM3ZB26l6r6iXGRjhbycapQ-eyLKrRMmTEKSkdTmZ6_NdCnp-UVlpMPHb_61vwKxiKS6JJb0hBFkSSedKyHZ50oO9clxPJOn6qya5giA8tC4G26prgJVdNPuZusactT11px4SpweIW3J/s1600/separator.png"><img border="0" height="10" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVcM3ZB26l6r6iXGRjhbycapQ-eyLKrRMmTEKSkdTmZ6_NdCnp-UVlpMPHb_61vwKxiKS6JJb0hBFkSSedKyHZ50oO9clxPJOn6qya5giA8tC4G26prgJVdNPuZusactT11px4SpweIW3J/s320/separator.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">books read</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56304421-nice-girls" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="267" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkWqariOqqpjllB3Wl0ZE0xswPk233J6rGX4MKfQlHkGCyoXOC0gGv8oYr-i0ngrKJR94XvRja-mFl7hBfDcAhtMw_ZkLKlHG2Ku4XFPeHT2rTn-G4ysJzEGeJQ865JrhTY9GLKckzbp0tdCCGD4nlkKnwNIFMOSFKQqo8D6YRp6W6QWZIIGLzbDvDXQ=w134-h200" width="134" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31449227-ramona-blue" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjoyV6IHVBaFHjcs71iJbkuJNXhogjQhsvln7EY6CewNngnSyWehVE64HW-VxzIMpz4D20ssnkAdp8Z3uVcXfWUFTZm5Vc-UPJ-N-17IFrDb9tE-Qln4u9226gY7sXFgt0MZn1zuQw73yyYLH085FTbpTs-7h5uKUHNpScSOi_dALq7YJsAG1luKItF7A=w133-h200" width="133" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6949517-death-note" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="399" data-original-width="280" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjn1Pz77jA1X_dgTJe191j-MS0dPhVngR5wudYTOeoWJt4TNQPhzeqrxFEnKkDzvh2trU6HcQ1AvyWJh4WCxI2tq91RvEwf4ftr-a8-dZBRk5sUFvB4aKJgmUb7VOfGgtw8GgzZrd0Qicir7KK2pJTydVsD9Iu3GtzKctfEpNcKFIcfQPpEn7kxuzCyoQ=w141-h200" width="141" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49538360-undercover-bromance" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhwDHdFosssksBOsfFJwZMGdwaWFSHTpYiyQbn_EWiX50xTAonZND8LXt3kcMJwpl0tbVr1xCcg1HWuDB5-Gc003jxcGq83oGMSQ2FQm0_JYa0VNlzASnJnIlhQkwCRvdLS13SORhwdJmK6Z2QKSLWC4IhgnxmiTlnZn9_PuJsUhm3MkN3_JX48VZ37Uw=w134-h200" width="134" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15994537-wuthering-heights" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="309" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiqVbGSdKP5zJ8oNSuh7F4GVETMHz5N3GJZMOKv3wv0B7qnlTiK_u5bT_ZcXwpE9pTs9rrg9W_aZvmm_Kg40fNc6WTok1uII9gHS7Zm7V7op7rhG-qTgir6cD0NaW9of4f-LbjG_G4CnBj__yVlOwDAvjgw0qDlUnFxwia9vEw4CebpbWY6TUL8Jy5skg=w130-h200" width="130" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>quick thoughts right here </b>👇</div><div><div><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56304421-nice-girls" target="_blank">Nice Girls</a></b> - gave this 3-stars, started strong but things didn't hold up well for me. It didn't intrigued me to the end and the mystery feels all over the place (?). <a href="http://theblacksheepreader.blogspot.com/2021/09/review-nice-girls.html" target="_blank">See my review here</a>.</div><div><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31449227-ramona-blue" target="_blank">Ramona Blue</a></b> - I enjoyed this more that I thought I would. I like the romance not so subtle but also not so in your face kind of thing. I like Ramona and how well she developed throughout the novel.</div><div><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6949517-death-note" target="_blank">L: Change the World</a></b> - This was bad. Not worth the read.</div><div><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49538360-undercover-bromance" target="_blank">Undercover Bromance</a></b> - I absolutely enjoyed this!! It took me a while to really warm up to Liv but when I finally did, it's just all around love or me!!</div><div><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15994537-wuthering-heights" target="_blank">Wuthering Heights</a></b> - It took me MONTHS of reading this because: (1) buddy read, and (2) classics (which I realized I'm not the biggest fan of). And after this reread, I realized that I also don't like this story as much as I did when I read it probably more than 10 years ago.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://theblacksheepreader.blogspot.com/2021/01/2021-reading-goals.html" target="_blank">reading goals</a></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>read 52 books:</b> 40 of 52</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>popsugar reading challenge:</b> 31 of 50<br /><b>read big books</b> (500+ pages): 4<br /><b>read books I own in 2020/earlier:</b> 28<br /><b>reread books:</b> 4</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>read more ebooks:</b> 8</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">book haul</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38472277-severance" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="310" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjKNnlxxVxJQeBK85IEb92J49KAWxuWTYJP97SjtXnNElp3Ndkg85aeA_YutfwEW_riG73p05DiJPfWYKs_9nglQ-_E3q8fgbTVhf5dffpWNfSJ61w1m6-6FntGlS8lN8fNClB68ffj_3n6oYzo6oQ1bL-HPpdekVOUn82zq_MzA2KjtQ7fEN2JvKnq0Q=w131-h200" width="131" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54018267-finlay-donovan-is-killing-it" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgSLmmhdI-oIEAiQgfx9YKfyhTo4ZJEc0GgJOslTPbi-4gz6IjSTyKSrsjvIktc5ElT5mnCxgGUxAhqVoCsusKSQnby14P5S_c6iKgZVE8dhc5k0cKcHiXbpS_kkDzmc9eBY7VsDvoanlLbHVXXnmCcQ4Zju1lSmRQ0X_KMfX0NtjlRKeaF9KW1byCU9w=w133-h200" width="133" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56554479-all-her-little-secrets" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="265" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMyRO1_BH82zOKTy3eL0GDJk_IeQIBl0pEEUQx-ApSXcovU6dJe9BCoSHXqX7s9NCydFip-5zBjTGijJ8wENRHVmhN2NecORcAqrCPEsxgnmy1nMacr3KmTwO-cIylolblDAJfuSHRPQavvVanojJalDSvLaivg4G_rL7M1vDpdsGl2zwJ_okU-kALUw=w133-h200" width="133" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49538360-undercover-bromance" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOkQvIka30YaPjB5YyFX8nWWlm65EGbAiEB248OR-iCxFuPqbl7pHjQZnKmjnHh2x-Go2GsloyjyHcnMqiXKGPyUApuc9FZDUtay3JHzs9Si7d9v2EmuimuqDXjXA3sp1MT_xuZPaxAz1VkHiPkZ8XfRS3FynZsS-3OCgylbCaw3pKJn9gutxrDim4lg=w134-h200" width="134" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57850267-the-other-family" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="661" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6H43sfO9xlPYtCG2fcb251iBHcvYaFwOS22JdNTEiHKrnRHDX-dd5WXLtMrcaTRiuWb03my325UCeq4RiW8cRObA6Rb51yLaOqesFUxYkv8vkuY-abmRyfvP9uu_svxy5km1wWVlUZNOvxaBL7QM9Mt-xz8WhGl4PNICLEJ2ncbv2NZvujOdseUbLTA=w133-h200" width="133" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57773248-notes-on-an-execution" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="313" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIjcePYqj6QU-BFB2RFbPO8QvvAI8K_z9wZm5XpQLgVH-wab5Q34rWfEF5SR1q1gZbg4DKWf7yCBUsX6fc6yP_Sbc4rBCnEu57p0MWTeFN6zChcaPfQpsH2veiWHpAmY091QHBJmZyyk2Z9IkKe4aPkt-dYfkWwDARZp9qn5IU4U0I-pS2cKX5qB0KSg=w132-h200" width="132" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54241351-act-your-age-eve-brown" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="315" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiI2LMoPst0G7qUveH-a4iLmbWNxiXhA0xEIOW9ZMKI_u0zgYn8vtgs6YAgLIPqEn_mKKCSrEyjOoDB5vEcWS1OgSPSndnLrnDe5iSYXqh5CPaxLFGIzpj6QIkhJMXsG9g0yEaOJh74dQaivwwgM6N9YbIFERjYoZhp0oehn27P2NIuFzM6fk5_ew1w1w=w133-h200" width="133" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38472277-severance" target="_blank">Severance</a></b> by Ling Ma | <b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54018267-finlay-donovan-is-killing-it" target="_blank">Finlay Donovan is Killing it</a></b> (Finlay Donovan #1) by Elle Cosimano | <b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56554479-all-her-little-secrets" target="_blank">All Her Little Secrets</a></b> by Wanda M. 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMMoMKwgK7w5XdnlW5K-_FhHiD8oOHNL9I9K9lPAluBcxa-U9sAy0Je16SLPEltsb6BJYnSsg5fAn12Ooayq-OTCBC4FBfL2hbTnPSaGnRFyXxmtfSpIeeuAEjk7Tr8iQljiL5SpQLECla/s430/gyo.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="430" data-original-width="300" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMMoMKwgK7w5XdnlW5K-_FhHiD8oOHNL9I9K9lPAluBcxa-U9sAy0Je16SLPEltsb6BJYnSsg5fAn12Ooayq-OTCBC4FBfL2hbTnPSaGnRFyXxmtfSpIeeuAEjk7Tr8iQljiL5SpQLECla/s320/gyo.jpg" width="223" /></a></div>title:</b> Gyo</div><div><b>author:</b> Junji Ito, Yuji Oniki (Translator) <br /><b>genre:</b> manga, horror<br /><b>published: </b>April 21st 2015 by VIZ Media LLC (first published 2002)<br /><b>my copy:</b> hardcover, 397 pages<br /><b>purchase: </b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1421579154" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/gyo-junji-ito/1104303574" target="_blank">B&N</a> | <a href="https://www.bookdepository.com/Gyo-2-in-1-Deluxe-Edition-Junji-Ito/9781421579153" target="_blank">Book Depository<br /></a><b>rating:</b> 4 / 5 stars<br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22716175-gyo" target="_blank">goodreads</a></div><p></p><div><div></div><blockquote><blockquote>Something is rotten in Okinawa...</blockquote><blockquote>The floating smell of death hangs over the island. What is it? A strange, legged fish appears on the scene... So begins Tadashi and Kaori's spiral into the horror and stench of the sea. Here is the creepiest masterpiece of horror manga ever from the creator of Uzumaki, Junji Ito. Hold your breath until all is revealed.</blockquote></blockquote><div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid0l6ri236dvDnK79AWp6QVZfTBWac4_Wc4OQeSGRpgIq84-xb_-CPASCDXcNnc1gE_hvxUgOkylzDfrVNMlA8X4DcMQsSQTO3gwd1KrbMu4_CMYxgcXLMiKIhr31kWSf-qbkyI9yFE5by/s1600/separator.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="10" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid0l6ri236dvDnK79AWp6QVZfTBWac4_Wc4OQeSGRpgIq84-xb_-CPASCDXcNnc1gE_hvxUgOkylzDfrVNMlA8X4DcMQsSQTO3gwd1KrbMu4_CMYxgcXLMiKIhr31kWSf-qbkyI9yFE5by/s320/separator.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Junji Ito never disappoints!</span></div><p>I read <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17837762-uzumaki" target="_blank">Uzumaki</a></i> by Junji Ito years and years ago. It was such an old (and maybe even classic already) horror manga and it was haunting. <i>Gyo</i> is honestly on the same boat. It's got that creepy story and haunting atmosphere.</p><a name='more'></a><div><i>Gyo</i> follows Tadashi as he and his girlfriend, Kaori found a smelly fish on their vacation house in Okinawa. What's stranger is how Tadashi got rid of it and for some reasons, it still found its way back inside the house. It's all very odd and combine this story with Junji Ito's art just makes it more creepy and disgusting to read. Junji Ito's art creeps me, okay? He's amazing at that.</div><div><br /></div><div>Comparing this to <i>Uzumaki</i> which is the other Junji Ito manga I've read, I'd say that the storyline or oddity of the events were explained well. It's entirely interesting and realistic isn't something I'd go for it but I like how it was given proper explanation and was not left off as some strange occurrence or oddity or some kind of curse. </div><div><br /></div><div>Tadashi, the main character, was another convenient main character though. It kind of intrigued me why he never got the illness and how he's just special like that but I just decided to take it in and just focus on the story. The whole progression of the death-stench was well-written, to be honest. I like how it was strangely done but was given proper explanation and was given proper time to actually spread throughout the country. And as I have said repeatedly, the art complements the horrifying story. It doesn't just end with the death-stench being a scary disease-like occurrence. This whole thing is an apocalypse I'm telling you. Humanity is going to be wiped out and people are scared and are going crazy. It's all too interesting and I really wish that the manga went farther than it did.</div><div><br /></div><div>ANYWAY, this edition included two extra one-shots which are both interesting. The first one involves an unanswered occurrence where in the father of a family found himself stuck below their house's pillar which is super odd. The second one involves mysterious holes in a mountain. Each hole looks specifically made for a particular person and people get this strange feeling that they had to get inside that hole WHICH IS HORRIFYING ADND SERIOUSLY JUST WTH!?</div><span></span></div><div><p>OVERALL, <i>Gyo</i> is a highly recommended read if you enjoy horror manga or horror in general. The story is creep af and the artwork is on-point. 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsWV1iRZc02qV5KoPM0LNlPugxTpxmON5TayrdBTJ5jD_IXfnUxjwaAqEWeUzomknPJCKxW4F_L0u0Njx-QQhuGeLTE0EN5cCumK9W8LY87X1Xxr4_kbULUqZCIfR3jCHAmWE2IGuzrQSZ/s400/nice+girls.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="267" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsWV1iRZc02qV5KoPM0LNlPugxTpxmON5TayrdBTJ5jD_IXfnUxjwaAqEWeUzomknPJCKxW4F_L0u0Njx-QQhuGeLTE0EN5cCumK9W8LY87X1Xxr4_kbULUqZCIfR3jCHAmWE2IGuzrQSZ/s320/nice+girls.jpg" width="214" /></a></div>title:</b> Nice Girls<br /><b>author:</b> Catherine Dang <br /><b>genre:</b> adult, mystery, thriller<br /><b>published: </b>September 7th 2021 by William Morrow<br /><b>my copy:</b> eGalley, 320 pages<br /><b>purchase: </b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0063027550" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/nice-girls-catherine-dang/1137077153" target="_blank">B&N</a> | <a href="https://www.bookdepository.com/Nice-Girls-Catherine-Dang/9780063027558" target="_blank">Book Depository<br /></a><b>rating:</b> 3 / 5 stars<br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56304421-nice-girls" target="_blank">goodreads</a></div><p></p><div><div></div><blockquote style="text-align: left;"><b>A pulse-pounding and deviously dark debut, written with the psychological acuity and emotional punch of <i>Luckiest Girl Alive</i> and <i>All the Missing Girls</i>, that explores the hungry, angry, dark side of girlhood and dares to ask what is most dangerous to a woman: showing the world what it wants to see, or who she really is?</b> </blockquote><blockquote style="text-align: left;"><i>What did you do? </i></blockquote><blockquote style="text-align: left;">Growing up in Liberty Lake, Minnesota, Mary was chubby, awkward, and smart. Earning a scholarship to an Ivy League school was her ticket out; she was going to do great things and never look back. Three years later, “Ivy League Mary” is back—a thinner, cynical, and restless failure. Kicked out of Cornell at the beginning of senior year, she won’t tell anyone why. Working at the local grocery store, she sees familiar faces from high school and tries to make sense of the past and her life. </blockquote><blockquote style="text-align: left;">When beautiful, magnetic Olivia Willand, a rising social media star, goes missing, Mary—like the rest of Liberty Lake—becomes obsessed. Best friends in childhood, Mary and Olivia haven’t spoken in years. Everyone admired Olivia, but Mary knows better than anyone that behind the Instagram persona hid a willful, manipulative girl with sharp edges. As the world worries for perfect, lovely Olivia, Mary can’t help but hate her. She also believes that her disappearance is tied to another missing person—a nineteen-year-old girl named DeMaria Jackson whose disappearance has gone under the radar. </blockquote><blockquote style="text-align: left;">Who was the true Olivia Willand, and where did she go? What happened to DeMaria? As Mary delves deeper into the lives of the two missing girls, old wounds bleed fresh and painful secrets threaten to destroy everything. </blockquote><blockquote style="text-align: left;">Maybe no one is really a nice girl, after all.</blockquote><div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid0l6ri236dvDnK79AWp6QVZfTBWac4_Wc4OQeSGRpgIq84-xb_-CPASCDXcNnc1gE_hvxUgOkylzDfrVNMlA8X4DcMQsSQTO3gwd1KrbMu4_CMYxgcXLMiKIhr31kWSf-qbkyI9yFE5by/s1600/separator.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="10" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid0l6ri236dvDnK79AWp6QVZfTBWac4_Wc4OQeSGRpgIq84-xb_-CPASCDXcNnc1gE_hvxUgOkylzDfrVNMlA8X4DcMQsSQTO3gwd1KrbMu4_CMYxgcXLMiKIhr31kWSf-qbkyI9yFE5by/s320/separator.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">started strong, tried to do more.</span></div><p>I'm definitely the type to try out every mystery/thriller because why not. They may all feel the same but who knows, maybe there's some aspect I'll like. Sometimes I do wonder what I really, really look for in a mystery/thriller that I just pick up most that I can get my hands on. <i>Nice Girls</i> has a very typical-ish plot when you read that synopsis. and somehow, yeah... it is..</p><a name='more'></a><span></span><i>Nice Girls</i> follows Mary, or Ivy League Mary as they call her, who comes home to her small town after an unfortunate event that got her expelled from Cornell University. When Mary's childhood bestfriend, Olivia was reported missing, the entire town started searching for her neglecting the possible connection to another missing girl report than Mary believes to be related. Mary decides to find out more and delve into the lives of both Olivia and DeMaria. How far will Mary go to find out the truth?</div><div><br /></div><div>This started quite strong for me. I was genuinely intrigued by Mary and the disappearances. Why did she go home? What happened to Olivia? What is the town's star football player doing home? Is he related to Olivia's disappearance? Despite Mary's past with Kevin, is he a reliable policeman? You can just come up with so much things that could make this interesting. And somehow, all of those parts moved. And they're all moving at the same time, it felt overwhelming. Are they really connected? Are they all important? And that's what felt off for me. I think that this was trying too much. It's trying to put too much twist into this (or more like forcing it, I guess. or it just made me feel like it). It's trying to put too much issues or things to think about (aside from the mystery itself) into it that at the end, I'm not sure if I'm okay with it. I mean, yeah, of course tackling all those things are good but sometimes, maybe it's better to stick to one and focus on that for more emphasis (?).</div><div><br /></div><div>As usual, I'm not delving much into the story especially since this is a mystery/thriller. Just a few things of note: (1) Mary was a fat girl in high school and she absolutely hates it (if you don't like characters with that kind of mentality, skip this!!). She goes on and on about it in this book and how much she's supposed to show people in her small town how much weight she lost and how successful she's supposed to become by going to an Ivy League school; (2) They touched racism and social standing (?). There's so much talk about the police shrugging DeMaria's missing person case because she's not white and they're not well off. They didn't give as much effort to her as they did to Olivia because she's black and they're not well off unlike Olivia; (3) The police force isn't always gonna out that much effort in finding out the truth. Like most police procedural novels, <i>Nice Girls</i> shows a police officer willing to go against their bosses just to find out the truth and there would be those who'd just go around catching someone that works for their interests; (4) People you met in high school aren't the same people once you all get out of there. You'll realize that there's a lot more going on in other people than what they've shown throughout those four short years of their life. It's not a news flash but there really is a lot of parts in here where there will be comparison of they were then and who they are now. People change so much every year.</div><div><p>OVERALL, <i>Nice Girls</i> is started strong for me. It's a missing girl mystery and a few more things in tow. It feels slow, dragging at times even (especially the confrontation part, I don't know it just feels like it too forever for me), and it feels like it wants tackle more things. The mystery did got me thinking but there's a part of me that thinks that somehow it's one of those that just didn't have enough foreshadowing (or it could just be me missing all of them early on or the author misleading me, someone tell me if you've read this already). The ending also didn't feel strong me. 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text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjU3XPfszaD_-DTmpTQ6WkC39c68H0lLMHiJpu5ui3b6_M3dEmSah-vRpV1l2czSUyAX8yVboYNncTCmohw-Vv0pPQYik7BK_gysmDNIYdL-8aPB5N2z58yPC8S_8IZlR_UyUpLlP5bvgn/s16000/weekend+reads+091221.jpg" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Hi,<p></p><div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div><div></div><div>I'm sorry that I've still been away. There's work and there's my mood and there's a ugly weather that worries me all the time.</div><div><br /></div><div>I decided not to get <i>1984</i> get into me so much so I picked up <i>Ramona Blue</i>. I don't need another slump at this time of the year especially since the last one got my head start on my goal all wiped out. lmao. I'm trying to make up for readings lost by reading YAs and short books that I have quite high hopes aka <i>Severance</i>.</div><div><br /></div><div>On other things, I've been watching <i>The I.T. Crowd</i> on Netflix. I know it's trash but I just want something quick and something I don't need to care about. My head is not ready for heavy shows right now I guess. I've also been spending so much time (probably in the last month or so already) watching Sims Let's Play videos on Youtube. Just fun chill stuff. Lastly, I'm so glad that the Yankees finally won a game. At this point, I doubt they'll make the playoffs but I'm still hoping, as a fan.</div><div><span><a name='more'></a></span><span><br /></span></div><div><span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;">current reads</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31449227-ramona-blue" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4I7Xi38GrzFGxIv7P8DB0GjIKYBk_s-Hx2EKmfwHfvYMdLLFPf7Oc24Bs1HHVVsJmRRHt-D5YCbAqGvAagDhnqabOR0DemZko-VhR3mVgHaweEwihFhvvrZJSGjTqqkzkXziaQUu4lfEP/w133-h200/ramona+blue.jpg" width="133" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38472277-severance" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="310" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIKLGhMZdNkGOZFQKqQBtzKYcoEJAjNZVvo-MZdSv5fiYsmWb7uAkezyLdGb4PlcXBHyN9uj8wvF7zk44u1JTitYIn4AwOdCpU0hZx7BJFBrlVBIEgM4LIwi5xojEZxF-QElBd80hAQoKU/w131-h200/severance.jpg" width="131" /></a></div></div><p><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31449227-ramona-blue" target="_blank">Ramona Blue</a></b> | Julie Murphy<br />I started this yesterday. I'm just three chapters in and so far I'm okay with it. I totally forgot the plot of this one and reading through these first chapters refreshed my head about the plot. I hope I can get through this quick :)</p><p><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38472277-severance" target="_blank">Severance</a></b> | Ling Ma<br />I've been hyped on this one!! It's post apocalyptic and I believe people were wiped out because of some flu (?). sounds timely tbh. lmao. I got through the prologue and a couple of pages of chapter one. This is fairly short so I'm hoping that I can get through this quick as well since I really do want to get ahead my goodreads reading challenge.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">reading plans</span></p><p>I said <i>Heir of Fire</i> last time but I absolutely didn't do that because I needed my reading notebook for that which I'm still using for <i>1984</i>. I finished <i>Nice Girls</i> and I'll have the review up tomorrow :)</p><p>FINISH: <i>Ramona Blue + Severance</i><br />START: <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25557074-the-girl-with-all-the-gifts" target="_blank">The Girl with All the Gifts</a></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">last time on the blog</span></p><p><a href="http://theblacksheepreader.blogspot.com/2021/09/10-mibf-hauls-i-kept-on-my-tbr-shelf.html" target="_blank">SEPTEMBER TBR</a> - this is just me missing MIBF because of COVID<br /><a href="http://theblacksheepreader.blogspot.com/2021/09/review-haunting-of-sunshine-girl.html" target="_blank">REVIEW: The Haunting of Sunshine Girl</a> - not exactly worth it. just an okay book. just not for me.<br /><a href="http://theblacksheepreader.blogspot.com/2021/09/review-everything-you-want-me-to-be.html" target="_blank">REVIEW: Everything You Want Me to Be</a> - wrote this review a couple of years ago. 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt2qLhkzfrOJvnTgYp4YgQqijFFsE2zjN73yyDoOp69k6g5osyhWq3wLMHEsmrlO7jjAAP6-48MmrFoWMnCcNYgS1o95neoHmAxlcCvZMjrIHKpaVxwc7u_IX3L8qTfylybZEH-JQi3A4F/s475/everything+you+want+me+to+be.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt2qLhkzfrOJvnTgYp4YgQqijFFsE2zjN73yyDoOp69k6g5osyhWq3wLMHEsmrlO7jjAAP6-48MmrFoWMnCcNYgS1o95neoHmAxlcCvZMjrIHKpaVxwc7u_IX3L8qTfylybZEH-JQi3A4F/s320/everything+you+want+me+to+be.jpg" width="214" /></a></div>title:</b> Everything You Want Me to Be</div><div><b>author:</b> Mindy Mejia <br /><b>genre:</b> adult, mystery, thriller<br /><b>published: </b>January 3rd 2017 by Atria Books<br /><b>my copy:</b> paperback, 352 pages<br /><b>purchase: </b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1501157906" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/everything-you-want-me-to-be-mindy-mejia/1123565091" target="_blank">B&N</a> | <a href="https://www.bookdepository.com/Everything-You-Want-Me-Be-Mindy-Mejia/9781501123436" target="_blank">Book Depository<br /></a><b>rating:</b> 4 / 5 stars<br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30454956" target="_blank">goodreads</a></div><p></p><div><div></div><blockquote>Full of twists and turns, "Everything You Want Me to Be" reconstructs a year in the life of a dangerously mesmerizing young woman, during which a small town s darkest secrets come to the forefront...and she inches closer and closer to her death.</blockquote><blockquote>High school senior Hattie Hoffman has spent her whole life playing many parts: the good student, the good daughter, the good citizen. When she s found brutally stabbed to death on the opening night of her high school play, the tragedy rips through the fabric of her small town community. Local sheriff Del Goodman, a family friend of the Hoffmans, vows to find her killer, but trying to solve her murder yields more questions than answers. It seems that Hattie s acting talents ran far beyond the stage. Told from three points of view Del, Hattie, and the new English teacher whose marriage is crumbling "Everything You Want Me to Be" weaves the story of Hattie s last school year and the events that drew her ever closer to her death.</blockquote><blockquote>Evocative and razor-sharp, "Everything You Want Me to Be "challenges you to test the lines between innocence and culpability, identity and deception. Does love lead to self-discovery or destruction?"</blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdRzfqOuMb_bhlfrRUglsijAczT8ekiPY2Rvsseukx-1iy9mJn9wIsNZmH2xqZEfFgNggt8G9ZwZzgyEH7Idbp0sOhPnyp5WpRKtKxIUH0lPVAJ6zthM6dWkhp1I3oPq9-r8-Nk7qCe29D/s800/separator.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="25" data-original-width="800" height="10" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdRzfqOuMb_bhlfrRUglsijAczT8ekiPY2Rvsseukx-1iy9mJn9wIsNZmH2xqZEfFgNggt8G9ZwZzgyEH7Idbp0sOhPnyp5WpRKtKxIUH0lPVAJ6zthM6dWkhp1I3oPq9-r8-Nk7qCe29D/s320/separator.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Intriguing. Unputdownable.</span></div><p><br />I've been eyeing this book for so long just because it's one of those psychological thrillers I'm so keen on reading. Multiple POVs? Non-linear storytelling? Death of a beloved and perfect girl? YES PLEASE!</p><a name='more'></a><span></span><div><i>Everything You Want Me To Be </i>kind of reminded me of <i>Girl in Snow</i> which I read mid-2017. Both books are about the death of a high school student who seem so perfect. However, <i>Everything You Want Me To Be</i> executed this plot well. And I mean legit well. This is told in three points of view -- Hattie, the murdered senior; Del, the detective solving the case; and Peter, Hattie's English teacher. </div><div><br /></div><div>I've only ever read a few psychological thrillers but I'm really expanding my palette as I have several titles lined up on my tbr. However, I can safely say that <i>Everything You Want Me To Be</i> didn't really offer anything new about the overall feels of the books in the same genre. Describing this genre really goes down to: the intriguing mystery --the death and the who and why--, the oh-so groundbreaking revelation (which would obviously make or break the story), and how each character or POVs molds the victim of the story.</div><div><br /></div><div>The mystery was a real page-turner. I was intrigued by who killed Hattie. Hattie, everyone's perfect girl who apparently merely plays the role each person in her life wants. The slow revelation of Hattie's life and the things she does that others do not see was very interesting. I have to admit that I partly saw the revelation but it didn't ruin the book for me.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><i>Everything You Want Me To Be</i> really blew me away with the ending.</b> It was the one that sealed the deal for me. Let's talk about the revelation first! The build up for that revelation was really well thought of. All the things that lead up to Hattie's death and why it happened really worked out so great! I'm a fan of Mindy Mejia now. All the actions each character did toward Hattie's death gave way to that flawless revelation. Now that ending, literally those last couple of pages was amazing. <b>I LOVE how it just worked out so well.</b> That ending gave me a little hungover that I HAD to tell someone immediately!</div><p>OVERALL, <i>Everything You Want Me To Be</i> throws the usual perfect-girl mystery into a heartfelt story. 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text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtLqrh_pzY0N7yu96UHP1A7JaeOnS9KhLamqDAcWNOShbDwDKS5v6ubsXGE7rKFgm_yY51kR_DQVgJTSbksaoq9cDoAGw86GUW3Ck2AEQhGlE2nQbYJD6yRdTWuk-4ekkHYIDrjg_zEYKk/s16000/0921+tbr.jpg" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Hi,</div><div><br /></div><div>This is the second year that the Manila International Book Fair isn't happening becaue of COVID-19! <span style="font-size: x-small;">hecc you, covid!!!</span></div><div><br /></div><div>I just miss the good old times (aka 2019-ish times) where I get to go to the book fair and buy all the books I want for 20% less. The fun of seeing a lot of books in a single place is so fun and going there with friends makes it even better. I usually go two times a year, a day for myself and a day with a friend. In 2018, I went with my best friend and we just went out check out each other's stacks. In all the other years, I went with my college friend and it was like our hang out day away from out busy work schedule.</div><div><br /></div><div>But yeah, it's that couple of days of the year where I buys lots of books which I don't normally do. lmao. And yeah, I don't even buy physical books right now. If this COVID stays for another 2yrs, I'll probably clear out my TBR shelf. lmao. </div><div><br /></div><div>NOW ON TO THE BOOKS!!! 👇👇👇</div><div><span><a name='more'></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25557074-the-girl-with-all-the-gifts" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="263" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdxqqqf5p87t2qTaUTfPg6l3DtR_nc-wFVRbHeBjwgXsk5dNkiGrrHqn2g13Lid8_Hf0Q7h8iU1_H6xSELj__qfFbE6ExMcbmmwpO_N5GEVeweQkytoKBJQA0kB0JO_4HycVFL6wdp4oW0/w131-h200/the+girl+with+all+the+gifts.jpg" width="131" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25411755-mr-mercedes" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="306" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1UPZunhSmGJFwoNKUdEc6h2Q-30YRH27Noqv5ue4JUnuUZJKOGXtvr0zDEQaGVrbw2iL54HcAHIIPdGrjgrURLWz55lfkpj0qKMPiQhH5iPNCkUSnUYR_Yg2vMmYLkWYWRl_6lO4hFumX/w129-h200/mr+mercedes.jpg" style="font-weight: bold;" width="129" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12977531-the-shining" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="300" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVO3wXUPWAcGxl_GExo5AzCH9NpRBQ99LK9Zgn8Td6bPaIpOMu1LwrDz2cq-jhi33un3sTEBtXKbFBcsc8mjo5MkIM_GaN18qOSIiFXsZVb_HVMSsW_wL7bWRICNFzihi2xemTAvZFt_K8/w126-h200/the+shining.jpg" width="126" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5470" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="296" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfLwH_-WOnvnol09o8j8rANlPDbCd7h4HdqEqA5fhPX9RWpyhU0TIycvNjSlQ7hV9Rp85EaBS_c3bZ1yqtrwb0JMxHVRj9sS4pSsm28d4bL_RtUVNusT_voBH5Fx1Slk8i6z48QWiuOiZ-/w124-h200/1984.jpg" width="124" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20617636" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="309" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUovjqyBAbvC6ixKETTkE1tqXDORPKL6SNEnjIbstaWk7XHnOvjV0lwU0lMeW8kt2srI2v2uwyggqruBux2mct1aW69yR4ET64dMmC8beAV75-xytO7rpxWrlvmcnJOdL_UCNzr9zcSynr/w130-h200/heir+of+fire.jpg" width="130" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25557074-the-girl-with-all-the-gifts" target="_blank">The Girl with All the Gifts</a></b> by M.R. Carey</div><div style="text-align: left;">I don't know anything about this and I'm just all about reading popular books when I got this. Yeah, I don't know what's wrong with me when I bought this. But now, I'm finding out that it has ZOMBIES (?). Will really try to get into this book this month then!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25411755-mr-mercedes" target="_blank">Mr. Mercedes</a></b> (Bill Hodges #1) by Stephen King</div><div style="text-align: left;">Second time on my TBR this year? I still don't know if I'll be picking this up. Maybe not. But we'll see.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12977531-the-shining" target="_blank">The Shining</a></b> (the Shining #1) by Stephen King</div><div style="text-align: left;">I bought this after I watched the movie because I have questions (which I cannot remember anymore since it's been YEARS but it's my curiosity to know more about things that really prompt me to get this book). This is quite thick though so we'll see.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5470" target="_blank">1984</a></b> by George Orwell</div><div style="text-align: left;">Is this the third time I put this on this year's TBRs? lmao. I started this last July but it put me on a HORRIBLE slump. So I dropped it and picked up others books which worked out well for me. Now I'm back to reading it. Hope I finish it for real now.<br /><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20617636" target="_blank">Heir of Fire</a></b> (Throne of Glass #3) by Sarah J. Maas</div><div style="text-align: left;">Another book I'm really hoping to get into this month. I didn't reread the first two books to suddenly stop reading this series again. This is definitely thicker than the first two but I really want to get through this series!! That's basically my motivation, finishing the series.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23848145" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv2CtnUECdAomjk2o9Ccueop90n6_elMhhCCFUYNnzL1vljD6bnJdN7kknDiJajTHMHFLgr8o2wgpPwNOqBHD5sI2KZz2zj02kTPNWr8Fyrq62l6MZzZQ2srIwfoAsiDekCgBYiqX7aBzm/w133-h200/queen+of+shadows.jpg" width="133" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26198846-seveneves" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="265" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbjb19neBpo-e1SFZZl_W6vwThV7_INCnhHSITWHZQR9quoniCvNaM2Vub2bl7m5QKtgq2q_AcUeb2NdfissTrk7lXgR5oYbfopDCiGIBdiK_M0ZwfgeLn0VDGzZfY37JXW5aYJh-6dsLj/w133-h200/seveneves.jpg" width="133" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27209460-the-invisible-library" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnBSn1AGzy7nTdDOIXikKjz7oyhhJgqGsmg9VmzgTMQdJLRN0XA7LeFk3Hobt2sXANPYnqhrvYqYimulKNO1cBtLbpdu3cm8zPLCOSeHDS3u-4wYXiFERxkZSdVP_PENA3IbBA01xlujum/w134-h200/theInvisibleLibrary.jpg" width="134" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25814222-my-grandmother-asked-me-to-tell-you-she-s-sorry" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="322" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJRWokBjOKb5BDYWmfxXbjtRM-4rN0Gjy9kFrqFxgZsuke2G6LXlwbwDFMvJm94ymslItODp3U_Hq2o4Cdb3IpXWeturtGlpzO-WtiGm9dGuJRc9t0rn9YP-3icieSwlmY66owgzo1NsAZ/w129-h200/My+Grandmother+Asked.jpg" width="129" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31449227-ramona-blue" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4I7Xi38GrzFGxIv7P8DB0GjIKYBk_s-Hx2EKmfwHfvYMdLLFPf7Oc24Bs1HHVVsJmRRHt-D5YCbAqGvAagDhnqabOR0DemZko-VhR3mVgHaweEwihFhvvrZJSGjTqqkzkXziaQUu4lfEP/w133-h200/ramona+blue.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23848145" target="_blank">Queen of Shadows</a> </b>by Sarah J Maas</div><div>Same thoughts on <i>Heir of Fire</i>.</div><div><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26198846-seveneves" target="_blank">Seveneves</a></b> by Neal Stephenson</div><div>Thick book!!! I bought it because of a booktuber recommendation. I absolutely like the first line of this book. I don't think I can get to this this month but hopefully this year (?)</div><div><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27209460-the-invisible-library" target="_blank">The Invisible Library</a></b> (the Invisible Library #1) by Genevieve Cogman</div><div>I bought this YEARS ago because it says library and I'm just all for books with library on the title. lmao. I read probably 100 pages of this but got bored. Haven't picked it up since then.</div><div><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25814222-my-grandmother-asked-me-to-tell-you-she-s-sorry" target="_blank">My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry</a></b> by Fredrik Backman</div><div>Bought this because I absolutely LOVED <i>A Man Called Ove</i> and I thought, guess I should read every Backman book now. lmao. I did start this as well. Read probably 20ish pages, it was amusing. Wasn't in the mood for it then though.</div><div><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31449227-ramona-blue" target="_blank">Ramona Blue</a></b> by Julie Murphy</div><div>I got this after reading and enjoying <i>Dumplin</i>. I don't know anything about this other than having something to do with Hurricane Katrina (?). </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVcM3ZB26l6r6iXGRjhbycapQ-eyLKrRMmTEKSkdTmZ6_NdCnp-UVlpMPHb_61vwKxiKS6JJb0hBFkSSedKyHZ50oO9clxPJOn6qya5giA8tC4G26prgJVdNPuZusactT11px4SpweIW3J/s1600/separator.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="10" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVcM3ZB26l6r6iXGRjhbycapQ-eyLKrRMmTEKSkdTmZ6_NdCnp-UVlpMPHb_61vwKxiKS6JJb0hBFkSSedKyHZ50oO9clxPJOn6qya5giA8tC4G26prgJVdNPuZusactT11px4SpweIW3J/s320/separator.png" width="320" /></a></div><br style="text-align: left;" /><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">HOW ABOUT YOU GUYS,</span><br />Do you read books immediately after buying them? What are the books that you've left unread for so long? Have you read any of these? Which ones should I read first?</div><div><br /></div></div><div><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #666666;">let's connect!</span><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/czai_" style="background-color: white; color: #cc1177; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyhQQcnNQNyi2S5IuDZABq3ID2ZJPzwSG4fFz2d7gw6CoF4BxkSU1fAnqLdxKVpd0rV6W6CFQcbQ_ZT0kJCeeFGDv8xlZ4aeD0VcpxyyQtIile-gxtQhR0VmZsQgb9ntNHIn61Tm1cbck/s32/twitter.png" style="background: none; border: none; box-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Blacksheep-Project/445966108773995?ref=stream" style="background-color: white; color: #cc1177; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixOPT-hK9Ze2Bulg_69aD9SxrbrFBLuVyeuQ-P7DIE6rgIrtEq75f0SqB874ocRjyc-p630NJLoOdAEOamAyi_poxnmfc6hEavaeMVF8Dw4VcTjVFk6itJ7CzVC1kchM02jh89l3IGX24/s32/facebook.png" style="background: none; border: none; box-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></a><a href="http://instagram.com/czai_" style="background-color: white; color: #cc1177; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5M91ERHMWg_feLHFTyGSMs824GpWsyhgcwXSp8bxCfjyizTDva8XMl6QMDd9JVtSQtx1YaBM9tCtXZ32NDOZNwlMcrslT8MmU0xJHaTy71DyEcVw9o3naAduFKqFMWEvQ6R0JpCXDj2g/s32/instagram.png" style="background: none; border: none; box-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/9077237-czai" style="background-color: white; color: #cc1177; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Kn-LG-3jnD46d-eNjt3vmWN9annJ8PzTIRMjyXmxNIsTeIdBWGIuSS2OhGNNybnCvVCQik_HeqEnN_No_cr8BeA2igW3l3B_OluiM8vgZCFVjEzTIiJThlGKyIKxlYsexvgfQv5olSk/s32/goodreads.png" style="background: none; border: none; box-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></a><a href="http://myanimelist.net/profile/-blacksheep" style="background-color: white; color: #cc1177; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi72dXQifHmkpTOYFymDdZktILGD0OtvgjGwC8azd8b6pRstSkXxfaf9gP-2iRpEv6_CyduZY-8_ydlKTLjA1d4hZxjOYcQqNRI7C7fmrpbskzeGLiVyI0kyKVr3zK_N5gqM8hwlMgfpvk/s32/mal.png" style="background: none; border: none; box-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></a></div></div>czaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01343988297200251224noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1751222990388654070.post-90737711791258681372021-09-06T20:00:00.006+08:002021-09-16T15:52:57.190+08:00[REVIEW] The Haunting of Sunshine Girl<div style="text-align: left;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkrCZRfqjkCg49uYabJT8a6FJFpRRF-_pmIYedMx4p6Accg05cesX3wAF__AsKOEMukdePd48-gcZKGLpOg2YeAAThIlda1JIlk7B1lknHm97biA1AN3LOPXqlRzyjjDzbwO0klFVczP-p/s474/the+haunting+of+sunshine+girl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="474" data-original-width="318" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkrCZRfqjkCg49uYabJT8a6FJFpRRF-_pmIYedMx4p6Accg05cesX3wAF__AsKOEMukdePd48-gcZKGLpOg2YeAAThIlda1JIlk7B1lknHm97biA1AN3LOPXqlRzyjjDzbwO0klFVczP-p/s320/the+haunting+of+sunshine+girl.jpg" width="215" /></a></div>title:</b> The Haunting of Sunshine Girl (The Haunting of Sunshine Girl #1)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>author:</b> Paige McKenzie, Alyssa B. Sheinmel <br /><b>genre:</b> young adult, paranormal<br /><b>published: </b>March 24th 2015 by Hachette Books</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>my copy:</b> eGalley, 411 pages<br /><b>purchase: </b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1602862729" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-haunting-of-sunshine-girl-paige-mckenzie/1118938379" target="_blank">B&N</a> | <a href="https://www.bookdepository.com/The-Haunting-of-Sunshine-Girl-Alyssa-Sheinmel-Paige-McKenzie/9781602862722" target="_blank">Book Depository<br /></a><b>rating:</b> 2 / 5 stars<br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21413855-the-haunting-of-sunshine-girl" target="_blank">goodreads</a></div><p></p><div><div></div><blockquote>Something freaky's going on with Sunshine's new house... there's the chill that wraps itself around her bones, the giggling she can hear in the dead of night, and then the strange shadows that lurk in her photographs. But the more weird stuff that happens, the less her mom believes her. Sunshine's always had a quirky affiliation with the past, but this time, history is getting much too close for comfort...</blockquote><blockquote>If there is something, or someone, haunting her house, what do they want? And what will they do if Sunshine can't help them?</blockquote><blockquote>As things become more frightening and dangerous, and the giggles she hears turn to sobs and screams, Sunshine has no choice but to accept what she is, face the test before her and save her mother from a fate worse than death.</blockquote><blockquote><b>The first in a frighteningly good new series based on the popular YouTube sensation <i>The Haunting of Sunshine Girl</i> Network, created by Paige McKenzie.</b></blockquote><div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid0l6ri236dvDnK79AWp6QVZfTBWac4_Wc4OQeSGRpgIq84-xb_-CPASCDXcNnc1gE_hvxUgOkylzDfrVNMlA8X4DcMQsSQTO3gwd1KrbMu4_CMYxgcXLMiKIhr31kWSf-qbkyI9yFE5by/s1600/separator.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="10" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid0l6ri236dvDnK79AWp6QVZfTBWac4_Wc4OQeSGRpgIq84-xb_-CPASCDXcNnc1gE_hvxUgOkylzDfrVNMlA8X4DcMQsSQTO3gwd1KrbMu4_CMYxgcXLMiKIhr31kWSf-qbkyI9yFE5by/s320/separator.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">could be an interesting series.</span></div><p>I have ZERO expectations when I downloaded this book YEARS! Somehow, I don't even know why I downloaded this since I'm not even a fan of paranormal stuff in books. lmao.</p><a name='more'></a><span></span><i>The Haunting of Sunshine Girl</i> follows Sunshine who moves to a new house and upon moving, she feels odd, cold, and hears things in their house. She's quite positive that their house is hunted but her mother just can't seem to see, feel, or remember anything odd happening. She meets Nolan who believes her ghost story and together, they discover more things not only about the ghost in her house but also why Sunshine can see and feel these ghosts.</div><div><br /></div><div>Now, this books is absolutely not for me.</div><div><br /></div><div>In general, this really felt very flat and boring, for me. Sunshine is a not-like-other-girls type of main character but that also is part of her characteristic as some kind of ghost hunter or <i>luiseach</i> as they call it. I didn't like Sunshine at all but it's definitely more of a me thing. How Sunshine took the entire hunted house and evil ghost kind of news in her new home definitely felt like a natural reaction to things. Although it did frustrated me lots of times because it did take more than half of the book to really get things going. There was a lot of build up / world building (?) regarding what's going on in Sunshine's house and the natures of luiseaches.</div><div><br /></div><div>Another part of the book that feels like took a massive amount of part of it is the romance. There isn't like some actual, <i>actual</i> progression to it but you know it's there. You know it's there because you absolutely cannot miss it because it's like every chapter Sunshine talks about feeling nervous around Nolan, and how she kind of hesitate at saying what she and Nolan are (which.... uhhh.. Friends?). I'm sure there's a lot more times where I rolled my eyes while reading this because of this thing between the two of them. Nolan is a nice guy but younger me would also not be into him in terms of book boys just because he's just that, a nice guy who absolutely admires his grandfather.</div><div><br /></div><div>However, I have to admit that Sunshine's narration kind of make things a bit better despite my frustrations on how slow the story is, and how much she talks about Nolan, and how much she talks about being "weird" and not being into what other teenagers her age are into. Aside from, as I said, her reaction towards everything did feel natural which I really like, I also like how she points out things to save you the eyerolling (the fact that she had to emphasize googling luiseach surprisingly works kind of made me laugh).<br /><p>OVERALL, <i>The Haunting of Sunshine Girl</i> could be an interesting series. It's could be good depending on how it's written and where the story actually goes. But with what I've seen in here, I'd say it could be a typical battle of good and evil and ultimately saving the world and getting the boy (just like every other book, I guess). There's nothing exactly new in here. While it did feel really slow, it could still be enjoyable for a few people who likes characters that are very vocal about all their thoughts and very open about everything (there could be a massive amount of repetition, tbh). 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-bQNfnTT1h3kgiNzQJh-_qi9_tz170SWI1JLZM4mwPUaPEZgJ_MysvNKbNH47Rwdul8xBJq84JXIbtjNDGZxzoirlm0UWeGITHTnbDkOCt9tNG6J9wodkmmpBGoTA6PV3u26hThRcOjFl/s750/weekend+reads+090521.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-bQNfnTT1h3kgiNzQJh-_qi9_tz170SWI1JLZM4mwPUaPEZgJ_MysvNKbNH47Rwdul8xBJq84JXIbtjNDGZxzoirlm0UWeGITHTnbDkOCt9tNG6J9wodkmmpBGoTA6PV3u26hThRcOjFl/s16000/weekend+reads+090521.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Hi,<p></p><div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div><div></div><div>I'm still trying to get the hang of things again. Will do my best to blog hop tonight or tomorrow 😅😅😅</div><div><br /></div><div>Work has been pretty good for me this past week. Guess I'm just enjoying the things I'm doing recently and I'm just glad to be part of the new project the company is trying to do. I'm also trying to get back to blogging again which I think I mentioned on my wrap up post (?). </div><div><br /></div><div>On other things, I started watching <i>Narcos</i> and I'm liking it (my head is still probably riding the <i>Breaking Bad</i> x <i>Better Call Saul</i> interest). Sometimes I wish I can speed through it but I also can't because half of the show is probably in Spanish and I had to read so much subtitles that I can't even watch it on the sides while I work. lmao. </div><div><span><a name='more'></a></span><span><br /></span></div><div><span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;">current reads</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5470.1984" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="296" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfLwH_-WOnvnol09o8j8rANlPDbCd7h4HdqEqA5fhPX9RWpyhU0TIycvNjSlQ7hV9Rp85EaBS_c3bZ1yqtrwb0JMxHVRj9sS4pSsm28d4bL_RtUVNusT_voBH5Fx1Slk8i6z48QWiuOiZ-/w124-h200/1984.jpg" width="124" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56304421-nice-girls" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="267" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsWV1iRZc02qV5KoPM0LNlPugxTpxmON5TayrdBTJ5jD_IXfnUxjwaAqEWeUzomknPJCKxW4F_L0u0Njx-QQhuGeLTE0EN5cCumK9W8LY87X1Xxr4_kbULUqZCIfR3jCHAmWE2IGuzrQSZ/w134-h200/nice+girls.jpg" width="134" /></a></div></div><p><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5470.1984" target="_blank">1984</a></b> | George Orwell<br />I'm still struggling with this book. I really do think that classics don't work for me. I'm still hoping to finish this though. I'm not even halfway through but we'll see I guess. I hope this doesn't send me into another slump because it did last time.</p><p><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56304421-nice-girls" target="_blank">Nice Girls</a></b> | Catherine Dang<br />Started this probably a few weeks ago (?). It took me a while to finally get into the story generally because I started it alongside <i>Girl in Pieces</i> and there's a couple of aspects that felt similar to me (aka moving to a town after a massive incident, getting a job, and living life again) so I held this off. Got back to it a few days back and I'm finally into some interesting parts.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">reading plans</span></p><p>I'll probably get into a slump because of <i>1984</i> but crossing my fingers I don't. lmao.</p><p>FINISH: <i>1984 + Nice Girls</i><br />START: <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20617636" target="_blank">Heir of Fire</a></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">last time on the blog</span></p><p><a href="http://theblacksheepreader.blogspot.com/2021/09/july-august-wrapup-aka-months-of-being.html" target="_blank">JULY - AUGUST WRAP UP</a> - the months of downtime from bloggng<br /><a href="http://theblacksheepreader.blogspot.com/2021/09/review-kind-worth-killing.html" target="_blank">REVIEW: The Kind Worth Killing</a> - absolutely UNPUTDOWNABLE!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="25" data-original-width="800" height="10" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdRzfqOuMb_bhlfrRUglsijAczT8ekiPY2Rvsseukx-1iy9mJn9wIsNZmH2xqZEfFgNggt8G9ZwZzgyEH7Idbp0sOhPnyp5WpRKtKxIUH0lPVAJ6zthM6dWkhp1I3oPq9-r8-Nk7qCe29D/s320/separator.png" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">HOW ABOUT YOU</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">What books did you recently finish? 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLMsAdY-jMNE17R_lN0LnS7CjXbbn_bib5alWVUb6EgqSHH7NKqcg3YRVnqfy5R2FDU4zI4g5_RCeXv_dEnsScZlWEYANFxT4wCKREVi0GMp0wIjnOKLvfHmuf9ge_Ow5AytsbhMp7Ykss/s475/the+kind+worth+killing.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="310" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLMsAdY-jMNE17R_lN0LnS7CjXbbn_bib5alWVUb6EgqSHH7NKqcg3YRVnqfy5R2FDU4zI4g5_RCeXv_dEnsScZlWEYANFxT4wCKREVi0GMp0wIjnOKLvfHmuf9ge_Ow5AytsbhMp7Ykss/s320/the+kind+worth+killing.jpg" width="209" /></a></div>title:</b> The Kind Worth Killing<br /><b>author: </b>Peter Swanson <br /><b>genre:</b> adult, mystery, suspense<br /><b>published: </b>September 3rd 2015 by Faber & Faber</div><div><b>my copy:</b> paperback, 411 pages<br /><b>purchase: </b><a href="httpshttps://www.amazhttps://www.amazon.com/gp/product/057130222Xon.com/gp/product/1335012508://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1984878611" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-kind-worth-killing-peter-swanson/1119565605" target="_blank">B&N</a> | <a href="https://www.bookdepository.com/The-Kind-Worth-Killing/9780571302222" target="_blank">Book Depository<br /></a><b>rating:</b> 4.5 / 5 stars<br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25820446-the-kind-worth-killing" target="_blank">goodreads</a></div><p></p><div><div></div><blockquote><div><i>'Hello there.'</i> </div></blockquote><blockquote><div>I looked at the pale, freckled hand on the back of the empty bar seat next to me in the business class lounge of Heathrow airport, then up into the stranger's face. </div></blockquote><blockquote><div><i>'Do I know you?'</i> </div></blockquote><blockquote><div>Delayed in London, Ted Severson meets a woman at the airport bar. Over cocktails they tell each other rather more than they should, and a dark plan is hatched - but are either of them being serious, could they actually go through with it and, if they did, what would be their chances of getting away with it? </div></blockquote><blockquote><div>Back in Boston, Ted's wife Miranda is busy site managing the construction of their dream home, a beautiful house out on the Maine coastline. But what secrets is she carrying and to what lengths might she go to protect the vision she has of her deserved future? </div></blockquote><blockquote><div>A sublimely plotted novel of trust and betrayal, <i>The Kind Worth Killing</i> will keep you gripped and guessing late into the night.</div></blockquote><div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid0l6ri236dvDnK79AWp6QVZfTBWac4_Wc4OQeSGRpgIq84-xb_-CPASCDXcNnc1gE_hvxUgOkylzDfrVNMlA8X4DcMQsSQTO3gwd1KrbMu4_CMYxgcXLMiKIhr31kWSf-qbkyI9yFE5by/s1600/separator.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="10" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid0l6ri236dvDnK79AWp6QVZfTBWac4_Wc4OQeSGRpgIq84-xb_-CPASCDXcNnc1gE_hvxUgOkylzDfrVNMlA8X4DcMQsSQTO3gwd1KrbMu4_CMYxgcXLMiKIhr31kWSf-qbkyI9yFE5by/s320/separator.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="text-align: left;">absolutely UNPUTDOWNABLE</span>!</span></div><p>This has been on my TBR for the longest time!! Because I've seen Peter Swanson's name so much and one of his recent books, <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52225186-eight-perfect-murders" target="_blank">Eight Perfect Murders</a></i>, kind of intrigued me. So here we are..</p><a name='more'></a><span></span><i>The Kind Worth Killing</i> follows Lily and Ted who met at the airport. Ted tells Lily about his cheating wife and eventually telling her that he'd like to kill her. Lily, on the other hand, tells Ted that some people do deserve to be killed. Thus, the two of them plot the demise of Ted's wife and the rest is just a wild, suspenseful ride.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;">As a mystery-thriller, clearly I can't divulge much since I don't want to take away any part of the experience of reading this.</span></div><div><br /></div><div>The BEST thing about this book is how absolutely UNPUTDOWNABLE this is. It's one of those books that's full on would keep you turning the page because you HAVE to know what happens next. It made me feel like Swanson just keeps pulling one thing after another that at some point, you just have to accept that he'll never ran out of exciting things to happen. At every turn, I keep on making up theories as to how it will end or how things will proceed. It's a book that NEVER stops throwing out the most exciting things!</div><div><br /></div><div>The alternating points of view really gives the story a more suspenseful vibes to it. Each characters and their respective narrations are done masterfully that everything that happens just feels so perfectly natural. You'll get a perspective of what they know and how they'll react with respect to who they are and what they think others would do. It's all so exciting to read!<br /><p>OVERALL, <i>The Kind Worth Killing</i> is an absolutely recommended read if you're into suspenseful reads. 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text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV2zH3DZPO4kkmkoeqI_l4L0ilUrpsSVfX8EqpqkgebQ5PWpxCsYd6NiZNyHCW9UNazL2fL2u264WOoQtqHknvG2TCyyUPtaKpob-TmabRKZUfMuiVJiB2Oi6GgT4TTqcU2ZRfFsvxZ58P/s16000/july-august-2021+wrapup.jpg" /></div><div><br /></div>Hi,<p></p><p>Two months flew by and somehow I still don't know how to do this blogging again. lmao.</p><p>I'm doing another update generally because I didn't want a three-month wrapup. Also, I got a bit motivated to be productive (?) after stumbling upon a productivity video on Youtube. I'm trying to make a more effective to-do list stuff to manage myself well and keeping in mind a few things I picked up else where like stopping myself from endless social media scrolling (because sometimes it's a waste of time) and I also downloaded a focus app on my phone so I can stop myself from randomly picking it up and browse social media. I hope this works!!</p><p>On blogging and reading stuff, I do plan to get back on blogging. Hopefully. I found a few reviews I wrote a couple of years back (probably 3-4 years ago, tbh. but I'll roll with it. lmao). I'll schedule those alongside reviews I'm writing right now. I'm trying to get through a few ARCs I got and hopefully get back on track of things. I'm pushing myself to read more with my buddy read book, my usual TBR challenge picks and my ebook read. My TBR for September will be up soon, <a href="http://theblacksheepreader.blogspot.com/2020/08/9-unread-books-from-my-2018-2019-book.html" target="_blank">similar to last year</a>, it's a stack of my MIBF book haul. I picked my oldest MIBF haul (which also somewhat crossed over my <a href="http://theblacksheepreader.blogspot.com/2021/07/10-books-on-my-tbr-shelf-longest-aka.html" target="_blank">oldest unread books tbr</a>).</p><p>On other things, I FINALLY finished <i>Kingdom</i> from Netflix. I'm eyeing another zombie series, <i>Black Summer</i>, I think (?). Saw someone mentioned it, I think. But my best friend also told me to watch <i>The Serpent</i> first. SO we'll see I guess. I'm a lazy watcher anyway. I ended up rewatching <i>Big Bang Theory</i> again but I'll probably pick up a serious show soon.</p><div>NOW ON TO THE BOOKS! 👇👇👇<span><a name='more'></a></span></div><p></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVcM3ZB26l6r6iXGRjhbycapQ-eyLKrRMmTEKSkdTmZ6_NdCnp-UVlpMPHb_61vwKxiKS6JJb0hBFkSSedKyHZ50oO9clxPJOn6qya5giA8tC4G26prgJVdNPuZusactT11px4SpweIW3J/s1600/separator.png"><img border="0" height="10" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVcM3ZB26l6r6iXGRjhbycapQ-eyLKrRMmTEKSkdTmZ6_NdCnp-UVlpMPHb_61vwKxiKS6JJb0hBFkSSedKyHZ50oO9clxPJOn6qya5giA8tC4G26prgJVdNPuZusactT11px4SpweIW3J/s320/separator.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">books read in July</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44595529-the-chestnut-man" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO4fVbKUalIq3ze89ta_snawSusvP6d_X2nvkxPKadX8Y0BNZgImwtwkw_MQ0w_g5Hx-VMwT55gFvEhPstgwezuUmOJIfOcc1koBrEWjKtO2HUSE7_H_HbzHPwY_w1nA1CzX6Y2gjEDtRH/w133-h200/the+chestnut+man.jpg" width="133" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44013284-the-wedding-date" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="295" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Kd7fXRlOiGO3q1kyGgCju7ogoOt7bz8tvHAXyNjdXEkmI4hyoenCeTXmM1D7gurAJgvKxvd9A19m1V4U9jcirTYnhLMJugrkv8d_26xjbJzQtqFVr-eb1GgEXmeDTo3nP-A7z7aVgRw0/w124-h200/wedding+date.jpg" width="124" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22693181-cruel-beauty" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="266" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-mgrZg5hDUNPBQmfV3Px26IQrJuyX3af2SrSsgUtWtqLiRAoGUX-EvBR7Q3pnb-Ij6qGzat7du8AxZggFPSb3MZiT_hKwieZL2qPs99s6up3WVQrxLglIVWbZ-E0QXxzmvqK6LkAZJf4C/w133-h200/CruelBeauty.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>quick thoughts right here with their respective Popsugar prompts </b>👇</div><div><div><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44595529-the-chestnut-man" target="_blank">The Chestnut Man</a></b> - I don't really know what to expect from this since I don't really see this a lot but I'm always just up for mystery thrillers. I tried this and it really felt 'meh' for me. I thought it was a bit intriguing in the beginning but the more I read, the more I don't care about the mystery and how I don't really care how it ends. However, I probably pushed through this because how short the chapters are and my need to see through mystery endings.<br /><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44013284-the-wedding-date" target="_blank">The Wedding Date</a></b> (A book that has a heart, diamond, club, or spade on the cover) - ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS!! This may be because of my recent found love for romance books but I really love Alexa and Drew and their relationship, how it all blossomed, how they both worked so hard to really understand each other and get this relationship going. I feel Alexa's overthinking so much and that probably got into my love for the book as well!! And Drew's no-relationship issue kind of feels somewhat related (?) to my best friend. SO this just sit perfectly well for me on both enjoyment and on a personal level (not that we'll ever be as amazing as Alexa and Drew. lmao).</div><div><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22693181-cruel-beauty" target="_blank">Cruel Beauty</a></b> (The book that's been on your TBR list for the longest amount of time) - FINALLY!! I'm like 100 pages or more into this and dropped it THEN picked it up again for the sake of TBR challenge (lmao) and finished it. It turned out okay but it isn't really my type of read. It was interesting and somehow at some point, I think of <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25203675-the-star-touched-queen" target="_blank">The Star-Touched Queen</a></i> while I was reading this (but tbh, I barely remember it now).</div><div><br /></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">books read in August</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25820446-the-kind-worth-killing" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="310" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLMsAdY-jMNE17R_lN0LnS7CjXbbn_bib5alWVUb6EgqSHH7NKqcg3YRVnqfy5R2FDU4zI4g5_RCeXv_dEnsScZlWEYANFxT4wCKREVi0GMp0wIjnOKLvfHmuf9ge_Ow5AytsbhMp7Ykss/w131-h200/the+kind+worth+killing.jpg" width="131" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21413855-the-haunting-of-sunshine-girl" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="474" data-original-width="318" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2kBrc5XjO4sHAWlQtQQ74vNykOu99_CkyLa6GZ-G0jmuRSxY_bpi7nZIF67HBlhutI1B535D4WzyzodlpT8ivPHjugTmZMx06ZQw5AxxI-65_kAlOQVgmg05c8gblvERmbzcF2qIYgTJn/w134-h200/the+haunting+of+sunshine+girl.jpg" width="134" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30242262-girl-in-pieces" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="315" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje6IKwGUhRwO_XJS5NQpyOa_4_vvZzLYAZeZ2FEMKUUtPLHfrGdv01EAuO14H7MeyxLXPyAVNKkmZk9k4J1L9vtti6i-EEyjCkty6ZLtMfsG2DxBEkgP0f_Mnj-PL6GlmTGWhy-zdhKyDF/w133-h200/girl+in+pieces.jpg" width="133" /></a><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi8VDQxyyxck_0eqX3XJRi5B6iMOeA2Hdl10MBJ7yrMDoaj1heya_NgWRXAXqJP0D_zvGw3gEsjZ3QpaNITixMsQ6jl1lhZUDqQwMv64vjSN-L7aOIuE7ieEVoq_ulJ5AJP3Hj0lpDIpWy/w133-h200/Illuminae.jpg" width="133" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>quick thoughts right here with their respective Popsugar prompts </b>👇</div><div><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25820446-the-kind-worth-killing" target="_blank">The Kind Worth Killing</a></b> - the hype is real. I liked the mystery, the unlimited twists, the character perspectives, the suspense. Everything just worked out so well that my expectations was well met :)</div></div><div><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21413855-the-haunting-of-sunshine-girl" target="_blank">The Haunting of Sunshine Girl</a></b> - this book is not for me. I'm still trying to wrap my head around it and finish up my review because of how much I complained reading this book (and whoa, the notes I have on Kindle! lmao).<br /><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30242262-girl-in-pieces" target="_blank">Girl in Pieces</a></b> - it took me forever to finally read this book because I've been scared and I finally din and I liked it. It was certainly a heavy read. And I marked a few things I think maybe could trigger people who do cut (?). I cannot say anything on that matter tbh since I don't but I do feel how descriptive they are. </div><div><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23395680-illuminae" target="_blank">Illuminae</a></b> (A DNF book from your TBR list) - when I bought this because of the hype and my absolute love for the cover, the only thing I know about this was that the story is narrated through various documents. It was only last year that I found out that it involves a plague and so I finally tried it. Didn't like the chats between the main character and her love interest so I dropped it. THEN I tried it again and I pushed through it and I kind of liked it. I like the idea of the plague and where the story is going kind of intrigues me. So now I'm <i>considering</i> picking up the rest of the series.</div><div><br /></div><div>so I just realized that I barely read books for Popsugar Reading Challenge. I'm dead. lmao. I'm gonna make a tbr list for this soon!!</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://theblacksheepreader.blogspot.com/2021/01/2021-reading-goals.html" target="_blank">reading goals</a></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>read 52 books:</b> 35 of 52</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>popsugar reading challenge:</b> 28 of 50<br /><b>read big books</b> (500+ pages): 4<br /><b>read books I own in 2020/earlier:</b> 28<br /><b>reread books:</b> 3</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>read more ebooks:</b> 7</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">book haul</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34594414-three-wishes" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="332" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL1tCZTwtd9KzKPIb9uCLmtySY7y88OCkQdzzi_JZXYAaR2Vh-rl_BiWCFU4MLXBerZuuBg9oq8Hrxnu8l2yikEhh5U81rxDxICq_3XRd1MhHJyY2t5c7EwlD00FfItPTH04kujiWCTge_/w133-h200/three+wishes.jpg" width="133" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56554477-reprieve" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="263" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDItVgAU9ztVbAzxnvB9Q5BPnQRP2XDcPO8c5SWuQXN0hDUQQET9tFdNkCu2JvVm8KtBaPagkwLrEqd8_d3lXP_-rxXROMxNfKhZWub0Ohfe01z9wONqhpZpmsF7ClFnD8xsqpDqP0c5nf/w131-h200/reprieve.jpg" width="131" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44327422-simmer-down" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="300" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRawPu6kJ93DOUypdLxP6QNUne6Bn5fF1idhq8vzqYPaYkiSDIkKARK_2lQJvXBxczLidZHuKvdz4Eksy9KJ6TOVsBfYl4rooWHpg_ALU1SBgcsuTHKPCQhnptVU6p2w_dz4HvcrQ51Z3D/w133-h200/simmer+down.jpg" width="133" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41588157-symbiont" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="308" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlFb2Wj2Ibm4W4nFNz5Qh2eTIyFvCiss1-w_hK_UirssnbLg-YtAHLfXt_CjvmQ9MSJGyrKT3mOBaQlu6rbXKM5-zymxSbmwGu5aiorAdTewUh9GR7LdLOgDvdnmUXEGBWi-h7_HVfCG34/w129-h200/symbiont.jpg" width="129" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40802061-chimera" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="308" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEssR_H4I6tlq98ICqFHvYFkQdrhzNgORZxksaq4_8HVaEyW12WmXYlC87Dc455A5AvE1WbXtrPFA2RiRQJcuvzccW8s8bdnltqb2a0GgPAl3YRshXgW1oPfRDbk-grmHtjkrsnrF-Ctwi/w129-h200/chimera.jpg" width="129" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54798448-death-at-greenway" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="664" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-e1alUtep68ERfjbWqUbMvzioFm1TOsiYNg4CVrQLUtw9BbrzCry4Mh9RWIDJ81D-8aO_XNI4x8WcrW9IY5rkbBW5qmt4xm58km4e7AlXDiYJ_Qi-y6gwmB3NkdWW28x24aDgBpt229GP/w133-h200/death+at+greenway.jpg" width="133" /></a><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="315" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_YP3SdVppprXiAWMkucfAUnMdkmF8otbQ1xqmUD-WiUZ8nmqpucOAvuP6jT0Lc1R6aPlDi4SjxQWl2sQ2TuIuWbO1yrkiQmp02QJ-6Mn8UDKzrilCQSzWZs0tYvolx5hfFwiN7rzugDOy/w133-h200/take+a+hint+dani+brown.jpg" width="133" /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36692151-gunpowder-moon" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="315" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNW9FBNaLPzlXd227rAiM46ssP3cvrTRGZ9Z9EGwhbODigsNpn-nUtQTa1HmLccktBov_T4248GwuZ-7IEJNlpBsnc5U12tNkjvM2g7T10SV4rYg1BVTdxSiPN0rB8SixWfJSximJCntcL/w133-h200/gunpowder+moon.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34594414-three-wishes" target="_blank">Three Wishes</a></b> by Liane Moriaty | <b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56554477-reprieve" target="_blank">Reprieve</a></b> by James Han Mattson | <b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44327422-simmer-down" target="_blank">Simmer Down</a></b> by Sarah Smith | <b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41588157-symbiont" target="_blank">Symbiont</a></b> (Parasitology #2) by Mira Grant | <b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40802061-chimera" target="_blank">Chimera</a></b> (Parasitology #3) by Mira Grant | <b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54798448-death-at-greenway" target="_blank">Death at Greenway</a></b> by Lori Rader-Day | <b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56632992-take-a-hint-dani-brown" target="_blank">Take a Hint Dani Brown</a></b> (The Brown Sisters #2) by Talia Hibbert | <b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36692151-gunpowder-moon" target="_blank">Gunpowder Moon</a></b> by David Pedreira</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As usual, Kindle Deals books!! All of the Kindle Deals grabs here, 6 out of 8 of these, I immediately bought. I got excited for the two <i>Parasitology</i> books since I've been hoping to read that series but it's a bit harder to find the books now since it's quite an old series. <i>Gunpower Moon</i> has always been on my wishlist as well since it came out. There wasn't any hype about it. I believe <i>Simmer Down</i> is the foodtruck book involving Filipino food. So I'm excited for that since I am Filipino. <i>Reprieve</i> and <i>Death at Greenway</i> are just Scene of the Crime via Netgalley grabs. Hopefully I can get to them soon!!</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVcM3ZB26l6r6iXGRjhbycapQ-eyLKrRMmTEKSkdTmZ6_NdCnp-UVlpMPHb_61vwKxiKS6JJb0hBFkSSedKyHZ50oO9clxPJOn6qya5giA8tC4G26prgJVdNPuZusactT11px4SpweIW3J/s1600/separator.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="10" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVcM3ZB26l6r6iXGRjhbycapQ-eyLKrRMmTEKSkdTmZ6_NdCnp-UVlpMPHb_61vwKxiKS6JJb0hBFkSSedKyHZ50oO9clxPJOn6qya5giA8tC4G26prgJVdNPuZusactT11px4SpweIW3J/s320/separator.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">HOW ABOUT YOU GUYS,</span><br />How was the last month for you guys? Anything you want to share? New hobby, projects, travel, books? How was your reading month? Anything new to your faves?</div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "open sans";">let's connect!</span><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/czai_" style="background-color: white; color: #cc1177; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" target="_blank"><img data-pin-nopin="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyhQQcnNQNyi2S5IuDZABq3ID2ZJPzwSG4fFz2d7gw6CoF4BxkSU1fAnqLdxKVpd0rV6W6CFQcbQ_ZT0kJCeeFGDv8xlZ4aeD0VcpxyyQtIile-gxtQhR0VmZsQgb9ntNHIn61Tm1cbck/s32/twitter.png" style="background: none; border: none; box-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/theblacksheepreader" target="_blank"><img data-pin-nopin="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixOPT-hK9Ze2Bulg_69aD9SxrbrFBLuVyeuQ-P7DIE6rgIrtEq75f0SqB874ocRjyc-p630NJLoOdAEOamAyi_poxnmfc6hEavaeMVF8Dw4VcTjVFk6itJ7CzVC1kchM02jh89l3IGX24/s32/facebook.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: none; box-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></a><a href="http://instagram.com/czai_" style="background-color: white; color: #cc1177; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" target="_blank"><img data-pin-nopin="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5M91ERHMWg_feLHFTyGSMs824GpWsyhgcwXSp8bxCfjyizTDva8XMl6QMDd9JVtSQtx1YaBM9tCtXZ32NDOZNwlMcrslT8MmU0xJHaTy71DyEcVw9o3naAduFKqFMWEvQ6R0JpCXDj2g/s32/instagram.png" style="background: none; border: none; box-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/blacksheep187" style="background-color: white; color: #cc1177; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" target="_blank"><img data-pin-nopin="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Kn-LG-3jnD46d-eNjt3vmWN9annJ8PzTIRMjyXmxNIsTeIdBWGIuSS2OhGNNybnCvVCQik_HeqEnN_No_cr8BeA2igW3l3B_OluiM8vgZCFVjEzTIiJThlGKyIKxlYsexvgfQv5olSk/s32/goodreads.png" style="background: none; border: none; box-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></a><a href="http://myanimelist.net/profile/-blacksheep" style="background-color: white; color: #cc1177; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;" target="_blank"><img data-pin-nopin="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi72dXQifHmkpTOYFymDdZktILGD0OtvgjGwC8azd8b6pRstSkXxfaf9gP-2iRpEv6_CyduZY-8_ydlKTLjA1d4hZxjOYcQqNRI7C7fmrpbskzeGLiVyI0kyKVr3zK_N5gqM8hwlMgfpvk/s32/mal.png" style="background: none; border: none; box-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/tsarinaaa" target="_blank"><img data-pin-nopin="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixOPT-hK9Ze2Bulg_69aD9SxrbrFBLuVyeuQ-P7DIE6rgIrtEq75f0SqB874ocRjyc-p630NJLoOdAEOamAyi_poxnmfc6hEavaeMVF8Dw4VcTjVFk6itJ7CzVC1kchM02jh89l3IGX24/s32/facebook.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: none; box-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></a><a href="https://instagram.com/tsarinaa_" style="background-color: white; color: #cc1177; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" target="_blank"><img data-pin-nopin="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5M91ERHMWg_feLHFTyGSMs824GpWsyhgcwXSp8bxCfjyizTDva8XMl6QMDd9JVtSQtx1YaBM9tCtXZ32NDOZNwlMcrslT8MmU0xJHaTy71DyEcVw9o3naAduFKqFMWEvQ6R0JpCXDj2g/s32/instagram.png" style="background: none; border: none; box-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></a></div></div>czaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01343988297200251224noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1751222990388654070.post-495040086417829022021-08-09T00:26:00.000+08:002021-08-09T00:26:11.658+08:00[24HR READATHON] August 2021 Dewey's 24-Hour Reverse Readathon Day!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVXSUs5LIMqQJJk-mwR5-slx4q3aGFtmIffPzGLNkf52oGnUwoZVlKMrskc0Oge7NcwI4Ea37iLmz_Sfjo1veySlwDcQxupx5utxaPP7g9dcecBI0bgePSJrrDx_nqbn7infCiNrr7qlTG/s16000/weekend+reads+080821.jpg" /></div><div><br /></div><div>Hi,</div><div><br /></div><div>It's that time of the year!</div><div><br /></div><div><span>Last April, I did a massive amount of sleeping so I barely read. AND this time, I barely read generally because chores and it took me forever to get through <i>Wuthering Heights</i> because I'm taking notes and highlighting things. BUT, in general, I think that this readathon went well for me. I may be a very slow reader but I did get through more pages than I expected from myself which I'm really happy about.<a name='more'></a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Things of note,</span></div><p>- The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/readathon?src=hashtag_click" target="_blank">#readathon</a> / #reversereadathon happened August 6th, 8PM EST. Check out their <a href="https://twitter.com/readathon" target="_blank">twitter account</a> and their <a href="https://t.co/cnG7Jt3NcQ?amp=1" target="_blank">website</a>.<br />- <a href="https://twitter.com/czai_/status/1423791810099380228" target="_blank">I didn't have a specific TBR</a> then. I just decided to read what was already in my side table which are: (1) <i>Wuthering Heights</i> which is my first buddy read book for the month. I read 5 chapters for our next discussion. Took notes, and highlighted a few lines, and (2) <i>The Kind Worth Killing</i> which I've been hoping to jump into. It's part of my 10 books to read in 2021 and I'm really speeding through this.<br />
</p><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/readathon?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#readathon</a> 1st hr: getting some buddy read pages done while watching baseball 😅<br /><br />i'm just finishing up to ch10 of Wuthering Heights because it's a buddy read 🙂<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ReverseReadathon?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ReverseReadathon</a> <a href="https://t.co/shpceyf4Dl">pic.twitter.com/shpceyf4Dl</a></p>— czai au bellona (@czai_) <a href="https://twitter.com/czai_/status/1423796554687676418?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center>
<br />- Similar to last April, I also watched the Yankees game while reading. Two games got into the timeframe of the readathon this time but I was still able to push through with my reading and enjoy the game which was an absolute rare win for me (also great wins by the Yankees). </div><div>- I did a bit of the <b><a href="https://twitter.com/czai_/status/1423903065770369027" target="_blank">readathon bingo</a></b> but I wasn't able to tackle more of what's written in it.<br />- had a good amount of snacks this time around as well 😀 <a href="https://twitter.com/czai_/status/1423860973731926018" target="_blank">snack #1</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/czai_/status/1423937782792089612" target="_blank">snack #2</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/czai_/status/1424044488561881094" target="_blank">snack #3</a><br />- SO overall, I think that I actually enjoyed this reverse readathon spin since it starts in the morning for me and I get to do a bit of reading and get the hang of it instead of the usual 8AM EST start which starts in the evening for me which also means I sleep first before reading for most of the part (or try to stay up late then massively fail. lmao).<br />- But yeah, I think that this readathon is another success for me despite my page count. I didn't exactly record it this time but I assume I got through 250-ish pages (?): 200-ish from <i>The Kind Worth Killing</i> and 50-ish from <i>Wuthering Heights</i>. I really wish I could have read more but it is what it is.<br />- Next readathon, I believe is October. I'm not sure if they already have a date 😅 but I'm definitely participating on that one as well (also maybe have this much focus when I try my monthly 24hr readathons. hahaha).</div><div><p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVcM3ZB26l6r6iXGRjhbycapQ-eyLKrRMmTEKSkdTmZ6_NdCnp-UVlpMPHb_61vwKxiKS6JJb0hBFkSSedKyHZ50oO9clxPJOn6qya5giA8tC4G26prgJVdNPuZusactT11px4SpweIW3J/s1600/separator.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="10" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVcM3ZB26l6r6iXGRjhbycapQ-eyLKrRMmTEKSkdTmZ6_NdCnp-UVlpMPHb_61vwKxiKS6JJb0hBFkSSedKyHZ50oO9clxPJOn6qya5giA8tC4G26prgJVdNPuZusactT11px4SpweIW3J/s320/separator.png" width="320" /></a></div><br style="text-align: left;" /><div><span style="font-size: large;">HOW ABOUT YOU GUYS,</span><br />Did you participate in this month's Dewey's 24-Hour Reverse Readathon? Did you read the entire 24 hours? How many books/pages did you read?</div><div><br /></div></div><div><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #666666;">let's connect!</span><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/czai_" style="background-color: white; color: #cc1177; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyhQQcnNQNyi2S5IuDZABq3ID2ZJPzwSG4fFz2d7gw6CoF4BxkSU1fAnqLdxKVpd0rV6W6CFQcbQ_ZT0kJCeeFGDv8xlZ4aeD0VcpxyyQtIile-gxtQhR0VmZsQgb9ntNHIn61Tm1cbck/s32/twitter.png" style="background: none; border: none; box-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Blacksheep-Project/445966108773995?ref=stream" style="background-color: white; color: #cc1177; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixOPT-hK9Ze2Bulg_69aD9SxrbrFBLuVyeuQ-P7DIE6rgIrtEq75f0SqB874ocRjyc-p630NJLoOdAEOamAyi_poxnmfc6hEavaeMVF8Dw4VcTjVFk6itJ7CzVC1kchM02jh89l3IGX24/s32/facebook.png" style="background: none; border: none; box-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></a><a href="http://instagram.com/czai_" style="background-color: white; color: #cc1177; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5M91ERHMWg_feLHFTyGSMs824GpWsyhgcwXSp8bxCfjyizTDva8XMl6QMDd9JVtSQtx1YaBM9tCtXZ32NDOZNwlMcrslT8MmU0xJHaTy71DyEcVw9o3naAduFKqFMWEvQ6R0JpCXDj2g/s32/instagram.png" style="background: none; border: none; box-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/9077237-czai" style="background-color: white; color: #cc1177; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Kn-LG-3jnD46d-eNjt3vmWN9annJ8PzTIRMjyXmxNIsTeIdBWGIuSS2OhGNNybnCvVCQik_HeqEnN_No_cr8BeA2igW3l3B_OluiM8vgZCFVjEzTIiJThlGKyIKxlYsexvgfQv5olSk/s32/goodreads.png" style="background: none; border: none; box-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></a><a href="http://myanimelist.net/profile/-blacksheep" style="background-color: white; color: #cc1177; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi72dXQifHmkpTOYFymDdZktILGD0OtvgjGwC8azd8b6pRstSkXxfaf9gP-2iRpEv6_CyduZY-8_ydlKTLjA1d4hZxjOYcQqNRI7C7fmrpbskzeGLiVyI0kyKVr3zK_N5gqM8hwlMgfpvk/s32/mal.png" style="background: none; border: none; box-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></a></div>czaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01343988297200251224noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1751222990388654070.post-84591740948492030492021-08-06T20:00:00.002+08:002021-08-06T20:00:00.201+08:0010 Books I'm Too Scared To Read But Should Really Get to RIGHT NOW<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJqEcDnZ6IrX6VAH_9zZqI8Rw22Bkoz3JsrE-fM6v3Y_RkujxtllEYnGAwP_OScDCAgGNGani-4LHnBi805uFXed3pH90w_mxO1HuLf3W6O-DsIPDDQi9QeyYg9dWYyNLJzE0aKLMOAzvc/s16000/august+2021+tbr.jpg" /></div><div><br /></div><div>Hi,</div><div><br /></div><div>It's only been two-ish weeks since I posted my TBR (lmao) and I read one book from that stack and got through two more books (which I'll be talking about on my wrap up soon). SO here we are with another monthly TBR which I honestly picked at random and feels and mood (?). idk.</div><div><br /></div><div>Basically these are just books I thought I've been holding off for whatever reasons. SO I guess I've been too scared to pick them up and this is the time I push myself to finally get around some of these (hopefully half of these). ALSO, I'm joining <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/reversereadathon?src=hashtag_click" target="_blank">#reveresereadathon</a> tomorrow-ish depending on where you live or when you see this. It's a readathon hosted by the <a href="https://twitter.com/readathon" target="_blank">Dewey's Readathon</a> team. I'll post a recap of that on Sunday I guess (which I hope is a success for me unlike my personal 24hr readathons. lmao).</div><div><span><a name='more'></a></span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53180949" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="316" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigTsG9tNCTpu84fxFLVHdA8_7QtjJXcLd8aU5GFcIunCg5qG6YIjt7reOxE_psngYEYtYwRfK9i1N6bV7OToA4iPI_wBaWWL9NGF4nOmfBmQi5NzY6iT66iVlf5nQGu1OV1HsgWEorUT_i/w133-h200/Dune.jpg" width="133" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24424963" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="297" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ-bLAUioWpU7dpmycS6yiHcdMkQmH4_9alcy079uaYvpBbuaPOLVl5PDYo3GiI6Nc2qQi1cWGBbjfcGjG6mmtGQEqwUblsw9iOBBu7wVLD0GPJcxRosByKeiTaKv02wqb5XaFZald3EQh/w125-h200/the+miniaturist.jpg" width="125" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15994537-wuthering-heights" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="309" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigKVZpFRCZj9wc1mHr9gBzBKI_WixWN9R4aWSR5WYF7Bf0Dxp_jWH3s8oMKEc1XWFxWuUZB0sDanRmwx8OcJiyghtksgku8jA3w2HXmheckaaItj61nxJn2GpptbWtVzld5gzE1H6Yjpx0/w130-h200/Wuthering+Heights+PEL.jpg" width="130" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28259262" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="308" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5y-oBw9VbcC2b8t9kC2UdkAyfgod0-YDeSkwLOufCdY8b1lEd0iGcLkZOz1pB6nZVAPkY8hRpBLPYAG6J2zJaG_gTI4YNO-AHoY_9OBMvwpjDvlw5WGMh3td91ydkVKjmxP_h0roww22X/w129-h200/sputnik+sweetheart.jpg" width="129" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36600879-the-quiet-ones" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="302" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixRPZyLC9nK3aKhrUcFQLpQ6bNMJIKzx_QDcqJA0fxqWJs1sVqYNJ9ZoLdEvybqqYSLG3bi1l2aGCml11xzANI-1BEroeiC0Zwoq-a1z6c77DeqgZo5g-ohfsWNTnUfe6v07m2fX4E7bB6/w127-h200/the+quiet+ones.jpg" width="127" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53180949" target="_blank">Dune</a></b> (Dune #1) by Frank Herbert<br />This is probably the third time I'm adding this to my TBR and yeah, it's my third time trying it out. I don't wanna give up. Maybe third time's the charm? lmao. I'm buddy reading this with my best friend so hopefully I get into it this time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24424963" target="_blank">The Miniaturist</a></b> by Jessie Burton</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I bought this because I think that I've been seeing this (?) so I'm just like, why not? Also got this from a secondhand bookshop so I bought it for like $2 which feels like a steal. Also, I just checked and it's getting <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58560514-the-house-of-fortune" target="_blank">a sequel</a> (?) next year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15994537-wuthering-heights" target="_blank">Wuthering Heights</a></b> by Emily Brontë</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've been wanting to reread this since I read this probably ten years ago. So when my best friend invited me to reread this, I thought why not? We both like this classic and deep diving into it now that we're both older than when we first read it feels really good.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28259262" target="_blank">Sputnik Sweetheart</a></b> by Haruki Murakami</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Another buddy read reread I'm doing with my best friend. This is kind of the book that <i>really</i> got us together like three years ago (going four years now). He lent this to me, I read it, liked it. Then we started talking more about books and life and such. <i>Sputnik Sweetheart</i> holds a special place in my heart and I've been hoping to reread it as well especially since I did get myself my own copy since reading it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36600879-the-quiet-ones" target="_blank">The Quiet Ones</a></b> by Glenn Diaz</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I bought this because it's one of those mystery/thrillers that's kind of popular in my place when I work in my local bookshop years ago. It's also locally published!! So with its popularity then and my low track record in reading locally published books, I ended up really being scared of picking this up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12377535" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="315" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyuspM_hxKB1OY9ztszXmeyopdV197WIKGngFJhPvLSX2b2ADnn5CBjIx7g7FnHRILs7cD7fOVBoMTD1U7Duud-OHvoE8G99F7yrCNf3w91D9ojuVYYbNgoQ046hjV-AjJnoK3rNFRLkhS/w133-h200/what+alice+forgot.jpg" width="133" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30242262" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="315" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje6IKwGUhRwO_XJS5NQpyOa_4_vvZzLYAZeZ2FEMKUUtPLHfrGdv01EAuO14H7MeyxLXPyAVNKkmZk9k4J1L9vtti6i-EEyjCkty6ZLtMfsG2DxBEkgP0f_Mnj-PL6GlmTGWhy-zdhKyDF/w133-h200/girl+in+pieces.jpg" width="133" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36492130" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq2SInwE1osGxLtco2wZdIEoYGrslG0gBMP-hOEXRtDiE4VtARoV4NsXeBKat29r_SG3zUXgquhyphenhyphengruzjFeXXCs6nBPLe2eZDu8ujSqJiawdj9YquA7wj_6eMlSUR0ygH4dZVP3wqr6UMP/w133-h200/into+the+water.jpg" width="133" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34927828" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="313" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6zPzuev00RulUAah1n6K2nzKigs4yMHzQREphckZZ-7rjHJWKcMXK43XvqH6rGJWiI3h3s8Rj4eEONhgN5OD-0KhkB_Pi8LVkhtHqDqw3XQPXnBnkzDyZKIyWNT5eRpsceA6JfoN2dSuY/w132-h200/the+great+alone.jpg" width="132" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23395680-illuminae" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi8VDQxyyxck_0eqX3XJRi5B6iMOeA2Hdl10MBJ7yrMDoaj1heya_NgWRXAXqJP0D_zvGw3gEsjZ3QpaNITixMsQ6jl1lhZUDqQwMv64vjSN-L7aOIuE7ieEVoq_ulJ5AJP3Hj0lpDIpWy/w133-h200/Illuminae.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12377535" target="_blank">What Alice Forgot</a></b> by Liane Moriarty</div><div style="text-align: left;">I've read three books by Liane Moriarty so far and I absolutely enjoyed two of them and one being generally okay for me. Compared to the last one I read, <i>The Last Anniversary</i>, I've read more fantastic things about this. So hopefully this is a win.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30242262" target="_blank">Girl in Pieces</a></b> by Kathleen Glasgow</div><div style="text-align: left;">I've put this off waaaay longer than I thought. I was quite excited to read this when the mental health books became a thing but I left this on my shelf when my sister showed interest in it since she has a history of cutting/hurting herself and I'm not sure, to be honest, but I fear that maybe this book could trigger stuff but idk. It's why I haven't really picked it up. BUT yeah, she's been better these last couple of years.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36492130" target="_blank">Into the Water</a></b> by Paula Hawkins</div><div style="text-align: left;">I got this because I liked <i>Girl on the Train</i> back then (?). Then I read reviews what people think about this and they weren't good believe. A lot of people showed disappointments regarding the multiple POVs which also makes me nervous but also, I know zero things about this at this point since I've never cared about it. And now, I kind of want to clear out some old books I've had.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34927828" target="_blank">The Great Alone</a></b> by Kristin Hannah</div><div style="text-align: left;">I was hyped. That's it. I got this the moment it came out since I absolutely LOVED <i>The Nightingale</i>. SO I'm quite scared that I might not like this as much and it's also been YEARS since I read that. So I don't know how I feel about Kristin Hannah right now.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23395680-illuminae" target="_blank">Illuminae</a></b> (the Illuminae Files #1) by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff</div><div style="text-align: left;">Started this last year (?) but stopped because I wasn't feeling it. I probably through a hundred pages then but the format just isn't working for me (?) or the characters aren't really in it for me. But I still hope to get through this just to get through TBR books. Also with the stuff about Jay Kristoff (?) idk if I'll even pick up the next book (but then, it does feel that this isn't even for me, tbh). ALSO, can I admit that this is a complete cover buy THEN hype buy because LOOK AT THAT COVER! lmao.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVcM3ZB26l6r6iXGRjhbycapQ-eyLKrRMmTEKSkdTmZ6_NdCnp-UVlpMPHb_61vwKxiKS6JJb0hBFkSSedKyHZ50oO9clxPJOn6qya5giA8tC4G26prgJVdNPuZusactT11px4SpweIW3J/s1600/separator.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="10" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVcM3ZB26l6r6iXGRjhbycapQ-eyLKrRMmTEKSkdTmZ6_NdCnp-UVlpMPHb_61vwKxiKS6JJb0hBFkSSedKyHZ50oO9clxPJOn6qya5giA8tC4G26prgJVdNPuZusactT11px4SpweIW3J/s320/separator.png" width="320" /></a></div><br style="text-align: left;" /><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">HOW ABOUT YOU GUYS,</span><br />What makes you scared of reading a book? Is it the hype? The size/thickness/page count? What gets you to finally pick them up? Which of these books should I get to first (aside from my buddy read books, of course)?</div><div><br /></div></div><div><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #666666;">let's connect!</span><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/czai_" style="background-color: white; color: #cc1177; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyhQQcnNQNyi2S5IuDZABq3ID2ZJPzwSG4fFz2d7gw6CoF4BxkSU1fAnqLdxKVpd0rV6W6CFQcbQ_ZT0kJCeeFGDv8xlZ4aeD0VcpxyyQtIile-gxtQhR0VmZsQgb9ntNHIn61Tm1cbck/s32/twitter.png" style="background: none; border: none; box-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Blacksheep-Project/445966108773995?ref=stream" style="background-color: white; color: #cc1177; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixOPT-hK9Ze2Bulg_69aD9SxrbrFBLuVyeuQ-P7DIE6rgIrtEq75f0SqB874ocRjyc-p630NJLoOdAEOamAyi_poxnmfc6hEavaeMVF8Dw4VcTjVFk6itJ7CzVC1kchM02jh89l3IGX24/s32/facebook.png" style="background: none; border: none; box-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></a><a href="http://instagram.com/czai_" style="background-color: white; color: #cc1177; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5M91ERHMWg_feLHFTyGSMs824GpWsyhgcwXSp8bxCfjyizTDva8XMl6QMDd9JVtSQtx1YaBM9tCtXZ32NDOZNwlMcrslT8MmU0xJHaTy71DyEcVw9o3naAduFKqFMWEvQ6R0JpCXDj2g/s32/instagram.png" style="background: none; border: none; box-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/9077237-czai" style="background-color: white; color: #cc1177; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Kn-LG-3jnD46d-eNjt3vmWN9annJ8PzTIRMjyXmxNIsTeIdBWGIuSS2OhGNNybnCvVCQik_HeqEnN_No_cr8BeA2igW3l3B_OluiM8vgZCFVjEzTIiJThlGKyIKxlYsexvgfQv5olSk/s32/goodreads.png" style="background: none; border: none; box-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></a><a href="http://myanimelist.net/profile/-blacksheep" style="background-color: white; color: #cc1177; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi72dXQifHmkpTOYFymDdZktILGD0OtvgjGwC8azd8b6pRstSkXxfaf9gP-2iRpEv6_CyduZY-8_ydlKTLjA1d4hZxjOYcQqNRI7C7fmrpbskzeGLiVyI0kyKVr3zK_N5gqM8hwlMgfpvk/s32/mal.png" style="background: none; border: none; box-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></a></div></div>czaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01343988297200251224noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1751222990388654070.post-14913724724434295542021-07-27T20:00:00.049+08:002021-07-28T00:34:21.731+08:00JUNE WRAP UP (aka the month of getting stuck)<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT-QC1150cRm61A04dDKMRBvG0QRZvRj9WGwo6WHwLdX2p-vnDkh3kgqx89bJ7UuuchJIgeQTc2BT_hDuPjzQwENQ7h8Q1BlfTWDIUMRUNLcYIzHy7mNMGVt5D1lYrsipShbVQ5TKX6TH6/s16000/june+wrap+up.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">new hair!! so here's my face again. lmao.</td></tr></tbody></table>Hi,<p></p><p>It's almost the end of July and I have zero clue what went on in June. lmao. was going to have this up a couple of days ago but a massive storm happened, our house was flooded, wifi was down for a day, we had to clean the entire ground floor of the house. SO yeah, fun stuff. lmao.</p><p>But generally, in June I think I tried to bounce back but got stuck with writing reviews and focused on reading and work. Sometimes, I open blogger and think, (1) How do I do these reviews again?, (2) How do I write down my thoughts on this book?, and the worst one (3) What went on in this book again? (lmao). I struggle writing sometimes that I just let things fall down for a while and even thought about dropping this blog. But then, I also remembered that I like having this just for the sake of seeing my progress. So here we are 😅</p><p>On another note, this is not a June thing, it's an early July thing, but I finally got a hair cut after probably 2 years or 1 and a half years now (?) In some of my photos, you can probably see my hair poking around and without my ponytail, I'd say it's below my bust then and it was probably the longest it's been if I remember that correctly. But yeah. YAY to new hair!<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p>
<center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">one week with this new hair now. still loving it. <a href="https://t.co/mj6alH0Tha">pic.twitter.com/mj6alH0Tha</a></p>— czai au bellona (@czai_) <a href="https://twitter.com/czai_/status/1414295044018761731?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center>
<p><span style="font-size: x-small;">will bloghop soooon-ish! definitely tomorrow! I just need to do some early work stuff this evening and, idk, some reading (I'm currently reading <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44013284-the-wedding-date" target="_blank">The Wedding Date</a></i>!!! LOVING IT!!), and maybe watching a bit of <i>Kingdom</i> on Netflix. I'm finally on season 2!!</span></p><div>NOW ON TO THE BOOKS! 👇👇👇</div><p></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVcM3ZB26l6r6iXGRjhbycapQ-eyLKrRMmTEKSkdTmZ6_NdCnp-UVlpMPHb_61vwKxiKS6JJb0hBFkSSedKyHZ50oO9clxPJOn6qya5giA8tC4G26prgJVdNPuZusactT11px4SpweIW3J/s1600/separator.png"><img border="0" height="10" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVcM3ZB26l6r6iXGRjhbycapQ-eyLKrRMmTEKSkdTmZ6_NdCnp-UVlpMPHb_61vwKxiKS6JJb0hBFkSSedKyHZ50oO9clxPJOn6qya5giA8tC4G26prgJVdNPuZusactT11px4SpweIW3J/s320/separator.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">books read</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21921204-mosquitoland" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXT0c4zA3ugdWBO-Rxaxx1RWjHhbs2Uwb6xDijDYAElfurr1GRZHZIEWl9F18X5dakbgECRi6nHUOrW6_RQl3E0M3-nPhSb7iGDb85VYGNDUZhdC5IgnDKKsWVq9oLE_sLPFzkX_beTAg_/w133-h200/Mosquitoland.jpg" width="133" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36117615-woman-last-seen-in-her-thirties" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="230" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj_OnegRJb0Iq2y4qPuTBOmqgGTcvNzKohY7iC_7h7As6scW5hSIHgKdMvZo89NhJAbMNLVI7pX5riYSIbNRoJ2iS1gS0AcTkiSXF_yGLjtSdIRFhlWxjK1hPsVejYrUSLYtU9k91vnLk4/w133-h200/woman+last+seen+in+her+thirties.jpg" width="133" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55894181-you-love-me" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="312" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg83-adEfa7kR3Bv6Lln67gPS54KO3eXou-KfxMe0vLr48bxi8y99AiiP6I-LLYMtEpkb4kOt3axy9FyIwZRC_rTAq8AWeyxH237ZAG4Xc_hWPjiYf6pLoH1bLvTi6Yz5k5kDEjrpGaWnJC/w131-h200/you+love+me.jpg" width="131" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27064385-ivory-and-bone" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="315" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs7DjMYW50sea-knUktDBSKOIiDW17ePWFMbG1kaUBV1M2vmYPsf4YS9kfJZpY0Gj6zHsTKVNMji84bqN7aS9nlBC_0uQ4Hh8tf_loeYS8dX1Pxh1J6XgPYh3AR_9LfuIlI-ZYW5fDUeAr/w133-h200/ivoy+and+bone+cover.jpg" width="133" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17670709-crown-of-midnight" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="316" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeA4mBe3tHBNrxy2oHKK0osivJwrEIe-QaseNXiK2jehTUqR_JyEj5MD-r1fjNXYw9bGiW_T2tWHtTblMhFe1BUhXcUBHV_j17f4kJd3MfgwMeYE0Py-bIXfLckFUct5JIkK4ldxylh1S4/w133-h200/crown+of+midnight.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>quick thoughts right here with their respective Popsugar prompts </b>👇</div><div><div><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21921204-mosquitoland" target="_blank">Mosquitoland</a></b> - I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. I liked Mim, her adventure, and her growth throughout the novel.<br /><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36117615-woman-last-seen-in-her-thirties" target="_blank">Woman Last Seen in Her Thirties</a></b> - I generally enjoyed this. It was a quick read but at the end of the day, I didn't care about Maggie.<br /><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55894181-you-love-me" target="_blank">You Love Me</a></b> (A book with something broken on the cover) - I was disappointed? I think it's still good and a really thrilling read. It somehow took me a while though and idk I wasn't enjoying Joe as much as in the first book. But it is better than the second book that's for sure. But I'm still definitely reading the next one though.</div><div><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27064385-ivory-and-bone" target="_blank">Ivory and Bone</a></b> (A book with a gem, mineral, or rock in the title) - I have zero expectations for this one. I picked this up because I know that it'll be a quick read and it is although there were also a lot of frustrations from me because I didn't like the female lead. But I think it was generally good, I guess. I'm not interested in the second book. It ended okay for me.</div><div><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17670709-crown-of-midnight" target="_blank">Crown of Midnight</a></b> (A book from your TBR list chosen at random) - It's better than the first book? I think.. I enjoyed reading this and I really breezed through this reread. I hope I can get through <i>Heir of Fire</i> soon!!</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://theblacksheepreader.blogspot.com/2021/01/2021-reading-goals.html" target="_blank">reading goals</a></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>read 52 books:</b> 28 of 52</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>popsugar reading challenge:</b> 25 of 50<br /><b>read big books</b> (500+ pages): 2<br /><b>read books I own in 2020/earlier:</b> 23<br /><b>reread books:</b> 3</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>read more ebooks:</b> 6</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">book haul</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40104346-the-bride-test" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhylCkLua7MvWq-R8xmU1Fv-Z1YupXbMvDBeWj2Qi98YSODfOw17aUPlSnKDUdoveAGqoTgC6Qe33F-FdG1Qc4e97Gs2mle-YiNHAQhymociMs2r9qMk3z-LdHzDiRLQNtWviDX_D8SZuQd/w134-h200/the+bride+test.jpg" width="134" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36862147-the-hate-u-give" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8w-UKZfz7sxLXHRjbso9DgWlyRTPyacx3AL105FR9QqObnfQhM75SatM_DpvhSxxBlAzGOLzOtwKQtcGuUfkApCzwjmK4ynIvD__lSrjfH3oXckhLEUnPwB9LJbYUrQt0hP3jxTi71eKo/w133-h200/the+hate+u+give.jpg" width="133" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37750263-the-taster" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="316" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy2Ndf5D5vNU3COR4VXbxdmqDCAGmBsaA-itNabfpw29QqVIlQxvXJtfkj204gVXielu-IBU6fE_QnmSQ9YU3W4Hvns_l79o09oxTbDX3uVuGgCoY_5e6XseS_Af2vNZ1GE0LQrF5zWC4k/w133-h200/the+taster.jpg" width="133" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56304421-nice-girls" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="267" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRkJ746hYNk34K7MrEZe-5eV6Kaq2HjvdRuC22d0wtYjy9uDloKCYQ50zDnJvi06JiPe-lwRpFoZ5D1GRocyjohSRvSYfnh4spkfiU5_vUUqgNJPQXXoorilsGjPOl2v3Q_RDF97Eopj8k/w134-h200/nice+girls.jpg" width="134" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55801150-darkness-falls" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="334" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-4FOw1PqS-DTdSCZYBB5tZdnbhw6qz0etHg6msWTGk-DFzv7QU0v_4A4j6zNhBLfO1VM86et_3Pih0BVWBZF22M8rUkSkfRqlf5Y_rqRmTD7k4FaMGy6PJhTLDlaB-URnMebIfcirSg7T/w134-h200/Darkness+Falls.jpg" width="134" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58340166-get-a-life-chloe-brown" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="315" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRwlR0_VZ3l_Vsb6Pg7cb3hlb5gxHDgS5_ZO6BbbOIp2IlDBc6b3K-Fx9Pi_M9zms0g9kR6m9VpmPzR1o7rALHG65ezJqsN-NFOwWnORqASmd-O2-vF22crSR4xrlLUVwoneJL7ROYwQCY/w133-h200/get+a+life+chloe+brown.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40104346-the-bride-test" target="_blank">The Bride Test</a></b> (The Kiss Quotient #2) by Helen Hoang | <b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36862147-the-hate-u-give" target="_blank">The Hate U Give</a></b> by Angie Thomas | <b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37750263-the-taster" target="_blank">The Taster</a></b> by V.S. Alexander | <b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56304421-nice-girls" target="_blank">Nice Girls</a></b> by Catherine Dang | <b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55801150-darkness-falls" target="_blank">Darkness Falls</a></b> (Kate Marshall #3) by Robert Bryndza | <b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58340166-get-a-life-chloe-brown" target="_blank">Get a Life, Chloe Brown</a></b> (The Brown Sisters #1) by Talia Hibbert</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mostly Kindle Deals because that's how I live my life now. lmao. <i>Nice Girls</i> and <i>Darkness Falls</i> are from NetGalley. Also, if you've read <i>The Bride Test</i>, is it okay to read it without having read the first book? THANKS!</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVcM3ZB26l6r6iXGRjhbycapQ-eyLKrRMmTEKSkdTmZ6_NdCnp-UVlpMPHb_61vwKxiKS6JJb0hBFkSSedKyHZ50oO9clxPJOn6qya5giA8tC4G26prgJVdNPuZusactT11px4SpweIW3J/s1600/separator.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="10" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVcM3ZB26l6r6iXGRjhbycapQ-eyLKrRMmTEKSkdTmZ6_NdCnp-UVlpMPHb_61vwKxiKS6JJb0hBFkSSedKyHZ50oO9clxPJOn6qya5giA8tC4G26prgJVdNPuZusactT11px4SpweIW3J/s320/separator.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">HOW ABOUT YOU GUYS,</span><br />How was the last month for you guys? Anything you want to share? New hobby, projects, travel, books? How was your reading month? Anything new to your faves?</div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "open sans";">let's connect!</span><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/czai_" style="background-color: white; color: #cc1177; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" target="_blank"><img data-pin-nopin="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyhQQcnNQNyi2S5IuDZABq3ID2ZJPzwSG4fFz2d7gw6CoF4BxkSU1fAnqLdxKVpd0rV6W6CFQcbQ_ZT0kJCeeFGDv8xlZ4aeD0VcpxyyQtIile-gxtQhR0VmZsQgb9ntNHIn61Tm1cbck/s32/twitter.png" style="background: none; border: none; box-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/theblacksheepreader" target="_blank"><img data-pin-nopin="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixOPT-hK9Ze2Bulg_69aD9SxrbrFBLuVyeuQ-P7DIE6rgIrtEq75f0SqB874ocRjyc-p630NJLoOdAEOamAyi_poxnmfc6hEavaeMVF8Dw4VcTjVFk6itJ7CzVC1kchM02jh89l3IGX24/s32/facebook.png" style="background-attachment: initial; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7mevM6xCwkKgYbD42xPH2lcT1bJcd8fTCFptwazk3X6bjFXv0r-uEAQFTh-mgt91FiWInfbXYEudb-1uogUBiZkrfuuol7DmNNUKX4ATxDDNYcVTwGger-QCBww8ICGkhE2NE5TuCrRUB/s750/july+tbr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7mevM6xCwkKgYbD42xPH2lcT1bJcd8fTCFptwazk3X6bjFXv0r-uEAQFTh-mgt91FiWInfbXYEudb-1uogUBiZkrfuuol7DmNNUKX4ATxDDNYcVTwGger-QCBww8ICGkhE2NE5TuCrRUB/s16000/july+tbr.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Hi,</div><div><br /></div><div>It's been a while. And I was a bit hesitant to do this post basically because: (1) it's almost the end of the month, and (2) I haven't really finished any of these. And I think <i>1984</i> got me into some kind of slump so I'm picking up books from previous TBRs that I think will help me get my motivation back in reading.</div><div><br /></div><div>In another note, I decided to still post this TBR because <b>I plan to do a wild 100-pages-a-day reading</b> for me just for the hecc of it. My slow ass reading self will probably be exhausted but idk. We'll see I guess. I haven't finished any of these so all of these are still in the mix for the next week and a half of my reading (?). And I still want to get through my usual four to five books a month. BUT I am quite close to finishing my current read and somewhat halfway through the ebook I'm reading.</div><div><br /></div><div>ICYMI, this is the same tbr prompt I have this month last year and I generally have half of these books in <a href="http://theblacksheepreader.blogspot.com/2020/07/10-books-i-kept-on-my-tbr-shelf-longest.html" target="_blank">last year's TBR</a>. lmao. I only read five books from last year's but in my defense, one of those books is the last book in a series which I had to reread the first three books before finally getting to it.</div><div><br /></div><div>* I'll try to have my June Wrap Up and 2nd Quarter Reading Stats soon (i think). I'm not sure about reviews/book thoughts but somehow I'm still in no mood to write them.</div><div><span><a name='more'></a></span></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16960820" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="315" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgkyWI7BWGSPgwfU6goEZqed6nGsgo45qh7-mNDjEYFokZap07fNUBJ5DiaveSnzKb6D-M-BQZAJgTWoct2pR95KKhv7SaF_40k-o11-VYQSlstfBqcL9l5OvYg_GNN4ZicB-Uu0bBJwmo/w133-h200/GoneGirl.jpg" style="font-weight: bold;" width="133" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22693181" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="266" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-mgrZg5hDUNPBQmfV3Px26IQrJuyX3af2SrSsgUtWtqLiRAoGUX-EvBR7Q3pnb-Ij6qGzat7du8AxZggFPSb3MZiT_hKwieZL2qPs99s6up3WVQrxLglIVWbZ-E0QXxzmvqK6LkAZJf4C/w133-h200/CruelBeauty.jpg" style="font-weight: bold;" width="133" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25411755" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="306" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1UPZunhSmGJFwoNKUdEc6h2Q-30YRH27Noqv5ue4JUnuUZJKOGXtvr0zDEQaGVrbw2iL54HcAHIIPdGrjgrURLWz55lfkpj0qKMPiQhH5iPNCkUSnUYR_Yg2vMmYLkWYWRl_6lO4hFumX/w129-h200/mr+mercedes.jpg" style="font-weight: bold;" width="129" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5470" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="296" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfLwH_-WOnvnol09o8j8rANlPDbCd7h4HdqEqA5fhPX9RWpyhU0TIycvNjSlQ7hV9Rp85EaBS_c3bZ1yqtrwb0JMxHVRj9sS4pSsm28d4bL_RtUVNusT_voBH5Fx1Slk8i6z48QWiuOiZ-/w124-h200/1984.jpg" width="124" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20617636" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="309" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUovjqyBAbvC6ixKETTkE1tqXDORPKL6SNEnjIbstaWk7XHnOvjV0lwU0lMeW8kt2srI2v2uwyggqruBux2mct1aW69yR4ET64dMmC8beAV75-xytO7rpxWrlvmcnJOdL_UCNzr9zcSynr/w130-h200/heir+of+fire.jpg" width="130" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16960820" target="_blank">Gone Girl</a> </b>by Gillian Flynn | <b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22693181" target="_blank">Cruel Beauty</a></b> by Rosamund Hodge | <b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25411755" target="_blank">Mr. Mercedes</a></b> (Bill Hodges Trilogy #1) by Stephen King | <b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5470" target="_blank">1984</a></b> by George Orwell | <b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20617636" target="_blank">Heir of Fire</a></b> (Throne of Glass #3) by Sarah J Maas</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">all of these were on <a href="http://theblacksheepreader.blogspot.com/2020/07/10-books-i-kept-on-my-tbr-shelf-longest.html" target="_blank">last year's tbr</a> so not talking about them again. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23848145" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv2CtnUECdAomjk2o9Ccueop90n6_elMhhCCFUYNnzL1vljD6bnJdN7kknDiJajTHMHFLgr8o2wgpPwNOqBHD5sI2KZz2zj02kTPNWr8Fyrq62l6MZzZQ2srIwfoAsiDekCgBYiqX7aBzm/w133-h200/queen+of+shadows.jpg" width="133" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18315788" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="310" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBS1AFmnUTX3LPsg4_Xo7Z-LzyM0fKMgsXhBb6ELG-yCVZubKWrgtGVwCzkwiQ2sqhUSnJpjpofee-VUqFgtZ1XAKQisQ7MNtRi_WtDAqAD86TkZPL3F5t877sw9KnrZ6QKtDopXbekZ_a/w131-h200/th+assassins+blade.jpg" width="131" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20754792" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjorZ5fwLv8bL0aINiyGp6sYV4XtNgD-BffU7DHNi_e0DSTesaf_1wwO0NbDyKofbXb63tpueSuUEX2ZkpCar8of4g-CUSsByTYpUD2BFrDXBL1Y4aqDwMbAni_2ST3FtQvToniTSuz3CdY/w133-h200/on+such+a+full+sea.jpg" width="133" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25388015" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLpEoTowis9GRyDqkTM_ghaky_3WkDsVTRs5ox6l8xdEg3MKqew8X8tHy4px5Z2JjFi6zM5z_WxCcRyvLeKIXqJc5_6yidnw7cokDE_pLBs-KjWyHK68HSa-_EtlL6AEs500RLzuSEXIfF/w133-h200/theRoseSociety.jpg" style="font-weight: bold;" width="133" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23287210" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="295" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRKxuY1UhR7qAYlRqwqg0FiMTFLAdB_GP4eKzCWpyCvU7I9nc0LqN8oS2hFodTO9M7XHcIcPUetE7nIueJ3uDTuW05vOS4jdzxkF8kJ9fvGel1FgDv-QXZjQLFEQ0vmTdArTFVQhfzL93X/w124-h200/the+monogram+murders.jpg" width="124" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23848145" target="_blank">Queen of Shadows</a> </b>&<b> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18315788" target="_blank">The Assassin's Blade</a> </b>by Sarah J Maas</div><div>My reread of the first two books went out fine and I'm excited to continue this series. The problem now though is I only have until book four. I'm not sure if I'll be able to get books five to seven this year. lmao.</div><div><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20754792" target="_blank">On Such A Full Sea</a></b> by Chang-Rae Lee</div><div>Gifted to me. I'm not interested in it but I don't know. Guess I'll just try it and if it doesn't work out, unhaul it maybe.</div><div><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25388015" target="_blank">The Rose Society</a></b> (the Young Elites #2) by Marie Lu</div><div>I started this years ago and I checked my bookmark and I'm halfway through it BUT I'm restarting this and also maybe rereading the first book again. </div><div><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23287210" target="_blank">The Monogram Murders</a></b> by Sophie Hannah</div><div>Bought this purely because of the massive Agatha Christie name and I don't know much back then. I thought this was a legit Agatha Christie book. UGH! They shouldn't try and revive series and use the name of their original authors in massive letters.</div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVcM3ZB26l6r6iXGRjhbycapQ-eyLKrRMmTEKSkdTmZ6_NdCnp-UVlpMPHb_61vwKxiKS6JJb0hBFkSSedKyHZ50oO9clxPJOn6qya5giA8tC4G26prgJVdNPuZusactT11px4SpweIW3J/s1600/separator.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="10" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVcM3ZB26l6r6iXGRjhbycapQ-eyLKrRMmTEKSkdTmZ6_NdCnp-UVlpMPHb_61vwKxiKS6JJb0hBFkSSedKyHZ50oO9clxPJOn6qya5giA8tC4G26prgJVdNPuZusactT11px4SpweIW3J/s320/separator.png" width="320" /></a></div><br style="text-align: left;" /><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">HOW ABOUT YOU GUYS,</span><br />Do you read books immediately after buying them? What are the books that you've left unread for so long? Have you read any of these? Which ones should I read first?</div><div><br /></div></div><div><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #666666;">let's connect!</span><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/czai_" style="background-color: white; color: #cc1177; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyhQQcnNQNyi2S5IuDZABq3ID2ZJPzwSG4fFz2d7gw6CoF4BxkSU1fAnqLdxKVpd0rV6W6CFQcbQ_ZT0kJCeeFGDv8xlZ4aeD0VcpxyyQtIile-gxtQhR0VmZsQgb9ntNHIn61Tm1cbck/s32/twitter.png" style="background: none; border: none; box-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Blacksheep-Project/445966108773995?ref=stream" style="background-color: white; color: #cc1177; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixOPT-hK9Ze2Bulg_69aD9SxrbrFBLuVyeuQ-P7DIE6rgIrtEq75f0SqB874ocRjyc-p630NJLoOdAEOamAyi_poxnmfc6hEavaeMVF8Dw4VcTjVFk6itJ7CzVC1kchM02jh89l3IGX24/s32/facebook.png" style="background: none; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvxUmmVX8XfYcsmKaBFRvVLWeRwmSeWRWUq6Wtz2HySR7x5eCCIF3_x_-kWTP8u-yw_rwiqSj769LqXYD-SiQ47EEpwvVuqn3jvnSW-ftilz6csd12BzWjorBnoSRuuArjRy7d_QYaUh_H/s16000/books+from+the+backlog+31.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Hi,</div><br />Books from the Backlog is a weekly feature hosted by <b>Carole @ <a href="https://carolesrandomlife.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Carole's Random Life in Books</a></b>.<span><a name='more'></a></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid6JcfqKF05Yoq4KZtrZ4NMn5qDWbma-aOE_3saeWHe59eoTOIpMfRMtdsbASp-fuRi6hkdw9bDfj376wvtmbaAS7MAZzci-YRwP7q_pSnUT9pqboy8P7v5QbLOTLI27OTJQtuVIxuN6mX/s475/the+unexpected+everything.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid6JcfqKF05Yoq4KZtrZ4NMn5qDWbma-aOE_3saeWHe59eoTOIpMfRMtdsbASp-fuRi6hkdw9bDfj376wvtmbaAS7MAZzci-YRwP7q_pSnUT9pqboy8P7v5QbLOTLI27OTJQtuVIxuN6mX/s320/the+unexpected+everything.jpg" /></a></div>title:</b> <span style="text-align: center;">The Unexpected Everything</span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><b>author:</b> Morgan Matson </div><div style="text-align: start;"><b>genre:</b> young adult, contemporary</div><div style="text-align: start;"><b>published: </b><span style="text-align: center;">May 3rd 2016 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers<br /></span><b>my copy:</b> paperback, 528 pages</div><div style="text-align: start;"><b>purchase: </b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Unexpected-Everything-Morgan-Matson-ebook/dp/B015WNZ1KI" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-unexpected-everything-morgan-matson/1122714271" target="_blank">B&N</a> | <a href="https://www.bookdepository.com/Unexpected-Everything-Morgan-Matson/9781481404549" target="_blank">Book Depository</a></div><div style="text-align: start;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30126438" target="_blank">goodreads</a></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: left;"><blockquote class="tr_bq"></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: left;"><blockquote class="tr_bq"></blockquote>Andie had it all planned out.<span style="text-align: center;"> </span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: left;">When you are a politician’s daughter who’s pretty much raised yourself, you learn everything can be planned or spun, or both. Especially your future.<span style="text-align: center;"> </span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: left;">Important internship? Check.<span style="text-align: center;"> </span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: left;">Amazing friends? Check.<span style="text-align: center;"> </span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: left;">Guys? Check (as long as we’re talking no more than three weeks)<span style="text-align: center;"> </span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: left;">But that was before the scandal. Before having to be in the same house with her dad. Before walking an insane number of dogs. That was before Clark and those few months that might change her whole life.<span style="text-align: center;"> </span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: left;">Because here’s the thing - if everything's planned out, you can never find the unexpected.<span style="text-align: center;"> </span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: left;">And where’s the fun in that?</blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><b>why did I get this.</b> because I enjoyed Morgan Matson's <i>Since You've Been Gone</i>.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>why is it still in my tbr.</b> for a contemporary, it look's massive. and I'm not a fan of huge books. lol.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdRzfqOuMb_bhlfrRUglsijAczT8ekiPY2Rvsseukx-1iy9mJn9wIsNZmH2xqZEfFgNggt8G9ZwZzgyEH7Idbp0sOhPnyp5WpRKtKxIUH0lPVAJ6zthM6dWkhp1I3oPq9-r8-Nk7qCe29D/s1600/separator.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="25" data-original-width="800" height="10" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdRzfqOuMb_bhlfrRUglsijAczT8ekiPY2Rvsseukx-1iy9mJn9wIsNZmH2xqZEfFgNggt8G9ZwZzgyEH7Idbp0sOhPnyp5WpRKtKxIUH0lPVAJ6zthM6dWkhp1I3oPq9-r8-Nk7qCe29D/s320/separator.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">HOW ABOUT YOU</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Have you read this book? 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I had a massive list house chores (aka mostly laundry) and doing a general cleaning and rearrangement of my room. I moved my bed, shelf, and table which took a massive work on moving books from and back to the shelf and where ever they came from. I am in desperate need of another shelf but I don't really have space so every other books I have (aka the books I've read) stays stacked on my floor and on the side of my shelf and on parts of my table. So there's that. lol.</div><div><br /></div><div>I was exhausted so I ended up not opening my laptop for the weekend. Aside from chores, I did read <i>Mosquitoland</i> finally finishing it!! Love the wrap up chapters and I'll definitely read David Arnold's other books.</div><div><span><a name='more'></a></span><span><br /></span></div><div><span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;">current reads</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55894181" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="312" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg83-adEfa7kR3Bv6Lln67gPS54KO3eXou-KfxMe0vLr48bxi8y99AiiP6I-LLYMtEpkb4kOt3axy9FyIwZRC_rTAq8AWeyxH237ZAG4Xc_hWPjiYf6pLoH1bLvTi6Yz5k5kDEjrpGaWnJC/w131-h200/you+love+me.jpg" width="131" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36117615-woman-last-seen-in-her-thirties" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="230" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj_OnegRJb0Iq2y4qPuTBOmqgGTcvNzKohY7iC_7h7As6scW5hSIHgKdMvZo89NhJAbMNLVI7pX5riYSIbNRoJ2iS1gS0AcTkiSXF_yGLjtSdIRFhlWxjK1hPsVejYrUSLYtU9k91vnLk4/w133-h200/woman+last+seen+in+her+thirties.jpg" width="133" /></a></div></div><p><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55894181" target="_blank">You Love Me</a></b> (You #3) | Caroline Kepnes<br />I just started this last night because why not. Tired day end it with an exciting book, I guess? It's been years since I read <i>You</i> and <i>Hidden Bodies</i> and the only thing that's keeping my memories in tacked is the Netflix series which I did like especially season 2 (as compared to book 2 which if my memory serves me right, I didn't like at all). I still love the fact that it's told in second person but I'm not sure if the first two books had Joe being this assuming creepy guy or if he's more assuming and more of a creep this time around. Either way, I'm just curious and excited how this one will go!</p><p><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36117615-woman-last-seen-in-her-thirties" target="_blank">Woman Last Seen in Her Thirties</a></b> | Camille Pagán<br />I haven't read this these last couple of days since I finished <i>Mosquitoland</i> but I did read it earlier this week and somehow, I don't know what this book is trying to do. Like, what's the end point? I want it to be closure and bye ex-husband but it's giving hints that it could be like they're going back together (?) or not since there's another guy? Either way, I'm not really getting into this as much as I expected. As of right now, it's a 3-star at most.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">reading plans</span></p><p>I'm removing day specifics because wow they're not even happening. lol.</p><p>FINISH: <i>Woman Last Seen in Her Thirties</i><br />FINISH: <i>You Love Me</i><br />START: <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17670709" target="_blank">Crown of Midnight</a></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">last time on the blog</span></p><p><a href="http://theblacksheepreader.blogspot.com/2021/05/10-books-from-my-tbr-jar-that-ill-try.html" target="_blank">JUNE TBR!!</a> - they're mostly YA so I'm hoping to get through a lot of books this month!<br /><a href="https://theblacksheepreader.blogspot.com/2021/06/review-little-bookshop-on-seine.html" target="_blank">REVIEW</a>: The Little Bookshop on the Seine - bookshop, romance, and Paris.<br /><a href="https://theblacksheepreader.blogspot.com/2021/06/books-from-backlog-30.html" target="_blank">BOOKS FROM THE BACKLOG</a> - I'm really getting more chicklit romance-y stuff. haha<br /><a href="https://theblacksheepreader.blogspot.com/2021/06/april-may-wrap-up-aka-months-of-calm.html" target="_blank">APRIL + MAY WRAP UP</a> - the months of calm and chaos. lol.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="25" data-original-width="800" height="10" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdRzfqOuMb_bhlfrRUglsijAczT8ekiPY2Rvsseukx-1iy9mJn9wIsNZmH2xqZEfFgNggt8G9ZwZzgyEH7Idbp0sOhPnyp5WpRKtKxIUH0lPVAJ6zthM6dWkhp1I3oPq9-r8-Nk7qCe29D/s320/separator.png" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">HOW ABOUT YOU</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">What books did you recently finish? What are you currently reading? Any new faves? Any recommendations? What do you think of these books? 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdOIVRH5-FKdLVyHUo8MGZR5gFRMxUraNmqxiO6MAaWxmluk1Pjq5ChnoxugppZ4bIJv6o53SPtam7EhaqirCB6z9_tMPaIScFdyb0nsAOoU14ylc_wLgIHKo5Qt3xioAbmcaHHrNAM0Wf/s750/april-may-wrapup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdOIVRH5-FKdLVyHUo8MGZR5gFRMxUraNmqxiO6MAaWxmluk1Pjq5ChnoxugppZ4bIJv6o53SPtam7EhaqirCB6z9_tMPaIScFdyb0nsAOoU14ylc_wLgIHKo5Qt3xioAbmcaHHrNAM0Wf/s16000/april-may-wrapup.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lonely Hearts Hotel is NOT included in this wrap up. It was, however, on last month's. lol.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>Hi,</p><p>It's been a while and I really, really considered posting even a wrap up last month but I ended up putting it off until it came to the end of May and told myself, I'll just do a combine wrap up and leave it at that. So here we are. lol.</p><p>April was normal, I guess. It's not exactly eventful. <a href="http://theblacksheepreader.blogspot.com/2021/04/weekend-reads-where-i-make-weekly.html" target="_blank">I started doing my weekly "reading plans" just to spice up my reading</a> and push myself to read more (spoiler alert: nothing happened much. I'm still at the same pace. lol. but we'll get there. I hope). <a href="http://theblacksheepreader.blogspot.com/2021/04/weekend-reads-where-i-failed-yet.html" target="_blank">I also participated in Dewey's 24-hr readathon</a> but I somehow failed, I think. I mean reading-wise, I didn't read as much as I wanted to. But I'm still continuing my personal monthly readathon (which also did not happen in May. ugh!). So all is good.</p><p>May, however, is the high stress month for me. Let me count the ways it brought me down (lol): <span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>my local bookstore finally got a job opening late April so I applied, got an initial interview early May, had an exam and submitted it after a couple of days, and heard nothing from them. Sad moment for me. I wanted to go back there and work for an office position. I applied for graphic designer and photographer (I worked there a few years back but as a book specialist/bookseller/customer service). So there's that. Throughout the month I somewhat hoped for their call and I got so hung up on that, it wasn't even good. lol.</li><li>Had another confrontation with <a href="http://theblacksheepreader.blogspot.com/2019/01/non-bookish-post-3-things-from-2018.html" target="_blank">my book best friend</a> (aka the guy I like). We talked about past feelings, past interactions, and what we are going forward. It was difficult for me, maybe for him as well. And I just let all my feelings out again like a few months ago when I confessed to him. (spoiler alert! all is good, we're still best friends, I hate this pandemic!! but hopefully we'll see each other in the next few months. I told him I wanna see him on my birthday month. lol. hope that happens).</li><li>This one did not exactly brought me down but more like an actual realization and it's quite freeing, personally. I just found out about Aphantasia and I relate to that so much. And that let me understand why I can't exactly imagine things as I read them. It's nothing stressful. It's more of something that allowed me to really just embrace my inner lack of imagination. lol.</li><li>I had a mini-break down from some personal things. That I spent maybe an hour (?) just crying or what. I was talking to my best friend (ahh yes, it's still him, the book best friend) for some part of it but generally, I just stayed with myself as I gather my thoughts, write on my journal, and calm myself down.</li></ol><div>So yeah, given all these, my mood to blog and somewhat read just plummeted throughout the month of May. Also, on a better note, I got vaccinated. Got my first shot on the last week of May. I got a light fever after that but I was still grinding even then. So all is good. My next shot is in 21 weeks they say, so August.</div><div><br /></div><div>Apologies for all the personal stuff. idk. I probably just got used to writing everything down. (and I'm somewhat comfortable here knowing that no one I know personally actually reads this. lol). </div><div><br /></div><div>NOW ON TO THE BOOKS! 👇👇👇</div><p></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVcM3ZB26l6r6iXGRjhbycapQ-eyLKrRMmTEKSkdTmZ6_NdCnp-UVlpMPHb_61vwKxiKS6JJb0hBFkSSedKyHZ50oO9clxPJOn6qya5giA8tC4G26prgJVdNPuZusactT11px4SpweIW3J/s1600/separator.png"><img border="0" height="10" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVcM3ZB26l6r6iXGRjhbycapQ-eyLKrRMmTEKSkdTmZ6_NdCnp-UVlpMPHb_61vwKxiKS6JJb0hBFkSSedKyHZ50oO9clxPJOn6qya5giA8tC4G26prgJVdNPuZusactT11px4SpweIW3J/s320/separator.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">books read</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40512568-throne-of-glass" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="313" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilYphblmOM_66Ii9NYzuYR0M8P9hHbpj0KnzDFW_QH-vifJk8pCSpYcrV_0PwAJ-GFdmSApo5gUOFQkNfsqpHyeEdhadjfYBr5qU4SZNiTQARUjf64L6CKazgcbEvA52DBHpcRxRgg_uK3/w132-h200/Throne+of+Glass.jpg" width="132" /></a><a href="http://theblacksheepreader.blogspot.com/2021/04/review-mother-may-i.html" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="264" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGCLU0u3LRs3m4JfNzQwKnkfGL44B9LfQWxgaUMFTuYE1yRwJQi8Jekx7Nyd-iE0Lhpm6b5_fNlfZvnDHQauD4PzJIG17B9T-yRcsSPWmEvVNO0KOakovLy-VVnx7yoRDoeU6wIyviWnJM/w132-h200/mother+may+i.jpg" width="132" /></a><a href="http://theblacksheepreader.blogspot.com/2021/06/review-little-bookshop-on-seine.html" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="267" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyGPP9QXXVq4x3nZCYMHhETX-9vN6ayhBBVKe7eb2jQMZalX682Lv4DmLzIIMBii2QT4AOcqBzNlRdg7ugdPXHZS2iOcrWZ6qEp4SHAe3uXsHhHNJFQV91BxO00DWEMxOwQSzxQXAC5NqL/w134-h200/the+little+bookshop+on+the+seine.jpg" width="134" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29149307-the-yellow-wallpaper" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="308" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNWh5chyD5zga1qHdzA6cfJ56JBoBtTagMW_eQTmqsBO3Dfnx8e922NS2EXHTQDrb_fAhq6mrTMXo4twWpglAxN5P1AaYq6DyH1s6tZizX-QDD41-uZCl3j1H7qQIvnFF5FDyfYACFYsFC/w129-h200/the+yellow+wallpaper.jpg" width="129" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23008968-the-ask-and-the-answer" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="303" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY8dk-HnVB20pFXy5eqetFqo3rk2ZI0NFAPW-HqftRZp9uVB9RSAfIMntHeFLNHa2R5fXcd_fjyNvCEqlqu3eyPzm5UrRMQevkpD4ethRlv6iOK69pxPXD8ZAPGUW8B0_NZN3WIR8ZTAIr/w127-h200/the+ask+and+the+answer.jpg" width="127" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50159157-glass-town" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="406" data-original-width="318" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7SbxNp5oPjrDJbF-Q7fjIeEYY31dMUsGj1rWJw7AsaY4RilyvYLSkrBx_rxnVJFK5eoxPCZZYuWw9AqCOE0WyDAxEsfKtdbsf1JxXouKGh9ja-NedK-rnEca2Oq4QaOOkSN48dZc3Ttnv/w157-h200/glass+town.jpg" width="157" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42592725-the-authenticity-project" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="387" data-original-width="255" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfrQhMvxlNf5DBD8_CabqbxSvo5yAwA_qY7jwdTXMWBkM1we31W70hFI2sn43x3ny9zRWhCEJahYhs9Yr8N4vrjQYw02QCQ3r8RmzaT5_BKbHTxr7SUQibluA0OVK0LhsAvA7Zr7aB3Lpz/w132-h200/the+authenticy+project.jpg" width="132" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6831917-bruiser" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="397" data-original-width="262" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcuuVruRZFsjUn013iexhYvsdq3CNE8BHawCYCBOl4OXWAcw6INDuzb7pXSGUHYYGClvkjWi8tGYPinzmjlnS5va-IPWWm0fzooevNr7Pikz5NZtguLoigafzCHB-53GHDfsqzESAqlsVT/w132-h200/bruiser.jpg" width="132" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1282954.The_Last_Anniversary" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="315" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9nl8FTUw6UiLHJeAg17fRbnexobxgj6dG40dsasdMlfZpYrTbjWujqIZ7BSq7sm7TWMrTfdaDO2iVA52jpGuIGHFiQGCccoouTqG-a2-Z0ICYpYbUfBHJZ0MG6Vkw-Xw8KVpu_w95pxPd/w133-h200/the+last+anniversary.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><!--more--></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span></span></div><b><div><b><br /></b></div>quick thoughts right here with their respective Popsugar prompts </b>👇</div><div><div><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40512568-throne-of-glass" target="_blank">Throne of Glass</a></b> - this is a reread because I want to get through half of the series this year. It was cringe af but I can power through. Like before I liked Dorian but unlike before, I don't care about the romance side of the story anymore. Also, wow Celaena is annoying? Has she always been like this? lol.<br /><b><a href="http://theblacksheepreader.blogspot.com/2021/04/review-mother-may-i.html" target="_blank">Mother May I</a></b> (A book that has the same title as a song) - I wasn't invested on the mystery side and I didn't care about the main character but I did like the whole point of the book if I'm getting it right. Although the ending didn't sit well for me. Like, where is the justice?<br /><b><a href="http://theblacksheepreader.blogspot.com/2021/06/review-little-bookshop-on-seine.html" target="_blank">The Little Bookshop on the Seine</a></b> (A book where the main character works at your current or <i>dream job</i>) - enjoyed it but not as much as I expected. I like Sarah's growth as a character and I absolutely like her love interest!!<br /><div><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29149307-the-yellow-wallpaper" target="_blank">The Yellow Wallpaper</a></b> (The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list) - an interesting take on postpartum depression. After reading this, I ended up reading further about this. Sparknotes really gave a good background on this book about how this condition was never really addressed during those times and how dominant patriarchy is during that time.<br /><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23008968-the-ask-and-the-answer" target="_blank">The Ask and the Answer</a></b> (A book everyone seems to have read but you) - I'm not exactly invested in the series but I'm also generally okay with it. I guess I'm just not liking it as much as everyone? It's quite interesting though and I like how this book ended. Just more things to come!! Also, I like how Patrick Ness writes, I guess. Feels a bit like Neal Shusterman with how every part is purposeful. Everything is important. Every little detail. I think (?) lol. I'll try to get through book 3 soon!!!<br /><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50159157-glass-town" target="_blank">Glass Town: The Imaginary World of the Brontës</a></b> (A book in a different format than what you normally read) - I like its take on the Brontës's imaginary world. It explained things well and how things go among the siblings. The illustrations were also fantastic.<br /><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42592725-the-authenticity-project" target="_blank">The Authenticity Project</a></b> (A book about art or <i>an artist</i>) - I enjoyed reading this. It was quite light and I absolutely enjoyed all the characters. I like the twist in the end and generally how it was wrapped up. I wanna mention similar books but it feels like spoilers. lol.<br /><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6831917-bruiser" target="_blank">Bruiser</a></b> (The book on your TBR list with the ugliest cover) - I'm just out here getting through my stack of Neal Shusterman books. I liked this. I like the writing. Brewster's ability, though unexplained, was quite interesting.<br /><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1282954.The_Last_Anniversary" target="_blank">The Last Anniversary</a></b> (A book featuring three generations (grandparent, parent, child)) - I got bored with this? I didn't care for any of the characters especially on Sophie's romance problems. I pushed through this because I want to know the Alice and Jack Munro mystery. And somehow, it was still nicely done/explained so I guess it was all good.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://theblacksheepreader.blogspot.com/2021/01/2021-reading-goals.html" target="_blank">reading goals</a></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>read 52 books:</b> 23 of 52</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>popsugar reading challenge:</b> 22 of 50<br /><b>read big books</b> (500+ pages): 2<br /><b>read books I own in 2020/earlier:</b> 20<br /><b>reread books:</b> 2</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>read more ebooks:</b> 5</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">book haul</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54508524" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="316" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJd9NzI6e9zSntXlSjqO0cvT8Kc7tvXG4-rLGKL3P8RJ4rbiqRzVKhH1sF25v2zwDknp4aB1vdIsTj_xDB7J3AH_204xig_P1vPqbreL5Od1WbQDLZ8Z245yEViMYFyzbRxVgbrzUIx1Ii/w133-h200/the+mystery+of+mrs+christie.jpg" width="133" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55156106-at-the-end-of-the-matinee" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp2t3E0h2GZVYWOEkj_vV46oaqsYUaV2dJXLZJTIrulZ9gkrzHqEREWer728UJbEcPb0DxKqZ1R-uJ8_O15F0qTi6901X-KhMnuu7iu_w_aavlaAgwflJgRQIrctNzq_Zt_5c_erRR1dV6/w134-h200/at+the+end+of+the+matinee.jpg" width="134" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41038946-the-strange-journey-of-alice-pendelbury" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="316" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvTkCSUopEGAV_yOXdOln35G6zkgoQ3GTmi69PTyKcbKzwYy2gAkcBI_bE_-7Pe3wE6rNkz6ozjw65y_syieBwtv6CerdD1LuVsXT8MitSiL380LfW0X0EfZKbWR6t2LGbfufKxOecCq-Z/w133-h200/the+strange+journey+of+alice+pendelbury.jpg" width="133" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55894181-you-love-me" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="312" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg83-adEfa7kR3Bv6Lln67gPS54KO3eXou-KfxMe0vLr48bxi8y99AiiP6I-LLYMtEpkb4kOt3axy9FyIwZRC_rTAq8AWeyxH237ZAG4Xc_hWPjiYf6pLoH1bLvTi6Yz5k5kDEjrpGaWnJC/w131-h200/you+love+me.jpg" width="131" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52686197-everfound-volume-3" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1348" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkMGn9zB-rybdEjHq4gpjuut4dIHbVrldsARj2wxKKqulV1m1-UfyqkHh_lXsNfd0hDUqnBFA73pGomObTk2mf5i__07oonLJtBTV72TSauLV4iHfIezMbZpS7OIxwRUvbYU6BVKXxtAYb/w132-h200/everfound.jpg" width="132" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56787154-parable-of-the-talents" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="312" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAIs8gxle2XccT4YcpB2ow9TuN4FRV5c9bWSvdXykQNB6bMoZpOSVBRibsJwfsPRcwli01SmFPRI7eWFU2GbnfvshG1yI-q5ZUY6x9Nn_5zBLI_lpVGkIhXt-apiLFAiYO2AOlj-07ilC0/w131-h200/parable+of+the+talents.jpg" width="131" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56939415-the-night-of-many-endings" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="383" data-original-width="255" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4lrbHiubigjlmJH1gXxUVeItIJITELasUNL2YjvpGDGLtxyPtKP7gagQKPrFfnmgX3kosvo72Uq-f-IeZj82DHCoCFiLtC0sGmzNar-UtjgQFN-Jjg4LLojnfjezdmrN7FgdBG6JwjnU0/w133-h200/the+night+of+many+endings.png" width="133" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Butler | <b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56939415-the-night-of-many-endings" target="_blank">The Night of Many Endings</a></b> by Melissa Payne</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">7 Books in 2 months. Looks good to me. And 3 of these books I got for free!! <i>You Love Me</i> and <i>Everfound</i> are my first physical book purchase since I got <i>Glasstown Game</i> in October/November last year. I miss going to bookstores. I really do!! 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5nAKrzIjKPb_HyeJyqP9iSaj2cW-RENghLDv7FGfkG191NA3OOlr9wV6DipflhGwKt7Z_BrM7RuU7Iagln9gKdS__yOX2Ptn-eXP5DOjlPz7tL9TQfNF1Ed3-958_JVJ42C1QdfHINvBV/s750/books+from+the+backlog+30.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5nAKrzIjKPb_HyeJyqP9iSaj2cW-RENghLDv7FGfkG191NA3OOlr9wV6DipflhGwKt7Z_BrM7RuU7Iagln9gKdS__yOX2Ptn-eXP5DOjlPz7tL9TQfNF1Ed3-958_JVJ42C1QdfHINvBV/s16000/books+from+the+backlog+30.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Hi,</div><br />Books from the Backlog is a weekly feature hosted by <b>Carole @ <a href="https://carolesrandomlife.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Carole's Random Life in Books</a></b>.<span><a name='more'></a></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4fP0k3Yd_AFMrZWGU6dCk_igcO8WlsRP7rHZ9bv4yZQGNuoxI90Kes5znoTM9swwi7eB7VlExZec4s-Y4IA1-6bHZbY0viYfAXirBGsy4b6G6JO0o5hkuXSBbObhmfHYo_RHxXS5aMAbs/s475/the+little+cafe+in+copenhagen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="310" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4fP0k3Yd_AFMrZWGU6dCk_igcO8WlsRP7rHZ9bv4yZQGNuoxI90Kes5znoTM9swwi7eB7VlExZec4s-Y4IA1-6bHZbY0viYfAXirBGsy4b6G6JO0o5hkuXSBbObhmfHYo_RHxXS5aMAbs/s320/the+little+cafe+in+copenhagen.jpg" /></a></div>title:</b> <span style="text-align: center;">The Little Café in Copenhagen (Romantic Escapes #1)</span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><b>author:</b> Julie Caplin </div><div style="text-align: start;"><b>genre:</b> adult, chick lit, romance</div><div style="text-align: start;"><b>published: </b><span style="text-align: center;">February 1st 2018 by HarperImpulse<br /></span><b>my copy:</b> kindle, 410 pages</div><div style="text-align: start;"><b>purchase: </b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XWD4MTP" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-little-caf-in-copenhagen-julie-caplin/1127943133" target="_blank">B&N</a> | <a href="https://www.bookdepository.com/Little-Cafe-Copenhagen-Julie-Caplin/9780008259747" target="_blank">Book Depository</a></div><div style="text-align: start;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34875681-the-little-caf-in-copenhagen" target="_blank">goodreads</a></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: left;"><blockquote class="tr_bq"></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: left;"><blockquote class="tr_bq"></blockquote>Welcome to the little cafe in Copenhagen where the smell of cinnamon fills the air and the hot chocolate is as smooth as silk.<span style="text-align: center;"> </span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: left;">Publicist Kate Sinclair’s life in London is everything she thought she wanted: success, glamour and a charming boyfriend. Until that boyfriend goes behind her back and snatches a much sought-after promotion from her. Heartbroken and questioning everything, Kate needs to escape.<span style="text-align: center;"> </span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: left;">Leaving behind rush hour and late nights in the office for a city break in beautiful Copenhagen, Kate discovers how to live life ‘the Danish way’. From candles and cosy nights in to the easy smiles of tall, gorgeous Vikings and eating your body weight in pastries (ok, that’s just her), the city offers her a new perspective.<span style="text-align: center;"> </span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: left;">Can the secrets of hygge and happiness lead her to her own happily-ever-after?</blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><b>why did I get this.</b> I'm in a chicklit/romance kick so I just maybe grab anything that sounds cute and quick that's also on sale on kindle (lol).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>why is it still in my tbr.</b> too many books to read I guess. Also, as I always say, I'm slow on ebook.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdRzfqOuMb_bhlfrRUglsijAczT8ekiPY2Rvsseukx-1iy9mJn9wIsNZmH2xqZEfFgNggt8G9ZwZzgyEH7Idbp0sOhPnyp5WpRKtKxIUH0lPVAJ6zthM6dWkhp1I3oPq9-r8-Nk7qCe29D/s1600/separator.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="25" data-original-width="800" height="10" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdRzfqOuMb_bhlfrRUglsijAczT8ekiPY2Rvsseukx-1iy9mJn9wIsNZmH2xqZEfFgNggt8G9ZwZzgyEH7Idbp0sOhPnyp5WpRKtKxIUH0lPVAJ6zthM6dWkhp1I3oPq9-r8-Nk7qCe29D/s320/separator.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">HOW ABOUT YOU</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Have you read this book? 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float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="267" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyGPP9QXXVq4x3nZCYMHhETX-9vN6ayhBBVKe7eb2jQMZalX682Lv4DmLzIIMBii2QT4AOcqBzNlRdg7ugdPXHZS2iOcrWZ6qEp4SHAe3uXsHhHNJFQV91BxO00DWEMxOwQSzxQXAC5NqL/s320/the+little+bookshop+on+the+seine.jpg" /></a></b></div><b>title:</b> The Little Bookshop on the Seine (The Little Paris Collection #1)<br /><b>author: </b>Rebecca Raisin <br /><b>genre:</b> adult, contemporary, chick lit<br /><b>published: </b>January 7th 2020 by HQN (first published October 16th 2015)<br /><b>my copy:</b> paperback, 416 pages<br /><b>purchase: </b><a href="httpshttps://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1335012508://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1984878611" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-little-bookshop-on-the-seine-rebecca-raisin/1121263193" target="_blank">B&N</a> | <a href="https://www.bookdepository.com/The-Little-Bookshop-on-the-Seine-Rebecca-Raisin/9781335012500" target="_blank">Book Depository</a><br /><b>rating:</b> 3 / 5 stars<br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/boohttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45287335-the-little-bookshop-on-the-seinek/show/42592725-the-authenticity-project" target="_blank">goodreads</a><p></p><div><b>It’s <i>The Holiday</i> on the Champs-Élysées in a great big love letter to Paris, charming old bookstores and happily-ever-afters!</b> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: left;">When bookshop owner Sarah Smith is offered the opportunity for a job exchange with her Parisian friend Sophie, saying yes is a no-brainer—after all, what kind of romantic would turn down six months in Paris? Sarah is sure she’s in for the experience of a lifetime—days spent surrounded by literature in a gorgeous bookshop, and the chance to watch the snow fall on the Eiffel Tower. Plus, now she can meet up with her journalist boyfriend, Ridge, when his job takes him around the globe. </blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: left;">But her expectations cool faster than her café au lait soon after she lands in the City of Light—she’s a fish out of water in Paris. The customers are rude, her new coworkers suspicious and her relationship with Ridge has been reduced to a long-distance game of phone tag, leaving Sarah to wonder if he’ll ever put her first over his busy career. As Christmas approaches, Sarah is determined to get the shop—and her life—back in order…and make her dreams of a Parisian happily-ever-after come true.</blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid0l6ri236dvDnK79AWp6QVZfTBWac4_Wc4OQeSGRpgIq84-xb_-CPASCDXcNnc1gE_hvxUgOkylzDfrVNMlA8X4DcMQsSQTO3gwd1KrbMu4_CMYxgcXLMiKIhr31kWSf-qbkyI9yFE5by/s1600/separator.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="10" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid0l6ri236dvDnK79AWp6QVZfTBWac4_Wc4OQeSGRpgIq84-xb_-CPASCDXcNnc1gE_hvxUgOkylzDfrVNMlA8X4DcMQsSQTO3gwd1KrbMu4_CMYxgcXLMiKIhr31kWSf-qbkyI9yFE5by/s320/separator.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">bookshop, romance, and Paris.</span></div><p>I got this book generally because it involves a bookshop and don't we all just grab every book that involves books and bookish people?<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><span></span><i>The Little Bookshop on the Seine</i> follows Sarah who's been convinced by her long-distance friend to exchange bookshops for a few months. The fun part is Sarah gets to manage a bookshop in PARIS and possibly spend some time with her journalist boyfriend. The nerve wracking part though is Sarah isn't one to get out of her comfort zone.<p></p><p>What I like about this book from the get-go is the bookish atmosphere all around. When you pick up a book about a bookshop owner, you expect to see some of the struggles of running a bookshop. And I think that this book touched that but not really deep enough for you, as a reader, to be overwhelmed with such things. It showed enough parts to satisfy my desire to for a bookshop-set novel. Add to that the fact that Sarah is such a fangirl booknerd that I had fun reading her bookish side.</p><p>Perhaps, the book's only downside for me is Sarah herself. Don't get me wrong, I somewhat enjoyed following Sarah but Sarah moving to Paris just didn't sit well with me. And it's not exactly the going out of her comfort zone kind of thing, it's the fact that right from the moment she set foot in Paris, the only thing in her mind is having the romantic moment with her journalist boyfriend. She's all about the "romance" side of the experience in this adventure that she don't really put much attention to the things right in front of her, the work at hand, the oh-so busy Bookshop on the Seine. I do understand her worry regarding her romance but then, what about responsibilities? I don't know. Maybe it's just a me thing because of course, things work out in the end. So it's probably just a me thing.</p><p>Other notable things about this book: (1) I absolutely loved all the side characters, the friends Sarah made, even the author Sarah met!, (2) her journalist boyfriend (whose name I unfortunately forgot dear me!) who's absolutely swoon worthy especially on the extra story included in the book. Find you a man like this!! Damn!, (3) the extra story is absolutely adorable! Still not the biggest fan of Sarah but her love interest is yes!! Get me that, please!</p><p>OVERALL, <i>The Little Bookshop on the Seine</i> is an enjoyable read if you like a scenic adventure in Paris, a bookshop setting involving a fun bookish main character, and absolutely adorable romance you'll root for. 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text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgctuYEP4Y5SCjy3rfrnbP7d9HTScjAcjmAIlFjvo1aovdA2CrKlEwgEawW8DNjLPD8MMLA2IP9e6WuaO2iJ3QAWViNLBKWTC4s0HVvMQr3hbXI29TuRAHK4tZsHJPkhB60w2YiSWzJf7YU/s16000/weekendreads+053021.jpg" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Hi,<p></p><div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div><div></div><div>I am once again saying that I am BACK!! </div><div><br /></div><div>A backtrack of the month will happen on my wrap-up. For this week, I'm happy to say that my sisters and I finally got our vaccine shot last Tuesday. With the rate my country was going, I thought I'll get mine mid-year so I guess we're doing better than I thought.</div><div><br /></div><div>Reading-wise, I've been a bit sluggish. I've been like that for most of the month I guess. But at least, I was able to finish a book this week. I got through <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1282954.The_Last_Anniversary" target="_blank">The Last Anniversary</a></i> before the week ends. I liked it but not as much as I expected. I didn't care much about the characters aside from the mystery aspect. I didn't care about Sophie and her search for romance which disappointed me. I do like the reveal though so at least that part satisfied me. I like the reveal and the story behind the Munro child. Not like as in I like what happened but more of I like how it was done, the story, the reason for it.</div><div><span><a name='more'></a></span><span><br /></span></div><div><span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;">current read</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21921204-mosquitoland" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXT0c4zA3ugdWBO-Rxaxx1RWjHhbs2Uwb6xDijDYAElfurr1GRZHZIEWl9F18X5dakbgECRi6nHUOrW6_RQl3E0M3-nPhSb7iGDb85VYGNDUZhdC5IgnDKKsWVq9oLE_sLPFzkX_beTAg_/w133-h200/Mosquitoland.jpg" width="133" /></a><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="230" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj_OnegRJb0Iq2y4qPuTBOmqgGTcvNzKohY7iC_7h7As6scW5hSIHgKdMvZo89NhJAbMNLVI7pX5riYSIbNRoJ2iS1gS0AcTkiSXF_yGLjtSdIRFhlWxjK1hPsVejYrUSLYtU9k91vnLk4/w133-h200/woman+last+seen+in+her+thirties.jpg" width="133" /></div></div><p><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21921204-mosquitoland" target="_blank">Mosquitoland</a></b> | David Arnold<br />I tried reading this waaaaay back then but I was probably not on the right headspace then because wow I'm actually liking this. I like Mim and her journal and how this is generally written. And I probably didn't pay much attention about the actual story when I first read it so that's definitely on me. I like this right now and I hope it'll stay that way until I finish this.</p><p><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36117615-woman-last-seen-in-her-thirties" target="_blank">Woman Last Seen in Her Thirties</a></b> | Camille Pagán<br />Another chick lit for me. A woman in her 50s, her husband left her, she gets mad, went to their planned trip to Italy using his card, and who knows what happens? This sounds fun and it could be like one of those finding her happiness kind of book. I don't know about romance but there maybe is like all of those chick lit stuff.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">reading plans</span></p><p>Wow, I'm reading doing badly on this aspect. lol. But we'll still let this roll because why not?</p><p>FINISH (wed): <i>Mosquitoland</i><br />FINISH (thu): <i>Woman Last Seen in Her Thirties</i><br />START (thu): <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55894181" target="_blank">You Love Me</a></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">last time on the blog</span></p><p><a href="http://theblacksheepreader.blogspot.com/2021/05/10-books-from-my-tbr-jar-that-ill-try.html" target="_blank">JUNE TBR!!</a> - my tbr jar tells me what to read. hahaha<br /><a href="http://theblacksheepreader.blogspot.com/2021/04/weekend-reads-where-i-failed-yet.html" target="_blank">I tried Dewey's 24hr #readathon</a> - there's that I guess. my personal May #readathon was also a failure. lol<br />REVIEWS: <i><a href="http://theblacksheepreader.blogspot.com/2021/04/review-mother-may-i.html" target="_blank">Mother May I</a></i>, <i><a href="http://theblacksheepreader.blogspot.com/2021/04/review-hourglass.html" target="_blank">Hourglass</a></i>, <a href="http://theblacksheepreader.blogspot.com/2021/04/review-how-to-find-love-in-bookshop.html" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">How to Find Love in A Bookshop</a><br /><a href="http://theblacksheepreader.blogspot.com/2021/04/q1-reading-stats-tbr-updates.html" target="_blank">Q1 Reading Stats</a> - Q2 soon!! this is exciting. lol!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="25" data-original-width="800" height="10" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdRzfqOuMb_bhlfrRUglsijAczT8ekiPY2Rvsseukx-1iy9mJn9wIsNZmH2xqZEfFgNggt8G9ZwZzgyEH7Idbp0sOhPnyp5WpRKtKxIUH0lPVAJ6zthM6dWkhp1I3oPq9-r8-Nk7qCe29D/s320/separator.png" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">HOW ABOUT YOU</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">What books did you recently finish? What are you currently reading? Any new faves? Any recommendations? What do you think of these books? 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I just opened Blogger again and saw a draft post of my May tbr which clearly won't be going up now. But I did read books from that stack and have a list written down on my journal for tracking. May was about physical books I recently purchased (which stretched to waaaay back in late 2019. lol). </div><div><br /></div><div>I'd like to talk about what's up with me and May but I'll have all of that for my weekend reads post and April-May wrap up next week. Let's just say it has been overwhelming.</div><div><br /></div><div>ANYWAY, as you've read, my June TBR are all random books picked from my TBR Jar! I haven't used my tbr jar in a while since I started the monthly tbr challenge. So here we are! I had fun doing this. I considered taking a video but somehow I still feel weird about it. haha.</div><div><span><a name='more'></a></span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5470" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="296" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfLwH_-WOnvnol09o8j8rANlPDbCd7h4HdqEqA5fhPX9RWpyhU0TIycvNjSlQ7hV9Rp85EaBS_c3bZ1yqtrwb0JMxHVRj9sS4pSsm28d4bL_RtUVNusT_voBH5Fx1Slk8i6z48QWiuOiZ-/w124-h200/1984.jpg" width="124" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17670709" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="316" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE11UNrgW0xgiFjV-HlW3OILvwklhHof0Uf3oe1dp33AC1LoGrzMIHCoU53AeoNO_xyp1SooMgrdbjiILr4Ye2tfIrQySybN2ZAV2xLSnmaytDQInuUMBo2WoiwEg7DVII3BO5bSUIQn5b/w133-h200/crown+of+midnight.jpg" width="133" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30124071" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="324" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWrOnO77-O3kQ7YvSaBFgR11efh5PPUjFwxrGtKEJX1dYBA-ePZLW8_dRRFjeipqhE6NKWSJ9sQcfM4jNHBDWcvH2_KXH7BR2A2mTSE7hzEwEcXlhCPh7gFOOgWX5d1Az6dJEaQR0tgaPp/w129-h200/theBookThef.jpg" width="129" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31449227-ramona-blue" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4I7Xi38GrzFGxIv7P8DB0GjIKYBk_s-Hx2EKmfwHfvYMdLLFPf7Oc24Bs1HHVVsJmRRHt-D5YCbAqGvAagDhnqabOR0DemZko-VhR3mVgHaweEwihFhvvrZJSGjTqqkzkXziaQUu4lfEP/w133-h200/ramona+blue.jpg" width="133" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27064385-ivory-and-bone" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="315" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs7DjMYW50sea-knUktDBSKOIiDW17ePWFMbG1kaUBV1M2vmYPsf4YS9kfJZpY0Gj6zHsTKVNMji84bqN7aS9nlBC_0uQ4Hh8tf_loeYS8dX1Pxh1J6XgPYh3AR_9LfuIlI-ZYW5fDUeAr/w133-h200/ivoy+and+bone+cover.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5470" target="_blank">1984</a></b> by George Orwell</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I tried reading this years ago but I struggled, got a bit bored with the writing thus this still staying on my tbr. I still prob won't get to this but who knows, I guess? The tbr jar is testing me. lol</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17670709" target="_blank">Crown of Midnight</a></b> (Throne of Glass #2) by Sarah J. Maas<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I actually got <i>Throne of Glass</i> from the jar but since I've reread that a couple of months back, I decided to go with the second book.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30124071" target="_blank">The Book Thief</a> </b>by Markus Zusak</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I tried reading this years ago as well but I wasn't at the right headspace so I dropped it after a chapter or two, I think. Never had the motivation to read it. Maybe this time?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31449227-ramona-blue" target="_blank">Ramona Blue</a></b> by Julie Murphy</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I honestly forgot what this is about but I'm sure this will be a quick read. I've only read <i>Dumplin</i> by her and I'm really interested to read more.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27064385-ivory-and-bone" target="_blank">Ivory and Bone</a></b> (Ivory and Bone #1) By Julie Eshbaugh</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I got this from a giveaway and shamefully haven't even thought of ever reading this 😞</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24131108" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="300" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2SIi2USPlsOvxuVWLkZMFaY-cd6V5mrVs0Pp32aELWv3wOee_zv7TA-uWbmm5eHR03fD8KSNijdhu9z35plv-4fpCeOZ-Z37ojZEIl7BwhMGVh2TZn58qBmc1r8t7EiZVzt0pG8DtKZLJ/w133-h200/seeker.jpg" width="133" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55894181" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="312" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpEVgfrT-CEBwKiU4ra8hmUlzZCxxpCuD51BIlF47xeqyIfiTyOg7no9m47JXkruDdDHRAe96KiyRD717tsgjZxQ-dUMPDbmyezMNAEV6nW7I7vhyphenhyphenBTY0EmvMQty4N_X-xoHRb3WsoVDsQ/w131-h200/you+love+me.jpg" width="131" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29753302" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1MHbhmx6xN1Gj9PhjRFqggRledE-BL6VtCQEbiSfuLk3O6_eqpW9HnVHyGmpUiFnfO6KNR7N-6orO5XpaKbTDpnIEVkZVa99lTXixQAh4BKT9kQf8h9t4TbTEU51Nr8uXvHspGu4SCBAE/w134-h200/Heartless.jpg" width="134" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22693239-rescue-at-los-ba-os" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="316" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLHOySpHtH2vVtNvTTg03xMRy6S_UNO216HGT4dDWiDY3n8-_gZeMQHKD0sdg7vkJGyiLECU85K1Led_5qmGyrJ920QqkPruy7kDxCQsVA22X4_L7eT2PAfv52jv6BHMQJ9adgaSGXSgQj/w133-h200/Rescue+at+Los+Banos.jpg" width="133" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29939047" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="311" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYobrteYK-8ADCEgNfcF9I23EVO8cKE1wtQAGM8odMis4bRaSi0SPX2Jvh4zem3W_YZJxQNcAaCqR4_J4ysx6Fn8aD7_iczJtOFh-HZ-RAzjIUi3VVYd8QPLE_hq20wELV5OSOq9vNIUwO/w131-h200/ACrownofWishes.jpg" width="131" /></a></div><div><br /></div><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24131108" target="_blank">Seeker</a></b> (Seeker #1) by Arwen Elys Dayton<div>I have zero clue what this is about. Got this from a bookish event. <br /><div><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55894181" target="_blank">You Love Me</a> </b>(You #3) by Caroline Kepnes</div><div>I AM EXCITED FOR THIS!!! Bought this early May and I've been thinking about reading it and wow the tbr jar has spoken! I'll get to this sooooon!!</div><div><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29753302" target="_blank">Heartless</a></b> by Marissa Meyer</div><div>I bought this when it was released because I was such a Lunar Chronicles fangirl back then. BUT I went off the Marissa Meyer hyped train. I just want to read this now just for the sake of reading it I guess. Then maybe get rid of it (I've been considering unhauling books tbh).</div><div><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22693239-rescue-at-los-ba-os" target="_blank">Rescue at Los Baños</a></b> by Bruce Henderson</div><div>Bought this years ago because I wanna get into more non-fictions, then WWII, then set in Philippines</div><div><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29939047" target="_blank">A Crown of Wishes</a> </b>(the Star-Touched Queen #2) by Roshani Chokshi</div><div>Sequel to a book I read because I got it from a giveaway. lol.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVcM3ZB26l6r6iXGRjhbycapQ-eyLKrRMmTEKSkdTmZ6_NdCnp-UVlpMPHb_61vwKxiKS6JJb0hBFkSSedKyHZ50oO9clxPJOn6qya5giA8tC4G26prgJVdNPuZusactT11px4SpweIW3J/s1600/separator.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="10" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVcM3ZB26l6r6iXGRjhbycapQ-eyLKrRMmTEKSkdTmZ6_NdCnp-UVlpMPHb_61vwKxiKS6JJb0hBFkSSedKyHZ50oO9clxPJOn6qya5giA8tC4G26prgJVdNPuZusactT11px4SpweIW3J/s320/separator.png" width="320" /></a></div><br style="text-align: left;" /><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">HOW ABOUT YOU GUYS,</span><br />Do you have a TBR jar? Have you read any of these? Which ones should I read first?</div><div><br /></div></div><div><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #666666;">let's connect!</span><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/czai_" style="background-color: white; color: #cc1177; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyhQQcnNQNyi2S5IuDZABq3ID2ZJPzwSG4fFz2d7gw6CoF4BxkSU1fAnqLdxKVpd0rV6W6CFQcbQ_ZT0kJCeeFGDv8xlZ4aeD0VcpxyyQtIile-gxtQhR0VmZsQgb9ntNHIn61Tm1cbck/s32/twitter.png" style="background: none; border: none; box-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Blacksheep-Project/445966108773995?ref=stream" style="background-color: white; color: #cc1177; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixOPT-hK9Ze2Bulg_69aD9SxrbrFBLuVyeuQ-P7DIE6rgIrtEq75f0SqB874ocRjyc-p630NJLoOdAEOamAyi_poxnmfc6hEavaeMVF8Dw4VcTjVFk6itJ7CzVC1kchM02jh89l3IGX24/s32/facebook.png" style="background: none; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik_PSbZ4LpWY9Repv_MzthrTq9ERrN-Jgce4nzMUVsd2y2fu5WHmevRKJtGop4FgRI9u6DpCdhQNgTzmly6ZyZvv9_nk5_2RrnkDUXw_3hHtDWypa0TRx4tlLZ9ICPZJwwBj-wl2hcVdXF/s16000/books+from+the+backlog+29.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Hi,</div><br />Books from the Backlog is a weekly feature hosted by <b>Carole @ <a href="https://carolesrandomlife.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Carole's Random Life in Books</a></b>.<div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><a name='more'></a></span><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQPapQmINE_3FjPejoWIifbV2kUgu4bv4D7I-O5YecZ5f1jNPim_F2blkibVPklH4EwCUy3EzENaxWPlE_nXQN7s9XLee3B6fXH_FM44177PLcb3sKavAvOBNqg8gbOrliQg0vvxGuSn1-/s475/halsey+street.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQPapQmINE_3FjPejoWIifbV2kUgu4bv4D7I-O5YecZ5f1jNPim_F2blkibVPklH4EwCUy3EzENaxWPlE_nXQN7s9XLee3B6fXH_FM44177PLcb3sKavAvOBNqg8gbOrliQg0vvxGuSn1-/s320/halsey+street.jpg" /></a></div>title:</b> <span style="text-align: center;">Halsey Street</span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><b>author:</b> Naima Coster </div><div style="text-align: start;"><b>genre:</b> adult, contemporary</div><div style="text-align: start;"><b>published: </b><span style="text-align: center;">January 1st 2018 by Amazon Digital Services LLC<br /></span><b>my copy:</b> kindle, 332 pages</div><div style="text-align: start;"><b>purchase: </b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MXPF3TT" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/halsey-street-naima-coster/1126002798" target="_blank">B&N</a> | <a href="https://www.bookdepository.com/Halsey-Street-Naima-Coster/9781503941168" target="_blank">Book Depository</a></div><div style="text-align: start;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35995770-halsey-street" target="_blank">goodreads</a></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: left;"><blockquote class="tr_bq"></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: left;"><blockquote class="tr_bq"></blockquote><b>A modern-day story of family, loss, and renewal, Halsey Street captures the deeply human need to belong—not only to a place but to one another.<span style="text-align: center;"> </span></b></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: left;">Penelope Grand has scrapped her failed career as an artist in Pittsburgh and moved back to Brooklyn to keep an eye on her ailing father. She’s accepted that her future won’t be what she’d dreamed, but now, as gentrification has completely reshaped her old neighborhood, even her past is unrecognizable. Old haunts have been razed, and wealthy white strangers have replaced every familiar face in Bed-Stuy. Even her mother, Mirella, has abandoned the family to reclaim her roots in the Dominican Republic. That took courage. It’s also unforgivable.<span style="text-align: center;"> </span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: left;">When Penelope moves into the attic apartment of the affluent Harpers, she thinks she’s found a semblance of family—and maybe even love. But her world is upended again when she receives a postcard from Mirella asking for reconciliation. As old wounds are reopened, and secrets revealed, a journey across an ocean of sacrifice and self-discovery begins.<span style="text-align: center;"> </span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: left;">An engrossing debut, Halsey Street shifts between the perspectives of these two captivating, troubled women. Mirella has one last chance to win back the heart of the daughter she’d lost long before leaving New York, and for Penelope, it’s time to break free of the hold of the past and start navigating her own life.</blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><b>why did I get this.</b> because it's free during Amazon's World Book Day free books so why not? I probably got this because free book and nice cover. I have to admit that I never really read the synopsis. Maybe that first line but nothing more.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>why is it still in my tbr.</b> just never got to it.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdRzfqOuMb_bhlfrRUglsijAczT8ekiPY2Rvsseukx-1iy9mJn9wIsNZmH2xqZEfFgNggt8G9ZwZzgyEH7Idbp0sOhPnyp5WpRKtKxIUH0lPVAJ6zthM6dWkhp1I3oPq9-r8-Nk7qCe29D/s1600/separator.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="25" data-original-width="800" height="10" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdRzfqOuMb_bhlfrRUglsijAczT8ekiPY2Rvsseukx-1iy9mJn9wIsNZmH2xqZEfFgNggt8G9ZwZzgyEH7Idbp0sOhPnyp5WpRKtKxIUH0lPVAJ6zthM6dWkhp1I3oPq9-r8-Nk7qCe29D/s320/separator.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">HOW ABOUT YOU</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Have you read this book? 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