[WEEKENDS READS] where I'm finally managing my time well

Hi,

Things have been scarier than usual for me and my family.

Some possible COVID cases have been closer to our place. And it unsettles us especially my grandmother and my younger sister. Dad and I went to the grocery a couple of days ago just to make sure in case they decided they need to keep us inside.

As usual, I've been busy drawing cats (check out my Facebook art page). I've been too slow on watch which isn't really much of a surprise. lol. I'm still watching Beastars and rewatching The Big Bang Theory over at Netflix. Beastars really turning out to be something a big dark and good and weird all at the same time. I like it. Not your typical anime if you're into battle anime and stuff, it's nothing like that. at all.

BOOKS FROM THE BACKLOG #6

Hi,

Books from the Backlog is a weekly feature hosted by Carole @ Carole's Random Life in Books. I'm doing double features every other week: one physical book and one ebook.

[REVIEW] See How They Run

title: See How They Run
author: Tom Bale
genre: adult fiction, thriller
published: May 6th 2016 by Bookouture
my copy: kindle, 411 pages
purchase: Amazon | B&N | Book Depository
rating: 2 / 5 stars
goodreads

How far would you go to save your family? 

In the dead of night, new parents Alice and Harry French are plunged into their worst nightmare when they wake to find masked men in their bedroom. Men ruthless enough to threaten their baby daughter, Evie.

This is no burglary gone wrong. 

The intruders know who they’re looking for – a man called Edward Renshaw.

And they are prepared to kill to get to him.

When the men leave empty handed, little do Alice and Harry realise that their nightmare is just beginning. Is it a case of mistaken identity? Who is Renshaw? And what is he hiding?

One thing is clear – they already know too much.

As Alice and Harry are separated in the run for their lives, there is no time to breathe in their fight to be reunited. And with their attackers closing in, there is only one choice:

STAY ALIVE. OR DON’T.

Terrifying, unputdownable and full of twists and turns, this stunning thriller will have you on the edge of your seat right to the very last page.

wild thrilling chase with lots of should I trust this?

I got this one during my Bookouture addiction time. I was at the height of loving thrillers  by Angela Marsons and Robert Bryndza. Then they promoted Tom Bale and the premise of novel is just too intriguing.

[WEEKEND READS] where I'm finally being productive

Hi,

This past couple of weeks, I've been quite productive as I mentioned on my May Wrap Up post. And somehow, I am actually able to keep this up (which kind of surprises me). I've been trying to keep myself motivated in all aspects.

My reading is not as fast as I was a month or so back but progress is progress. So I think that while I'm not reading as much as I was back then, things are still going pretty good for me. I've actually just went back to my long list of unread Netgalley books and I will finally go through them one book at a time 😊

I'm excited for things to finally come together for me 😊

I recently finished watching The Haunting of Hill House and W H O A that was GOOOOOOOOOD! SO GOOD! I love the atmosphere, the story, the narration. I also recently finished Whisper of the Heart which is now my fave Ghibli film! I also made a quick illustration for it. Right now, I am currently watching Beastars which is also available in Netflix and it's good so far (that is if you can ignore the fact that they're all animals). 

9 Books I Borrowed and NEED to Finish

Hi,

We may not have a local library here where I can borrow all the books I want. But I have here my book best friend who have too many books I want to read.

So I just looked up all of his books that I currently have with me and I am surprised to see a lot of them I still haven't read. No panic in here to be honest. But I kind of just had the urge to go through hopefully most of them sooooon. 

Also, this list is wild. I don't now much about these books.

[REVIEW] Be Not Far from Me

title: Be Not Far from Me
author: Mindy McGinnis
narrator: Brittany Pressley
genre: young adult, contemporary
published: March 3rd 2020 by HarperAudio
my copy: audiobook, 7 hrs  48 mins
purchase: Amazon | B&N | Book Depository
rating: 4.5 / 5 stars
goodreads

The world is not tame. 

Ashley knows this truth deep in her bones, more at home with trees overhead than a roof. So when she goes hiking in the Smokies with her friends for a night of partying, the falling dark and creaking trees are second nature to her. But people are not tame either. And when Ashley catches her boyfriend with another girl, drunken rage sends her running into the night, stopped only by a nasty fall into a ravine. Morning brings the realization that she's alone - and far off trail. Lost in undisturbed forest and with nothing but the clothes on her back, Ashley must figure out how to survive despite the red streak of infection creeping up her leg.

The world is not tame.

I've been meaning to read a Mindy McGinnis book (because I've been reading good things about her books)!! So when I got a chance to read it during the Scribd Free Reads period, I just had to try one!!

MAY WRAPUP (aka the month of productivity )

Hi,

Can you believe it's been more than two months since this quarantine started?

I was extra productive then. I read a lot. I drew some stuff. I cleaned my room. I rearranged my shelves. I felt so good about having so much time. After a couple of weeks (maybe three weeks), I started getting into a reading slump. I stopped making art. And as a whole, I just lost motivation.

And probably it's a normal cycle.

Right now though I've been doing a lot of art and a few reading which is kind of nice. So I'd assume I got back to being extra productive. I've scheduled blog posts for June and have been making illustrations. Would really appreciate it if you guys would follow my Facebook page and Instagram account (not that updated but I will get to that soon!!). I try to post my work as much as I can. These are a couple of my stuff,