Hey, y’all! How’s last week so far? This post is again late. Ugh. I should just change my domain name with the likes of ‘late book blog’ or something. But at least this time, I had a good excuse. Or is it? Read on to my Sunday Post, little grasshopper!
The Sunday Post is hosted by Kimberly at The Caffeinated Book Reviewer and The Sunday Salon is hosted by Deb at Readerbuzz.
Content warning: Mention of the bipolar disorder, pandemic, and depression. Day 6 gifs and lots of fangirling.
I was sick for the past two weeks; I had trouble breathing. Thank god, it’s not COVID-19, my results came back as negative. I was nervous about getting the virus. I thought I wasn’t scared of dying; it turns out, I am. Man, COVID-19 tests and hospital bills are as expensive as hell. I was tired most days. Spend most of the time in the hospital and was just going through my TBR. I was discharged yesterday and just getting my blogging mojo back. Girl, I don’t even have a blogging mojo from the start.
On getting my mojo back.
Right now, I’m just worried about over-exhausting myself. I just have a few weeks left to write three papers for uni. I haven’t started on two of those and just started my first draft on the other. These are my top priorities right now since the deadline is at the end of the month and these are my grades’ only saving graces (See: Redemption). I don’t know if I’ll afford to read books the following weeks, but hopefully, I do.
I was reading lots of books to pass the time in the hospital. It was either eat, read, watch, or sleep the entire time I was there. With that said, I’ve read enough books last week (nine books, all in all). In fact, I’m five books ahead of my schedule for the 2020 Goodreads Challenge. And I’ve reviewed every single thing of that. And I’ve found some good reads the past weeks.
‘Congratulations’ is a sad song. But man, congratulations to myself.
Just finding excuses to post Day6 gifs.
Currently Reading
The Perfect Escape by Suzanne Park
I’m buddy reading this with some people on Goodreads. I haven’t started reading this. I might start after writing this blog post. Instead of writing my paper, I’ll be procrastinating by reading this book. Ugh. I hate myself. I’m not sure if I’m gonna like this book since a lot of my friends do not really like this book.
What I’ve Read The Previous Week
All ratings included here are my initial ratings. I’ve posted my mini-reviews for each of this book in Goodreads, I will link them too.
Chosen Ones by Veronica Roth
🐝🐝🐝.5
This book explores the idea of what’s next after fighting off a villain. The first part of the book was very boring and slow for my taste which is WAAAAAY opposite of the second part of the book. Man, I completely see the second part coming at all.
Link to my review || Add the book on Goodreads!
The Dragon Egg Princess by Ellen Oh
🐝🐝🐝.5
This book is somewhat based on Japanese/Korean folklore, if I’m not mistaken. I enjoyed the world-building of Nackwon. I just felt that some parts were anti-climatic. I don’t know if it’s because it is a middle-grade book or that’s just how Ellen writes. There’s so much potential in this book.
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The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu
🐝🐝🐝🐝
Historical fiction is not my thing, but Marie Lu’s books are. This book is about the Nannerl, the sister of Amadeus Wolfgang Mozart, and Mozart himself as they explore the Kingdom of Back. It also explored the problem of gender inequality during the old days.
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The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
🐝🐝🐝🐝.5
I heavily recommend this to anyone since this book is an eye-opener on what’s happening in our society. It delves deeper into the topic of racism and explores the fucked-up system that makes oppressed people more oppressed. However, the writing style is sometimes an issue for me.
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Aurora Burning by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝
This book got me all kinds of feelings. The chemistry of Squad 312 is better than ever. I enjoyed Saedii’s character. I hope we see more of her. I mean, who doesn’t love a psycho-bitch??!! And have you seen that cover, Kal is so good-looking?!?! Another fictional boyfriend!
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Tweet Cute by Emma Lord
🐝🐝🐝
It can be one of those trashy YA romance that we can all love. The story was a little bit unrealistic. Like, if a big fast-food restaurant chain plagiarizes a recipe from another restaurant, I’m sure we’re talking about a lawsuit. I really hated the Twitter part of the book. But overall, kinda okay.
Link to my review || Add the book on Goodreads!
Killing November by Adriana Mather
🐝🐝🐝🐝
A fast-paced spy fiction that shows the “adventures” of November while she’s in an elite assassin boarding school. November is sometimes irritating and the italicized info dumps are sometimes too much.
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Hunting November by Adriana Mather
🐝🐝🐝.5
This is the sequel to Killing November. I did not enjoy the second installment of the series. I was a little bit disappointed since it is more like Bourne Identity kind of thing. November is not as irritating as before but then there are still info dumps. What I really like is November & Ash scenes. I ship them!
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The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams
🐝🐝🐝🐝.5
After I read some books with a heavy plot, this book is, indeed, a very refreshing read. The idea behind the plot was very unique: a bookclub full of men reading romance books to help them save their marriages or relationships. Gavin was so helplessly cute; Thea, not so much.
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Browsing on Other’s Blogs
Since I don’t have any post the past week, I’d just share some of my favorite blog posts from amazing book bloggers that I’ve enjoyed while in a hospital bed. Links are on the blog post featured images. Featured images are lifted from their original blog posts.
Kirstie from Upside Down Books shares us some of the upcoming releases this month that are worth buying. After reading this blog post, guess what, I ordered at least all of the books in the list. Some of the books might be up your alley so check the list out!
I’ve been meaning to incorporate a reading journal in my bullet journal. This post of Emma from Never Judge a Book by Its Cover motivated me more in having a reading journal. Having a reading journal would be helpful in the long run, fellow bookworms.
This post of Beth from Me and Ink was lots of fun—If Hufflepuffs rules the world what would it look like? As someone with Ravenclaw sun and Slytherin rising, I was curious about what would the world be like if Ravenclaw and/or Slytherin ruled the world.
Day6 just released their new album and a music video of Zombie!!! As a person with depression and bipolar disorder, Zombie really resonated with me. I’ve listened to the album non-stop. Just go listen to the album and/or watch Zombie on Youtube. I feel so sad and soft listening to it. And another serving of sadness since Day6 can’t promote due to Sungjin and Jae’s anxiety. I just wanna hug all of them.
How was last week so far? Read some pretty good books?
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