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Weekly Wrap Up | 12/14/25

Aloha friends!

Another week is over and here’s what happened:

+ It was a busy week – I had to get Xmas gifts, send some of them, and my daughter had her annual school songfest.

+ Happy Hanukkah to all who celebrate. We had hard rain and flood advisories today so my hubby made the decision not to take the kids to temple in town for the Hanukkah party, which was a good idea since there was flooding and a lot of car accidents. Instead I went to buy jelly doughnuts, we we watched football while my daughter and I made sugar cookies, and then my son and I made the latkes he made for the latke contest at temple last week. I love his recipe! It had dill and chili powder. I was so proud to see him actually cooking it also! 😅 (he NEVER cooks). It was tiring but fun!

Blog Posts:

Books I Finished

Currently Reading:

Song of the Stars by. Kaiti Mills

My Blade, Your Back by. K.M. Moronova

The Book of Blood & Roses by. Annie Summerlee

Shows/Movies/Music I Watched/Listened To:

  • Football
  • Mouline Rouge (Netflix)
  • Dirty Dancing (Neflix)

How was your week? Did you get a lot done? Watch anything good? Read any amazing books or books you didn’t finish? What are you reading?…Leave me a comment below!

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WWW Wednesday | 12/10/25

WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam over on Taking on a World of Words.

The idea is pretty simple, every week you dedicate a post to the three W’s:

What are you currently reading?

What have you just finished reading?

What are you going to read next?

It was a busy weekend, which I thought led into an okay Monday, I did have stuff to do but I got a lot of reading done. Then yesterday was busy like I didn’t expect 😩 it’s that holiday “spirit” – busyness 😅.

BTW I am having fantasy fatigue I think – I was reading two books at the same time and both books had a side character named Kole, both were set in academia, both had magic – it’s all starting to blend. 🫠 Which means I need more palate cleansers! Please leave me any recs below that isn’t Fantasy or Dark Academia! lol

What are you currently reading?

Graceless Heart by. Isabel Ibañez – 1% no progress but will get to this probably this weekend?

Stolen Midnights by. Katherine Quinn – 8% no progress

Dawn in Ruins by. Magda Mizzi – 1% I was gifted this by the author but I’m kind of not in the mood to read a covid/dystopian book. I’ll try it again after Christmas.

Seven Deadly Thorns by. Amber Hamilton – 185/388 – this one is fun! I hope to finish by this weekend or earlier.

Song of the Stars by. Kaiti Mills – 42% – she’s an indie author and I saw her book on tiktok so I wanted to try it. It is very magical and kind of a cozy fantasy right now, so a bit too slow moving for me even though the characters are on a quest.

Mate by. Ali Hazelwood – 4% – but I think I’m going to return, not because I don’t like it, I just started, but I think I’ll be getting the audiobook in a few weeks and I could finish it faster that way.

The Book of Blood and Roses by. Annie Summerlee – 21%

What have you just finished reading?

Smoke and Scar by. Gretchen Powell Fox – ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

Oxford Blood by. Rachael Davis Featherstone – ⭐️⭐️⭐️

We’re a Bad Idea, Right? – ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

The Swan’s Daughter by. Roshani Chokshi – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (ALC)

Wings of Ash & Flame by. Jocelyn Bleu – ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

What are you going to read next?

Fallen Gods by. Rachel Van Dyken

Songbird of the Sorrows by. Braidee Otto

Dawn of the North by. Demi Winter

What are YOU reading right now?

Weekly Wrap Up | 12/7/25

Aloha friends!

Another week is over and here’s what happened:

+ I think I forgot to post a weekly recap last week! So just quick, last weekend was Thanksgiving weekend and we went over to my mom’s house for a Thanksgiving lunch. No one really loves Turkey so we did other foods, but it was fun as always and nice to be around family.

+ My hubby came back last weekend also – he got the keys to the house in Japan, met the neighbor who is a really nice older man who lives with his sister (I think they are both single?), but they took my hubby to the hardware store and to a piano recital and dinner. My hubby came home and said he would love to go back in March and take our son for spring break. We can’t all go because the price of tickets during spring break is ridiculous. Just for the two of them was a lot – so we have to plan a family trip in 2027. We have enough going on in 2026! I might have to back on the book buying ban because we have trips to plan!

+ My son’s piano recital was yesterday and that was great. He practices two months out so we’ve been hearing his Christmas piano piece since October! 😅

+ My kids have two of school until Winter Break! Yay! It’s a busy month for us.

Blog Posts:

Books I Finished

  • A Vow of Shadow and Blood by. Charlene Antrobus
  • We’ve Hit Turbulence by. Jessica L. Cozzi
  • Your Knife, My Heart by. K.M. Moronova
  • The Ragpicker King by. Cassandra Clare
  • Hollow by. Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti
  • A Dance with Waves and Flames by. M.B. Reese
  • Oxford Blood by. Rachael Davis-Featherstone
  • We Who Have No Gods by. Liza Anderson
  • We’re a Bad Idea Right? by. K.L. Walther
  • Smoke and Scar by. Gretchen Powell Fox

Currently Reading:

Song of the Stars by. Kaiti Mills

Mate by. Ali Hazelwood

The Swan’s Daughter by. Roshani Chokshi (audiobook)

Dawn in Ruins by. Magda Mizzi

Seven Deadly Thorns by. Amber Hamilton

Shows/Movies/Music I Watched/Listened To:

  • Football
  • Stranger Things (Netflix) – Season 5, Part one – so good!
  • Sean Combs: The Reckoning (Netflix) – 😒
  • Christmas songs!

How was your week? Did you get a lot done? Watch anything good? Read any amazing books or books you didn’t finish? What are you reading?…Leave me a comment below!

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WWW Wednesday | 12/3/25

WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam over on Taking on a World of Words.

The idea is pretty simple, every week you dedicate a post to the three W’s:

What are you currently reading?

What have you just finished reading?

What are you going to read next?

Happy December! I’m trying to catch up as much reading as I can and trying to stay ahead of my arcs, woohoo! So far, I’ve been doing good and almost finished with January arcs and will be starting on February arcs. I can’t believe I’ve been on top of it!😅.

I think because I’m ahead of my arcs, I have been reaching for anything and everything on Kindle Unlimited that I’ve been wanting to read. Or just new titles I’ve been seeing here and there on socials or just looking on Amazon. I like that I have this “free” time to read. I really should also tackle my hardcover books but I only have 2 that I haven’t read yet.

What are you currently reading?

Graceless Heart by. Isabel Ibañez – 1%

Stolen Midnights by. Katherine Quinn – 8%

Smoke and Scar by. Gretchen Powell Fox – 52 %

Dawn in Ruins by. Magda Mizzi – 1%

Oxford Blood by. Rachael Davis Featherstone – 3%

What have you just finished reading?

Sword Catcher by. Cassandra Clare – ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

A Dance with Waves and Flames by. M.B. Reese – ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Hollow by. Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti ⭐️⭐️⭐️

We’ve Hit Turbulence by. Jessica L. Cozzi – ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

Your Knife, My Heart by. K.M. Moronova – ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

The Ragpicker King by. Cassandra Clare – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

A Vow of Shadow and Blood by. Charlene Antrobus – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

What are you going to read next?

The Book of Blood and Roses by. Annie Summerlee

Fallen Gods by. Rachel Van Dyken

Song of the Stars by. Kaiti Mills

Songbird of the Sorrows by. Braidee Otto

Dawn of the North by. Demi Winter

What are YOU reading right now?

WWW Wednesday | 11/26/25

WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam over on Taking on a World of Words.

The idea is pretty simple, every week you dedicate a post to the three W’s:

What are you currently reading?

What have you just finished reading?

What are you going to read next?

It’s Thanksgiving tomorrow so Happy Thanksgiving to all those who celebrate! I got asked to read some books from a few indie authors and since I have time in my schedule (done with my December arcs yay!), I’m going to give these a try. I might even be done with my January arcs soon! I did tell myself not to go overboard on NetGalley for 2026 so let’s see if I can stick to that goal.

What are you currently reading?

Never Ever After by. Sue Lynn Tan – chapter one, no progress

Graceless Heart by. Isabel Ibañez – 1%

Stolen Midnights by. Katherine Quinn – 8%

Smoke and Scar by. Gretchen Powell Fox – 29%

Sword Catcher by. Cassandra Clare – 70% – audiobook

A Dance with Waves and Flames by. M.B. Reese – 12%

Dawn in Ruins by. Magda Mizzi – 1%

What have you just finished reading?

The Ordeals by. Rachel Greenlaw ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

All We Once Had by. Katy Upperman ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

Brimstone by. Callie Stone ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

Drive Me Crazy by. Lizzy Dent ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

We Who Have No Gods by. Liza Anderson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

What are you going to read next?

Three Shattered Souls by. Mai Corland

Oxford Blood by. Rachel Davis Feathersone

We’ve Hit Turbulence by. Jessica L. Cozzi

The Book of Blood and Roses by. Annie Summerlee

What are YOU reading right now?

Weekly Wrap Up | 11/23/25

Aloha friends!

Another week is over and here’s what happened:

+ The week went by quick! I got a lot of reading done despite being totally focused on Brimstone by. Callie Hart. I had the need to go read some contemporary books because I think I’ve had enough of fantasy for right now. I’ll be back to it again this week, but I needed like 2-3 days reading contemporaries and that helped me knock off some arcs I have for January and February.

+ My hubby went to Japan yesterday, to get the keys to the house – he’s going to furnish it, etc… and my son at the last minute told me he had a gaming tournament at school. So I had to rearrange some schedules and be uber driver. I’m taking my kids to temple for Sunday school today since my hubby isn’t here and I’m wondering what else I can do in town. I can go to the bookstore but Barnes and Noble is expensive and I already bought books in the Book Outlet sale. 😅. Maybe I’ll just wait for them and read.

Blog Posts:

Books I Finished

Currently Reading:

Our Vicious Oaths by. N.E. Davenport

Drive Me Crazy by. Lizzy Dent

Smoke and Scar by. Gretchen Powell Fox

Sword Catcher by. Cassandra Clare – audiobook

Shows/Movies/Music I Watched/Listened To:

  • Football
  • Nobody Wants This (Season 2) – Netflix – it’s such a funny and cute show!
  • LUX by Rosalia is on repeat!!
  • Chains of Love – Charli XCX – on repeat

How was your week? Did you get a lot done? Watch anything good? Read any amazing books or books you didn’t finish? What are you reading?…Leave me a comment below!

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WWW Wednesday | 11/19/25

WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam over on Taking on a World of Words.

The idea is pretty simple, every week you dedicate a post to the three W’s:

What are you currently reading?

What have you just finished reading?

What are you going to read next?

It’s Brimstone week! And that’s all I’ve been reading since it released. 🤭

I think everyone is counting down to Thanksgiving Break – or is that me? I don’t know why but lately it’s just so hard waking up when it’s still dark out. Yet I’ve been doing that like clockwork for awhile now. I don’t know why this year it feels harder to wake up – I just wanna sleep in. 😅

What are you currently reading?

Vesselless by. Cortney L. Winn – I’m DNF’ing this one, I’m just not invested. Maybe I’ll try it again in a few months.

Never Ever After by. Sue Lynn Tan – chapter one, no progress

The Ordeals by. Rachel Greenlaw – 175/368 – I just read hardcovers slower than ebooks! But hoping to finish this one by this weekend.

All We Once Had by. Katy Upperman – 13%

Graceless Heart by. Isabel Ibañez – 1%

Drive Me Crazy by. Lizzy Dent – 6%

Stolen Midnights by. Katherine Quinn – 8%

Brimstone by. Callie Stone

What have you just finished reading?

The Wolf and the Crown of Blood by. Elizabeth May ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

A Curse of Shadows and Ice by. Catharina Maura ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Courting of Bristol Keats by. Mary E. Pearson ⭐️⭐️⭐️

An Arcane Inheritance by. Kamilah Cole ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

What are you going to read next?

Three Shattered Souls by. Mai Corland

Oxford Blood by. Rachel Davis Feathersone

We’ve Hit Turbulence by. Jessica L. Cozzi

The Book of Blood and Roses by. Annie Summerlee

What are YOU reading right now?

Weekly Wrap Up | 11/16/25

Aloha friends!

Another week is over and here’s what happened:

+ I’ve read all my arcs for December so I actually have time to read books on the backlist or books that’s I’ve been eyeing on Kindle Unlimited, or books on my bookshelf that I haven’t touched yet! Whoohoo! Maybe I can even re-read some books. Imagine that! 😅🤭

+ My mom brought up maybe taking a trip to the Philippines in June 2026. Her mom, my one last grandparent still living, just made 103 years old. We had wanted to go this winter, but with everything happening and her getting her infusions for her cancer treatment, she wasn’t sure. But her last scan was so good, she has another tomorrow and hoping it’s good news and we can plan this trip so she can see her mom. I haven’t visited the Philippines since 2001!!!! So it’s long overdue and I want my kids to see where their grandparents are from.

Blog Posts:

Books I Finished

Currently Reading:

Our Vicious Oaths by. N.E. Davenport

The Ordeals by. Rachel Greenlaw

Drive Me Crazy by. Lizzy Dent

All We Once Had by. Katy Upperman

Shows/Movies/Music I Watched/Listened To:

  • Football
  • Nobody Wants This (Season 2) – Netflix – it’s such a funny and cute show!
  • LUX by Rosalia is on repeat!!
  • Chains of Love – Charli XCX – love it and can’t wait for the Wuthering Heights soundtrack

How was your week? Did you get a lot done? Watch anything good? Read any amazing books or books you didn’t finish? What are you reading?…Leave me a comment below!

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WWW Wednesday | 11/12/25

WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam over on Taking on a World of Words.

The idea is pretty simple, every week you dedicate a post to the three W’s:

What are you currently reading?

What have you just finished reading?

What are you going to read next?

It’s mid-November and I finally slowed down with reading because I don’t have as many arcs for December! So now I’m going to work on January arcs and hardcovers on my shelf, and some Kindle Unlimited books. It would be nice if my Libby holds would appear lol…now that I have time!

What are you currently reading?

Vesselless by. Cortney L. Winn – 5% little progress and I kind of wish I had the audiobook for this one.

Never Ever After by. Sue Lynn Tan – chapter one

The Ordeals by. Rachel Greenlaw – 145/368

Night Terror by. Vincent Ralph – 2%

What have you just finished reading?

I’ll Find You Where the Timeline Ends by. Kylie Lee Baker ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Uninvited by. Nancy Banks ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Trail Rides & Starry Eyes by. Katrina Emmel ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Persephone’s Curse by. Katrina Leno ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

Spark of the Everflame by. Penn Cole ⭐️⭐️💫

The Housemaid by. Freida McFadden ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Dead Fake by. Vincent Ralph ⭐️⭐️⭐️

What are you going to read next?

An Arcane Inheritance by. Kamilah Cole

Graceless Heart by. Isabel Ibañez

Drive Me Crazy by. Lizzy Dent

Three Shattered Souls by. Mai Corland

What are YOU reading right now?

Weekly Wrap Up | 11/9/25

Aloha friends!

Another week is over and here’s what happened:

+ It was my birthday week and all I wanted was a good election day (there was no election here in Hawaii) and wow, the results all over the country made my heart so happy so that was the best birthday gift ever.

+ But the government is still shutdown and my hubby has missed 2 paychecks…going on 3. We are dipping into savings – but I cannot believe this admin is saying no to jobs, no to feeding people, no to affordable healthcare but yes to building a ballroom? I cannot wait for midterms!

+ It’s a four day weekend for my kids and my hubby too. We’re gonna go have a belated birthday lunch or dinner for me.

Blog Posts:

Books I Finished

Currently Reading:

Vesselless by. Cortney L. Winn

Dead Fake by Vincent Ralph

Our Vicious Oaths by. N.E. Davenport

The Uninvited by. Nancy Banks

The Ordeals by. Rachel Greenlaw

Shows/Movies/Music I Watched/Listened To:

  • Football
  • Wicked: One Wonderful Night
  • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2025 – was only watching to see what Olivia Rodrigo would perform and wow Salt-N-Pepa got inducted in!!! Talk about bringing me back to my childhood – I grew up on their music. Their performance was so good! Olivia did amazing – I love the White Stripes. Twenty-One Pilots did amazing too! And OutKast getting inducted was awesome too – the music of my 20’s, I loved it! The Soundgarden tribute was amazing too – I still remembering being devastated when I heard Chris Cornell passed, Black Hole Sun was one of my favorite songs. The show was way too long and I was streaming it on youtube since we cancelled Disney+ – I wanted to see Cyndi Lauper – the music of my early childhood, of course lol but I had to do other things.

Music – Lux – Rosalia – I transcended when I listened to this!!! I LOVE IT. It’s definitely the kind of music that cleanses my music palate. I needed this. I even cried to Mio Cristo Piange Diamanti. I haven’t cried to music in forever….I grew up Catholic and I’ve had such a challenging relationship with it (mostly when I was young) and I’m at peace with it now, but it took so much growing. But one thing I always miss about going to mass…the music. Anyway, this album….does something to my soul. It’s on repeat!

Dunno if UMG will remove this video like it did with the last one but whatever…I love all the songs on the album, I can’t pick one right now! She sings in a few different languages on this album which is so AMAZING. I can’t understand any of the foreign languages, I know very little Spanish even though I took it in college but it was easier to practice in college because I went to school in Los Angeles and my Latina friends exposed me to so much music!! So I might have understood more back then but not now and it’s okay because this album makes me feel without having to understand what is being said.

How was your week? Did you get a lot done? Watch anything good? Read any amazing books or books you didn’t finish? What are you reading?…Leave me a comment below!

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