Aloha friends!

Another week is over and here’s what happened:

+ My kids have 4 weeks of school left! They are so excited. I am too only because I have two trips coming up – one being South Korean in the 2nd week of June with my older sister. Today we are going to our tour luncheon so I can finally find out our travel information!

+ We went to Shabbat service on Friday because it was led by the kids and my son was going to have speaking parts – which he needs and is good practice for his Bar Mitzvah next year (he is NOT looking forward to it 😅). Speaking of Bar Mitzvah – I have a party to plan for next year I guess! My daughter’s class did go up to do the candle blessing and a song so that was nice.

I hope you all have a great week!

Blog Posts:

• The Amalfi Curse by. Sarah Penner | ARC Review ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
• Books with the Word “Night” in the Title | TTT | Top Ten Tuesday | 4/29/25
• Top 5 Tuesday | Top 5 books set in Africa, Australia and New Zealand | 4/29/25
• The Twisted Throne by. Danielle L. Jensen| Book Review ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
• WWW Wednesday | 4/30/25
• BLOG TOUR} The Amalfi Curse by. Sarah Penner | Book Excerpt
• The Thrashers by. Julie Soto | ARC Review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
• Most Anticipated Book Releases | May 2025
• BLOG TOUR} Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by. Kylie Lee Baker | Book Excerpt

Books I Finished:

The Love Haters by. Katherine Center

Wandering Wild by. Lynette Noni

The Twisted Throne by. Danielle L. Jensen

Embrace the Serpent by. Sunya Mara

Nightshade by. Autumn Woods

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Currently Reading:

The Rivaled Crown by. Holly Renee

King of Envy by. Ana Huang

Smoke and Scar by. Gretchen Powell Fox

His Mortal Demise by. Vanessa Le

A Forgery of Fate by. Elizabeth Lim

Shows/Movies/Music I Watched/Listened To:

• Beyonce , Cowboy Carter concert on Tiktok (thank you to all for your service!!!!🥰)

Videos I Posted to Youtube:

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!

Instagram | Tiktok | Youtube

Aloha friends!

Another week is over and here’s what happened:

+ It was a weird week for my kids school schedule – my 12 year old had SBA testing for 2 days and ended school at 11am (lucky him!). Then my daughter had a waiver day on Friday so they both got a little bit of a break I’d say.

+ The Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders went live this week. I had my calendar as it being on Thursday but I had a brain fart and didn’t realize that meant it would go live earlier in Hawaii on Wednesday, at 6pm. I only realized this at 6:45pm when it was trending on Twitter, I was so mad at myself. It was pretty much sold out everywhere but I told my son we had a chance for Gamestop the next day. But while my hubby was on Best Buy’s site and in a queue waiting for 30 minutes, I decided to hop onto Best Buy on my laptop and I waited maybe 5 minutes before I got to order! 🙏🏽. Here I was freaking out and my son said he was never worried. Oh how nice for him! 😅 But I knew how bad he’s been wanting this Switch so I really wanted to get a pre-order for him. He paid for it with money saved up but yeah, my job was just to do the pre-order.

+ I was supposed to be on a book buying ban but I got invited to sign up for the YA box for Fairy Loot. I’ve never had a Fairy Loot subscription and honestly I have been eyeing all their books on bookstagram and had book envy. 😩 I actually wanted the adult book box but who knows how long I have to wait for that. If I get that then I’ll cancel the YA one. But yeah…books are getting me through this year – it’s like book therapy. 😅 So I’m excited, maybe I’ll cancel Kindle Unlimited? Maybe…only because I have so many arcs to read this year. UM nevermind, I came to my senses after seeing the cost of shipping SMH. I can buy 3 books with the price of that subscription box so I cancelled it. LOL😅

I hope you all have a great week!

Blog Posts:

• Goodreads Monday: One in a Million by. Beverley Kendall
• The Never List by. Jade Presley| Book Review ⭐️⭐️⭐️
• Books That Surprised Me | TTT | Top Ten Tuesday | 4/22/25
• Top 5 Tuesday | Top 5 books set in Asia | 4/22/25
• WWW Wednesday | 4/23/25
• The Floating World by. Axie Oh | ARC Review ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
• Let’s Talk Bookish:  Do Blog Tours Build Community? | 4/25/25
• Booked For Summer by. Kathryn Freeman | ARC Review ⭐️⭐️💫

Books I Finished:

The Never List by. Jade Presley

The Amalfi Curse by. Sarah Penner

Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by. Kylie Lee Baker

All Paths Lead to Paris by. Sabrina Fedel

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Currently Reading:

The Rivaled Crown by. Holly Renee

The Twisted Throne by. Danielle L. Jensen

Smoke and Scar by. Gretchen Powell Fox

Firebird by. Juliette Cross

His Mortal Demise by. Vanessa Le

Wandering Wild by. Lynette Noni

Shows/Movies/Music I Watched/Listened To:

• Some of the NFL Draft – not really invested but also had nothing else to watch.

Videos I Posted to Youtube:

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!

Instagram | Tiktok | Youtube

Aloha friends!

Another week is over and here’s what happened:

+ It was a short week for the kids which is nice. Didn’t do much except the usual stuff.

+Took my daughter to an Easter Egg Hunt yesterday nearby our house. Isn’t it sad when the kids get older? My son is too old for an egg hunt he says but I said, hey they did have a 9+ age group 😅 – he’s 12 and he’s not big on candy anyway but still. There were a lot of kids but it was a quick egg hunt! We used to hold the Easter Egg hunts at our house but now with the lack of street parking in my neighborhood it’s hard for our guests to find parking so we haven’t held an egg hunt since the pandemic I think.

+ Happy Easter to all that celebrate!

I hope you all have a great week!

Blog Posts:

• Goodreads Monday: Of Earthly Delights by. Moldy Goldavsky
• Top 5 Tuesday | Top 5 books set in Europe | 4/15/25
• WWW Wednesday | 4/16/25
• Murder Between Friends by. Liz Lawson | ARC Review ⭐️⭐️⭐️
• Let’s Talk Bookish:  Favourite Bookish Accessories | 4/18/25
• Deep End by. Ali Hazelwood | Book Review ⭐️⭐️⭐️
• Nightweaver by. R.M. Gray | Book Review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Books I Finished:

Silvercloak by. L.K. Steven

Deep End by. Ali Hazelwood

Nightweaver by. R.M. Gray

The Floating World by. Axie Oh

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Currently Reading:

The Rivaled Crown by. Holly Renee

Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by. Kylie Lee Baker

The Amalfi Curse by. Sarah Penner

Firebird by. Juliette Cross

His Mortal Demise by. Vanessa Le

The Never List by. Jade Presley

Shows/Movies/Music I Watched/Listened To:

• Coachella – Ed Sheeran was there on the Saturday set list and I enjoyed it!

Videos I Posted to Youtube:

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!

Instagram | Tiktok | Youtube

Aloha friends!

Another week is over and here’s what happened:

+ Did nothing too special this week – just the usual, cook, clean, blog, take care of the kids and run errands. Took my son to his piano lesson yesterday. I’ll be missing his piano recital in June because that’s when I fly out to South Korea but at least his dad is here now to take him.

+ I’m happy this is a short week, kids have Good Friday off.

I hope you all have a great week!

Blog Posts:

• Goodreads Monday: The Thrashers by. Julie Soto
• Books with Springy Covers | TTT | Top Ten Tuesday | 4/8/25
• Top 5 Tuesday | Top 5 books set in America | 4/8/25
• Pride or Die by. CL Montblanc | ARC Review ⭐️⭐️⭐️
• BLOG TOUR} Their Monstrous Hearts by. Yiğit Turhan | Book Excerpt
• Sunrise on the Reaping by. Suzanne Collins | Book Review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
• Let’s Talk Bookish:  Do You Buy Books with Intention? | 4/11/25
• The Design of Us by. Sajni Patel | Book Review ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
• Birthstone Book Covers: April – Diamond
• Phantasma by. Kaylie Smith | Book Review ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

Books I Finished:

Sunrise on the Reaping by. Suzanne Collins

Phantasma by. Kaylie Smith

Rose in Chains by. Julie Soto

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Currently Reading:

The Rivaled Crown by. Holly Renee

The Floating World by. Axie Oh

Silvercloak by. L.K. Steven

Shows/Movies/Music I Watched/Listened To:

• I’m going to see Lady Gaga in July so I definitely had to watch her Coachella set on youtube! It was AMAZING. 🤯. The theatrics, the stage, the drama, her vocals….I was blown away.
• I also watched these Coachella sets or some parts of it:
  • Djo (parts of their set) – caught that song I love “End of Beginning”, but I enjoyed some of their other songs I didn’t know.
  • LISA (full set) – she did so good for her Solo show!
  • Benson Boone (parts of his set) – he has an amazing voice
  • Missy Elliot (parts of her set) – her set reminded me of my clubbing days 😅
  • Weezer (parts of their set) – takes me back to my teen years also, mostly college days! 😭
  • Jimmy Eat World (was going back from Weezer and them, but mostly Weezer) – caught my favorite song from them at the end!
  • Charli xcx (full set) – SO GOOD, wish I could have gone to see her on tour to dance my ass off.
  • ENHYPEN (part of their set) – wanted to see who they were, but then realized I know a few songs of theirs because of the kpop radio station! I could hear the girls in the crowd screaming so loud.
  • Green Day (full set) – man did they take me back to my teenage years! 😭 That band raised me. They rocked that stage and still have so much energy!
• Hoping to watch today on Coachella:
  • JENNIE
  • beabadobee

Videos I Posted to Youtube:

Just a fun little video of my making bookstagram photos (which I hardly post these days 🫠 and mostly because I forget to do it)…

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!

Aloha friends!

Another week is over and here’s what happened:

+ Well…what a week right? More stress and anxiety about the USA economy? Sigh…we can’t have a week without chaos. My son was so excited about the Nintendo Switch 2 and now pre-orders will be delayed because of the economic situation happening with the tariffs. He was on an emotional roller coaster – like he was so excited, and then now he’s nervous about how much it will cost. 🫠

+ I did manage to score Lady Gaga tickets for Vegas in July. And let me tell you I was hesitating so bad to buy them because of the uncertainty with our economy. They weren’t face-value tickets, but ticketmaster resale since that was all that was left but it wasn’t horrible because it is Lady Gaga and my hubby and I have wanted to see her forever. I just cannot believe how much tickets go for now and I’ve been going to concerts for 2 decades. I mean I even saw Michael Jackson and I had to call on the phone to ticketmaster to get those tickets LOL…I feel so old. Those tickets were cheaper than these but it was a different time! A very cheaper/affordable time. Fees are so ridiculous now smh…I’m supposed to be ecstatic I’m going but I feel anxious – like what will things be like in July? Will we be struggling with HIGHER inflation – how much more can we be squeezed?

+ Speaking of Vegas – before that I’m going to South Korea in June! That’s only 2 months away and I don’t feel like I’m excited for that one either because of everything happening. 😦 I’ll probably get more excited when we go to our tour luncheon next month to meet all the other people in the group and when we finally get our plane tickets etc…

I hope you all have a great week!

Blog Posts:

• Goodreads Monday: Summer in the City by. Alex Aster
• April 2025 New Book Releases
• Books With “Fool” in the Title | TTT | Top Ten Tuesday | 4/1/25
• Top 5 Tuesday | Top 5 anticipated reads for Q2 2025 | 4/1/25
• WWW Wednesday | 4/2/25
• Beg, Borrow, or Steal by. Sarah Adams | Book Review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
• All the Stars Align by. Gretchen Schreiber | ARC Review ⭐️⭐️⭐️
• Monthly Wrap Up and Reading Journal Update | March 2025
• Let’s Talk Bookish:  Reading Relatability | 4/4/25
• The Frozen River by. Ariel Lawhon | Book Review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Books I Finished:

The Frozen River by. Ariel Lawhon

Their Monstrous Hearts by. Yiğit Turhan

Murder Between Friends by. Liz Lawson

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Currently Reading:

Sunrise on the Reaping by. Suzanne Collins

The Rivaled Crown by. Holly Renee

The Floating World by. Axie Oh

Phantasma by. Kaylie Smith

Love Spells Trouble by. Nia Davenport

Shows/Movies/Music I Watched/Listened To:

• Kids wanted to watch A Minecraft Movie – so we went to watch it! I found it hilarious – definitely a movie that is silly but honestly it was nice to watch something and not think too hard.

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!