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WWW Wednesday | 12/25/24

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?

Merry Christmas to everyone who celebrate! My kiddos were excited this morning of course and for lunch they are going to open more present at their grandparents’ house. And also it’s Hanukkah and we also celebrate that so…

It’s why my daughter loves December and January. She’s got Hanukkah, Christmas and her birthday lol. And my wallet is like…😩. Also my energy is like 🫠. But I did read some books – woohoo!

What are you currently reading?

Unhallowed Halls by. Lili Wilkinson – 6%

Breath of the Dragon by. Fonda Lee and Shannon Lee (arc) – 10%

Nature of Frost by. Jus Accardo (arc) – 7% – I just found out this is a sequel and I never read book one! 🫠. Where is my brain? sigh…

What have you just finished reading?

What are you going to read next?

What are you reading right now?

Weekly Wrap Up | 12/22/24

Aloha friends!

It was a long week at school for the kiddos and we can’t wait for winter break which starts this Saturday! Are you all feeling in the Christmas spirit at all? It’s still warm here so for me, I feel like it isn’t the holidays at all.

I’m gonna try make some Christmas cookies for a Christmas eve party we got invited too. Maybe that will put me in the spirit!

Anyway, I hope you all have a great week!

Blog Posts:

Books I Read:

  • The Lotus Shoes by. Jane Yang

Currently Reading:

  • Lies on the Serpent’s Tongue by. Kate Pearsall
  • North is the Night by. Emily Rath
  • Breath of the Dragon by. Shannon Lee & Fonda Lee

Shows/Movies/Music I Watched/Listened To:

  • Football

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!

WWW Wednesday | 12/18/24

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?

There is one week until Christmas! Are you ready? (if you celebrate). I am but also we have Hanukkah in our house so my kids love the holidays – they get a bunch of presents lol. Then it’s my daughter’s birthday the following week, so she REALLY loves the holidays! I did finish a few books and am still working on some arcs but I’m all about easy reads right now and not so many heavy world-building fantasy books.

What are you currently reading?

The Lotus Shoes by. Jane Yang (arc) – 24%, I need to finish this one because I’m on the blog tour.

Lies on the Serpents Tongue by. Kate Purcell (arc) – 5%

Unhallowed Halls by. Lili Wilkinson – 6%

What have you just finished reading?

What are you going to read next?

What are you reading right now?

Weekly Wrap Up | 12/15/24

Aloha friends!

It’s been a long week. My son had his piano recital and did well. I had to drive my hubby around to get his car fixed. It was a long week at school for the kiddos and we can’t wait for winter break which starts this Saturday! Are you all feeling in the Christmas spirit at all? It’s still warm here so for me, I feel like it isn’t the holidays at all.

Anyway, I hope you all have a great week!

Blog Posts:

Books I Read:

  • Not Here to Be Liked by. Michelle Quach
  • A Song to Drown Rivers by. Ann Liang
  • Get Lost with You by. Sophie Sullivan
  • Blood of the Gods by. Sapir A. Englard
  • The Girl Most Likely To by. Julie Tieu

Currently Reading:

  • The Lotus Shoes by. Jane Yang
  • Breath of the Dragon by. Shannon Lee & Fonda Lee

Shows/Movies/Music I Watched/Listened To:

  • Listened to GNX by Kendrick Lamar
  • Listened to Rosie by. Rosé
  • Watched Football
  • It Ends With Us (Netflix) – this was okay, I read the story years ago so I went into this with fresh eyes, but it was just okay.

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!

WWW Wednesday | 12/11/24

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-week and I am tired. It was a very busy weekend and I did get some reading done. My arcs are going a bit slowly though. I’ve been picking up some books on KU, I needed something easy/smutty/dark to read lol…so I picked up Cloak of the Vampire and I read it in one day. I’m reading book two and I’m almost done.

What are you currently reading?

The Lotus Shoes by. Jane Yang (arc) – 10%

Lies on the Serpents Tongue by. Kate Purcell (arc) – 5%

A Song to Drown Rivers by. Ann Liang (KU) – 11%

Blood of the Gods by. Sapir A. England (KU) – 55%

What have you just finished reading?

What are you going to read next?

What are you reading right now?

Weekly Wrap Up | 12/8/24

Aloha friends!

I survived the week! My hubby came home yesterday morning – I cannot believe two years have gone by that quick. I feel like we saw him every 4 months so it wasn’t too bad. Being a single parent was exhausting enough that the days went super quick. We need to wait for some of his new furniture (furniture that he got in Okinawa that we are replacing some of our older furniture with) but it’s been a bunch of unpacking and organizing. Kids love that they have another parent to bother again though and I love it! I can get some quiet, unbothered time!

Today is my son’s holiday piano recital and the first one that my hubby gets to watch so it will be great! Then he has a break from piano for a month for winter break. Kids have 2 more weeks of school until winter break – so they are really looking forward to that! Can you believe 2025 is just around the corner?! I can’t…

Anyway, I hope you all have a great week!

Blog Posts:

Books I Read:

  • The Darkness Within Us by. Tricia Levenseller

Currently Reading:

  • Get Lost with You by. Sophie Sullivan
  • A Song to Drown Rivers by. Ann Liang

Shows/Movies/Music I Watched/Listened To:

  • Listened to GNX by Kendrick Lamar – LOVE this album! It’s on repeat, can’t wait for his Superbowl Halftime show.
  • Listened to Rosie by. Rosé – such a great album, no skips!
  • Watched Football

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!

WWW Wednesday | 12/4/24

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?

I haven’t been reading much because it was Thanksgiving weekend and I wanted to just chill! My hubby comes back this Saturday so that’s exciting and my son has a recital on Sunday (he caught a cold so hoping it’s better by then). I’m 99% done with my Christmas shopping – still getting some gifts for my daughter’s birthday since it’s in the first week of January. But yeah…I feel like I have no motivation to really read right now? But I’ll be working on some January arcs because I have to!

What are you currently reading?

The Lotus Shoes by. Jane Yang (arc) – 1% just started this one

Lies on the Serpents Tongue by. Kate Purcell (arc) – 3% just started!

Get Lost with You by. Sophie Sullivan (arc) – 3%

What have you just finished reading?

What are you going to read next?

What are you reading right now?

Weekly Wrap Up | 12/1/24

Aloha friends!

Well we got through it! Thanksgiving lunch at my mom’s was nice. I made green bean casserole, corn bread, and pistachio cake. I also bought pumpkin crunch and custard pie. There’s only three of us that really eat turkey so since my hubby isn’t here and he was one of the three, we opted for Popeyes fried chicken instead. And since I’m Filipino my mom made lumpia, pancit and pinakbet (a veggie dish). My dad cooked some steak so my tummy was happy! We (me, my bro in law, and son) had an intense game of Monopoly because my son is so competitive. I think it lasted 2 hours before I had to call it done because my daughter wanted to go home lol. On “Black Friday” we just hung out at home because I’m not doing all that anymore lol…and we don’t have any piano lessons or Sunday school this weekend so it was a real break from everything which is so nice.

Anyway, I hope you all have a great week!

Blog Posts:

Books I Read:

  • What the Woods Took by. Courtney Gould
  • Bloodguard by. Cecy Robson

Currently Reading:

  • The Darkness Within Us by. Tricia Levenseller

Shows/Movies/Music I Watched/Listened To:

  • Watched NFL – football
  • Watched Our Little Secret on Netflix – the one with Lindsay Lohan. I thought it was over a fun movie, but I felt like it lacked in the romance department. It’s a second-chance romance but I felt no chemistry between the two characters.
  • Watched Dash & Lily on Netflix – I watch this once a year it seems. I love it! I just love how it’s set in New York City and starts at a bookstore.
  • Listened to Wicked Soundtrack – love it! I really need to go watch this movie. Just don’t know if I should wait until my hubby comes back so we can watch it together.
  • Listened to Number One Girl by Rosé

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!

WWW Wednesday | 11/27/24

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?

I lost track of the days and only realized this is the last week of November. 🤯. So I’ll have to be doing a monthly wrap-up soon and I’m trying to make sure I just get all the arcs I have left for this year – done! Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and we will be going to my parents house as usual. My kids have a 4 day weekend from school, piano and Sunday school so it will be nice to just chill at home, sleep in, etc…I already put up the tree and am done with 90% of my Christmas shopping so I hope this means I will have time to just chill in December. We shall see…anyway, I did get some reading done!

What are you currently reading?

What the Woods Took by. Courtney Gould (arc) – 45%

The Lotus Shoes by. Jane Yang (arc) – 1% just started this one

What have you just finished reading?

What are you going to read next?

I’m sure I’ll throw in some Kindle Unlimited books during the week – I’m trying to get my money’s worth haha. So maybe there will be one or two I can find to read next.

What are you reading right now?

Weekly Wrap Up | 11/24/24

Aloha friends!

It was a long weekend that continued into a long week but it is what it is. I did most of my Christmas shopping this weekend – YAY! Just a few more to go, but those are gift cards. I even had enough motivation to put up the tree. I actually had to buy a new tree, because our old one was not looking fluffy anymore haha. I got one at 50% at Target and it’s pre-lit! We love it.

Anyway, I hope you all have a great week!

Blog Posts:

Books I Read:

  • Hate Mail by. Donna Marchetti
  • The Starlight Heir by. Amalie Howard
  • The Half King by. Melissa Landers

Currently Reading:

  • What the Woods Took by. Courtney Gould
  • Bloodguard by. Cecy Robson

Shows/Movies/Music I Watched/Listened To:

  • NFL – football
  • Oppenheimer (Prime Video) – I finally watched this one and it was a little long, but I can see why Cillian Murphy won an Oscar. I love Christopher Nolan movies.
  • How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (Prime Video) – I have been looking for something cute and funny to watch and Netflix had nothing so I found this on Prime! I love this movie!
  • The Ugly Truth (Prime Video) – I guess I’m in a rom-com phase? I forgot how funny this one is also.

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!