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WWW Wednesday | 7/16/25

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?

Going to Vegas on Friday so I’ve been just getting things ready for my family to babysit my kiddos and our dog! Not looking forward to the weather in Vegas but I think we’ll be staying mostly indoors anyway. Looking forward to Lady Gaga!

What are you currently reading?

A Steeping of Blood by. Hafsah Faizal – 13%

The Executioners Three by. Susan Dennard – 2%

Roots of Darkness by. Demi Winters – 2%

Metal Slinger by. Rachel Schneider – 2%

What have you just finished reading?

The Wolf King by. Lauren Palphreyman– ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Night Prince by. Lauren Palphreyman – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

Once a Villain by. Vanessa Len – ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

What are you going to read next?

Heir of Storms by. Lauryn Hamilton Murray – where is my fairyloot book? It’s taking so long.

A Land So Wide by. Erin A. Craig

The Dating Prohibition by. Taj McCoy

Witch You Would by. Lia Amador

What are YOU reading right now?

Weekly Wrap Up | 7/13/25

Aloha friends!

Another week is over and here’s what happened:

+ Hubby and I are going to Las Vegas on this weekend, to catch Lady Gaga on Saturday. I think this is the first time we are leaving the kids behind together (usually one of us stays back or the kids come with us). So yes, I’m a little anxious over that and probably won’t stop worrying until I make it back home lol. But I’m excited to go to a concert – last concerts I went to in Hawaii was Backstreet Boys (they were amazing) and New Kids on the Block (and TLC was the opener!). Lady Gaga is on my concert bucket list. Beyonce is too and I had tickets but it’s for the following week and I told myself it was crazy to flight out 2 weekends for concerts. 😅 I regret I sold the tickets sigh…BUT that means I’m definitely going to her next concert for Act III – hoping it’s in 2027 so I can start saving NOW.

Blog Posts:

Books I Finished

Currently Reading:

Roots of Darkness by. Demi Winters

A Steeping of Blood by. Hafsah Faizal

Once a Villain by. Vanessa Len

The Night Prince by. Laura Palphreyman

Shows/Movies/Music I Watched/Listened To:

  • K-pop Demon Hunters – Soundtrack – music is sooooo good!
  • We Were Liars (Amazon Prime) – finally finished it and I was like OH YEAH that was the twist!! The twist is good but man was it a sad/dark show.
  • The Buccaneers (Apple TV+) – still going since I only get an episode a week.
  • Kesha (new album) – so good!

Why does this song make me think of all the red-flag MMC’s we all fall for in the books! LOL…

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!

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WWW Wednesday | 7/9/25

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?

How is everyone’s week going? It was a quiet 4th of July, I buckled down and FINALLY finished all my July arcs. 😅 I have only 2 more August arcs to read and then a whole bunch of September arcs. Will be glad to read non-arcs soon but honestly, a lot of the arcs I got I’m so grateful for and have been really good this year!

What are you currently reading?

A Steeping of Blood by. Hafsah Faizal – 13%

Once a Villain by. Vanessa Len – 1% just started

The Executioners Three by. Susan Dennard – just started

What have you just finished reading?

Wrath of Dragons by. Olivia Rose Darling – ⭐️⭐️⭐️

A Theory of Dreaming by. Ava Reid – ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

Soul of Shadow by. Emma Noyes – ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

Game On by. Ki Stephens – ⭐️⭐️⭐️

What are you going to read next?

Heir of Storms by. Lauryn Hamilton Murray – where is my fairyloot book? It’s taking so long.

Roots of Darkness by. Demi Winters

A Land So Wide by. Erin A. Craig

The Dating Prohibition by. Taj McCoy

Witch You Would by. Lia Amador

What are YOU reading right now?

Weekly Wrap Up | 7/6/25

Aloha friends!

Another week is over and here’s what happened:

+ I’m in my Labubu buying stage. I didn’t really want one but I wanted to get one for my daughter, since I didn’t know what else to buy her in South Korea as a souvenir. But I was out of luck when I went to Pop Mart there and then we tried looking at Pop Mart vending machines there and at Haneda airport and no luck. So when I came home, I felt like these bubus were haunting me because I couldn’t find one (and no I did not want to pay $75 for one – I wanted it retail price!) I was like, I’ll buy one on the Pop Mart app and went on tiktok to learn all the tricks of Labubu hunting 😅. The app was tedious and hard. It took me awhile to score one. But I scored them easier on the tiktok live US shop – it’s actually so much easier to buy it there. Anyway…my daughter has like 4 Labubus with more coming – Big Into Energy ones. 😂

She has Sisi, Ququ, Coca Cola, and Hehe. Her Coca Cola Labubu couldn’t put the red shirt on so my daughter gave it to Ququ and put a triangle on the shirt and I was like “press play?”. She said no, it’s YOUTUBE! 😅. Anyway, my best friend thinks they look scary and demonic (but her niece is obsessed so she’s buying an unopened one from me for her). I think they are cute! They remind me of Where the Wild Things Are – a book I loved reading to my son when he was young (apparently it scared him and he didn’t tell me until he was older 🫠).

+ My hubby and I have a trip to Las Vegas in 2 weeks! We’re going to see Lady Gaga in concert. I’m trying to figure out what things we can do in Vegas besides EAT and gamble? Any ideas? Last time I went with my friend was for a concert and again all we did was eat and gamble 😬. We aren’t really down for the nightlife – we are so boring, we sleep early at our age! One good thing is the hotels are so huge you have to walk a lot anyway so that’s good with all the eating.

Blog Posts:

Books I Finished

Currently Reading:

Wrath of the Dragons by. Olivia Rose Darling

Roots of Darkness by. Demi Winters

Game On by. Ki Stephens

A Steeping of Blood by. Hafsah Faizal

A Theory for Dreaming by. Ava Reid

Shows/Movies/Music I Watched/Listened To:

  • K-pop Demon Hunters (Netflix) – watched this 2 more times! I love the music.
  • We Were Liars (Amazon Prime) – kind of slow moving, but I’m still watching
  • The Buccaneers (Apple TV+) – still going since I only get an episode a week

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!

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WWW Wednesday | 7/2/25

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?

Where has June gone? I don’t think I’m ready for the second half of the year!

What are you currently reading?

Wrath of Dragons by. Olivia Rose Darling (Fear the Flames, #2) – 20% don’t know why this one is going too slowly for me.

Soul of Shadow by. Emma Noyes – 4%

A Steeping of Blood by. Hafsah Faizal – 8%

Once a Villain by. Vanessa Len – 1% just started

What have you just finished reading?

The Knight and the Moth by. Rachel Gillig – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

Tricks of Fortune by. Lina Chern – ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Of Flame and Fury by. Mikayla Bridge – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Homemade God by. Rachel Joyce – ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Bewitching by. Silvia Moreno-Garcia – ⭐️⭐️⭐️

What are you going to read next?

A Theory of Dreaming by. Ava Reid

Heir of Storms by. Lauryn Hamilton Murray (just waiting on my fairyloot copy but it might come in 2 weeks)

Roots of Darkness by. Demi Winters

The Executioners Three by. Susan Dennard

A Land So Wide by. Erin A. Craig

What are YOU reading right now?

Weekly Wrap Up | 6/29/25

Aloha friends!

Another week is over and here’s what happened:

+. Went to lunch with the whole family to celebrate my nephew turning 20!

+ Started to do some back to school shopping for my kids since they go back in August – summer is going by so fast for them.

Blog Posts:

Books I Finished

Currently Reading:

Wrath of the Dragons by. Olivia Rose Darling

Soul of Shadow by. Emma Noyes

Roots of Darkness by. Demi Winters

Shows/Movies/Music I Watched/Listened To:

  • K-pop Demon Hunters (Netflix) – why was the ending tragic?! Ugh. Loved the music!
  • We Were Liars (Amazon Prime) – trying to see if I remember anything of the story, since I have an arc of the sequel to read this year.
  • The Buccaneers (Apple TV+) – of course they only show one episode a week when I’m so used to binging shows. But I do love that I have something to look forward to and I enjoy this show!

Videos I Posted to Youtube:

My May monthly reading wrap up video which is SUPER late I know. There was just too much happening in May and June to put together a video, but I did it before June came to an end. 😅

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 | 6/25/25

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 been a chill week and I’m finally making headway into The Knight and the Moth! I probably would have been done with it if it was an ebook but with hardcovers I actually have to find daylight hours to sit and read it. But it’s summer and when I sit and read, my daughter likes to start talking to me 😅🥰. So many July releases are coming out soon and I think I have 6 July arcs to finish still! I had 19 arcs for July to finish. It was a little too much on top of the books I was borrowing from Libby and books I was buying. 🫠

What are you currently reading?

The Knight and the Moth by. Rachel Gillig – I’m at chapter 9! It’s good so far!

Wrath of Dragons by. Olivia Rose Darling (Fear the Flames, #2) – this is an arc and I’m 14% in. Haven’t made a dent in this one.

The Homemade God by. Rachel Joyce – 20% in – kind of not feeling this one but I’m pushing through

Tricks of Fortune by. Lina Chern – 17% in

Of Flame and Fury by. Mikayla Bridge – 25% – Phoenix racers – pretty cool!

Soul of Shadow by. Emma Noyes – 4%

What have you just finished reading?

Summer in the City by. Alex Aster – ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

You Between the Lines by. Katie Naymon– ⭐️⭐️⭐️

House of Hearts by. Skyla Arndt – ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

Warrior Princess Assassin – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

What are you going to read next?

This list hasn’t changed since I went on vacation! I will be getting to these soon!

A Theory of Dreaming by. Ava Reid

Heir of Storms by. Lauryn Hamilton Murray

The Bewitching by. Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Roots of Darkness by. Demi Winters

What are YOU reading right now?

Weekly Wrap Up | 6/22/25

Aloha friends!

Another week is over and here’s what happened:

+ This week went by kind of fast as I took the time to recover from my trip. Plus there are two kids to kind of entertain so we’ve been going out to the mall, hitting some arcades, and my daughter has all these art projects she wants to do so we’ve been working on that. My son is I think FINALLY kicking the remnants of the cold or virus he caught at the end of May. I’m bummed that he’s been congested for almost a whole month! He only has 7 more weeks of summer vacation left. It’s kind of crazy to think summer vacation is so short now.

+ I definitely miss being on vacation and having buffet breakfasts all week! 😅 Back to cooking for the family.

Blog Posts:

I didn’t post much this week it seems!

Books I Finished

Currently Reading:

Throne of Secrets by. Kerri Maniscalco

The Homemade God by. Rachel Joyce

Wrath of the Dragons by. Olivia Rose Darling

You Between the Lines by. Katie Naymon – audiobook

The Knight and the Moth by. Rachel Gillig

Shows/Movies/Music I Watched/Listened To:

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!

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WWW Wednesday | 6/18/25

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?

My trip to South Korea was AMAZING. I had so much fun, it felt too short but wow, it felt like a real vacation – only because vacationing with my kids and husband feels like I’m not on vacation haha, I’m still in caretaker mode…but this shopping tour with my sister was relaxing, even with all the walking we did because tours can be strenuous but it was good exercise for me. I needed that! We met some really fun retired ladies (I hope to be traveling like them when I’m their age!). It felt like I went outside and as the kids say today “touch grass”. 😅 It felt so nice to let my mind let go of responsibilities for a week. SIGH…take me back! I didn’t get much reading done (it was actually nice to take a break from that too), but I did manage to read one book on the trip.

What are you currently reading?

The Knight and the Moth by. Rachel Gillig – I will focus on this one this week.

Summer in the City by. Alex Aster – same reason as above

Wrath of Dragons by. Olivia Rose Darling (Fear the Flames, #2) – this is an arc and I’m 14% in.

The Homemade God by. Rachel Joyce – 20% in

Tricks of Fortune by. Lina Chern – 17% in

What have you just finished reading?

A Spell to Wake the Dead by. Nicole Lesperance – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Enigma by. RunYx – ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

A Magic Deep & Drowning by. Hester Fox – ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

Where the Library Hides by. Isabel Ibañez – ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 (audiobook I finished before vacation)

What are you going to read next?

This list hasn’t changed since I went on vacation! I will be getting to these soon!

A Theory of Dreaming by. Ava Reid

Soul of Shadow by. Emma Noyes

Heir of Storms by. Lauryn Hamilton Murray

The Bewitching by. Silvia Moreno-Garcia

What are YOU reading right now?

Weekly Wrap Up | 6/15/25

Aloha friends!

Another week is over and here’s what happened:

+ I had two Saturdays yesterday. I ended Saturday in Haneda International Airport in Tokyo, boarded our flight home at 9pm, Saturday. And landed in Hawaii at 9:45am, Saturday. So I was all messed up and dealing with jet-lag!

+ I was in Seoul, South Korea all week – and I LOVED it. What a fun tour group we had, a mix of retirees, families, some seniors (which was kind of hard on them with all the walking). But it was a great group!

  • Making our own Tal Masks (to ward of bad spirits/ghosts) at the Bukchon Art Center – made this one for my hubby! Then a walk through the neighborhood, it had lots of hills but loved the old traditional Korean houses.
  • DDP (Dongdaemun Design Plaza) – we had a chance to explore, while most of the group went shopping in the area.

  • Cheonggyecheon Stream – my sister and I at this really pretty stream.
  • Gyeongbok Palace – my sister and I again at the palace. It was a warm day, glad we brought our umbrellas for shade but wow did I sweat and my feet were killing me after this long day.
  • Girls in the Hanbok dresses at the palace! They looked so pretty!
  • After the a day of going to the stream, Gyeongbok Palace, the National Folk Museum and the Blue House and walking a LOT – we were all so hot and tired BUT we still had one more thing to do. We had a cooking class with Food & Culture Korea. The woman who runs this class, Ellie is the food styler for shows like Squid Game (Season 3), Pachinko on Apple TV and other K-drama shows. She is amazing, full of energy and so much fun! We learned to cook japchae (we cooked this) and bulgogi (we watched a demo). Everything was delicious and we got a copy of the recipes and a certificate with our names written in Korean on it.
  • For one of our free days on the tour, my sister and I booked us hair appointments at Juno Hair in Myeongdong (I think she says there are 3 of them in that area alone). We had a haircut at the scalp treatment which was over a fun and relaxing experience! Judy (@juno_judyy on instagram) my stylist was the sweetest. Then we did a LOT of shopping before m sister had a facial at Muse Clinic. I sat and waited with all our shopping bags. After dropping the bags off to the hotel we ended the day with dinner at bhc Chicken to eat some fried chicken and my sister had beer.
  • Our last free day we went back to Namdaemun Market (which is across from our hotel, the Courtyard by Marriott Seoul Namdaemun. We did our last minute shopping, but we also checked out the smaller palace up the street called Deoksugung. It was another day of a lot of walking but we ended the night with our last tour group farewell dinner which was a buffet.

It was such a great trip, and I definitely want to go back again to explore even more!

Blog Posts:

I didn’t post much this week it seems!

Books I Finished

A Spell to Wake the Dead by. Nicole Lesperance

Currently Reading:

A Magic Deep & Drowning by. Hester Fox

Throne of Secrets by. Kerri Maniscalco

The Homemade God by. Rachel Joyce

Wrath of the Dragons by. Olivia Rose Darling

Shows/Movies/Music I Watched/Listened To:

  • Movies I watched on the airplane:
    • Wicked
    • 27 Dresses
    • My Best Friend’s Wedding
    • Inception (but I fell asleep for parts of 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!

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