Tag: reading

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!

WWW Wednesday | 11/20/24

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 been a busy week so far! I had no time to read on Sunday and Monday because I was driving all over the place (uber mom and daughter status lol). I did manage to read at the end of last week but this week, not so much yet. I’m hoping to finish What the Woods Took and then maybe some of the Kindle Unlimited titles I borrowed yesterday, Hate Mail and The Half King. We’ll see if I can get to them!

What are you currently reading?

Bloodguard by. Cecy Robson (KU) – 3% – not much progress

What the Woods Took by. Courtney Gould (arc) – 31%

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?

What are you reading right now?

Weekly Wrap Up | 11/17/24

Aloha friends!

I got to eat lunch with my daughter at school on Wednesday because it’s National Lunch Week – and whew…the chaos of the cafeteria lol. It was nice to meet some of her classmates and see who was who. Other than that the week went by way too slowly I feel, even with our day off on Veteran’s day. I did get some Christmas gift wrapping done! Woohoo!

My hubby comes back in 3 weeks (hopefully, still needs to get his plane ticket) but we are excited! He does come back with some new furniture which means we have to get rid of things or move things around. But it’ll be nice to finally have him home.

Today I’m going to brunch with 2 friends I haven’t seen in awhile, so that will be nice!

And by the way WordPress gave me a notification congratulating me for 6 years on WordPress – WOW. 🤯. Thanks for sticking by me and reading my blog – I didn’t even realize 6 years has passed. I thought I was still on 4 or something like that lol.

I hope you all have a great week!

Blog Posts:

Books I Read:

  • Window Shopping by. Tessa Bailey
  • Dating and Dragons by. Kristy Boyce

Currently Reading:

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

Shows/Movies/Music I Watched/Listened To:

  • NFL – football
  • Nobody Wants This (Netflix) – I can’t wait for season 2!
  • Emilia Pérez (Netflix) – it’s a musical and I really enjoyed it! Zoe Saldana is amazing in 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!

WWW Wednesday | 11/13/24

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?

We are in mid-November and I’m in a slump but I don’t mind. I’m just trying to make it to the end of the year and it’s now the holidays so 🫠 here comes the rush! I’m definitely not in the holiday spirit yet – is it hot in your area still? Our weather feels like it’s shifting a little but it will get a tiny bit cold, some rain, then hot in the day – the ants who were bothering me this summer are still HERE. So annoying…anyway I hope you guys are experiencing some nice, cool, Fall weather!

What are you currently reading?

Dating and Dragons by. Kristy Boyce – 35% – some progress (arc)

Vilest Things by. Chloe Gong – 14% – not much progress (Libby)

Bloodguard by. Cecy Robson (KU) – 3% – not much progress

What the Woods Took by. Courtney Gould (arc) – 1% barely started it but I will be getting into it more

Last Fashion House in Paris by. Renee Ryan (arc) – 11%

What have you just finished reading?

What are you going to read next?

What are you reading right now?

Weekly Wrap Up | 11/10/24

Aloha friends!

My week started good because it was my birthday on Monday. I had a massage at the spa on Sunday and lunch afterwards with family. Then Tuesday hit (USA Election Day) and I experienced the 5 stages of grief in the span of a few days. It has sucked but I’m glad I’m not alone in my despair. I’m now in the mode of – to quote Taylor Swift “I think I’ve seen this film before…and I didn’t like the ending…”.

I hope you all have a great week!

Blog Posts:

Books I Read:

  • Is She Really Going Out with Him? by. Sophie Cousens

Currently Reading:

  • Vilest Things by. Chloe Gong
  • Window Shopping by. Tessa Bailey

Shows/Movies/Music I Watched/Listened To:

  • Nobody Wants This (Netflix) – my friend told me to watch this one and it’s pretty good so far!
  • The USA election…😒

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!