Book Blogger Hop: January 9th – 15th

This is from Billy of Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer

If you could have dinner with your favorite character, who would it be?

Jesus Christ! I have a lot. I can’t even begin to mentally list them all. Lol! Wait, I’ll go with Theron, the Prince Heir of Cordell from Snow Like Ashes of Sara Raasch. He’s all you need for a book boyfriend. I know a lot would agree with me. He’s a perfect gentleman. Sweet and always selfless. Not to mention, gorgeous. I tried looking for a fan art of him, but didn’t find any. Too bad. I would love to have a picnic dinner with him. Perhaps under the stars with fireflies flying by. Yay! That would be so romantic. Don’t you think? 😉

My Week in a Wrapped #15

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This is my first Sunday Post for 2015! Yay! Well, our New Year celebration was a blast. Spent it with the whole family again and it was a lot of fun. A lot of firecrackers, confetti, food, laughter and a whole lot of hugs and kisses from a lot of visiting relatives. Reunited with a bunch of childhood friends too since we spent the New Year’s eve at my parents’ place where I grow up. Partied till two in the morning and got up so late the following day. Lol! Also keeping my fingers crossed so I can keep my resolutions this year. How did you celebrate your New Year’s Eve? Was it fun and do you have any New Year’s Resolutions to keep too? I’ve also changed my blog’s header and background. How do you find it? 😀 Oh hey, I’ll keep this short for now since I’m off to buy a new mobile phone. I’m so excited!

Last Week On The Blog

• My Week in a Wrapped #14
• Teaser Tuesday #25: Imitation (Clone Chronicles #1)
• Waiting on Wednesday #31: The Sin Eater’s Daughter
• Currently Reading│Book Beginning : Princess of Thorns by Stacey Jay
• Book Blogger Hop: January 2nd – 8th
• Weekly Photo Challenge: New
• Book Review: Imitation (Clone Chronicles #1)
• Book Review: Deviation (Clone Chronicles #2)

Book Blogger Hop: January 2nd – 8th

This is from Billy of Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer

Question of the Week

What is your Blogger’s New Year’s Resolution?

My Answer:

When I’ve read the question for this week, I stared at my PC for I think five minutes before it registered. I’ve never thought about a Blogger’s New Year’s Resolution really. This is pretty tough ’cause I don’t want to go listing things then eventually forget about them. Perhaps I need them tattooed on my forehead. That would be pretty. Lol! Anyway, here are some things that I would probably NEED to do so here are my Blogger’s New Year’s Resolutions..
+ TRY to not hoard books and finish my unread ones first. (With TRY being all caps Ü)
+ Post book reviews right after reading it so I won’t be behind of schedule.
+ Visit my friends’ blogs more often (I’m feeling like an awful friend already. Lol!)
+ Participate to Reading Challenges (I’m really hoping I could do this!)
+ I think I need to have a Blog Make-over. (Don’t you think? Ü)

My Week in a Wrapped #14

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I was with the whole family to celebrate Christmas and it was so much fun. We spent Christmas morning with my family and the evening was spent with Hubby’s. We played games, exchanged gifts of course, had beers (Yes. BEERS. I was drunk. Lol) and sing the videoke. If you’re not familiar with videoke, well it’s pretty much the karaoke. Filipinos loves to sing FYI. 😀 I didn’t get the chance to pick up a book this Christmas week so I’m still not done with Imitation and I’m afraid I’ll be able to post my review for Deviation after its released date on the 30th. Oh well. How’s your Christmas celebration? And hey, this is also my chance of greeting you all a Happy New Year! 😀

Last Week On The Blog

• My Week in a Wrapped #13
• Teaser Tuesday #24: A Thousand Pieces of You (Firebird #1)
• Waiting on Wednesday #30: Invaded (Alienated #2)
• Currently Reading│Book Beginning : Deviation
  (Clone Chronicles #2) by Heather Hildenbrand
• Book Blogger Hop: December 26th – January 1st
• Weekly Photo Challenge: Warmth
• Book Review: A Thousand Pieces of You (Firebird #1) by Claudia Gray
• Reading Bingo│2014

Book Blogger Hop: December 26th – January 1st

This is from Billy of Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer

Question of the Week

Do you have a book with a location that you just HAD to visit after reading the book?

My Answer:

I have a lot of those moments. Especially when I’ve read the Harry Potter series and The Darker Shade of Magic. Both of the book’s location is in London and I really want to go there if given a chance. I want to visit London’s King Cross Station and check for platform 9 3/4. Perhaps to try if I could go through. Lol! That would be awesome. They even had it marked and they also put up a shop for tourists. A lot of awesome Harry Potter goodies. 😀

Photos are from Collider

As for A Darker Shade of Magic, I want to go to the River Thames which is the people’s source of magic and walk through Westminster Bridge where the chase at a battle took place (If I’m not mistaken). I love how London is described on this book. Exceptionally dreamy that you would want to go there. Besides, who would not want to stroll along London? 😀 I have a lot of places from books that I want to visit, but these books’ world building were the first that came into my mind because they’re fascinating. 🙂

My Week in a Wrapped #13

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Still not done with Christmas shopping and it’s only what? Five days before Christmas? Argh. My son is not yet decided for what he wants. Last year I got him those little cars from Hot Wheels because he’s so into cars. I’m afraid he’s going to ask for an actual car this year. He’s only twelve for God’s sake. Lol! I got Cinder, Scarlet and Cress for a friend and I’m pretty sure she’ll love it. She’s been eying it for the longest time now at a local bookstore. I’m just hoping she’s not going to read this any time soon. 😉 Anyway, as you can see I’m still reading A Thousand Pieces of You since I was caught up with A Darker Shade of Magic and still struggling to find time to read. Especially these days. How’s your Christmas shopping doing? Have you listed who’s been naughty and nice? Lol! 😀

Last Week On The Blog

• My Week in a Wrapped #12
• The Addictive Blog Award
• Teaser Tuesday #23: A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
• Waiting on Wednesday #29: Tear You Apart by Sarah Cross
• Book Review: A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
• Currently Reading│Book Beginning : Imitation
  (Clone Chronicles #1) by Heather Hildenbrand
• Book Blogger Hop: December 19th – 25th
• Weekly Photo Challenge: Yellow
• The GIF Tag (Show me your GIFs!)

Book Blogger Hop: December 19th – 25th

This is from Billy of Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer

Question of the Week

Do you write a review for every book you read or only review copies from publishers?

My Answer:

I write reviews for ALL the books I read. Especially those I love. As of this time, I’ve only received a handful of review copies from publishers so most of the reviews I posted were books I picked for myself. Not that I’m complaining. As much as I love to post reviews for publishers, I still prefer to pick out books I really love ’cause what’s the point of accepting a review copy if you feel like you won’t enjoy it? I want reading to be a place where I can relax, to explore different worlds authors created and not to be harass about review deadlines. Haha! But I could certainly beg a publisher for a copy of the books I really wanted. Lol! Who would not? Tell me, just tell me you won’t do that too? 😀

My Week in a Wrapped #12

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The typhoon I was talking about last week, Thank God, didn’t bring as much destruction as expected so that’s a good thing. It only rained for a couple of days and it was gone like it was never there. I believe they’ve listed 19 casualties from the central part of the country and that’s by far less than what the previous typhoons have left. It’s because people were much ready and vigilant this time, I guess. Anyway, I haven’t gone Christmas shopping yet and I’m pretty sure I’ll be able to do it at the last minute since my schedule is STILL quite crazy. Haven’t really thought of what to wrap for my family and friends yet. Argh. I don’t want anything for myself though since having them is enough. Aww. I’m such a cheeseball! 😀 Are you done with yours? Anything you want for yourself? 🙂 My reading progress this week is fairly good. I’ve finished three books and I’m happy about it. Though the other one is a short story. Still. A progress is a progress. Hihi! How’s your week? 😀

Last Week On The Blog

• My Week in a Wrapped #11
• Teaser Tuesday #22: Midnight Thief by Livia Blackburne
• Book Review: The Young Elites by Marie Lu
• Waiting on Wednesday #28: Ensnared (Splintered #3)
• Book Review: Midnight Thief by Livia Blackburne
• Currently Reading│Book Beginning : A Thousand Pieces of You
  & Sample: A Darker Shade of Magic
• Book Blogger Hop: December 12th – 18th
• Book Review: The Witch Must Burn by Danielle Paige
• Weekly Photo Challenge: Twinkle

Book Blogger Hop: December 12th – 18th

This is from Billy of Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer

Question of the Week

How many books do you read in a week? How many hours do you spend reading a day?

My Answer:

This is the most heartbreaking question I’ve been asked. Lol. I used to read four to five books a week and spent half my day just reading and most likely blogging. It changed when I was accepted on a regular day job. I spend nine hours at work and around four hours commuting from and to our office. So imagine me being so busy for almost 13 hours a day. Where’s my reading time went? Of course I still need to eat, sleep, do mommy and housewife duties so really it’s a struggle now to look for my Me Time aka Reading Time. Nowadays, I can only read one to two books a week and spending at least an hour or two reading a day. Now I know you realized why it’s heartbreaking. Lol. Thank God for scheduled post since I’m devoting one of my days off from work to solely compose and schedule my memes every week and squeeze a review or two. So I suppose nobody’s going to ask me anymore why I’m reading on a snail pace. Bear with a working mom sweethearts! 😀

My Week in a Wrapped #11

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This week has been ordinary. Still struggling to have my Me Time aka Reading Time. The breeze has gone cold since Christmas is fast approaching. I’m in a tropical country which usually has a searing hot temperature so the last quarter is my favorite part of the year really. The sun shines beautifully, the sky’s so blue dotted with fluffy clouds, but the breeze is really cold especially in the morning so I’m loving it. Perfect for sitting on a bench at a park with a book in hand. I’m quite worried about the reported typhoon though. I heard from the news that it’s awfully strong and the central part of the country is currently being devastated. There are places that doesn’t have electricity and people are in need of food and safe shelter. The report also stated that the typhoon will be weaker by the time it reaches Manila where I’m from. As of this writing here in Manila, we only have cloudy gray sky and no rain yet. This is a photo I’ve seen from our local news:

So scary. I’m really hoping the typhoon won’t stay long enough to wreak our country to ruins like typhoon Yolanda did. Prayers are really needed in times like this so I’m praying for everybody’s safety.

Last Week On The Blog

• My Week in a Wrapped #10
• December Random Reads
• Currently Reading│Teaser Tuesday : The Young Elites by Marie Lu
• Waiting on Wednesday #27: HellHole by Gina Damico
• ARC Book Review: Under My Skin by Shawntelle Madison
• Currently Reading│Book Beginning : Midnight Thief by Livia Blackburne
• Book Blogger Hop: December 5th – 11th
• Weekly Photo Challenge: Gone, But Not Forgotten