10-14

Oh yeah. I'm kind of in a book slump again. Hahaha. If I remember it right, I read at least 1 book per week only for the month of October. I don't know why. 

Anyways, here are my attempt in reading. 

1. The Queen Of Zombie Hearts by Gena Showalter

2. Blind Faith by Rebecca Zanetti

3. Rock Courtship by Nalini Singh ( HOT memos )

4. Freeing The Feline by Lacey Thorn

5.  Sweet Revenge by Rebecca Zanetti

6. Skin In The Game by Jackie Barbosa

7. Seducing Mr. Right by Katee Robert

8. Seventh Grave And No Body by Darynda Jones ( All time fave- The Supermodel Son Of Satan will always hold a piece of my heart )

9. Archangel's Shadows by Nalini Singh ( Personal fave. The sexy CAJUN vamp made me swoon )

And my October book boyfriend is none other than the delicious Sin Brother- Nate Dean from, Rebecca Zanetti's Blind Faith. Damn. He owned my heart. I can't move on. 

PS. Janvier and Reyes came a close second. A tie for the two of them. XD

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09-14

When will I be able to post it in time? The answer? Prolly NEVER. Laziness is in my blood and as they say, old habits die hard. Hahaha. Anyways, it was at least an improvement to last month's number of reads. See? I did good too. Yay. So here ya go. 

1. Through The Zombie Glass (White Rabbit Chronicles #2) - Gena Showalter

2. The Darkest Prison (LOTU #3.5) - Gena Showalter

3. Son Of No One (Dark Hunter #23) - Sherrilyn Kenyon

4. Dark Fever (Fever #1) - Karen Marie Moning

5. The Alpha Alternative: JZB Sex Scene (Fever #1.5) - Karen Marie Moning

6. Rock Addiction (Rock Kiss #1) - Nalini Singh

7. Follow (Social Media #1) - J.A. Huss

8. Blood Fever (Fever #2) - Karen Marie Moning

9. Faefever (Fever #3) - Karen Marie Moning

10. Slade (Walk Of Shame #1) - Victoria Ashley

11. Filthy Beautiful Lies (Filthy Beautiful Lies #1) - Kendall Ryan

12. Picture Perfect - Evangeline Anderson

13. The Hook Up (Game On #1) - Kristen Callihan (This is SO GOOD!)

14. Forgotten Sins (Sin Brothers #1) - Rebecca Zanetti

15. Owned By Fate (Serve #1) - Tessa Bailey (Personal Fave from the Queen of Dirty Talking Alpha Hero)

And the owner of my heart err I mean my book boyfriend of the month is... do you seriously need to ask? Of course- COLE 'The Zombie Slayer' HOLLAND. I want to go back to HS and take him as my prom date! :**

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Top 10: Books

Okay. I've been tagged by Novelle in Facebook so here's my list: 

( In no particular order tho #1 are my all-time fave )

 

 

1. Immortals After Dark & MacCarrick Brothers by Kresley Cole

 
- I am an obsessed KC fanatic. Read all her books and listen to IAD audiobooks every freakin night. I love Bowen MacRieve and Ethan Hugh MacCarrick to the moon and back.

2.
*** Duncan's Bride by Linda Howard
- My first cowboy book boyfriend : Gideon Reese Duncan

*** Bittersweet Deception by Liz Fielding
- I love the cynic hero of this story. 

4. All works of Nalini Singh and Gena Showalter (esp Visions of Heat and The Darkest Surrender)

 
- I lurve Vaughn D'Angelo and Stridey-man. And I am a huge fan of these two amazeballs writers. I devoured all their books. I'm patiently waiting for Aden and Torin as of the moment. And is it too much to ask for my beloved irreverent William the ever-randy's hea with me? I seriously need to work on my groveling skills. I want my William. Period. Hahaha.

5. Charley Davidson by Darynda Jones

 
- Recently read but will be forever added to my fave list. I can't get enough of Reyes "supermodel son of satan" Alexander Farrow.

6. The Wallflowers by Lisa Kleypas and Lords of Vice by Alexandra Hawkins

 
- Not really much into this genre but I find these two series very very good. Made me forget I was reading HR.

7. FSOG by EL James and On Dublin Street by Samantha Young

 
- Christian Grey and Braden Carmichael (happy 2nd anniversary, baby) will be forever branded in my mortal BB list.

8. Feral Sins by Suzanne Wright

 
- I honestly and wholeheartedly admit that I've lusted for this book and even up until now and prolly forever. Trey Coleman is the kind of hero you'll never forget. There's no moving on with him. Ever. PS. Reread Feral Sins for 10x already.

9. Argeneau/Rogue Hunter by Lynsay Sands

 
- Utterly lovable and superbly irresistible vampires. Still waiting for Bricker here.

10.All works of Tessa Bailey but more specially ASKING FOR TROUBLE.

 
- It's my dirty little secret, my guilty pleasures, my happiness. The queen of dirty talking alpha heroes never disappoints. I've been in love with BRENT MASON since I've read his book last year and there's no moving on.

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08-14

Again, late recap post as usual. It certainly became a habit now. Well, what can I say? I strongly believed in the saying, "better late than never". 

So here ya go. . .

1.  Dark Skye - Kresley Cole

2. Waking The Beast - Lacey Thorn

3. Little Black Book - Tabatha Vargo

4. Tempting The Tiger - Lacey Thorn

5. The Things I Do For You (The Alexanders #2) -  Minx Malone

6. Taken By Midnight (Midnight Breed #8) - Lara Adrian

7. Angels After Dark (After Dark #1) - Kahlen Aymes

8. Confessions After Dark (After Dark #2) - Kahlen Aymes

9. Perfect Chemistry (Perfect Chemistry #1) - Simone Elkeles

10. Reasonable Doubt Vol III (Reasonable Doubt #3) - Whitney Gracia Williams

AND my August Book Boyfriend is none other than my most awaited book this year- Thronos Talos from Dark Skye. 

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It's Not My Thing ϟ

YAY or NYAY?

Last week, I finally succumb to the hype called ‘WATTPAD’. Personally, I really think na pambata at pang-jejemon lang ang site na iyon. I am not judging them but merely stating what others saw and felt when they've tried reading some stories there. At dahil wala naman akong kaalam-alam kung ano ba ang magandang basahin sa site na iyon, I asked my online friends to suggest some. I said I only want to read THE BEST, so they better recommend a worthy read.  They are all excited telling me their faves and best of the best works and I was busy taking note of each and every one of it. They all seem to have a common denominator - they all love, rave, praise, fangirl, and gush over this particular writer and her ‘yummilicious’ heroes.  I got intrigued and my inner goddess got curious, and so I decided to give her the privilege to pop my cherry on that department.  

Let’s just call her CAMPROCK.

And so, my nightmare err I mean my reading marathon featuring her works began. Hmm.  I noticed she’s using first person pov, and even tho I don’t like to read works written that way, I still gave her the benefit of the doubt.  I tried, I really tried hard… my hardest to understand to like the first of her story that I read but it’s no use. On my 5^th chapter, I stop and drop the whole thing. Ang linaw ng isip ko before ako nagbasa, pero habang nagbabasa na ako, biglang gumulo. I don’t know why they worship this story but it definitely didn’t work for me.  Too many misused words, grammar glitch, no concrete plot, too many inconsistencies, and the lines felt like they were just grade schoolers. The writer was not able to pull of the first pov style. Di niya nagamit ng tama. Migash. I cannot. Hahaha. Maybe because her readers are within 14-16 age bracket and they’re in that stage na konting kibot lang kilig na. Konting ‘baby’ endearment, heaven na. OR they’re just fascinated and crushing on the character representation used by the writer.  Mas kikiligin ka nga naman kapag may mukha ang hero na binabasa mo especially if that face and body is hot.  Right? So I guess that’s it. Anyway, as to not be rude, I tried again reading another of her works, and still the same. I can’t find the urge to finish it. I don’t do DNF but with this one, I gladly broke one of my sacred rules. I'm really super duper disappointed and prolly won't read another one of her works. But hey, I MIGHT. One last time. I'll try to be open-minded and this time, will try to finish one. 3rd time might be lucky. x

Siguro nga kanya-kanya lang tayong preference. They may like what I don’t. Simple as that. But as for me, I don’t based my dislikes on feelings alone.  Kung ayaw ko sa isang story, may mga konkretong dahilan iyon.  I really would like to give a review of the ones I have read but since di nga nagrerespond yata ang writer sa posts and tweets, what’s the point? Di niya rin naman mababasa. So she will not know and take note of the reader's problems with her works. Sige, mabuhay ka sa mundong ikaw lang mag-isa. Lol. But maybe, I will do it. One of these days kapag napilit ko ng tapusin ang nasimulan ko. Para fair naman.

Example 1.

Chapter 3, they’re doing this school dance and the girl thought she was asked by her crush to be his partner when in fact, it’s the delinquent brother who did. So she got mad, she ran, the badboy followed her, and somehow he confessed his love. The end of chapter 3.

Chapter 4, started by the heroine talking, it did not pick up to where it ended. And it so happens na 2 years na pala ang lumipas and it was not even stated. Based on how the heroine thinks and talks about the incident, it was like it happened yesterday. Kung di pa minention ng heroine after a lot of scenes na 2 years  nap ala ang lumipas then I wouldn’t even know. LOL. A lil not or a paragraph something that tells us it had been 2 years would suffice don’t you think? Para naman di nganga ang nagbabasa.  Ako pa naman yung  reader na metikoloso sa mga detalye. Hahaha.

So, I guess it's NYAY for me.

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07-14

As usual, late post. And I feel like a slacker because I haven't read more than 10 books this month. Can you imagine that? It's like I've lost my reading mojo. And it could have been worse if I hadn't read HoO by Nalini Singh. Thank Freya. Kaleb revived my inner goddess, err I mean my love for reading.  So before I forget, here's the recap of the few books I've managed to finish this month.


1. Taming The Storm - Samantha Towle

2.  A Major Attraction - Marie Harte

3. Lonzo - Kat Madrid (re-read)

4. Alice In Zombieland - Gena Showalter ( Recommended and surprisingly my fave read )

5. Heart Of Obsidian - Nalini Singh

6. Shield Of Winter - Nalini Singh

7. Shades Of Midnight - Lara Adrian

And my BOOK BOYFRIEND of the month is KALEB KRYCHEK from Heart Of Obsidian. Big thanks to him. *winks*

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Just sayin', ')

I don't know why but I haven't enjoyed reading tagalog fiction lately, esp from the works of the new and not so new writers. Altho there may be some exceptions but I can count them with my fingers. It's not that I find them boring, but it takes more than just simple lines like:

"I can't live without you. I tried. But I simply can't."

"I'm not going anywhere so you better get used to the idea. The sooner. The better.

"You may not need me, but I need you. So. Damn. Much.

Or a cliched plot, or a cutely written banters, or an arrogant hero to make me swoon and fangirl over a story. I guess my standards just went a notch higher. I don't even know what is it particularly am looking for in a novel, it's just that I am immune to those common, mainstream plots, lines, scenes used by the tagalog writers. Tho I am not condemning or judging them all since I'm still a fan of some of those writers. Maybe because I have read too many English novels from different genre, that those lines or plot used by the tagalog writers that's supposed to make me swoon-- did not. It always fell short on the kilig part. It's like I'm looking for something more, or my mind automatically formulate another scene or lines instead of the one I'm reading. Is it normal? Or I am just comparing? Or worse, looking for a fault that isn't even there? Oh no. Exaggeratatingly oa. Haha. 

I remember one time (last year, I think) that I attempted to read a work of this particular writer I somewhat knew (tho not personally but fb friends) because she seems a lil bit popular. So I tried but was disappointed. Thank Freya I'm done was my reaction after a week of agony aka finishing her bestseller book. For me, it's just a waste of time and money. I'm not saying it out of hatred, bitterness or anything, but because it's the truth. I always fell asleep while trying to finish that 128 page story. Imagine that? The only thing that got me through is the fact that I don't do DNF. Once I start reading, I always make it a point to finish it. No matter how badly written and how boring the story is. So I won't have hang-ups.

Am I prejudiced? Hypocrite? Bitter? OA? You decide. As for me, I'm just telling the truth. x

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2014: BoB List

2014 BOOK BOYFRIEND LIST  ❤ 

JANUARY

Jared Michaels from Taste of Torment (Deep In Your Veins #3) by Suzanne Wright

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FEBRUARY

Nick Axton from Carnal Secrets (Phoenix Pack #3) by Suzanne Wright 

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MARCH

Malcolm Ericson from Play (Stage Dive #2) by Kylie Scott

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APRIL

Colton Freeze from Rising Assets (Maverick Montana #3) by Rebecca Zanetti

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MAY

Vaughn Roberts from It Happened One Wedding (FBI/US Attorney #6) by Julie James

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JUNE

Reyes Alexander Farrow from Charley Davidson series by Darynda Jones

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06-14

Late post as usual but BETTER LATE THAN NEVER, right? So here ya go- MY JUNE READS. It’s not as many as what I did last May, but still above average for me. x

1. Marine For Hire- Tawna Fenske
2. Hold On Tight- Abbi Glines
3. First Drop Of Crimson- Jeaniene Frost
4. Shield- CL Scholey
4. First Grave On The Left- Darynda Jones (Highly Recommended)
5. Second Grave On The Left- Darynda Jones
6. The Debt- Kelly Favor
7. Third Grave Dead Ahead- Darynda Jones
8. For I Have Sinned- Darynda Jones
9. Shimmer- Darynda Jones
10. Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet- Darynda Jones
11. Glow- Darynda Jones
12. Fifth Grave Past The Light- Darynda Jones (My favorite read)
13. Sixth Grave On The Edge- Darynda Jones (My super fave read)
14. Baiting The Maid Of Honor- Tessa Bailey (Recommended)
15.Eternal Kiss- Laura Wright
16. The Greek Billionaire And I- Marian Tee
17. Seducing The Bridesmaid- Katee Robert (Recommended)
18. Eternal Hunger- Laura Wright

Book Boyfriend Of The Month: REYES ALEXANDER FARROW. Hands down, up, side. *winks*

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05-14

It's the end of month.. WHAT? Already? Damn. I've been so absorbed in reading. reading and lots of reading so I didn't even noticed it. *checking goodreads immediately* WOW. *clears throat* So, this month (MAY 2014), I've read 30 ebooks. Yes, really. I'm not kidding. It's not a 3 but a 3 and a 0. Seriously, even I, am amazed with myself to have read that many. Damn. Did it mean that all I did this summer was to lay in bed and READ? That seems to be the case. Hmmm. Not bad, but not good either. I think I need a new hobby. xo

Anyways, before we're lost in our topic here.  I've compiled the titles of the books that made me so freakin busy this month. 

1. Animal Instincts 

2. Catch A Mate 

3. The Amazon's Curse 

( Gena Showalter)  

 4. Talking Dirty with the CEO (Talking Dirty, #1)

5.  Talking Dirty With the Player (Talking Dirty, #2)

6.  Talking Dirty With the Boss (Talking Dirty, #3)

 7.  The Billion Dollar Bachelor (The Billionaire's Club, #1)

( Jackie Ashenden ) 

8. It Happened One Wedding (FBI / US Attorney, #5) by Julie James

9.  The Fighter's Secretary by Ann Mayburn

10.   Billionaire Undone~Travis (The Billionaire's Obsession, #8) By JS Scott

11.  Tamed (Dark Protectors, #6.5) by Rebecca Zanetti

12. All Night with a Rogue (Lords of Vice, #1)

13.  Till Dawn with the Devil (Lords of Vice, #2) 

14.  After Dark with a Scoundrel (Lords of Vice, #3) 

15.  Sunrise with a Notorious Lord (Lords of Vice, #4) 

16.  All Afternoon with a Scandalous Marquess (Lords of Vice, #5)

17.  Dusk with a Dangerous Duke (Lords of Vice, #6) 

18.  Twilight with the Infamous Earl (Lords of Vice, #7) 

( Alexandra Hawkins )

19.  Reasonable Doubt: Volume 2 (Reasonable Doubt, #2) by Whitney Gracia Williams

20.  The Dangerous Lord (Lord Trilogy, #3) by Sabrina Jeffries

21.  How to Marry a Marquis (Agents of the Crown, #2) by Julia Quinn

22.  The Savage King (Lords of the Var, #1)

23.  The Bound Prince (Lords of the Var, #3) 

24.  The Rogue Prince (Lords of the Var, #4) 

( Michelle M. Pillow )

25.  Temptation in Shadows by Gena Showalter

26.  Darkest Flame (Dark Kings, #1) by Donna Grant

27.  Picture Perfect (Limelight, #2) by Elisabeth Grace

28.  Phenomenal X (Hard Knocks, #1) by Michelle V. Valentine

29.  Beautiful Broken Rules (Broken, #1) 

30.   Beautiful Broken Mess (Broken, #2) 

( Kimberly Lauren ) 

 

 And my BOOK BOYFRIEND of the MONTH is none other than the man-whore undercover Special Agent VAUGHN ROBERTS from the latest installment of FBI/US Attorney series by Julie James. xo

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Disappointed...

“Blood is thicker than water.”  

I don’t think so. Only naïve fools would believe that crap. I once was a fool and believed in it. Never again.  For me, “money is thicker than blood.”


Recently, my sister was harassed or more specifically assaulted by our neighbor. We reported it to our baranggay and hope to settle everything. We do want justice but we’d like to hear their side of the story first and hope for an apology for what they did. But instead of getting one they’ve denied everything. Even after seeing the bruises and scratches they’ve inflicted onto my sister. They’ve made up another story and pointed that my sister started everything which is not true. Anyways, we’ve consulted our cousin which is a lawyer and he agreed to help us if ever we’ll decide to file it in court. HE gave us HIS WORD. We believed him and hang on to it. But after 2 weeks, he renege his promise. Making excuses saying it’s too small a case, can’t it be forgotten and let the Lord above give them karma. Wow. Umasa kami sa salita niya, sa pangako niyang ilalaban niya ang kaso sa korte and to think that we have a very big chance of winning since we’re the aggrieved party plus we have the med cert to back up our complaints. Sigh. So disappointed with him. Un bang ang sabi niyang, “un lang ang babalik-balikan natin sa korte, ung liit ng kasong un, wala tayong mapapala diyan, alam niyo naman anong klaseng tao ang mga iyon.” His words said it all. Even a fool can recognize the hidden meaning of his statement. If there will be no monetary gain for him then he’ll not pursue to defend us with the case. Even if we’re his closest damn relatives. Di kasi siya makikinabang kahit panigan niya kami. My father was the one very affected and so disappointed. He saved his life when he was young and he can’t even grant us this one lil favor to represent us because we don’t have money to pay him? Ghad.  So money is after all a very big motivation and worth more than blood ties.  Nakakaiyak lang kasi mas na-feel ko talaga ang disappointment sa mata ni Papa. At masakit sa akin makita un. We decided to not pursue the case anymore and let bygones be bygones. Even they’ve not apologized to us, we’ll just let the matter slide. And to our cousin, may he rot in hell. I’ve cursed him in my head a million times for letting us down esp. my father.

PS. Lawyers are indeed BIG LIARS.  Can’t trust their words, even if they are your relatives.

PPS. Feeling down. . . :’(

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Starting the year.. R I G H T

This is my first ever post this year. As what I’ve mentioned in my wrap-up post last year, I promised myself to read more Tagalog pocketbooks this year. I only made it to 10 or less Tagalog last year and almost 350 English books (paperback and ebooks). Holy crap. Hmm. So, I’ starting the year right by reading Nicka Gracia’s Heirloom series. Oye. This is my first ever of NG’s works so I’m crossing my legs err fingers I mean. Wish me luck. Lol. xo

Anyways, off to read I go. My first on the list is book 2: My Gothic Earrings. 

PS. Yeah, I’m so not a sequenced or whatever you call it reader. I’m more on the ‘the feels’ if there’s even such a word. Haha.

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Yokozawa Takafumi no Baai Vol. 1 ( Chapter 1 )

  
I've been in love with KiYo/YokoZen for while a now and I've been re-reading their story for like.. a hundred times already. Lol. Anyway, I just can't help myself for posting at least one volume or maybe all 4 (depends on my mood) of their awesome story and spread the L O V E. I'll be doing it by chapter and there are at least 8 chapters per volume. It does requires patience tho in browsing but I promise it will all be worth it. You'll be left craving for more.


PS. Those who are not a YAOI lover or hates that kind of stuff better not continue reading. *winks* But for those who loves it like I do (apparently so) GO ON and enjoy. x

Title: Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi: Yokozawa Takafumi no Baai – Volume 1     

Author/Circle: Nakamura Shungiku, Fujisaki Miyako
Translator: Fencer of September Scanlations
 Credits: Pressbooks and September Scanlations

 CHAPTER 1

     "First loves never last—I knew that from the very beginning."

        

He had at least understood that there was no ‘romantic love’ in the    feelings held for him. Showing him his weaknesses, taking advantage of     him…that was all simply depending on him as a close friend.

And yet, the reason he couldn’t cut away his lingering affections…was because he still held out some small hope. He didn’t have to be his lover—it was enough if he could just be the most important person in his life. It would have been more than enough…if he could just stay close by his side.

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YAOI is L O V E

Ever since the world begun I have loved YAOI/MM as a genre. Lol. May it be from reading books, manga, or from watching anime's. I don't know when, why it happened. I just woke up one day craving for it. Chos. I mean loving it. So from then on I started reading YAOI manga's, mostly one-shot and then later on I've got hooked into series even tho it's so agonizing to wait for an update. But I understand the lack of translators so I just patiently wait for it. I'm such an angel-in-disguise. Ohmeghed. Maybe I should apply as one? As if I'm fluent in nihonggo. So anyway, that's how it all started and up until now I'm still updated on my fave YAOI series and read some short or one-shot for past-time. 

But the real point of this post is to write  some few scenes from PS manga  that I've read a few months ago. HAHA. I can't help but write it down and re-read it over and over and over and over again. I just want to share it to you (as if there's someone reading this blog excluding me) so you'll understand (i hope) why I'm super addicted to this genre. x

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WitchEEs Addiction...

I've always been a lover of PNR series whether it's a book or a book-turned tv series kind of stuff. I've been following TVD from S1-S5, The Originals from S1-S2, BATB S1-S2 and my latest conquest was DRACULA now on its S1 E06. So when one of my friend  Rema, tweeted me and recommend this new tv series she's currently hooked, entitled WoEE. I said why not, I'll check it. So last yesterday evening I searched it to see how many episodes are there and what season will be I downloading. And I'm happy  to know that it's still on S1 and only have 10 episodes. So I downloaded it immediately.

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