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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Yoz & Diosa: Fanfic Convo

I've been a fan of SRC series esp. Sonia's contribution and one of my favorite couple was Yozack & Diosa. So here it is. Short fan-fic scene. ~

The couple was on their way to Rancho Estate.

Yozack: Called out from the front porch. "Hey honey, you comin' or not?"

Diosa: "Of course," she answered back while walking towards him. "I missed Kiel more than you do," moves in a brisk pace but lost her balance halfway.

Yozack: "Uh-oh," caught her before she kissed the floor and swung her up in his arms. "Gotch. Aw," winced as if in pain. "My back."

Diosa: Her left hand clung to his nape and gently poked his forehead with her right. "Di ako mataba 'no," she pouted.

Yozack: "I didn't say you were hon," he laughed heartily while carrying her all the way to the car. "Pero mukhang nabaliaan ata ako ng buto hon," then slowly put her on the ground in front of the car.

Diosa: Placed both her hands on her hips, eyes narrowing into slits while looking directly at him. "Outside de kulambo ka mamaya," she turned around and pulled open the passenger's seat.

Yozack: "Ah-ah. Not so fast honey," took her upper arm and spun her around to face him.

Diosa: "What?" she glared at him, raising her one perfectly shaped brow.

Yozack: Stared at her intently while slowly lowering his head and gave her a warm, sensual kiss. "I was kidding," pulled her into a tight embrace, sniff her sweet scent and kiss her on top of her forehead down to the tip of her nose. "You're the most beautiful, sexy---"

Diosa: Cut his words with a quick kiss. "Witty and oozing with sex appeal. I know I know. And that you're so lucky to have me," gave him a sweet smile.

Yozack: Scratch his forehead. "Yeah, I can only agree," leaned forward and opened the car door and motioned for her to get in. "Let's go get Kiel before I changed my mind," he winks at her.

Diosa: "As if papayag ako sa gusto mo," laughs as she step into the passenger's seat and closed the door.

Yozack: Shook his head while walking to the driver's seat and started the car.

END. xo

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New Look verson 2.0

Here I am again, trying my very best at blogging. Still getting the hang of it tho. *coughs-coughs*  I am looking for that particular blogger theme yet I can't find it so I've been experimenting lately. Huhu. Help meeeeee. Chos. I once saw this particular blog and I desperately want mine to be like that one, sad to say I don't know where to look for it. So I've been overhauling my blog from time to time just to see if other themes will work out for me. And here it goes- new look (again) for my blog. Girly much? HAHA. Forgive me, I just fell in love with the slideshow thingie so I decided to use it. Spend at least 2 days working on it.

As of now, I am contented with my blog's new look but who knows, if I saw something new and something flashy I might be tempted to change AGAIN. Well, can't blame me, after all I am a woman and being fickle-minded is second nature.  Am I right?

Credits to:  NewBloggerThemes for this awesome blog. xoxo

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Dragos Takes A Holliday: Review

BOOK NAME:  Dragos Takes A Holliday ( Elder Races 6.5 )

AUTHOR:  Thea Harrison

RELEASE DATE:   Nov. 28, 2013

MAIN CHARACTERS:  Dragos Cuelebre, Pia Giovanni

GENRE:  PNR, Shifters, Fantasy
RATING:    ★★★★✰ stars




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The Bermuda Triangle. Pirates. The Peanut. What could possibly go wrong?

Dragos Cuelebre needs a vacation. So does Pia, his mate. When the First Family of the Wyr head to Bermuda for some much needed R&R, it's no ordinary undertaking - and no ordinary weekend in the sun. Between hunting for ancient treasure buried beneath the waves and keeping track of their son, Liam—a.k.a. Peanut, whose Wyr abilities are manifesting far ahead of schedule—it’s a miracle that Pia and Dragos can get any time together.

They're determined to make the most of each moment, no matter who tries to get in their way.

And did we mention pirates?

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If You Deceive: Review

BOOK NAME:  If You Deceive ( MacCarrick Brothers #3 )

AUTHOR:  Kresley Cole

RELEASE DATE:  May 22, 2007

MAIN CHARACTERS:  Ethan Ross MacCarrick, Madeleine Isobel Van Rowen

GENRE:  Historical Romance, Scots
RATING:    ★★★★★ STARS

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Burning vengeance...

Ethan MacCarrick was a heartbreakingly handsome rake until a powerful nobleman ordered him brutally beaten and his face scarred for a crime he didn't commit. Ethan's reprisal -- bankrupting the nobleman and forcing his exile -- does little to appease his wrath. Ten years later, a haughty, mysterious beauty enchants Ethan -- the daughter of his enemy. At last, Ethan will have the revenge he's craved; he'll promise her marriage, seduce her, then cast her aside.

Bitter hardships...

When Madeleine van Rowen's family was suddenly plunged into destitution and dishonor, she steeled herself against further heartache. She never weakened, never trusted, until a towering, scarred Highlander relentlessly pursues her, breaking down her defenses.

At what price forgiveness?

The passion between them burns hotter than Ethan's fury, and soon he finds he can't let her go. But when Madeleine uncovers the truth about him, can Ethan convince her to accept all he now offers -- when he once destroyed everything she had?

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Warlord's Bounty: Review

BOOK NAME:  Warlord's Bounty ( Barbarian Claims #1 )

AUTHOR:  Cynthia Sax

RELEASE DATE:   Dec. 14, 2012

MAIN CHARACTERS:  Khan, Zeta

GENRE:  PNR, Futuristic, Alien
RATING:    ★★✰✰✰ stars

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The bigger the bounty, the more dangerous the fugitive.
Khan, a Chamele warlord, has a huge bounty on his head. His enemy is willing to pay an outrageous amount to secure him. Khan wants to be apprehended, especially if the bounty hunter capturing him is a brown-eyed female with razor-sharp daggers and an even sharper tongue. He’ll allow her to subdue him sexually, his passion and prowess not inhibited by restraints, and when she collects her bounty, he’ll collect his revenge, killing his enemy and claiming his little bounty hunter forever.
Zeta doesn't do forever. She captures the worst scum in the galaxy and trades them for credits. Khan is fierce and sexy and the most dominant male she has ever encountered, but he is also a fugitive, and once she sates herself with his body, she'll betray him. That's her job.

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Night Owl: Review

BOOK NAME:  Night Owl ( Night Owl Trilogy #1 )

AUTHOR:  M. Pierce

RELEASE DATE:   September 6, 2013

MAIN CHARACTERS:  Matt Sky, Hannah Catalano

GENRE:  Erotic, Contemporary, BDSM
RATING:    ★★★★☆ stars


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Love is unstoppable...

At twenty-eight, Matt Sky has the perfect life. He has a beautiful girlfriend, a massive inheritance, and four national bestsellers -- all penned under his airtight alias, M. Pierce.

At twenty-seven, Hannah Catalano has a train wreck. Her boyfriend is a deadbeat and her job is abysmal.

Matt and Hannah meet online as writing partners. Their relationship is safe, anonymous, and innocent...

Until Matt sees a picture of Hannah.

Hannah's picture sparks an attraction Matt is powerless to ignore. When circumstance brings Matt and Hannah together, the strangers begin a love story that's passionate, poignant, unforgettable, and unstoppable.

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Don't let your hopes HIGH

Black Dagger Brotherhood? Sounds family? Yep, you got it right, it's a pnr series written by NYT best selling author- JR Ward. The fact that it's a paranormal series let alone a vampire revolving plot should make me yelling to the rafters.. right? But it doesn't. Sigh. 

After reading at least 5 books of BDB, I can't help but compare it to my most fave series like my latest conquer ( Midnight Breed by Lara Adrian ). It was not my intention but I can't help it. And upon comparing the two, I just realized how the former lacks in many aspects. Sigh again. x

BDB is always recommended to me by my friends so I got curious. I've seen it on my recs area on GR and even on the read and TBR list of my friends there and I've been itching to read it but there's always a part of me that's kind of holding back. Subconsciously I guess, it's telling me that I won't like the series so I listen to that small part of my brain and just let the series pass. But last month, I ran out of PNR series to read and it came to me- to read BDB or just try one book to see if I would like it. I am not really a sequence reader (if it's a series) I'd go for the book who's blurb excited me but this time (since my online sister advise me to read it by order) I did. So I got hold of Dark Lover (BDB #1) and started reading it. Nag-enjoy naman ako altho I have this feeling na parang may kulang. There are too many POVs. I justified it since it's the first book, maybe it's some sort of introduction so that the whole characters and premise will be known so I let it go. But as I;ve read book 2-5 (yeah I stopped reading at book 5), napatunayan kong ganoon pala talaga ang writing style ng writer and how it's told. All 5 books I've read have the same storyline, premise, climax, twist and the same scattered shifting of POV. Wth. I mean, wala na bang ibang magawa per book to define a specific character from the rest? Was this the series that has captured the imagination and devotion of millions of readers? Pugh. I did enjoy some scenes but I can't say I love the series as a whole. I may have my fave characters but too bad they aren't justified with a nice story with a nice twist. It could have been better if it's written differently but.. I guess that's the best of it. Kaya di ko na tinapos ang buong series and I just did some scanning on some of the books after 5. I think kasi parang un lang ang mangyayari talaga sa buong series, paulit-ulit and nothing new will ever come out.

I can't help but compare it to the latest series I'm currently reading as mentioned above. Same genre, same category but altogether different. Each book of MB has each own unique aspect that makes it different from the other. From the characters, storyline, twist, and the ending. Altho it includes the lives of the other character as it goes along, it doesn't forget it's own focus which is the MCs. Sigh Sigh Sigh. XDD

Anyhow, kind of disappointed with BDB but I can still recommend it to my fellow bookworms and PNR lover. Malay natin, magustuhan nila. Iba-iba naman kasi ang taste ng tao. Left? HAHA.


So, that's it. Nailabas ko na ang dapat kong ilabas so di na babaho este magaan na sa pakiramdam. Ayt? LOL. Ya know.

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Darker After Midnight: Review

BOOK NAME:  Darker After Midnight ( Midnight Breed #10 )

AUTHOR: Lara Adrian

RELEASE DATE:  Jan. 24, 2o12

MAIN CHARACTERS:  Sterling Chase, Tavia Fairchild

GENRE:  PNR, Vampires, 
RATING:    ★★★★★ stars

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The climactic novel in Lara Adrian's "New York Times" bestselling Midnight Breed series--and her hardcover debut--"Darker After Midnight" invites readers to enter a thrillingly sensual world where danger meets desire.
In the dark of night, a blood war escalates within the hidden world of the Breed. After existing in secret for many long centuries, maintaining a fragile peace with the humans who walk beside them unaware, a single act of retaliation has put the entire vampire nation at risk of discovery. It falls to the Order--a cadre of Breed warriors pledged to protect their own and humankind alike--to stop Dragos, the power-mad vampire at the center of the conflict, before his push for domination can explode into catastrophe.
At the center of the Order's quest is Sterling Chase, once a morally rigid enforcer of Breed law, now a warrior fallen from grace, whose biggest battle is the one he wages against his own savage nature. With addiction beckoning him toward eternal darkness, Chase's path to redemption has never seemed more out of reach. But when his eyes meet those of Tavia Fairchild, a beautiful witness who identifies him at the scene of a mission gone terribly wrong, Chase finds himself drawn to the woman--and convinced she is something much more than she seems.
Pulled into a vortex of intrigue and danger she can neither resist nor understand, Tavia is uncertain whom to trust. And while everything sane and logical warns her against getting close to Chase, she cannot deny that the handsome, deeply haunted male stirs something primal and ravenous within her. But even as she surrenders to her cravings, nothing can prepare her for the shattering truth of who--and what--she truly is.
As the Order's enemy mobilizes for the battle of the ages, Dragos and his Minions unleashing a hell on Earth like nothing ever seen before, Chase and Tavia are thrust into the heart of the violence. With time running out and the streets running red with the blood of innocent lives, both Breed and human, together Chase and Tavia must find a way to defeat Dragos once and for all--or die trying

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Pack Enforcer: Review

BOOK NAME:  Pack Enforcer ( Were Chronicles #2 )

AUTHOR:  Crissy Smith

RELEASE DATE:   September 28, 2009

MAIN CHARACTERS:  Cain, Emily

GENRE:  PNR, Shifters
RATING:    ★★★✰✰




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Enforcing his control never felt better.

As Enforcer for his Pack, Cain is used to people listening to him and following his orders without question. The only one to ever challenge him is Emily. Emily is good at pushing his buttons and making him want things he has no business wanting.

Emily has loved Cain all her life, but he denied her years ago. The two are thrown together when Emily returns home because of terrible attacks on Pack females. The sexual tension between the pair is explosive. No one is safe when this alpha male and strong female get together.

Reader Advisory: This book is best read in sequence as part of a series.

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Newest Addiction... ♥

Jonathan Rhys Meyers  as Alexander Grayson  is the new DRACULA.

Mahina talaga ang puso ko kapag vampire, werewolf, or any other preternatural creatures and pinag-uusapan. I just love them. Body and Soul. Everything about them. Either books or movies. That's the reason why I got addicted to this newly aired TV series entitled DRACULA. The title may be ancient but the hero is not. Old Legend. New Blood. Waaa. *gulong-gulong sa sahig* I just can't get enough. I just love bloodsuckers. There's something erotic about seeing them suck blood from the veins on the neck. Eeeeeh. Kinikilig akoooo. Going back to this series, when I tried watching it's first episode the other and saw the hero's hotness I immediately got hooked. HAHA. Kidding. I like the premise of the story. It's like watching one episode is not enough and I need to have more and more and more. Addict lang 'no? So, the point of this post is just... hmm. nothing. LOL. I just want to let my alter ego who will be reading this soon of my newest tv series addiction added to my list of must watch every week. There's ARROW, BABT, TVD and TO and now there's DRACULA to the list. Yay. Soo happy. 

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Kissing Steel: Review

BOOK NAME:  Kissing Steel ( Cyborg Seduction #1 )

AUTHOR:  Laurann Dohner

RELEASE DATE:  May 16, 2010

MAIN CHARACTERS:  Steel, Rena

GENRE:  PNR, Alien, Sci-Fi, Erotic
RATING:    ★★✰✰✰

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All Rena wanted was to steal back a spaceship and earn enough money to buy her freedom from her travesty of a life. Her mission to recover stolen property from pirates backfired and she became a possession when she encountered cyborgs instead. Now, one of them will own her. Rena is a survivor... and she wants the very tall, big, brutally sexy cyborg who doesn't like to share anything that belongs to him.

Steel is beyond irritated when he is maneuvered into ownership of a fragile human female. She's not nearly big enough to handle his size or strength, yet she's determined to get him into bed-into her. Steel realizes just what this little female is capable of when he awakens, chained to his bed, with her riding his very turned-on body. For a man who prides himself on his unyielding control, Steel soon finds Rena stripping him of it an inch at a time.

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