May - August Rapid Reviews Wrap-Up

I think I am too much of a yapper to actually do rapid, flash reviews, but I'll try to make them short because there's a lot to get through, and most of it has faded from my memory already.

I went on a trip that spanned May through the end of June, and I thought I'd have so much more to talk about, but I was on a big DNF'ing spree, unfortunately. I am quite sad to say that my reads from these past months were a bit lack luster. Thus, my reviews will be a bit rough today

Books Mentioned

• Funny Story by Emily Henry
• One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig
• The Sunshine Court by Nora Sakavic
• Wind Breaker by Satoru Nii
• Peach Blossom Spring by Melissa Fu
• Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez
• Severance by Ling Ma

March & April Wrap-Up

I am posting March + April all the way in September because that's just how behind I am on reading and reviewing. I promise I haven't stopped reading!

Books Mentioned

• Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution by R.F. Kuang
• Dark Heir by C.S. Pacat
• Remnants of Filth Vol. 3 by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou
• Qiang Jin Jiu Vol. 1 by Tang Jiuqing
• Sakamoto Days by Yuto Suzuki

February Wrap-Up

This month's fixation is very obviously danmei. More specifically, Meatbun. I went to the Animate store earlier this month and very spontaneously bought a copy of Bing An Ben, since it's a new release and it looked so pretty on the shelves. Now I wish I had bought a copy of Yuwu too.

Books Mentioned

• Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
• Remnants of Filth (YuWu) Vol. 1 by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou
• Case File Compendium (Bing An Ben) Vol. 1 by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou
• Remnants of Filth (YuWu) Vol. 2 by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou

Catching Up

It has been a very long time since I've yapped about books here! My initial excuse for this was that I haven't been reading, which was true for some point of time, but now that I've written out all the books I've read since the last post I realize that isn't necessarily true. 

However, a good amount of these books I read on vacation, which was way back in June. And I have a very short term memory, so most of these are just going to be flash reviews from the fragments I remember.

Books Mentioned

• Cool Doji Danshi by Kokone Nata
• Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez
• Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter
• Between Us by Mhairi McFarlane
• Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
• The Red Palace by Jane Hur
• The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
• The Apothecary Diaries by Natsu Hyuga
• Frieren: Beyond the Journey's End by Kanehito Yamada & Tsukasa Abe

May Wrap-Up

Books Mentioned

• Happy Place by Emily Henry
• Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren
• Honnou Switch by KUJIRA
• Loving Yamada-kun at Lv. 999 by Mashiro
• Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
• Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney
• Tomorrow, & Tomorrow, & Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

April Wrap-Up

Happy April 💮 I read a decent amount of stories this month that I'm really excited to share my thoughts on! I seemed to be on some entertainment industry kick, given that 4 out of the 6 books I read have something to do with the entertainment industry. Some of these books I enjoyed more than others, but overall I thought it was a solid reading month for me. It's been a while since I've been consistent with reading, so 2 books and 4 mangas is a win in my books. 

Books Mentioned

• This Time It's Real by Ann Liang
• Oshi no Ko by Akasaka Aka & Yokoyari Mengo
• If This Gets Out by Sophia Gonzales & Gale Dietrich
• Seventeen Syrups by Arata Licca
• Tonari no Stella by Ammitsu
• My Happy Marriage by Agitogi Akumi & Tsukioka Tsukiho

2023 So Far... [February-March Wrap-Up]

I really can't believe it's a few months into 2023! I honestly haven't had too much time to read a lot, so these past few months I've mostly been reading manga. Manga has always been something quick and easy to read, especially when the recent days have been really tiring with work and other obligations. 

However, I do miss writing a lot! I thought I'd stave off my craving for writing by writing about what I've been reading recently. But one day I will go back to actually writing :")

Books Mentioned

• Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
• Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez
• You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle
• Blue Lock (vol.1-19) by Muneyuki Kaneshiro & Yusuke Nomura
• Tougen Anki (vol.1) by Urushibara Yura
• Tokyo Aliens (vol.1) by NAOE
• Hirano to Kagiura (vol.4) by Harusono Shou
• Tokyo Revengers (vol.31) by Wakui Ken