Bangkok Book Haul

Posted on 02/26/2023 by Lenn

Of course, our trip wouldn’t be complete if I don’t drop by bookstores and shop for books. I knew that they have one of my favorite bookstores when travelling in Asia (I haven’t travelled outside of Asia yet, but you get my point), Books Kinokuniya, so it was instantly on our itinerary! But we also dropped by Open House at Central Embassy Mall which I learned from Kathryn Bernardo’s Instagram post when she went to Thailand last year. Ever since I saw her post about this beautiful bookstore, I knew that I wanted to visit it and that’s why I convinced my husband to spend our first anniversary in Thailand.

Open House is located at the 6th floor of Central Embassy mall. Take note, they occupy the WHOLE floor. They sell different kinds of books from educational, cultural, memoirs, and fiction. They also have cafe’s and restaurant’s inside the bookstore! It was really a cool place to visit if you’re a bookworm like me. Oh, and they also offer art materials for painting, drawing, etc. Continue reading →

Stuff I’ve Been Reading Lately #29

Posted on 12/31/2022 by Lenn

BOOKS READ:

No Place Like Home by Mary Higgins Clark
We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Christmas Killer (DI James Walker, #1) by Alex Pine
The Gift by Freida McFadden
I’m a Therapist and My Patient is Going to be the Next School Shooter by Dr. Harper

ONGOING:

Christmas at Mistletoe Cottage by Lucy Daniels

BOOKS BOUGHT:

The Martian by Andy Weir
Artemis by Andy Weir
Sail by James Patterson
The Inn by James Patterson
The Perfect Couple by Jackie Kabler
He Said/She Said by Erin Kelly
Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter
The Fire Child by S.L. Tremayne
The Feed by Nick Clark Windo
Ragdoll by Daniel Cole
The Secretary by Renee Knight
Rise by Mira Grant
The Nest by Kenneth Oppel
Kill the Father by Sandrone Dezieri
The Mayfly by James Hazel
White Crocodile y K.T. Medina
Sacrifice by Hannah Winter
Ecstasy by Irvine Welsh
The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs by Irvine Welsh
Filth by Irvine Welsh
Don’t Let Go by Michel Bussi

BOOKS RECEIVED:

Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak

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My Signed Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak

Posted on 12/09/2022 by Lenn

I just wanted to share on here how ecstatic I feel that I now have a physical signed copy of Jason Rekulak’s Hidden Pictures! One of my book club friends reached out to Jason and asked if we can directly order a book from him with personal dedications. And lo and behold, Jason never charged us for the books. He just asked us to cover the shipping from Philadelphia to Philippines because it’s quite expensive. He’s absolutely one of the most generous and thoughtful authors we came across with and we are so thankful for this.

Special thanks to the Thrillseekers Book Club PH for making this possible! Truly, it’s the best book club I’ve ever been a part of. ❤

Stuff I’ve Been Reading Lately #28

Posted on 12/07/2022 by Lenn

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BOOKS READ:

The Burning Maze (Trials of Apollo, #3) by Rick Riordan
A Stranger in the House by Shari Lapena

ONGOING:

No Place Like Home by Mary Higgins Clark

BOOKS BOUGHT:

The Wives by Tarryn Fisher
Sweet Heart by Peter James
The Weekend Escape by Rakie Bennett
Six Four by Hideo Yokoyama
Loot by Jude Watson
A Child Called It y Dave Pelzer
Baby Doll by Hollie Overton
Triptych (Will Trent, #1) by Karin Slaughter
Criminal (Will Trent, #6) by Karin Slaughter
Broken (Will Trent, #4) by Karin Slaughter
Christmas at Mistletoe Cottage by Lucy Daniels
Creed by James Herbert
Witch Hunt by Syd Moore
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
The People Next Door by Christopher Ransom
The Birthing House by Christopher Ransom
Mystic River by Dennis Lehane
Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
The Survivor Club by Lisa Gardner

BOOKS RECEIVED:

The Runaway by Martina Cole
Moss Hysteria by Kate Collins
Fractured (Will Trent, #2) by Karin Slaughter
No Place Like Home by Mary Higgins Clark
Stay Close by Harlan Coben
The Other Daughter by Lisa Gardner

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October Reading Plans

Posted on 10/03/2022 by Lenn

I know I’m not good at following TBRs, but in the past two months, I lowkey tried creating one for myself and I was able to follow it—though not entirely as I usually run out of time to finish all of it, but I was able to stick to it by reading book from that specific list. So I figured that since I was able to that in the past two months, I can now re-introduce this section on my blog.

For this month, I plan to read books that lean towards the spooky and the creepy because, duh, it’s Halloween season! I live for this season and I look forward to it by devouring all things spooky. I am a bit of a scaredy-cat so the most “horror” that I can read are actually more from the thriller side of things like slashers and whodunnits. But this year, I plan on reevaluating my tolerance by reading some horror from authors like Stephen King and Adam Cesare. So without further ado, here are the books I plan to read this month:

Pet Sematary by Stephen King
Mars, May Zombie by Chuckberry J. Pascual
The Troop by Nick Cutter
Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare
The Chestnut Man by Søren Sveistrup

Hopefully I get to read these books and if time permits, I would also like to add other titles like Coraline by Neil Gaiman and Home Before Dark by Riley Sager. How about you? What are you planning to read this month?

Stuff I’ve Been Feeling Lately #26

Posted on 09/30/2022 by Lenn

BOOKS READ:

Stolen by Lucy Christopher
Sadie by Courtney Summers
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Final Girls by Riley Sager
Naoki Urasawa’s Monster Vol. 1 by Naoki Urasawa
I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

ONGOING:

Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare

BOOKS BOUGHT:

The Treatment by C.L. Taylor
Let Me Lie by Clare Mackintosh
My Bloody Valentine by Alastair Gunn
The Christmas Killer by Alex Pine
Blonde Ice by R.G. Belsky
The Other Child by Lucy Atkins
The Ex by Alafair Burke
The Girl Before by J.P. Delaney
The End of Her by Shari Lapena
House Across the Street by Lesley Pearse
The Missing by C.L. Taylor
Mars, May Zombie! by Chuckberry Pascual
The Troop by Nick Cutter

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Stuff I’ve Been Reading Lately #25

Posted on 08/31/2022 by Lenn

BOOKS READ:

The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena
Spy x Family, Vol. 1 by Tatsuya Endo
Spy x Family, Vol. 2 by Tatsuya Endo
Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa
Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones
Beautiful Darkness (Caster Chronicles, #2) by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca

ONGOING:

Stolen by Lucy Christopher
I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

BOOKS BOUGHT:

1984 by George Orwell
The Spy by Paulo Coelho

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Stuff I’ve Been Reading Lately #24

Posted on 07/31/2022 by Lenn

BOOKS READ:

The Philippines Is Not A Small Country by Gideon Lasco
We’ll Always Have Summer (Summer, #3) by Jenny Han
The Dark Prophecy (Trials of Apollo, #2) by Rick Riordan
The Magic Arrow by Bolet Banal
Ito Ang Diktadura by Equip Plantel
Isang Harding Papel by Aguie Rivera
EDSA by Russell Molina
Si Jhun-Jhun, Noong Bago Ideklara Ang Batas Militar by Augie Rivera

ONGOING:

The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
The Secret Lives of Introverts: Our Hidden Worlds by Jenn Granneman

BOOKS BOUGHT:

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Cat Who Saved Books by Sôsuke Natsukawa
The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
Before the Coffee Gets Cold: Tales From the Cafe by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa
To Kill A Mokingbird by Harper Lee
Subversive Lives: A Family Memoir of the Marcos Years by Nathan Gilbert Quimpo and Susan Quimpo
Si Janus Silang At Ang Tiyanak ng Tabon (Janus Silang, #1) by Edgar Calabia Samar
Martial Law (Looking Back, #15) by Ambeth Ocampo

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Read 5, Buy 1

Posted on 07/14/2022 by Lenn

Hi, everyone! If you’ve been reading my entries on Stuff I’ve Been Reading Lately, you probably noticed that I have a book-buying problem. Please don’t judge me. Haha It would have been fine if I was reading a lot of books, but I can only read so much given my responsibilities and commitments lately. I know I’ve said that I’m proud that I was still able to complete (ahead of time!) my target of reading 12 books this year, and I really am proud of myself for that. Still, I need to control myself from hoarding so many books. Continue reading →

2022 Mid-Year Book Freak Out Tag

Posted on 07/12/2022 by Lenn

Hi, everyone! I’m doing the Mid-Year Book Freak Out Tag a little bit late this year because I’ve been busy with personal stuff in the past three weeks or so. So this tag was created in 2016 by Ely and Chami on BookTube and it has been an ongoing tag around the book community to help bookish people wrap up the first half of their reading year. I have to admit that I haven’t been religiously doing this throughout the years, but here I am this year!

As you all know, I got married this year which is why, at the start of the year, I decided to just set 12 books for my Goodreads reading challenge. I knew for a fact that I wouldn’t have a lot of reading time this year given that I have a lot of adjusting to do. But as of writing, I’ve already completed my goal of 12 books, so I decided to adjust it to 20 books! It’s not much compared to others’ 50+ books a year, but I’m happy that I got past my initial goal early on. Continue reading →