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Abby Joy B.

I AM BACK! Finals is over! Hello, holiday/term break!!!!!
OMG. It's been a while. I did post an entry about me going on a hiatus and I really took that seriously. This semester was damn hectic and hard. Budgeting time, working your ass off for projects, a lot of oral defense and presentation & brain-racking exams (note brain-racking hahaha nah kidding). I admit that I barely had a time for myself and even for my social networking sites. In this book blog, I only posted 3 book related stuff for the whole month! Say what? 
Usually, I can atleast have 18 posts to squeeze in every month, but for December........ Oh well, FINALS is over and I have two weeks to pamper myself with my books & (food and sleep). The horror of my eyebags, they officially turned into eye luggage. HAH. I have two personal things to share: I won an oral defense and I lost weight!! I prepared so damn hard for that oral defense and it paid off. My mom was even angry at me when she woke up in the middle of the night and seeing me still awake at 3-4 am. Sleepless nights all paid off! And for the weight loss, although it's really that trivial lost, I can say that an 8 pound lost for only a month without even trying to resume my tae bo exercise is a great deal. Hell-o, stress. Hell-o. 
^ Me right now. Partying in front of my laptop while drinking my favorite chocolate drink and blasting will i am's #thatPower ft. Justin Bieber. I'M ALIVE I'M ALIVE I'M ALIVE (suits me right lmfao). I'll post a personal post regarding my second term experience in my personal blog. If you want to check it out, it'll be up soon.

And look what I got for todaaaaay! I LITERALLY SCREAMED WHEN I SAW MY CAMP HALF-BLOOD SHIRT BLOODY LYING ON MY BED YAY THANKS @thedreamshirt && BOUGHT MYSELF CHAMPION AND UNDER THE NEVER SKY WEEEPPEEEE!!! (do u feel my happiness right now hah hahahha) + the ribbon that I bought for today. I am actually wearing it right now while typing this. KAWAII.

What's up for this blog?

I already joined a 2014 series challenge and if you're interested you should join too! Here is the actual post of read. sleep. repeat. Goodluck to everyone joining! Next are my 2013 summary posts. That includes Book and Writing Insanity by Cait & Mime of Notebook Sisters && 2013 End of Year Book Survey by Jamie of The Perpetual Page-Turner. I am planning to do these a week before 2013 ends.

That's it for this post! I am still thinking of what to do right now. Actually, I don't have a clue. What. What. What. Bye :D
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THE TITLE TO BE CHANGED LMAO


"Good things come to those who wait"

I am going to vomit OH MY GOD LIKE FINALLY SETH'S OWN BOOK YOU MOTHER FUCKERS IT'S OUR TURN NOW. I LITERALLY SCREAMED LIKE A MAD WOMAN WHEN I FOUND OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am an avid fangirl of Seth ever since Half-blood. I love him to bits! He has a very dark and cryptic aura that enticed me ever since. The ending of Sentinel really frustrated me because of its dire conclusion(?) for Seth. Although I already foresaw that kind of ending for him, it was still unbearable to the point I cannot even rate Sentinel when I finished it. For the oh-so-freaking-good-news, last Nov 16, 2013, Jennifer Armentrout announced the spin-off for the Covenant Series and guess what...

SETH'S STORY

The Return (Titan #1)
I cannot freaking contain my feels right now. Thank you the quiet girl talks. LOL. I saw her WoW and discovered that Jlynn already unveiled the cover and title of Seth's story. I was so outdated, I didn't even heard about this news last week. Such poo poo :(( I was sad to know about this later, but now I am just freaking excited for this one. Again, I LITERALLY SCREAMED AND CLAWED MY FACE. YES.

 Anyway, the cover is smoking holy friggin amber eyes.


TEENIE WEENIE TEASERS FROM JLYNN:

1. The Return will be in dual POV (Seth and our main protagonist)
2. You have NOT met the female lead yet.
3. The female lead has absolutely no knowledge of gods and any of that
4. Since it’s a Titan novel, you can expect… the Titans.
5. Apollo will be all up in the book, because well, it’s Apollo and I sort of like him.
6. Deacon and Luke will make appearances, but other main characters will not be featured in this series. (Not giving details to avoid as much spoilers as possible)
7. The biggest difference is that the Titan series will be New Adult paranormal. And here’s the reason why. I never gave Seth’s birthday, but he’s always been well over the age of 18 years old, and I really have no real reason bringing him into a high school environment without making him look like a creeper. And he already has enough creeper tendencies as is, so he really is too old for YA. Does that mean the book will be inappropriate for younger readers? Absolutely not. Will it have more adult content? Probably. I mean, Seth was always borderline inappropriate, but my YA books have that, so….

Do you hear that noise? That's me flailing inside my room. Yep.

While I do appreciate the NA genre Jlynn chose, there's this still longing for the YA genre. He was introduced in a YA series, what's with the juuump. But then again, SETH is holy friggin' not really that wholesome and aside from the fact that he's also a panty-combusting character, no doubt that NA will also work for him.

I AM SO FREAKING EXCITED!!!
Again, I AM FREAKING EXCITED LIKE I CANNOT FATHOM WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING. THIS IS THE REALITY I WANTED!!

It's getting real! My dream for Seth to have his own novel.



2015? Let the waiting begin!
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The title basically summarized what this post is all about. It's just mind-boggling how I missed physical books. I've been reading through e-book (for Sept-Oct) lately and it is really frustrating how I am itching to buy physical ones. I only read one physical copy for October and that was Origin by JLA. And that's it. Only one physical book. ONE.!!!!

The reason why I can't buy books right now is because of my kpop merchandise liabilities. yes, liabilities. I have an ongoing debt LMAO for a photobook of my deerest Luhan (which you probably dont know who he is). Also, a kpop concert wiped out the money on my wallet, literally wiped out. BROKE. BROKE. BROKE. BROKE. November 15, 2013 is the day I'll finally pay my remaining balance for the photobook and album I ordered months ago. I am not really rich and my parents don't fully support me financially in my fangirl /wants/ (both kpop and book wants) LOL. They support me emotionally, mentally, spiritually (they might be praying every night for me to stop buying stuff HAHAHA). What can I do? I can't really help it! And for the record I am not the kind of fangirl that buys every merch out there, i only choose what I really WANT (NEED). But ofcourse, we're just middle class and I am just a student. I only depend on my dad's income, that's why I don't push them too much. I save and save and save even sacrifice eating lunch for the sake of buying books and merchandise.

Woah. *laughs* I only intend to post a simple explanation and look what happened. The point is, CONTROL. I really need to ocntrol my buying galore and prioritize substantial WANTS. Always wants HAHAHA. Please tell me you understand me with these stuff cause I think I'm going mental. JK. Now, I officially announce that my kpop merch buying galore WILL stop. By Nov 15, 2013, my savings will be provided to my book //needs// wants. I will only buy 2 physical books for November and 3-5 for December. Of course my precious e-book won't be neglected, I will still read through it, besides I owe e-books A LOT LOT LOT LOT. Can we have a moment to pray for this agenda to be successful. Join me my brothers and sisters. CRIES HAHAHAHAHA.

I already listed the books I'm buying this November-December (I am really not ready for this. Ain't I? HAHAHA) Let's do some Maths. This might be embarrassing, but who cares. I am trying to be transparent to my blog since I love sharing stuff like this. Php means peso (I am from the Philippines, yo!)


 


1. Crown of Midnight (Php 447.00): I promised myself that this will be the first book I'll buy once I lift my book ban. I've waited for this soooooooo long. Chaol baby I'm going to meet you again!!!

2. Legend by Marie Lu (Php 399.00): So I checked National Bookstore and this book is under special order which I don't know how it works. I asked them a gazillion (maybe million only) times about the special order, but they won't answer my inquiry. I am dying to read this!!!

3. Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi (Php 349.00): Intriguing book with pretty pretty cover, CHECK! Though I am not much on the dystopia genre, I am absolutely going to read this since a lot of my friends are talking about this.

4. Shatter Me and Unravel Me by Tahereh Maffe (Php 329.00 x 2): I know guys. I know. I am on the minority of YA junkies that hasn't read this books yet. So, I am really excited for these books! The covers are so gorgeous I am actually drooling.

5. Partials by Dan Wells (Php 349.00): This book looks good. The premise is dystopia-ish but like I said I am trying every book that might suit my taste.

5 books! Yes, pls! Please :D
PS: Please Push me off a cliff if I won't be able to buy these at the end of 2013 ;)
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The longest book hangover I had was when I finished Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare. I had a 2-3 weeks reading slump because every book after CP2 feels irrelevant to me. I already expected that I'll have another book hangover with The House of Hades because things like this is inevitable. Ugh. I feel rereading it but at the same time I want to move on.. SHIT. How do I fight this? I tried to read The Darkest Minds to divert my attention to other genre which is dark dystopia but as I start The Darkest Minds, I kept longing for HoH.

I know this is just irrelevant but I feel like I am going to have another 2-3 week book hangover when The City of Heavenly Fire, The Blood of Olympus, Split Second, Sentinel come out :((


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I'm an engineering student who loves skincare, books, dramas and pastel pink (i just had to write that.) This where I translate my shenanigans and whatnots in life into written posts. I'll probably rave about stuff here so you've been warned! jk! (not really)

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