I applaud any and all readers who can read more than one book at a time and still drop regularly scheduled reviews. Or those that read books consecutively and still remember details from the very first book during a book binge. What is your secret?! The number of books I have on the back burner for reviews (most of my read books from 2016/7 and most from 2018) *smh*. That dreadful "review to come"... if you see it on any of my past GR reviews, I apologize. I lied ya'll.
I didn't even realize it was the 10th anniversary of Twilight until I came across the new edition at the bookstore. There was a big display with multiple copies. The iconic hands holding an apple drawing my attention. I thought Stephanie Meyer finally reconsidered and released Midnight Sun. I was close to happy tears. But 'Twilight Reimagined'? I'll admit, I was very intrigued at the concept but not enough to actually read it. I'd like to make it clear though that I LOVE TWILIGHT. I even purchased a Vietnamese edition when I spent a summer in Vietnam. New Moon had me crying so hard. Eclipse had me gushing. The final book was meh for me but I won't get into the reasons why heheh.
I first read Twilight in 2006. At that time I was more into fantasy books like Inkheart and Silverwing but my friend insisted I read it for Edward Cullen. Please note that I had never read a contemporary/paranormal romance book before this. There was a lot of giggling and blushing when kisses were mentioned (I was a very innocent child ;) ). Edward Cullen was my first book boyfriend! He was a gentleman and attentive. He was the perfect guy in my eyes and I was Team Edward for the longest time until I watched the movies. I'm sorry but Robert Pattinson just wasn't how I imagined Edward. I was Team Jacob when it came to the movies. I mean, Taylor Lautner woooo *fans self* [But really I was all about the cute and sexy half-naked werewolves hahah].
Anyway, back to the main point of my post, I won't be reading Life and Death. The main reason being that my tastes in books have changed drastically since then. I prefer Adult and NA contemporary romance now. I prefer heroines that have backbone and won't easily be manipulated by a handsome face. I also prefer books without love triangles (most of the time). It's been ages since I reread the Twilight saga, and I don't see a reread in my future. Nonetheless these books hold a very dear place in my heart and always will. It was the series that got me into reading romance novels after all!
Have you read Life and Death? Why or why not? To those who have read it, I am definitely interested to know what you thought and what the new character names are!
It's officially been about 6 months since I started this blog *dances* :D What I've noticed as a newbie is how difficult it is to stay active and post daily. I never had a plan. I pretty much winged everything the night before haha. But now I've read so many books, all of which I will review eventually, I have no clue where to start.
I am happy to announce that my winter break has officially started.
I haven't been very active in the blogging world lately but I'll be using this time to catch up on a lot of stuff, blog-related things included! Thought I'd make this random post to share with you what I have planned for this winter break :D
1. Catch up on book reviews
Upcoming reviews on the blog:
Now that I look at it, I don't have much to catch up here haha.
But I always seems to take forever figuring out what to say in a review *sigh*
I also read the first book of a novella series but I think I'll do a series review rather than individual ones.
2. Make a [tiny] dent in my tbr list
It was incredibly hard to decided which books on my tbr to dive into during the winter break.
Here are four that I will for sure read (in this exact order too):
I have A LOT of catching up to do when it comes to tv shows. But there's always that dilemma of having to choose between watching my shows or reading books, and reading has trumped watching tv more often than not.
Here are the shows I'm actively working on getting caught up with:
You'll be seeing this "On Repeat" business here and there in my future Jae Talk (aka randomness) posts! It's just so I can post the latest YouTube video that I can't stop watching hehe. Most of the time, it will be music-related :)
If you're not familiar with Us: The Duo, THEY ARE AMAZING.
The fact that they're married and all heart eyes at each other makes my heart warm.
