Hello everyone. Happy Monday!

This is just a small update to my blog. Over the past week, something happened to the coding with the template I used to use for my blog. I've switched templates now and I'm trying to fix some posts, gifs, pictures, spacing etc. etc. I'm really sad since I loved my old blog template, but I've tried reaching out to the creator of the template and they haven't responded. Oh well...

Series or Standalone?

Hello everyone!

This post is just going to be a bit of a laid back one :) The main question for today is do you prefer to read books in a series or do you just want everything to be wrapped up neatly in one book? This question was brought up by my best friend. She loves giving me books to read but always had a hard time because she doesn't know if the book I'm receiving is the first, third or eight book of the series. This year she asked if there were any standalone YA books I want to read and I found that hard to answer.

Around the Blogs (#3)

Hello everyone. Happy Saturday!

This post is inspired by the lovely Chuckles over at their blog Chuckles Book Cave. The main reason why I started blogging was by reading wonderful blogs made by other people. It is always fun to read other people's reviews, blog tags, rants, or just posts about anything. I decided that I should post what blog posts I've read and one's that I liked. I read a lot of posts, but here are some that I enjoyed :)

The List Keeps Growing (#2)

Happy Tuesday everyone!

This is just a small update of what I've been doing and all the reasons why I haven't been posting. This year I wanted to read 20 books and well THAT'S NOT HAPPENING! I think I've read 8? That's so bad haha. I've been working and studying for some licenses for my work, which means 8 hour work day + 2-3 hours of studying. I just didn't have time for books. I DID read a couple of books which I have to write reviews on, so that will be coming soon. 

Any who, this post is all the books I've added on my TBR list. I have a grand total of 62 books I'd like to read now. This is a small list compared to other bloggers out there. Some have into the thousands!! I remember when I used to read a book a day. Where did all that time go?! Hopefully I can tackle most of these books down the road. Here are the new family members to my TBR list!

1. Four Dead Queens by Astrid Scholte

The Next Five (#6)

Hello everyone. Happy Tuesday!

Guys I'm soooooo behind on my reading goals for this year. I am about two books behind schedule and I hope I can get back on track. Why am I such a slow reader lol... Any who, here are the next five books I'll be reading. If you've read any of these books, let me know on a 5 star rating what your thoughts are on that book. No spoilers please!! All descriptions are taken from Goodreads.

1. Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

My Vacation in Japan!

Happy Friday everyone!

Ever since I was a little kid reading manga and watching anime, I've always wanted to visit the beautiful country of Japan. I was able to spend a week in Japan and I have to say that I loved every second of it. I visited a total of five cities in Japan, Osaka, Kobe, Hamamatsu, Nagoya, and Tokyo. Since I visited mostly south Japan I hope to visit the northern side of Japan one day. Sorry for posting a bit later than scheduled. Any who, enjoy the pictures of Japan! Shameless plug of my Instagram since I posted pics there too: @elleinked

My Vacation in Vietnam!

Hello everyone. Happy Sunday!

So last month I took a month long vacation in Vietnam & Japan. It was a very long trip and I was definitely homesick. Although it was great and fun, there are a couple of BRUTAL things you have to deal with. For fun (not fun), I counted all the hours I was in the plane for and the total was *drum roll*... 42 HOURS... Yup, I was flying for 42 hours total. The total time for layover was 16 hours. 

Now, onto the more fun stuff, Vietnam!! It feels so weird coming from Seattle, WA at a nice ~50F (~10C) weather to Vietnam which was a blazing 85F (30C) AT NIGHT . I was wearing jeans and a jacket, sweating like I just came out of the shower inside the airport where they have AC. So, that was very nice lol... Overall, I don't have many pictures of Vietnam but I'll post as many as I can here. There is a lot of stealing in Vietnam, especially with phones, so anywhere I went, my phone was in my awesome fanny pack.

Commissioned Artwork by @elliemaplefox

Hello everyone!!

So I was getting bored with my old avatar. I really do love my old one and it'll always have a place in my heart because it's the first avatar ever, but I figured I needed to change things up a bit. I decided that every year, I'll try and get myself a new avatar made by a new artist. I love how every artist has a different style. So here is the new avatar down below :)!

I AM BACK FROM VACATION!!!!

Hello everyone! Happy Tuesday~

Alright, I am really jet lagged so excuse any gibberish that may or may not make sense as I type this. I literally fell asleep at 6pm and now typing this at 12:30am :D because I can't sleep...(send help)... ORIGINALLY, I was planning to blog while I was on vacation, but things did not turn out as I planned. So this is what happened...

Around the Blogs (#2)

Happy Friday everyone!

This post is inspired by the lovely Chuckles over at their blog Chuckles Book Cave. The main reason why I started blogging was by reading wonderful blogs made by other people. It is always fun to read other people's reviews, blog tags, rants, or just posts about anything. I decided that I should post what blog posts I've read and one's that I liked. I read a lot of posts, but here are some that I enjoyed :)

Burying Myself in Webtoons (#3)

Hello everyone! Happy Saturday. 

This is another update to all of the webtoons that I am reading.  For those who don't know what a webtoon is, a webtoon is a digital comic strip that is published online. I absolutely love the art, story line, dedication and work that is involved in these comics. I'm still reading the webtoons from my previous posts, but here are some more webtoons that I would like to recommend to you all! Feel free to recommend me any webtoons that you know as well :)

1. Glacias by Yaruno & Nara

Around the Blogs (#1)

Hello everyone. Happy Sunday/Monday!

This post is inspired by the lovely Chuckles over at their blog Chuckles Book Cave. The main reason why I started blogging was by reading wonderful blogs made by other people. It is always fun to read other people's reviews, blog tags, rants, or just posts about anything. I decided that I should post what blog posts I've read and one's that I liked. I read a lot of posts, but here are some that I enjoyed :)

2018: A Year in Review

Happy Tuesday everyone!

I was reading Literary Feline's Year in Review and figured that I should write one for my own blog. She got her questions off of Jamie's blog at The Perpetual Page Turner. Overall, this is my first official full year of blogging. I have had many great reads in books, blogs, and other reviews. It has been an amazing wonderful year of blogging. Do you all have any New Year resolutions? I'm trying to lose weight, blog/read more, and get better at my job :) Okay, onto the review!

The List Keeps Growing

Hey there strangers! Happy Thursday.

It has been forever since I posted ANYTHING. Work and life have made it a tad difficult for me to post things. December is the busiest month out of the year for me at work. I'm also working on a side hobby as well that is taking a bit of my time. I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! Did you get anything that you wanted?? 

This post is basically a list of all the books I am putting on my TBR list. I probably should read books faster though... My list feels like it's getting longer and longer with no end in sight. Right now, my TBR list has 53 books on there. If I want to read all those books by the end of next year. I need to finish one book a week. That is a tall order... Oh well! Onto the books that are added to my TBR list :)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hello everyone!

This is going to be just a small post to wish everyone that celebrates Thanksgiving a Happy Thanksgiving! Eat a lot of mashed potatoes for me. That is my favorite dish! If you don't celebrate Thanksgiving, I hope you have a freaking awesome Thursday.

The Next Five (#5)

Hello everyone. Happy Sunday!

Here are the next five books that I will be reading! Since it is close to winter, I'm hoping for some nice refreshing books to read. I usually read one book at a time and unfortunately, I'm not the speediest reader either. Honestly, my list of books to read feels like it'll never end. If you've read any of the books I've mention, let me know on a 5-star rating scale what you think of it. Please don't put any spoilers! Here are the five books and my thoughts on them as I read the book descriptions. All the descriptions are taken from Goodreads. 

1. Heart of Iron by Ashley Poston

October Wrap Up 2018

Happy Thursday everyone!

I hope everyone had a blast with Halloween. Turkey time for people in the States is coming soon and I cannot wait. I absolutely love Thanksgiving. Overall, October was a very simple month for me. Work was very busy, which means I didn't have much time for reading. Here are the books that I read in October.

Burying Myself in Webtoons (#2)

Hello everyone! Happy Wednesday.

It has been a while since we chatted or blogged. Last time, I made a post about all the webtoons that I read when I'm taking a break from YA books. You can read about the previous post here. For those who don't know what a webtoon is, a webtoon is a digital comic strip that is published online. I absolutely love the art, story line, dedication and work that is involved in these comics. I'm still reading the webtoons from my previous post, but here are some more webtoons that I would like to recommend to you all! 

1. True Beauty by Yaongyi

Giveaway? Giveaway! Giveaway.

Happy Monday everyone!

I decided to host another small giveaway. This time, I couldn't decide on what book to give as a give away, so I'll give you guys the option to pick from nine different books. The winner of the giveaway can pick ONE book from the list and they will receive a brand new copy of that book from Amazon. Unfortunately, only US residence are able to enter this giveaway :( Please enter using the Rafflecopter form below. The giveaway will end September 18th. Good luck to all who enter! NOTE: You can enter using the "free entry" once per day. For a grand total of 15 entries by the end of this raffle if you wish :)

Three Things Tag

Hello everyone! Happy Thursday :)

So, I saw this tag on Chuckle's blog @ Chuckle's Book Cave who read the tag on Katherine's blog @ I Wished I Lived In a Library. I had so much fun reading the answers that I decided to do this tag myself. I won't tag anyone for this tag, but if you want to participate you can :) Let me know if you participate down below so I can read your answers too! Alright, onto the tag.