Hot Gimmick, Vol. 3 by Miki AiharaMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
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Thursday, December 31, 2020
Wednesday, December 30, 2020
Tuesday, December 29, 2020
Monday, December 28, 2020
Sunday, December 27, 2020
Saturday, December 26, 2020
Thursday, August 6, 2020
Monday, August 3, 2020
Friday, July 24, 2020
Tuesday, July 21, 2020
Monday, July 20, 2020
Sunday, July 19, 2020
Sunday, July 12, 2020
Review: Together: Why Social Connection Holds the Key to Better Health, Higher Performance, and Greater Happiness
Together: Why Social Connection Holds the Key to Better Health, Higher Performance, and Greater Happiness by Vivek H. MurthyMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Good book, very anecdotal, lots of stories...
Talks about how COVID right now is changing us and the social needs that we have as humans.
It's made me more empathetic and understanding to people that suffer from loneliness and the lack of human social connection. Connection is so important to our lives, health, and wellbeing.
I feel like I read a lot and it's interesting but I didn't take any notes lol
Loneliness kills...
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Wednesday, July 8, 2020
Review: Pretty Things
Pretty Things by Janelle BrownMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Wow I really binged this book haha it's pretty long and I finished it in almost under 24hr XD
It was good! Twists and turns and exciting and wanting to figure out more and more and wondering where it's going to go.
I feel like summing up this book would give too much away haha but basically it's about a smart manipulative con artist girl who wants to get revenge con on this entitled, rich, self obsessed girl she knew back in highschool because of what her family did to her.
I like how a book showed the Instagram influencer lifestyle and internal and external POV of it.
I liked how well the narrative switched from Nina's POV to Vanessa's point of view in the chapters.
The ending was good but I was expecting it the whole time. I think I've rad so many novels at this point it's difficult to really shock me haha but I still enjoyed the whole journey! Ashley/Nina and Vanessa are great characters. Nina is introverted, caring, self aware, manipulative, smart, witty and Vanessa is beautiful, rich, healthy, very Instagram savvy, but pretty dull minded.
I feel like this would make for a better movie than book. Reason in spoiler below.
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Tuesday, July 7, 2020
Saturday, July 4, 2020
Review: Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter
Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter by 50 CentMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Wow how 50 Cent surprised me with this book! It's a great book! Lots to learn and admire Curtis for and I have a new found respect for him.
He's giving a lot of life advice - hustle, be fearless, know your true friends, portraying yourself as you don't really want it or need it demeanor actually works with life work romance, learn from your losses, don't be entitled, and read a lot!
It's sad how other people treated him when he became successful, people acting entitled and seeing him for just money instead of a relationship. Especially his own son who he wanted to hep and work with but was too lazy and entitled to do anything. To the people he considered friends that back-stabbed him. To the reuniting of long lost friendships that he was disappointed in because all they wanted was a piece of the pie. It seems like a lonely life being rich and famous but there still are good people at the top.
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Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Thursday, June 25, 2020
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Friday, June 12, 2020
Monday, June 8, 2020
Tuesday, June 2, 2020
Thursday, May 28, 2020
Review: City of Glass
City of Glass by Cassandra ClareMy rating: 2 of 5 stars
(2.5/5 stars) Gotta say I'm kinda disappointed in this trilogy's ending...
I give it 3 stars because I enjoyed the series and I liked the world building, and characters. But then I give it 2 stars because this book dragged on like no tomorrow.... I was actually getting annoyed lol. The ending was not surprising to me at all and I could predict what was going to happen most of the time. I have much more specific complaints in the spoilers section below.
This book is much slower paced and longer than the first couple books. Which in a way I didn't mind because we can go deeper into the characters and story, but in another way it got really repetitive and boring.
I found the new character Sebastian interesting - do we trust him, is he good or bad? And I enjoyed Simon's 'becoming of vampireness' lol I feel like he embraced it more.
What I didn't like the most was the lack of emotion when there needed to be... (see spoilers)
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Tuesday, May 26, 2020
Monday, May 25, 2020
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Sunday, May 17, 2020
Friday, May 15, 2020
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Friday, May 8, 2020
Saturday, May 2, 2020
Review: What You Say is What You Get
What You Say is What You Get by Don GossettMy rating: 1 of 5 stars
Read it half way and just couldn't stand reading any more! I'm not religious at all and this was wayyyy too PRAISE JESUS! THE ALMIGHTY! Reminds me of those religious cults in the United States that yell and scream Jesus's name and shake uncontrollably lol Sorry but this is so not for me... I guess the one thing that's a take away is that if you really believe in something it comes true, kinda like The Secret.
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Thursday, April 30, 2020
Review: Not a Diet Book: The Must-Have Fitness Book From the World's Favourite Personal Trainer
Not a Diet Book: The Must-Have Fitness Book From the World's Favourite Personal Trainer by James SmithMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
The best book ever on the fitness industry, advice, diet, exercise!
James Smith is "That Hashtag-Calorie-Fucking-Deficit Guy" (#CFD!) He covers a range of topics from diet, diet fads, training routines, supplements, sleep, when to eat, how to eat, motivation, and even women's menstrual cycles.
What it all comes down to in losing weight, fat, getting healthier, lowering your BMI etc is just going on a calorie deficit diet. More calories out than in will make you lose weight, it's really that simple.
All these diet fads are just some ways in consuming less calories overall, and whichever one you believe in will generally work because it's a placebo. Some others are better than others, for example Intermittent Fasting is a great way to lose fat because you're basically skipping breakfast and only consuming lunch and dinner, less calories, more weight loss.
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Saturday, April 25, 2020
Friday, April 24, 2020
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Review: The Carrie Diaries
The Carrie Diaries by Candace BushnellMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Enjoyed it! Would I re-read it? Probably not :P It's very "highschool" well actually it literally is :P It's when Carrie was in her senior year, right before she goes to New York and Brown. It's the beginning, if you will.
It has mostly all the highschool themes, cliques, fitting in, girls being mean to eachother, shitty friends, shitty boyfriends, coming out of the closet, being back stabbed by a friend, jealousy, figuring out what you want to be in life, finding out who you are, self identity, loyalty to friendships, being cheated on, trying different courses seeing what you like, wondering if a boy likes you or not.
Carrie is very annoying at times and to me unrelatable and way too forgiving and naive lol but hey she's in high school. If I had to identify with a character it probably would have been The Mouse because she actually thinks rationally, scratch that, she actually thinks properly lol
Maggie is unbelievably annoying, dumb, and emotional. I've actually known girls like Maggie though.
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Sunday, April 19, 2020
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
Review: Someone We Know
Someone We Know by Shari LapenaMy rating: 2 of 5 stars
2.5/5 stars
It was okay... I've read better Who dunnit' type of books.
The book starts off with family teenage drama. The mom finds out her son has been snooping into their neighbors homes. She doesn't react well and makes a mistake of writing a letter to the homes he broke into. The parents scare the boy into not doing it again. You learn about all their neighbors for the who dunnit part. The detectives ask everyone questions.. mostly everyone withholds extra info making the book longer then it should have been lol...
The entire book is centered around the Who Dunnit. There's no extra of anything which makes it just feel rushed and unimaginative.
The ending wasn't even that good.
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Thursday, April 9, 2020
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