Bookmarks are great because 1. I don’t like dog-ears 2. I cannot remember where I stopped reading last time
So, to prevent the clumsy me from losing them, I grabbed a highlighter box that was lying around my house and store the bookmarks in it:
The size is p-e-r-f-e-c-t for bookmarks
It’s thin and light so I sticked it to the side of my bookshelf using some blue tack.
How do you guys store your bookmarks? Or do you use them?
Since I’ve finished school, I’ve uploaded 4 post – and 3 of them are memes. Memes are really quick to write as you barely have to plan and think (I definitely took advantage of that), and you get to keep your book blog updated without putting effort in it.
Now I’m not saying that memes are bad or anything, I just think that as a blogger, I should put in some time in writing a post, making sure it is of high quality, instead of just throwing out some memes because I’m too lazy or in a horrible reading slump. Because of that, I’ve decided to change from posting weekly and following a schedule to posting irregularly but ensuring the quality of my posts.
I’m proud to say that I’m FINALLY out of my reading slump (hurray!), and I hope I’d be able to put together a decent book review after finishing Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson. Anyway, thanks for putting up with me and I hope you’ll have a great day/night!
Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish
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Top Ten Books I’ve Read So Far In 2015:
1. Pivot Point by Kasie West
2. The Giver by Lois Lowry
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Two? TWO ONLY!? I just can’t believe that
I’m currently reading The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson, but it feels weird. Like the act of reading makes me feels weird. Maybe it’s because I’m still at the beginning of the story, it’s very difficult for me to get excited and be like ‘I HAVE TO READ IT’.
Anyway, I hope I’d be able to read more in the summer (I must). So what are your top ten books you’ve read so far?
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Waiting on Wednesday is a meme hosted by Breaking the Spine
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My ‘waiting on’ pick this week is:
Book Title: The Girl at the Center of the World
Author: Austin Aslan
Publication Date: 4th August, 2015
As sixteen-year-old Leilani and her family learn to live without electronics, farming the land as her ancestors did, she finds strength in her relatives, her friendships, and her strange connection to the Emerald Orchid–the force whose presence caused global devastation–but suffers regret over what she must do to survive.
An exciting and satisfying sequel that continues the thrilling ideas and adventure of THE ISLANDS AT THE END OF THE WORLD.
Native Hawaiian mythology and history is beautifully intertwined in the story.
An eco-thriller by an expert: great choice for dystopian fans who want a new spin. The author has a masters in tropical conservation biology from the University of Hawaii-Hilo.
– Goodreads
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Scarlet is just to dark and heavy for the summer, so I decided to use mint and grey instead. Here are the new graphics:
I started learning modern calligraphy a few days ago and decided to try it on them >3< Basically I wrote the words on a piece of paper, scan it using my phone and then go on Paint.net on my computer to edit it. The mountain doodle is from a photo editing app on my phone and the water colour background is from google.
So what do you think?
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I’m finally done with all my exams! (hurray!) Because of that, I’ll be posting more frequently from now on. Let’s start with ‘Top Ten Books On My TBR For Summer 2015’
Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish
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Top Ten Books On My TBR For Summer 2015
Summer goal: finish them before buying new books. AND Change the blog’s layout, design some new graphics, as well as uploading more DIY tutorials. It’s really nice to be back 😀
So what are your Top Ten Books On My TBR For Summer 2015?
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I’m done with my finals! *celebrates*
Book Title: Zali Luna: Movie Star
Author: Emma Jamvold
Genre: YA Contemporary
Ratings: DNF
Special thanks to Emma Jamvold for providing me a copy of Zali Luna: Movie Star
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Book Title: Company Daughter
Author: Callan Primer
Genre: YA Fantasy
Series: The Children of Astraea
Ratings: DNF
A girl. A saucepan. A plan to conquer the universe.
Aleta Dinesen doesn’t see the point of hanging around home, not when she can cook a mean paella. But her plan to conquer the universe one meal at a time runs afoul of her overprotective father, commander of a tough mercenary company. And when he puts his foot down, he’s got the firepower to back it up.
Undeterred, Aleta escapes the dreadnaught she calls home one step ahead of the gorgeous, highly disapproving Lieutenant Park, the unlucky young officer tasked with hauling her back. But the universe isn’t the safe place she thought it was. Stranded in a dangerous mining community, she clings to survival by her fingernails. Only by working with someone she can’t stand will she have a chance to escape, proving to everyone that a teenage cook can be the most dangerous force in the universe.
– Goodreads
Special thanks to Sarah Canning for providing me a copy of Company Daughter
I tried picking it up several times but it just didn’t work. I was confused about everything right from the start and couldn’t bring myself to read any further.
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Book Title: Ghost In The Machine
Author: S. J. Davis
Genre: Steampunk
★★★
The idea behind Ghost In The Machine is really interesting, especially for some technology and science nerd like me. However, perhaps due to my high expectation, this read was actually quite disappointing.
You all know that I have a problem with multiple povs, and with this book, the time changes a lot as well, leaving me as baffled as possible. I’ve made a mistake not noting the date written in the beginning of every chapter, so it was a huge struggle for me to keep track of what is happening.
The story jumps a lot – there’s almost a new event for each chapter. It lacks continuity and I feel like reading several separate stories. Plus, the tension built disappeared quickly at the end of the chapter (except for the ending), which, in my opinion, did no good in engaging the reader.
Despite all of that, I still give it a three stars out of five stars because I really love the idea. Time travelling is essential to the plot, and to my delight the author did explain the paradox behind it! I love it when the book is written based on scientific facts (or at least the facts we know of right now).
This book may not be my cup of tea, but others might enjoy it. So if you find the blurb below interesting, do pick up this book! Just remember to note down what year you’re at 🙂
Josephine, Bodhi, and Caroline, live in a scientifically advanced Victorian London as the Industrial Revolution is in full swing. Infrared goggles, dirigibles, and analog computers exist alongside bustles, parasols, and high tea. On the grounds of an Old Saxon church, three strange net-runners arrive from a future where everyone is assigned a barcode from the moment of birth. What you buy, what you read, your health care history, your bank accounts, your measured intelligence, are all captured by this barcode and sent to the feed of OmniCorp. Human data mining forms the basis of a massive Industrial Complex, a thinly veiled profit center, based on the control of human behavior. To interrupt the inception of OmniCorp, the net-runners, a subversive underground group, enlist the aid of the steampunk Victorians to thwart a meeting between two men, who hundreds of years earlier, laid the foundation for OmniCorp. Extraordinary figures race toward a rendezvous with history, weave in and out of time, fight evil steampunk automatons, hide in Victorian brothels, fight Indian mutinies, and take refuge in dystopian cyberpunk pawnshops, to insure a future where personal privacy is protected over corporate power.
SJ runs three Indie Publishing companies: Crushing Hearts and Black Butterfly, Hot Ink Press, and Vamptasy Publishing, UK.
Ten percent of all proceeds for SJ’s books go to Turning Point, a counseling center for women in crisis or experiencing domestic abuse.
On a personal note, SJ Davis is the daughter of an ex-patriate British mother and a Southern Baptist former CIA father. As a child, she spoke in silly accents and recounted outlandish tales of fantasy over afternoon tea. To this day it remains her favorite activity. Born in Long Island, NY, she was raised in the suburbs of Washington DC and went to school for a ridiculous amount of time. She moved from Virginia to New Jersey to Philadelphia to Chicago to Detroit, and began her writing career once her children were old enough to reach for the goldfish themselves. SJ is an avid tea drinker, a stiletto aficionado, Doc Marten worshipper, punk rock listener, and lover of flip flops and cardigans. She has a terrible sense of direction, loves gummy bears, and is a Johnny Depp fangirl.
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