So, did I stick to my TBR last month?!? Kind of, but to see 100% of what I read you are gonna have to come back tomorrow for my wrap up. As for today, I probably will roll over some things that I wanted to read/needed to read this last month that didn’t get read while also adding to books to the list. So let’s get on it to it
Crazy For Young Adult Books February Challenge – Romance The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
I know that I made a post about my most anticipated comebacks of the month, and also that the month is almost over, but there have been some announced or dropped that I really want to talk about, so I’m going to!
January 17th
I have yet to listen to this, but I am so glad C9 finally gave them a comeback. It is at the top of my list to check out because Cignature is so cute and they always do such a good job with their performances, I just know this had to be a good comeback too
January 20th
Hello, it’s Twice, what’s not to love???
January 23rd
While technically a Japanese release, who can not be excited about OOO comebacks. Like YASSSS Slut it up boys
January 25th
XG LADIESSSSSS I really love their concept and was so hyped that they were dropping another single. I wish they could get a full album though because I just know these girls would devour it.
January 27th
The newest addition to my children, but having 2 former members of Spectrum makes them a little more special to me than it normally would. They just dropped this single and MV and it’s so fun and light and really perfect let’s just be honest
January 28th
Honestly, this release is the ENTIRE reason I wanted to make another post. I am writing this on Friday which is just before the release when I tell you I am so hype I don’t think you can fully understand. My all time favorite band, while the two oldest members are currently enlisted, are dropping not their first comeback but SECOND comeback while the members have been gone, yet still have all members in the comeback. Not only is it full members on the album IT’S AN ENTIRE ENGLISH ALBU. ALL OF MY FAVORITE SONGS NOW IN ENGLISH??? When Younghoon and Kanghyun come back from the military so help me RBW if you do not give these boys a North American tour I will be knocking at your door. I would give so much to be able to see them perform live.
January 30th
BOM are finally debuting as 8Turn and not only am I excited since I’ve been following them during their rookie era, this debut title track actually sounds really good. I hope it turns out to be fully good when we get to hear the whole thing. I have some really high hopes.
And another debut this date that I am really looking forward to. I know BXB wasn’t announced that long ago, but having former TRCNG members in this group I will fully be supporting them as much as I can. TRCNG sits really close to my heart even though I wasn’t a stan during the time they were active, but being a For X and being with Omega X while they are going through their abuse trials with their company, I want to be able to help support the former members of TRCNG since it seems they went through something similar but were unable to get the proper justice from their company.
Another post I haven’t done in a very long time. A wrap up of what is currently on my watch list, which sometimes can be very long. Since I’m trying to participate in more watching challenges on MyDramaList I figure talking about them here will also help to push me to watch them more. Some of these I recently started, while some of these I feel like I have been trying to finish for a VERY long time.
Yes, I was watching Alchemy of Souls, Yes it was before the second season started, actually probably before it was even popular enough for them to decide to do the second season, and yes I still have yet to finish the original season yet. Usually I am not one for historical dramas, but I think the magical element is what is able to keep me so hooked on this one. I was more than halfway done so it would not take much for me to finish this, but then I would have the whole second season to watch as well. I will go back to this soon because I originally started for Minhyun so I of course will continue for him as well, even if he is the doomed second male lead.
The last time I did one of these posts I mentioned Dawon, one of the loves of my life. So of course naturally I would watch the show that was his acting debut., Doom At Your Service Problem is, because I love him so much and enjoy his acting so much I just keep rewinding any portion that he is in and watch it over and over again. This makes it very hard to actually get anything watched and takes a lot of time! But I have head just so many great things about this drama, as well as Dawon’s acting, that I really need to go back and sit down and finish this one out as well. I’m not that far in so I have a whole lot of the story to get to on this one.
The hype on Attorney Woo was SO STRONG. To be completely honest I do not know why I fell off and haven’t finished this one yet, because I really was enjoying it. I can totally understand why it blew up and so many people watched it. It’s another that I am more than halfway done with so just a couple episodes and I could finally add it to my finished list!
I honestly think I started this drama because I got it confused with the one that Kang Daniel was supposed to be in, but I got so far that I really got in to the plot and it was kind of too late to turn around. Plus, B1A4 Jinyoung is like super handsome so it’s still a win for male leads. But I know that I had just left off at the point where the plot was really starting to develop and it was getting a little more complicated. So thankfully, when I go back in to finish watching I won’t have too much to try and remember to actually be able to fully get back in to the storyline
Now this drama, this is a TikTok made me watch it drama. I kept seeing clips about one of the main couples from this show and I just had to go and watch it for myself. Finding it was kind of hard because it was “cancelled” in Korea so they have aired it in a different country instead and don’t plan to put it on any sites that a typical Korean drama would be on, which is a shame but I understand with how serious school bullying is there. It just blows my mind that the actor that has been brought to light as a bully portrayed someone in this dram while also touching on serious subjects of bullying as well. When that episode happened my mind wanted to explode because I was so shocked that it could touch on that subject and the actress had no thoughts that uh oh my past might come to haunt me. I hopefully can end up finishing this one soon.
To be honest I did not go in to this drama thinking it would be something I would enjoy. I purely started watching this drama for two reasons. One, it kept showing up on my main page on Netflix so it was always staring at me just begging me to watch it. Two, Lee Min Ho. I mean, need I say more? He’s such.a highly loved actor and I honestly don’t think I have watched anything else with him as an actor in it, so why not the drama that keeps begging to be watched on my Netflix. I was at about the halfway point of this one, but I feel like if I remember correctly it was starting to get a little boring, and that’s an issue I have a lot of the time. So hopefully when I return to this one to finish it I don’t find it boring and can really make it to the end of the show.
Finally! Something that I am actually actively watching. This is something that I am watching with one of my good friends right now, and we have been watching an episode and then discussing it afterwards together. So far we are really enjoying it and the concept is pretty interesting since it hasn’t really been done before. This may just be my first Rowoon drama that I actually finish! Honestly though, his character so far is annoying as well and I would be so fed up with him if he acted like that in the real world
It has been such a long time where I have gone in to a Barnes and Noble and bought more than one book or non kpop albums and I think that is something that should be shared. This mainly was because I am now currently on vacation with my mom and needed things to read while on said vacation. Because this is the time when I get to read the most. Of course I also had to get a kpop album as well so I added that to the post and shared the pulls as well. I am super excited to try and read as much as I can in the next week and a half!
I am so excited for a new year for new starts and new comebacks. These are the ones that I am most looking forward to this month and you will most likely see something related to them in the coming month from me. I may come back and edit this as more things are announced as well. I didn’t realize we didn’t have that many announcements out, I’ve been a little behind on keeping track of new releases.
January 4th
Astro Moonbin & Sanha Madness So I am writing this early so this hasn’t come out for me yet, because I am scheduling this to come out on the day of this release SO I HOPE YOU HAVE WATCHED IT. Astro never disappoints and that goes for their units as well. I know this is going to be one that I listen to over and over again, I hope that I can find some b-sides that I like as well
To be fair, I am kind of nervous for this one. Nine has been my bias for OOO since Savannah so this is going to be very dangerous for me. Especially since Mill came in the picture and wrecked his way on to my bias list and they are the ones that have been paired together for this Underground Idol project. It’s gonna be a great release though and I am very much looking forward to it.
January 9th
SF9 Puzzle It feels so surreal to have a comeback after having finally gotten to see them perform live. It was always a dream of mine to see them perform and now we are having a comeback just one short month after their US tour. I hope they do very well with this comeback, and we have Rowoon back with this one as well. I’m sure he wont participate in Fansigns but I hope they can have more then the 3/4 stages they did for Scream & Trauma because they are robbed every comeback and FNC treats them terribly
January 16th
MY GIRL. I am seriously so proud of everything she has been doing and all of her hard work. I love her so much, and this teaser is so original. I wonder if it’s going to be more similar to her b-sides from the last album then the two prior title tracks? Also! I did buy her season’s greetings and I cannot wait to get it, maybe I’ll post some unboxing photos on here, it’s fruit themed and she is the most precious so I am stoked to get it!
I have a few different goals this year for my reading. My first goal is I joined a reading challenge on Goodreads for a different genre each month of the year. Something else I would like to do would be to read older ARCs that I had been approved for and never read. I’d also like to read some more graphic novels, because I think I would like to watch more anime. The final challenge of the year for myself is my best friend Cheyenne and I are going to try and buddy read some things this year, to help motivate the other to continue to read. So keeping that in mind, here is my January 2023 TBR!
Crazy For Young Adult Books January Mental Health Issue Challenge The Words We Keep by Erin Stewart
Finish Something off my :”Currently Reading” Renegades by Marissa Meyer
Happy New Year! Here we are yet again, a new year and me trying to blog yet again. I like to think I have higher hopes this year but I think we will just have to see how it goes For 2023. I want to focus on self care and happiness I want to do more things that make me happy So what better way to document and track them then through my blog
I use an app called Last.Fm It lets me track my plays across multiple platforms and gives me reports of my listening I listened to songs a total of 10,618 times with a variety of 1,719 tracks So here are the top 10 most listened to songs of mine from the year of 2022
10. Don Quixote – Seventeen 91 plays
9. Play Dumb – Omega X 94 plays
8. Dangerous – E’Last 94 plays
7. What’s Goin On – Omega X 96 plays
6. Jtrap – JWiiver 94 plays
5. X-Ray – Ghost9 104 plays
4. JikJin – Treasure 108 plays
3. Control – Ghost9 111 plays
2. Creature – E’Last 139 plays
1. Love Me Like – Omega X 162 plays
I think it’s pretty safe to say which groups are my ult groups based on what made the top 10. I’ll also be working on a new Top 100 releases of 2022 for Youtube this month as well!
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