Hi guys! I’m not sure if most of you know this, but I run a small youtube channel where I can gush about all things kpop. This past weekend Taylor and I went to Chicago to see Pentagon on their Prism World Tour and had Hi Touch. So of course I had to vlog it. Check out our experience below!
Making a post so far in advance can be a little tricky but since I am going to be away from my laptop for the entire weekend, I wanted to get as many of these posts up as I could! Plus it helps that work is pretty much dead for the holiday weekend. Anyways, here are five songs that I have had stuck on repeat for the last few days!
N.CUS – Super Luv
This is in my head solely because Chelsea did a reaction to their debut and we have been talking about them since! If you haven’t watched this video or listened to their debut EP Matchless Love, do yourself a favor and do so. Just keep in mind, the album is not on Apple Music, I found it on Spotify instead.
Astro – Always You
Astro is a group that I instantly fell in love with when I ventured out of the BTS sized hole I fell into earlier this year. Being one of Chelsea’s ULT groups, they were very high up on the list of other groups to listen to. I am so glad I did and since I made myself a playlist of all my favorites, I hear this song almost every day and it makes me so happy. I also like thinking about blue/green haired JinJin.
Pentagon – Lost Paradise
You know how I mentioned I was going to be away from my computer for a while this weekend. Pentagon is the reason why. Chelsea and I have tickets to see and MEET Pentagon on Friday. We are both so excited and cannot wait for Friday to come so we can camp out in line and see our boys.
CIX – Movie Star
This is yet another group I owe my devotion to because of Chelsea. I mean, I think 98% of my K-Pop groups have come to me through here so yeah. Anyways, this is a group that has to much potential and I cannot wait to see what they do in the future! These boys are just so talented.
EXO – Monster
This. Song. I just recently accepted that this is one of two songs tied for my favorite song by EXO. There is just something extra special about this song to me because it is the first time I noticed Chanyeol (the red head) and the my love for him is history. Anyways, EXO is a group I just recently ULT’d so they definitely mean a lot to me!
I am slowly coming to love when I get to sit down and talk about the Dramas I am working my way through watching. While I have at least 12 shows on my Plan to Watch list on MyDramaList.com, It always feels good to complete a show! Right now, I want to talk about what I just finished, what I am currently watching and the one I have next on my list!
Just Finished
He is Psychometric
Rating: 9/10
A boy who is able to read the secrets of those whose skin comes into contact with him (Park Jin Young from Got7), and a girl who does everything she can to hide her pain. In the drama, the boy and girl will meet and try to fix, heal, grow, and love from the small and big occurrences that happen in their lives.
Currently Watching
What’s Wrong With Secretary Kim?
The series revolves around the narcissistic Lee Young Joon (Park Seo Joon), the vice president of a company run by his family. He is very self-absorbed and thinks highly of himself, so much that he barely acknowledges the people around him. Lee Young Joon has a capable and patient secretary in Kim Mi So (Park Min Young) who has remained by his side and worked diligently for 9 years without any romantic involvement. However, Mi So now want to set her life & focus on herself so when she decides to resign from her job, hilarious misunderstandings ensue. After 9 years of their strictly-workplace relationship, can it now develop in something more?
Next To Watch
The King’s Avatar
In the multiplayer online game Glory, Ye Xiu is well known as the textbook level expert and a top-tier player. Due to a series of circumstances he was forcefully expelled out of his professional team. After leaving the pro gaming scene he resides at an Internet Café employed as one of the managers. When Glory launches the tenth server he throws himself into the game once more. Equipped with ten years of gaming experience, memories of the past, and an incomplete self-made weapon. His journey back to the top begins.
This is a topic I pulled from the T5W archive on GoodReads and I feel like this is perfect since I do this a lot more these days after being spoiled earlier this year due to a synopsis giving away too much. So, for this Top Five Wednesday I want to talk about Books to Read without the Synopsis.
Number Five
Number Four
Number Three
Number Two
Number One
I saw this tag on Hardback Hoarder’s Youtube channel and figured this would be a good tag to start off Tag Tuesday with! I am only going to be doing half of this tag using the books that I have read so far this year. It is a long tag and I have only read 37 books this year. Anyways, let’s get to the Nope Book Tag.
Number One
NOPE. Ending: A book ending that made you go NOPE either in denial, rage, or simply because the ending was crappy.
Winter by Marissa Meyer is easily one of the books that I feel had a really crappy ending. It was just so sudden and kind of dumb…
Number Two
NOPE. Protagonist: A main character you dislike and drives you crazy.
Adina from You’ll Miss Me When I’m Gone. Ugh, I hated her so much and I can’t even really explain why without giving any spoilers.
Number Three
NOPE. Series: A series that turned out to be one huge pile of NOPE. after you’ve invested all of that time and energy on it, or a series you gave up on because it wasn’t worth it anymore.
Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas and I don’t think I have given up on it so much as I do not feel the need to currently continue. While I love the books and the stories, it feels a little drawn out and overhyped to me. So after finishing Queen of Shadows earlier this year, I have no plans to finish the remaining three books. I have also since unhauled the majority of the series.
Number Four
NOPE. Protagonist action/decision: A character decision that made you shake your head NOPE
Catherine from Two Dark Reigns. All of her choices. Nope.
Number Five
NOPE. Trope: A trope that makes you go NOPE.
The whole “I saved the damsel now she owes me her life” trope. Damsel by Eleana K. Arnold as a whole is a NOPE.
Number Six
NOPE. Book: A book that shouldn’t have existed that made you say NOPE.
See above.
Number Seven
NOPE. Villain: A scary villain/antagonist you would hate to cross and would make you run in the opposite direction
Levana Blackburn. I cannot stand her and I have no sympathy for her in any way, shape, or form. I hated the spoiled little, entitled brat before I read Fairest but it only got worse after I read her novella.
Another week is beginning and while this is going to be a busy week (Chelsea and I are going to see Pentagon!), I am going to try to finish an audiobook and a physical book. Hopefully by the end of the week I can start another of both. So first, I am going to share my audiobook and my physical read. Then I will do into the audiobook and the physical book for the end of the week!
Currently Reading
Glass Sword (Red Queen #2)
By: Victoria Aveyard
Plan to Start
Austenland (Austenland #1)
By Shannon Hale
Where She Went (If I Stay #2)
By: Gale Forman
Carry On (Simon Snow #1)
By: Rainbow Rowell
It is that time again! Another monthly TBR and this month since Chelsea and I have a couple trips coming up, I’m hoping the shorter books and the buddy read we have planned will help make up for the days away from my books. So, let us dive into the books I want to read this month, starting with Random Dance Play-athon!
Random Dance Play-athon TBR
Challenge Number One
EXO – Love Shot
Read a book about a character post breakup
Challenge Number Two
CLC – Me
Read a book with a beautiful cover
Challenge Number Three
Day6 – I Need Somebody
Read a book with mental health rep
Challenge Number Four
NCT Dream – Boom
Read a summery book
Challenge Number Five
Red Velvet – Power Up
Read a book about following dreams
Challenge Number Six
Monsta X – Underwater
Read a book involving heart break
Challenge Number Seven
Twice – Heart Shaker
Read a book about falling in love
Challenge Number Eight
Pentagon – Sha La La
Read a book involving travel
Dragons and Tea Book Club
Goodreads
Other Books to Read
The month of August is over and now we can prepare for the cold months and I am so, SO ready for it. It just occurred to me that August is the 8th month of the year and I managed to read eight books. Three of the eight books I was in the process of reading. Four more books I listened to on audio and one book I read physically. Below, are the books I read in the order I read them in with the ratings. Reviews are linked if I have reviews for them.
Wicked Fox (Gumiho #1)
By: Kat Cho
★★★★★
Audiobook
Sorcery of Thorns
By: Margaret Rogerson
★★★★★
Audiobook
Siren’s Fury (Storm Siren #2)
By: Mary Weber
★★★
Audiobook
Red, White, and Royal Blue
By: Casey McQuiston
★★★★
Audiobook
Batman: Nightwalker (DC Icons #2)
By: Marie Lu
★★★★
Audiobook
The Upside of Unrequited
By: Becky Albertalli
★★★★★
Audiobook
Damsel
By: Elana K. Arnold
★★
Audiobook
Restore Me (Shatter Me #4)
By: Tahereh Mafi
★★★★
Audiobook/Physical
House of Salt and Sorrows
By: Erin A. Craig
★★★★★
Audiobook
So, yet another month that I should have been saving money, I acquired more books then I should have. Before I get into the books from August, I want to talk about a book I got in July. The beautiful and the wonderful and the too kind to me Chelsea sent me a gift.
Where I got my books for the month of August:
– Walmart
– Book of the Month
– Facebook B/S/T Groups
– BookOutlet.com
-Amazon.com
– Target
In total, I have 32 new books. I am currently waiting for two more from B/S/T groups and three more from Amazon but they’ll be arriving next month. September is going to be a heavy haul month as well without those five extra books. Whoops?
The first K-Drama Friday on the blog in a long time but I have managed to finish a drama and I am currently 94% of the way through another. Today, I want to talk about the drama that I finished early this month.
Abyss
“Abyss is about a man and a woman who tragically die and are given another chance at life through soul-reviving marbles in a magical abyss.
Go Se Yeon was a tough, accomplished, and an unrivaled beautiful female prosecutor who worked in the Seoul District public Office but gets into a fatal accident and dies. However, due to the mysterious magical marble—Abyss—Go Se Yeon is revived, but now in a totally different appearance. Go Se Yeon now possesses a common appearance based off of how “good” her spirit was in her previous life.
Cha Min was the highly intelligent heir to Korea’s top cosmetics company but was also a smart, humble, and a kind-hearted man. Although he has both the brains and an astounding amount of wealth, he considers himself unattractive and is insecure about his looks. Like Go Se Yeon, Cha Min gets into an accident and dies. Due to the mysterious magical marble—Abyss—he comes back to life with a different appearance as an exceedingly handsome man just as bright as his spirit he had in his previous life.
Go Se Yeon and Cha Min begin to work as a lawyer and an administrator at a private law firm and decide to investigate the magical incident. Romance blooms in the office as the two intertwine together to accept their same fate.”
Abyss is a drama that helped me to realize my love for crime dramas. Anyways, I loved this show but it took like a solid four episodes for me to love it. It stared off a little confusing but as it progressed, I just accepted that I wouldn’t know where the Abyss, the magic reviving marble, came from and why Cha Min ended up with it.
Besides that confusing bit, I loved everything about it. I cried, I laughed, I gasped. There is a . . . a something . . . about this drama that I will beg people to watch so that they can love it as much as I do. I think it is the smile of Cha Min and just the awkwardness that comes with Cha Min in a new, more attractive body.
Seriously, if you have not watched Abyss, it is on Netflix. I beg of you to watch it so I have something to talk to about the love I have for this show and about all the feelings that I still have.
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