Hello!!! It’s been so long since I last posted here. As the title suggests, this post is about my experience buying via Buyee. Buyee is a Japanese proxy service, which helps you purchase from Japanese sites, many of which would usually require their users to have a Japanese address.
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wowow how does time fly! It’s been five months since my last post and I have done absolutely nothing here 😀 In my defence, I did get started on those Swiss Trip posts but… they were too… image heavy haha ;-;
Much has happened in the last few months. I entered university and I just finished my first semester one week ago! Currently waiting for my results so I’m kinda nervous about that.
Recently, I got back into comics so when I came to know about Singapore Comic Con 2019, I knew I was definitely attending this event.Read More »
My book reviewing skills are so rusty omg.
Mood: Still reeling from that Top Social Artist win.
!! potential spoilers ahead. read at your own risk !!
Violet Grenade
by Victoria Scott
Genre:
Publication Date: 2 May 2017
Publisher: Entangled Teen
Links: Goodreads | The Book Depository | Amazon | iBooks | Google Play | Kobo | Barnes & Noble | Chapters | Books-A-Million | Indies
Summary:
DOMINO: A girl with blue hair and a demon in her mind.
CAIN: A stone giant on the brink of exploding.
MADAM KARINA: A woman who demands obedience.
WILSON: The one who will destroy them all.
When Madam Karina discovers Domino in an alleyway, she offers her a position inside her home for entertainers in secluded West Texas. Left with few alternatives and an agenda of her own, Domino accepts. It isn’t long before she is fighting her way up the ranks to gain the madam’s approval. But after suffering weeks of bullying and unearthing the madam’s secrets, Domino decides to leave. It’ll be harder than she thinks, though, because the madam doesn’t like to lose inventory. But then, Madam Karina doesn’t know about the person living inside Domino’s mind. Madam Karina doesn’t know about Wilson.Read More »
Even though I haven’t posted for over a month, I’m still getting views almost every day???? WHERE DO Y’ALL EVEN COME FROM. There was one day where it even exceeded 15 views I’M SHOOK.
I’m actually in the midst of exams but I felt that I’ve been neglecting this account too much so here’s a non-book related post (-:Read More »
!! potential spoilers ahead. read at your own risk !!
Beauty of the Beast
(Fairy Tale Retellings #1)
by Rachel L. Demeter
Genre: Adult, Historical Romance, Fairy Tale Retelling, Gothic Romance
Publication Date: 15 March 2017
Links: Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon CA | Barnes & Noble | Kobo | iBooks
Summary:
Experience the world’s most enchanting and timeless love story—retold with a dark and realistic twist.
A BEAST LIVING IN THE SHADOW OF HIS PAST
Reclusive and severely scarred Prince Adam Delacroix has remained hidden inside a secluded, decrepit castle ever since he witnessed his family’s brutal massacre. Cloaked in shadow, with only the lamentations of past ghosts for company, he has abandoned all hope, allowing the world to believe he died on that tragic eve twenty-five years ago.
A BEAUTY IN PURSUIT OF A BETTER FUTURE
Caught in a fierce snowstorm, beautiful and strong-willed Isabelle Rose seeks shelter at a castle—unaware that its beastly and disfigured master is much more than he appears to be. When he imprisons her gravely ill and blind father, she bravely offers herself in his place.
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Stripped of his emotional defenses, Adam’s humanity reawakens as he encounters a kindred soul in Isabelle. Together they will wade through darkness and discover beauty and passion in the most unlikely of places. But when a monster from Isabelle’s former life threatens their new love, Demrov’s forgotten prince must emerge from his shadows and face the world once more…
Perfect for fans of Beauty and the Beast and The Phantom of the Opera, Beauty of the Beast brings a familiar and well-loved fairy tale to life with a rich setting in the kingdom of Demrov and a captivating, Gothic voice.
Beauty of the Beast is the first standalone installment in a series of classic fairy tales reimagined with a dark and realistic twist.
Disclaimer: This is an edgy retelling of the classic fairy tale. Due to strong sexual content, profanity, and dark subject matter, including an instance of sexual assault committed by the villain, Beauty of the Beast is not intended for readers under the age of 18.
!! may contain spoilers. read at your own risk !!
The Empty Room
by Sarah J. Clemens
Genre: Psychological Suspense, Thriller, Mystery
Publication Date: 23 July 2016
Summary:
Rain soaked and dreary, it was a 1901 abandoned Victorian that newlyweds Dean and Elizabeth Montgomery hoped would fulfill their dreams of a new start in life, even if the town of Eastbrook, Maine was nestled under a constant blanket of fog.
The first neighbor the couple meets dashes those hopes when he raises a bizarre question: what happened to the last person who lived in their house? A cryptic question, but nothing to worry about. At least not until the couple looked under the floorboards inside the house.
Under mounting pressure from the residents of Eastbrook to stop questioning the past, Dean and Elizabeth are driven deeper into the history of the house, the town, and their neighbors. When the couple discovers what happened in Eastbrook, keeping the secret could save their lives, but uncovering the truth might be worth the risk.
What happened inside The Empty Room is a mystery until the last page. A gripping psychological suspense, the story takes readers on a cat-and-mouse game where some secrets are better off hidden.Read More »
hELLO EVERYONE MAY I JUST BURST INTO YOUR INBOXES AT 3AM TO JUST TALK INCOHERENTLY ABOUT THIS AMAZING THING I JUST FINISHED READING.
For the first quarter of my 2017, it seems to be all about Korean entertainment. It first started with Goblin, but it seems that my days of watching anime have made me weak to the hour-long episodes of K-drama. Then I started listening to BTS about two weeks ago. I’ve been remaining rather low-key about that (I’ve got no idea why tbh) but now I’ve found something that makes me wanna scream its name from the top of buildings and that’s this thing called manhwa, or more specifically, the Bastard manhwa. But first, let me just drop the link… here.Read More »
Is it just me or are my reviews getting shorter?
!! potential spoilers ahead. read at your own risk !!
Obsidian Sky
(Dark Sky #3)
by Amy Braun
Genre: Young Adult, Steampunk, Post-Apocalyptic
Publication Date: 7 February 2017
Links: Goodreads | Amazon | Kobo | Barnes & Noble | iBooks | Smashwords
Summary:
The final struggle against the Hellions has arrived. A trapped engineer and a desperate marauder scramble to fight an enemy with unspeakable power on its side. Time is running out, and one world will be destroyed…
After sacrificing herself to save the lives of her friends and family, Claire Abernathy struggles to outwit her Hellion captors. They torment and terrify her into working on a weapon with the sole purpose of obliterating the world, friends, and love she has struggled to save. If Claire has any chance of saving those she loves, she must delve deeper into the Hellion world, and witness nightmares she could never imagine.
In Westraven, Sawyer Kendric is desperate to find the woman he loves. To do so, he must finally embrace his family’s atrocious past and heal the wounds it has caused. He will be forced to make new allies, uncover secrets that change all he knows, and find the courage to lead a ragtag crew into the darkest, deadliest battle of their lives.
Claire and Sawyer fight to save their broken world in the final installment of the epic DARK SKY trilogy.Read More »
omg it’s been so long since I last wrote a review I kinda forgot how to do so??? I just hope I wasn’t trying too hard to like be ‘deep’ or analyse society’s problems and stuff.
I actually don’t like writing review for short story collections because it’s like writing at least five mini reviews in two hours and it drains my brain juice but this book was especially fun to read and I do hope you’ll give it a try.
of life, death, aliens and zombies
by Dario Cannizzaro
Genre: Short Stories, Fiction
Publication Date: September 2016
Links: Goodreads | Amazon | iBooks | Barnes & Noble | Google Play | Kobo
Summary:
Misnomer on purpose, this amazing debut rocks nine short and amusing stories – a Zombie Apocalypse without zombies; the Vatican announcing contact with Aliens; a heroin junkie that loves poetry; a timeless love, and much more.
Ordinary characters facing extraordinary situations, dry humor, philosophical musing dressed as whimsical, offhand commentary, and a fairy-tale like writing; those are the key elements of the style of this funny and thought-provoking collection.
The collection comprehends three previously published stories (“The Galway Review”, “Trigger Warning”, “Two Thousand Words” and “Chantwood Magazine”); five new unpublished pieces; and for the first time in English, the best-selling story “Impurità”, which was Selected Work in 2012 by Apple iBooks.Read More »
!! potential spoilers ahead. read at your own risk !!
Grimm Woods
by D. Melhoff
Genre: Thriller
Publication Date: 17 December 2016
Summary:
A remote summer camp becomes a lurid crime scene when the bodies of two teenagers are found in a bloody, real-life rendering of a classic Grimm’s fairy tale. Trapped in the wilderness, the remaining counsellors must follow a trail of dark children’s fables in order to outwit a psychopath and save the dwindling survivors before falling prey to their own gruesome endings.
Drawing on the grisly, uncensored details of history’s most famous fairy tales, Grimm Woods is a heart-pounding thriller about a deranged killer who uses traditional children’s stories as tropes in elaborate murders. Set against the backdrop of modern-day Michigan, it’s a journey through the mind of a dangerous zealot and a shocking glimpse into the bedtime stories you thought you knew.Read More »
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