【reading blog】Finished A New Book! And Started A New One...

Good morning... from a way too early riser (ish). Not really. 😕😕 I actually woke up at 1:52 AM for some reason, and I don't know what else to do since my brain just say that I don't want to continue sleeping just yet. So I'm doing a REALLY early blog entry for my daily blog. Maybe it's because not being able to write anything... is crazy. That's the only problem I have from yesterday. Okay, maybe even reading, as well. I mean, I didn't reach my page count quota for the day. 😔😞

On the bright side, I was able to finish "Daddy Long Legs" because of that page count goal. And I was shocked when I saw that I've been reading that book for more than two years already (since May 2022, according to my Goodreads data). Yikes! Just what the heck was I doing all this time? Then again, the same goes to the other books in my reading list. So who was I to complain? This is what happens when a lot of books keep enticing me to read them. Yup, blaming the light novels I kept seeing and been wanting to read. And more new books coming out every chance I get. 😬😬

【reading blog】Celebrating Small Wins: Reading, Writing, and Morning Struggles

Good morning! And as per usual, I didn't get up even after my alarm at 5 AM went off. This is what happens when I know I don't have to get up early to help my sister prepare for work since she wasn't here. 😂 It's crazy, I know. It's 6:55 AM and I only woke up when my mom called for me to check on her blood sugar since she has to leave a little later for her own errand. I ended up sleeping right after that alarm went off. Yikes! 🤭

But for a reading update, of course I was able to reach my quota and more. My reading pages quota yesterday was 15 pages and I was able to read 28 pages of (still) "Daddy Long Legs". I still have 27 pages left to read for that book before I can finally say that I finished reading it. Finally! Anyway, I think I'll celebrate when I actually did finish reading it. That's better, right?

【reading blog】Daily Update: Reading Triumphs and Writing Fails

Now where was I? Oh, yes. Another daily update of what I've been doing since yesterday. I didn't get to do much since I have to go out twice and I was tired because of that.

I managed to reach my reading quota from yesterday, which was 26 pages. That's short and doable, so thankfully, I managed to reach that page count. I'm still reading "Daddy Long Legs" and I think I might be able to finish reading this before the week ends. Who knows. And it also depends on the number of pages that I would end up reading every day. As much as I want to write my thoughts about the book right now, I don't want to. But I've already reached the part where Judy is a sophomore and had spent time with Jervis Pendleton. Wow, right? Honestly, every letter was too much for me. But I did dream of writing a story like that one day. An epistolary one.

【reading blog】an update from yesterday, and more...

So this is an early morning post that I decided to place here, just because I can't concentrate on continuing to write that one-shot I started last night or continuing to read "Daddy-Long-Legs". Yup, that's the book I'm trying my best to finish since I've been reading it on and off since last year. 

It's crazy, right? Just what the heck happened to me all this time for me to have such a bad case of a reading slump? In any case, I'm putting up a little update from yesterday before I formally start my day today. It's a bit weird writing here in the early morning. But I think this is better than not writing anything here at all. I might be able to do this on a daily basis. Of course, that still depends on whether I want to actually write about a certain topic or not.

【reading blog】a short update since i haven't been posting here

So I finally finished reading one book this year... after setting it up since the start of the year. Like what the heck? Are you kidding me? I'm seriously in the middle of a bad reading slump right now. And to think that has been going on for such a long time. Urgh!

In any case, I just finished reading "What Happened At Midnight" by Franklin W. Dixon. And as you guessed it, this is just a pending reads that I seriously wanted to finish reading already. It took me a long while to finally finish reading the entire thing ever since adding it on my Goodreads shelf back in March 2023. You're kidding, right? Apparently for me, that's not the case at all. It took me that long to read the whole thing even though it's only 191 pages.

Reiyouki Sentai Seitenger 1.7

"Let's go!"

Upon that command from SeitenFire, the rest of the team prepared themselves to deal with the creatures that they must defeat. And with that resolve, they charged toward the enemies with each of them bringing out the primary sidearms that had five-colored buttons surrounding them---the cylindrical item called Hyakureider that had a retractable blade which they activated upon pushing the green button. All of them didn't have a background on how to wield swords but maybe they could think of a way to wield them properly.

But right now wasn't the time to think of maybe's. They had to do what they could to fight these guys.

All five of them started striking and slashing the Gargonema that kept coming at them. On the bladeless end of their Hyakureider, they also learned that they could fire laser beams from it as they pushed the yellow button. They fired it toward their enemies which made it easy for them to eliminate the other attacking Gargonema. They were newbies in terms of actual combat like this. But surprisingly, they were all dealing with them without a problem. It was as if they already knew what to do when it comes to fighting the enemies.

Reiyouki Sentai Seitenger 1.6

Meanwhile, the second group consisting of the Hoshiyama siblings decided to go to the Music Conservatory to think what Itsuki and Erika heard the other night was something that was out of this world. But the fact that their parents died to protect the truth was enough for both of them to think that the world was unfair.

For 10 years, they've lived with the fact that the fire did take something important away from them. But now, they realized that the fire also hid the reality that they were destined to face as the chosen Vessels.

Itsuki touched the keys of the piano in the stadium---the very same piano that Erika was using the other day to practice.

Erika could only look at her brother whose mind was surely wandering somewhere. She couldn't even say anything to make him snap out of it. But what could she possibly say to him? Even she was shocked upon hearing the revelation. And yet, learning all that made her realize that her parents knew she and her brother could be more than musicians.

Reiyouki Sentai Seitenger 1.5

As the discussion was going on, they had no idea that a sinister plan was about to be put into action in continuation to the terror that was released during the devastating mountain incident.

"Daytime... that should be the perfect spotlight for me to do what I have to do," Siriso mumbled as he stood on the rooftop of the tallest building in the area.

He was eyeing the peaceful town with a grin.

"Juman!" he growled as he called the name.

Reiyouki Sentai Seitenger 1.4

Back in the Mizuhashi household, it wasn't true that the head of the family---Mizuhashi Hideoki---left the five children in the house all by themselves. The truth was, he was staying in the family room---located outside the mansion separate from it---the entire time after watching the news.

He was sure his cousin Nanami watched it, as well. It wouldn't take him a second to know that both of them had concluded one thing upon realizing the truth behind that horrific incident. The cause of the earthquake wasn't something natural. The damage alone proved it.

At that moment, though, it worried him to no end. Hideoki had to do what was right. It was his wife's last wish to him before she died, after all.

~"Hideoki, you don't have to worry about me. Just concentrate on what we had vowed to protect. I made everything ready for those kids. All you have to do is raise them to become the warriors that they're destined to be. When the right time comes, they'll know the truth about their duties. I'll do my best to guide them in the right direction. Please... protect them for me... Protect our son... and the others. I'm begging you, Hideoki..."~

Reiyouki Sentai Seitenger 1.3

Taiyou Family Restaurant, 6:03 PM...

The restaurant was already closed at around 6:00 PM, but only on that particular Wednesday since that was the day that Mizuhashi Hideoki would do a certain ritual. But it was a secret ritual that only his cousin knew.

Before he decided to do the ritual, he was in his working station to prepare the ingredients needed by the next day. As he did so, he was also watching the 6:00 night news. But a certain headline caught his attention. He wasn't too sure about it, though.

Hideoki stopped slicing the vegetables and increased the volume of the TV for him to be able to hear the news.

~"This afternoon, at 1:30, a strong earthquake with a magnitude of 8.7 struck the area near Mt. Kumamoto, killing 312 people..."~