April’s Wrap Up + Book Haul + May TBR

Hi, peeps! Welcome to my bookish account’s clearing for April =D We have a wrap up, a shy book haul and a TBR for May =D Follow me!

March’s Wrap Up + Book Haul + April TBR

THE TIME HAS ARRIVED, PEEPS. March is over, the math is done and we’ll finally know how this panda fared in this last reading month =D You’ll also find which books I got for exchanged bamboos (they are precious, just saying!) and my TBR list for April in this post ❤

February’s Wrap Up + Book Haul + March TBR

Good afternoon, peeps! Welcome to my last post for the day =) It’s my disappointing wrap up for February. This was a reaaally slow month for me – I hope to make up for it on March!

January’s Wrap Up + Book Haul (a post so delayed it almost became an urban legend)

OMG, HOW LATE AM I TO DO THIS?! HAHAHAHAH

Anyway, hello! Welcome to my *ridiculously late* January Wrap Up! ❤ This was a lovely month for this panda in all aspects: reading, living and being generally happy, haha! But time urges and this post will be kind of long, so let’s shall not delay!

December’s Wrap Up + Book Haul + January TBR

Good evening, again! I was going to post this tomorrow, but when I saw all my productiveness during the holidays’ month, I couldn’t wait to share my happiness over being full back on blogging, haha!

In December, I kept last month’s statistics by reading 11 books, 4 mangas and 1 comic book. Okay, so I read way less manga, but I’m proud of myself. This month was CRAZY busy, of course, so I feel like a champ for not dropping my reading stats, haha!

November’s Wrap Up + Book Haul + December’s TBR!

Hello, beautiful people! Welcome to my November Wrap Up and thanks for being here today ❤ All in all, November was pretty good for me, being my first month where I felt in control of my life since I started the new job and since I lost my beautiful darling Lady. The month flew off the window and I can’t believe we have just 23 days now until Christmas ❤ I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE MY FAMILY AGAIN! ❤ ❤

Soo, November was a so-so month for my standards. I’ve read 10 books, 22 volumes of manga and a comic book. I should have known I wouldn’t be able to beat my records of September (book-wise, haha!) and October (pages-wise, haha!). Maybe my reading slumped a little exactly because of all the intensity of the other months… #mystery

Massive Wrap Up for September and October + November’s TBR!

Good day to you! It is I, the urban legend of book bloggers back once again from the hiatus sea. I’ve realized I never got to do a wrap up for September and we are totally still in schedule for an October one, so why not do both in the same post, right? =D It will save time for everyone, yay!

September

Wrap Up

*titles with links are already reviewed, isn’t this a miracle?!! =O*

So, September was a crazy reading month for me. I do promise I kept my life on its regular tracks and that I didn’t skip work to read as I say that I’ve read 26 books that month.

I’ve broken another reading record, haha!

• The Talented Mr. Rivers, by HelenKay Dimon (Tough Love #2) – read from Aug 31th to Sept 3^rd | 5 stars
• The Deeper He Hurts, by Lynda Aicher (Kick #2) – read on Sept 3^rd | 4 stars
• The Merchant and the Clergyman, by Bonnie Dee & Summer Devon – read on Sept. 6^th | 5 stars
• Never Been Bitten, by Tavia Lark (Vampire Delivery Service Book 1) – read on Sept. 9^th | 4 stars
• Wild Pitch, by Sloan Johnson (Homeruns #1) – read from Sept. 9^th to 11^th | 5 stars
• The Dream Protocol, by Adara Quick (Descent #1) – read from Sept. 11^th to 14^th | 4 stars
• Eros, by Helen Harper (Olympiana #1) – read from Sept. 14^th to 16^th | 5 stars
• Omega’s Touch, by Wolf Specter & Jacklyn Black (Anima Sanator #1) – read on Sept. 17^th | 3 stars
• The Baby Pact, Wolf Specter & Rosa Swann (The Baby Pact Trilogy #1) – read on Sept. 17^th | 4 stars
• The Siren, by Kiera Cass – read from Sept. 13^th to 18^th | 3 stars
• Entered on the Bayou, by Lilah K. Broussard (Steamy Swamp Werewolves #1) – read on Sept. 18^th | 2 stars
• Gay and Pregnant – The Spy Who Seduced Me series, by Andrew Burns – read on Sept. 18^th | 1 star
• Why Love Matters, by Jay Northcote – read on Sept. 18^th | 5 stars
• Winterball, by Holley Trent (Den of Sin #10) – read on Sept. 18^th | 5 stars
• Taboo Graduation Night, by Jack Woolf – read on Sept. 19^th | 3 stars
• Jumping In, by Cardeno C. (ALPHAS #6) – read on Sept. 19^th | 4 stars
• Police Force, by Jack Woolf – read on Sept. 19^th | 4 stars
• Lucas e Nicolas, by Gabriel Spits [BR book] – read from Sept. 19^th to 20^th | 5 stars
• Bad Boy, by Jamie Lake (Naughty at Night #1) – read on Sept. 20^th | 1 star
• Attracting Anthony, by Amber Kell (Moon Pack #1) – read on Sept. 22^th | 4 stars
• Only For You, by Chad Lane (Only For You #1) – read on Sept. 22^th | 5 stars
• Behind His Artist, by Lisa Newman – read on Sept. 22^th | 1 star
• More Than Friends, by Aria Grace (More Than Friends #1) – read on Sept. 23^th | 4 stars
• Drunk in Love, by Aria Grace (More Than Friends #2) – read from Sept. 23^th to 24^th | 5 stars
• The Lost Hero, by Rick Riordan (The Heroes of Olympus #1) – read from Sept. 21^th to 26^th | 5 stars
• Kindred Spirits, by Rainbow Rowell – read on Sept. 26^th | 5 stars

 

Unfortunately, I can’t remember if I bought any books that particular month or if I bought something in October, so no Book Hauls =( Sorry, my memory sucks! I used to document each book bought on a word doc, but oh well. I think I’ll go back to it on December, haha!

October

Wrap Up

In October, I didn’t manage to read so many books as in September because of my Game of Thrones Challenge, but I read all the mangas I hadn’t in the previous month in between the bloody pages of GOT, oops! So I’ve read only 6 books… But also 26 volumes of manga, haha!

 

the reacion of all my off-line friends to this info

 

I have been asked where in all seven hells I have managed to squeeze in so many mangas in the middle of a Game of Thrones challenge, but I’m not really allowed to talk about my time turning abilities? Hahaha! No, seriously, I don’t have a good explanation, sorry =/

Books

• A Game of Thrones, by George R.R. Martin (A Song of Ice and Fire #1) – read from Sept. 27^th to Oct. 4^th | 4 stars
• A Clash of Kings, by George R.R. Martin (A Song of Ice and Fire #2) – read from Oct. 4^th to 10^th | 4 stars
• A Storm of Swords, by George R.R. Martin (A Song of Ice and Fire #3) – read from Oct. 10^th to 17^th | 4 stars
• A Feast for Crows, by George R.R. Martin (A Song of Ice and Fire #4) – read from Oct. 18^th to 24^th | 2 stars
• A Dance with Dragons, by George R.R. Martin (A Song of Ice and Fire #5) – read from Oct. 24^th to 27^th | 5 stars
• Nobody’s Goddess, by Amy McNulty (Never Veil #1) – read from Oct. 16^th to 29^th | 5 stars

 

Mangas

*I forgone the reading dates because I usually read a manga volume in 20 minutes =)

• Not Equal, by Reibun Ike (2 volumes) | 4 stars
• Kiss Blue, by Keiko Kinoshita (2 volumes) | 3 stars
• Amayakana Toge, by Kano Miyamoto | 3 stars
• Sweet Chapel, by Junta Mio | 5 stars
• 3-manen no Kareshi, by Junta Mio | 5 stars
• Uwasa No Oujisama, by Junta Mio | 5 stars
• Sweet Tears, by Junta Mio | 4 stars
• Love Monster, by Junta Mio | 5 stars
• Sugar Pain, by Junta Mio | 4 stars
• Smile Kudasai, by Junta Mio | 4 stars
• Best Ending?, by Junta Mio | 5 stars
• Kuroneko Kareshi no Aishikata, by Aya Sakyo (2 volumes) | 4 stars
• Kami-sama Onegai!, by Junta Mio | 4 stars
• Oboreru Hitomi, by Garasu Hino | 4 stars
• Houkago no Love Call, by Kyou Kitazawa | 4 stars
• Eroman – Kami to Pen to Sex to!!, by Delico Psyche | 2 stars
• Kuroneko Kareshi no Afurekata, by Aya Sakyo (2 volumes) | 4 stars
• Kuroneko Kareshi no Ouji Sama, by Aya Sakyo | 4 stars
• Fukigen Kareshi no Nadamekata, by Aya Sakyo | 5 stars
• Roman Gousha, by Kyou Kitazawa | 4 stars
• Hanazono no Kioku, by Garasu Hino | 4 stars
• Seinen wa Ai o Kou, by Garasu Hino | 4 stars

 

I promise I slowed myself down on November – we are on the 12^th and I’ve only finished three books and no mangas! I’m behaving… For now? Hahaha!

I don’t have anything fancy planned to November yet, but in my TBR you’ll definitely find…

November TBR

• Last Wish, by Helen Harper (Highland Magic #4) – currently-reading
• The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde – currently-reading
• Fall Far from the Tree, by Amy McNulty
• Josie’s Coat, by Amy McNulty
• The Farther He Runs, by Lynda Aicher

After I knock these down, I’ll just be a rebel and fish all the lovely books I’ve received this year from authors and publishers that remain unread for a reason or another and start a slow and steady process of reading and reviewing them all. #ambitious

BONUS: The next reviews you can expect to see here are for the Never Veil series =D

That’s it, guys! Once again, thanks so much for sticking around until the end of the post, I know I have been writing too much, oops! Love you all!

April Wrap Up + Book Haul… In which I broke personal reading records and still am on book buying ban

Hello, y’all! Nice to see you around ❤ Welcome to my April wrap up! As the title suggests, I didn’t get a single new book in April, so let’s just forget this part, okay?

WRAP UP

In April, I managed to read 20 books, 11 volumes of manga and a comic book 🙂

Favorites of the month 🙂 Please add here The Quartermaster & The Marquis’ Son. I did this collage on Instagram moments before I decided to keep reading it and finished it quite by accident, haha!

BOOKS

To read my review for each book, just click on the respective links on the list 🙂

• The Cooper, from Bonnie Dee [5 stars]
• Annabeth Neverending, from Leyla Kader Dahm [4 stars]
• Princess of Tyrone, from Katie Hamstead [5 stars]
• The Requiem Red, from Brynn Chapman [3 stars]
• True Colors, from Krysten Lindsay Hager [3 stars]
• The Wedding Date, from Kelly Eadon [5 stars]
• Broken Down, from Amanda K. Byrne [5 stars]
• Love Me Never, from Sara Wolf [5 stars]
• Beneath the Surface, from M. A. Church [5 stars]
• The Way Home, from Linda Oaks [5 stars]
• Nobody’s Goddess, from Amy McNulty [5 stars]
• Nobody’s Lady, from Amy McNulty [4 stars]
• The Fall and Rise of Peter Stoller, from M. Pepper Langlanis [3 stars]
• Emerge, from Tobi Easton [5 stars]
• Threshold, from Jordan L. Hawk (Whyborne & Griffin #2) [5 stars]
• Omen Operation, from Taylor Brooke [4 stars]
• Painting Sky, by Rita Branches [5 stars]
• Falling Light, by Dayana Morency [2 stars]
• Seducing Jordan, by Andrea Dalling [4 stars]
• The Quartermaster and the Marquis’ Son, by A. E. Kendall [5 stars]

I’ll update this post with the missing reviews as they get ready 🙂

 MANGAS

• TEN, vols. 1 &2, by Martina Peters
• Night Walk, by Kano Miyamoto
• Jackass!, by Scarlet Beriko
• Zutto Issho ni Kurashimashou, by Kyou Kitazawa
• Ijimekko no Okada-kun, by Kyou Kitazawa
• From Yesterday, by Shouko Takaku
• AV Gokko, by Kyou Kitazawa
• Smile Maker, by Scarlet Beriko
• Renai Moratorium, by Junta Mio
• Hisho to Yajuu, vol. 1, by Yuu Takahashi

I’m ridiculously late with my manga reviews, pardon me 😦

COMIC BOOK

• The Complete Alice in Wonderland, by Leah Moore, John Reppion and Erica Awano

Won Books

• King Arthur, Barnes & Noble edition – @bookish.mel was kind enough to send me her spare copy as a gift! ❤ I LOVE YOU, MEL! THANKS FOREVER!

from my Instagram 🙂

• The Lingering Grace, by Jessica Arnold – I won an ebook copy on an Chapter by Chapter giveaway! Thanks ❤

• Kindred Spirits, by Rainbow Rowell – I won this one at a giveaway that lovely @beccareadsbooks hosted on Instagram ❤ Thank you!!

also from my Insta!

• Paper Hearts, by Hanna Peach – I won this novella from the author for being a subscriber to her blogger’s newsletter ❤

• Elementals: The Prophecy of Shadows, by Michelle Madow – I won an ebook copy of this at a giveaway on the author’s website ❤ Thank you!

• Harry Potter coloring book – I won this one at a giveaway that awesome @riddlesteashoppe hosted on Instagram ❤ THANKS SO MUCH!

 Received books

I’ve received the following books in exchange for an honest review this month 🙂

• Black Water Tales: The Unwanted, by Jean Nicole Rivers
• The Golden Owl, by Lana Axe
• Alain & The Duke, by A. E. Kendall
• The Harder He Falls, by Lynda Aicher

Thanks so much to all of you!! ❤

 Failed TBR

As much good that I was on April, I still failed to read some of the planned books. The reason? In two out of four cases, slacking. The other two? Family Issues. But I’ll read them someday!!

• Cracking the Career Code, from Tom Henricksen
• Anomalies, from Sadie Turner and Colette Freedman
• Ashes in Waterloo, from Olivia Andem
• Wish, from Grier Cooper

You can check my TBR for May on this post 🙂

This is pretty much it, guys! Thanks so much for reading! Have you managed to read all the books you had planned for April??

February Wrap Up + Book Haul!

Hi, there! February was an incredibly busy month. I travelled for two weeks and had lots to do on the other two that I was home, ugh! You think that you will have free time without a job right? No, you won’t.

Anyway, it was a full month in every possible way, haha! Let’s see how I fared it?

from my Instagram 😀

Wrap Up

I have read 8 books and 8 mangas, haha! I failed hard my February TBR, but oh well. And did I mention that I also failed my personal monthly reading goals? Yup. The good news is that all books are already reviewed, just click on the title to go there 😀

• Percy Jackson and the Lightening Thief, from Rick Riordan [bookclub]
• Convincing Arthur, from Ava March [re-read]
• Convincing Leopold, from Ava March [re-read]
• The Answer, from D. M. Thornton [received from the author]
• Eternal Wars: Armies of Saints, from Livio Gambarini [received from the publisher]
• Carry On, from Rainbow Rowell [book jar box]
• Darkness Brutal, from Rachel A. Marks [received from YA Bound Book Tours]
• Darkness Fair, from Rachel A. Marks [received from YA Bound Book Tours]
• Sekaiichi Hatsukoi, vols. 2 to 9 [clandestine manga read]

 

Book Haul

• The Great Gatsby
• The Golden Book of Greek Mythology
• Pokémon Black & White, vol. 9
• Donald Duck – 80 year-old special edition
• My Little Pony coloring book
• Pokémon Trainer Guide

• Enchanted novel

• Rurouni Kenshin: Restoration, vol. 1
• Fate/Stay Night, vol. 1

• To Kill A Mockingbird
• Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

E-book Haul

• Threshold (Whyborne & Griffin, #2)
• Know Not Why
• Dorothy Must Die
• Frozen Charlotte

 

Received books

• A Love for the Pages, by Joy Penny
• Honour Bond, by Helen Harper
• Distracted, by D. M. Thornton
• Lost, by D. M. Thornton
• Orpheum, by Derek Murphy
• The Scarlet Thread, by Derek Murphy

 

March will be so much better. Okay, I don’t think I’ll buy so many books, but still. March will be so much better.

How was your reading February? 😀

January Book Haul + Wrap Up!

Hello, there! Welcome to a giant post, oops! I went crazy with book buying this month, jeez. The February TBR list is already done in other post, here 🙂

those are my new babies ❤

 

Book Haul

My money went to 13 books and 7 mangas in January, haha!

• Carry On, from Rainbow Rowell
• Happily Ever After, from Kiera Cass (English mass-market paperback and Brazilian Portuguese hardcover editions)
• Angel Time, from Anne Rice
• The Short Second Life of Bree Tarner, from Stephenie Meyer (hardcover edition)
• Sex and the Psyche, from Brett Kahr
• The Awakening, from Kelley Armstrong (hardcover edition)
• Carnival of Souls, from Melissa Marr (signed copy!)
• Rockin’ Heaven, volumes 5-7
• Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure, vol. 2
• Marked (House of Night #1), from P. C. and Kristin Cast (I had to re-buy this because I lost my copy, ugh!)
• The Vampire Diaries, edition with books 3 and 4
• Chobits, vol. 4
• Calling, from Miu Otsuki
• Sword Art Online Fairy Dance vol. 1
• Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone, illustrated edition (I DID IT! British edition and all <3)
• The Mediator series, from Meg Cabot: Reunion and Twilight (I bought different editions ❤ )

 

Ebook Haul

• Threshold (Whyborne & Griffin #2), from Jordan L. Hawk
• Leveled (Saints of Denver 0.5), from Jay Crownover
• Falling Kingdoms, from Morgan Rhodes

 

Books that I won as presents

• Chasing Rainbows, from Linda Oaks (paperback edition!)
• It’s All About Us, from Shelley Adine
• Under the Dusty Moon, from Suzanne Sutherland (won at a giveaway)

 

Received books in exchange of honest reviews

• Boyband and Backstage, from Jacqueline E. Smith
• Shearwater, Part One – Derek Murphy
• Gifted Thief, from Hellen Harper (via NetGalley)
• The Book of Shade, from K. C. Finn (via NetGalley)
• A Love for the Pages, from Joy Penny

 

Freebies

• Mind Game, from TJ Moore
• Dreamthief, from Tamara Grantham
• The Ruens of Fairstone, from Aron Sethlen
• Different (Tainted Elements #1), from Alycia Linwood
• LEGENDS: Fifteen Tales of Sword and Sorcery (English Edition, several writers)
• Fire Starter (Fluorescence #1), from P. Anastasia
• Soulmate, from Kellie McAllen
• The Clock Winked (The Sagittan Chronicles #2), from Ariele Sieling

 

Wrap Up

This month, I have read 7 books and 10 volumes of manga, haha!

To read the reviews available, just click on the links 😀

• Widdershins, from Jordan L. Hawk
• Spellbinder, from L. J. Smith
• Fangirl, from Rainbow Rowell
• Shearwater, Part One, from Derek Murphy
• Escape to Gettis… And Love, from Gerri Bowen
• Cinderella, from Charles Perrault
• Gifted Thief, from Helen Harper
• Dear My Mister
• Even So, I Will Love You Tenderly
• Baked Sweet Glasses
• Heart o Nusumu no wa Dare da
• Only Serious About You series
• Sekaiichi Hatsukoi: A Boys Love Story, volume 1
• Calling, from Miu Otsuki
• Sword Art Online Fairy Dance, volume 1
• Miwaku Shikake Amai Wana

 

Honestly, I think my parents shall never allow me to walk inside a bookstore ever again. You know, until March, haha!

That’s it, thanks for reading! Sorry for the lack of pics on this post, but it is already huge like this, haha!