peach print: Personal

I thought I'd give a quick update about what I'm up to and such. I've been meaning to write and post a couple of book reviews this weekend, but with my schedule at the moment, it doesn't look feasible. I'm glad to say, however, after tomorrow, a lot more free time will be opened in my schedule as my AP exams will be over. So look forward to new book posts!

Here's me very casually taking my own photo in the mirror outside.

Yesterday after my piano lesson, my mother and I went to Ala Moana (the mall) for lunch and shopping. I suppose this has become something of our "usual Saturday ritual." Of course, the first store I had to hit up was . . . can you guess?

Yup, Barnes and Noble.

That wasn't a very hard trivia question, was it? I'm sure that's answer speaks for the majority of book lovers out there.

Anyways, like on many a Saturday, I picked out a new read to add to my bookshelf: 99 Days by Katie Cotugno. I've been hearing so much response from other book blogs that I just had to get my own copy to read. Though I was supposed to be studying yesterday, well . . . I'm sure you can see where this is going. Let's just say I'll be reviewing 99 Days in the days to follow.

And since I so often pick out a new read from the bookstore on Saturdays, I thought this could be something of a series on the blog: My Saturday Pick! Here's this week's:

99 Days by Katie Cotugno

Ahh, this book is so pretty. I think I'm currently in love.

Well, have a great week, everyone! It's back to studying for me.

(Stop procrastinating, Julia!)

April 29, 2015

Ten Facts About Me!

April 29, 2015

Hi everyone!

As you know, I'm new to this whole blogosphere, so in honor of my tenth post on the blog, I thought it would be fun to share ten facts about myself with you all. Here goes!

1. My favorite book series of all time is (of course) Harry Potter.

2. I only read the Harry Potter Series (for the first time) this year.

I know, I know! I'm terrible, but don't kill me! For some reason I chose to abstain from the world's literary obsession way back when in elementary school. I guess I didn't want to succumb to the trendy, popular reading choice or something. I don't know. Point being, I finally read J.K. Rowling's masterpiece and absolutely loved every page written.

3. An item on my bucket list is to someday write and successfully publish my own book.

This has been a dream of mine for quite some time. I do hope I can make this dream a reality in the near future.

4. I hate running.

Seriously. I hate it. You're never going to see me running, but please enjoy this gif of some athletic dogs instead. They put me to shame.

5. I love water sports. I swim, paddle, and surf (badly).

I apologize for the quality, but here's a photo of my friend and myself surfing at Queens (Waikiki Beach).

6. I am deathly afraid of cockroaches, and I'm pretty sure I have some sort of "cockroach curse" on me.

(I have so many cockroach horror stories. More on this later.)

7. In school, Japanese is my least favorite subject.（私は日本語が大きらいですよ！）

Strangely enough, I've always disliked language courses.

8. At the moment, my favorite movie is Interstellar and pretty much all Disney movies (like The Princess Diaries).

My brother dragged the family off to see Interstellar one night in theaters, and I'm so glad he did. From the beautifully composed music by Hans Zimmer to the insane graphics and storyline, I loved this movie from start to finish!