Island Beach State Park

Had a Sunday Beach Day with friends yesterday! I had loads of fun. Sure, I had to wake up early in the morning. And yes, the waves were high in the morning which was hell for a non-swimming such as myself. BUT I can't complain. It was definitely a Sunday well-spent with great company.

We also ate at Joe's Crab Shack. It was utterly divine. They had cute little bibs for us to use. I was titled Crabulous, and Francis was Crab Daddy!

Ohh and this is not just a lifestyle post, it is also a book haul from Goodwill! Check out these bad boys.

Quick synopsis of each book:

Entwined is a retelling of The Twelve Dancing Princesses fairytale (you can read the fairytale by Brothers Grimm here). I know I read this one before and I think it goes like this: The  12 princesses were supposed to be asleep but they sneaked out and danced the night away until their slippers were in pieces.

Incarceron is about a futuristic prison. I know nothing more about it. Funny story, I actually had this book at home. I remembered some instances where I pondered in Barnes and Nobles about purchasing said book and I completely forgot that I my book buying itch won and actually purchased it a while back. This, and I also have a long TBR list.

Eon is a book about dragons and magic. Eon is actually Eona, a female protagonist who disguises herself as a boy. I've been wanting to own and read this one and I was so glad I found it.

This is how great yesterday was—beach, crabs, and books!

Have a bookful day and happy reading, lovelies!

♡Prys

Reading Slump

Whoa! Hey, there. I just had a reading hiatus—the longest reading slump. 2 ½ months long, to be exact. That was so totally crazy.

Sure, now I'm flying through books, but I thought I lost my love for books. That would have been a huge disaster. Like, how can I stop loving books? Beautiful, wonderful, sexy books.

I stopped reading in March. My last book was Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard. I guess it was too good of a book (which it really was and you should totally read this book!) my brain rejected other books I picked up afterwards. 

My brain didn't want to register other books, and it just decided to take a long break. I picked up so many fantasy books and nothing. No excitement, no urge to read. I was worried I even came to the conclusion that maybe I was bored with books. That was so hard to type and confess. My brain was that far off in the dark side. Sorry for saying mean things, books. It was me, not you.

Then recently (and by recently, I mean a month ago), I picked a book from my contemporary TBR. I sped through 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson in 2 days from June 22nd-23rd.

I'm on my 17th book now after I finished 13 Little Blue Envelopes and I don't think I'm stopping (not trying to jinx myself now). Gotta read, read, read!

What I learned from this whole ordeal:

1. I worry too much.

2. Everyone has a reading slump and we will prevail! *Warning: Non-stop binge reading will occur.

I AM SO GLAD TO BE BACK IN THE READING WORLD!

Have a bookful day and happy reading, lovelies!

♡Prys

My Reading Journey

I never wanted to read novels when I was a kid. I thought it was stupid and boring and a waste of time (Boy, was I wrong! Shame on you, young Prys!!). Honestly, big books with no pictures were intimidating to 10-year-old Pryscilla.

So it all started with Twilight...

Twilight

In freshman year of high school, people were really into Twilight and I just ignored the hype because I was so not into reading novels (weird, ignorant 14 year old self). In junior year, everything changed because the movie had came out and I don't know, I felt the urge to read it. Needless to say, I fell in love with the saga. I am still waiting for Midnight Sun! I was definitely Team Edward!

Pretty Little Liars

I marathoned the first two seasons first and I saw that it was based from a book. I bought the first for and collected the first 12 books and need the last 4 to complete the series. It was a fun read at first, but it kind of dragged on because A keeps changing and I hope the real end will be a great reveal. My favorite A as of right now is the twin, which is on the second arc of the series from book 5-8.

The Hunger Games

Then came the Hunger Games. I just got into college when this book was loved by everyone and their mothers. I go in a bus and someone beside me was reading Catching Fire. I talked to clients (I used to work in a nail salon) and they suggested The Hunger Games. I was recommended to read this book by my brother's childhood friend. I read it and loved it, of course. My favorite book was Catching Fire, and so far, that's my favorite movie out of the currently released!

Harry Potter

I love all Harry Potter movies since it first came out, but I never read the books. I know I attempted to read it during the times I spent in the library. But again, big book and big words did not appeal to my younger self. When I started to really get into YA fiction and watch booktubers, everyone LOVES the book, so I just had to. It was also around the time Deathly Hallows pt. 1's release and I had the last book at hand since forever ago because my brother received it on its released day (for unknown reasons). I read it and finished that ginormous book and read the HP series from the start!

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So for all you teens out there who thinks reading is boring, try these for a start. In addition to these beauties, I do highly recommend the Divergent Trilogy or The Lunar Chronicles.

Have a bookful day and happy reading, lovelies!

♡Prys

Bookish Life Introduction

Hey, hi, hello!

I've been wanting to start blog for a while now and I just kept putting it off, but here I am today with a blog (yay and finally!). This blog will consist of anything and everything really but more to bookish related post because I LOVE to read. I already spend most of my life reading, browsing, buying, talking, sharing, obsessing, and fangirling about books.

I am in a joint YouTube channel with my two friends Francis and Kumi called Cover Art Official, where we post bookish related things, music covers, and other random videos. I started the Fill My Shelf episodes, because I wanted to incorporate current book releases into my reading pile (not that I have little on my TBR to begin with, but I wanted to try to be a current reader and try new books instead of reading only top reviewed books.) I will share bits and pieces from the channel, but this is mainly a place to share my life and world and love of books.

Have a bookful day and happy reading, lovelies!

♡Prys