Hi everyone! I’ve been seeing this 5 star predictions posts EVERYWHERE and always wanted to give it a try. I also drafted a post about 2021 releases by Asian authors that I planned to post during the Lunar New Year, but I missed the moment so I decided why not combine the two of them?? … More Five Star Predictions: 2021 Releases by Asian Authors

I tend to do my wrap-ups at the very end of December and early January, but since I don’t think there will be any new music released for the rest of the year (It has been quiet on the western front, the Korean award season is ongoing- unless of course, G-Dragon decided to make his … More My favorite 2020 song releases 🎤

If you ask me when my blog anniversary is, I’m as clueless as you are. This is because I made this blog quite some time before making my first post, which my archive told me was in December 22nd, 2013. Technically, it could be my blog anniversary, but I just never felt that way. I … More Favorite Blog Posts I’ve Written // Looking back through 7 years of blogging

Hi everyone! I know I said my post about ghost story was the only spooktober post this year, but I suddenly had another idea so this year, you’re getting 2 halloween-themed posts! 🎃 First came 8tracks, and then spotify. Before the internet, I wasn’t much of a music person. I listened to it, yes, and … More My Favorite Songs/Playlist That Screams Halloween 🎃🔮

Welcome to the first and only edition of Spooktober 2020! Spooktober is a 4 part halloween themed series on my blog I did way back in 2017, where I discuss or list creepy things to hype you up for halloween. I initially planned this series to become an annual feature, but I ended up making one last-minute … More Spooktober 2020: Telling you my favorite Indonesian urban legend…

Happy weekend everyone! I apologize for the lack of post this week but I was preparing for my defense, which happened yesterday, and I’m delighted to report that I PASSED!!! I’m still very ecstatic and I had a fantastic day yesterday, but now I’m back with a new post! I initially wanted to do a … More Books I Added to My TBR Because of Tumblr Edits

Hi everyone! I always love the second half of the year since all the festivities always made me really happy. My country doesn’t have fall or halloween, but I love the aesthetics and the whole concept of dressing up and trick or treating. Plus despite not having any parties, it’s a good excuse to have … More Halloween Recommendations Based on Your Reading Preference

If you’ve been following me for a while now, you might remember back in 2018, I made a series of posts on hallyu covering k-dramas, k-pop, and tropes and then… just suddenly stop. Well now this series is making a comeback! I did not know what happened since I still have a bunch of topics … More Favorite K-Drama Soundtracks

I am aware that we still have 2 or 3 months until 2020 ends, but I’m running out of scheduled content so let’s roll with it (✿◡‿◡) While 2020 as a year has been… a dumpster of fire, to put it mildly, the book releases have been decidedly not. There are just so many fantastic-sounding … More Anticipated 2021 Releases (Yes I know it’s very early)

Hi everyone, today I’m going to talk about one of my favorite bookish things: book covers! It’s not a secret that book community is pretty US-centric and english-centric. Most authors are from the US and to break through the international market, books have to be written in English first even though it’s telling non-English story. … More Favorite Indonesian Book Covers