Getting a Nook Simple Touch: Part 2!!

The continuation of my adventures from Part 1 is finally here!!

Based on the fact that I was unable to get my dear Nook Simple Touch locally, I had to use a third-party shipping service (I decided on Comgateway). 

Excited Me then proceeds to buy the Nook Simple Touch -- yes, without Glowlight, because I am stingy -- and a cable. (Lol, this feels anticlimactic). It costs a bomb.

Guava's Twitter Account. @SEXYGUAVA

WELCOME TO MY POST!!

MUHAHAHAHA

Okay, I just wanted to appear with a bang. ><

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SO, I GOT A TWITTER ACCOUNT!!! :DDD 

I love it. I love my account. I love twitter. Whatever. 

chirp chirp, i am a happy bird.

Of course, my twitter account was based off this blog's name (The Guava, thanks to my friend who proclaimed herself The Potato and demanded I follow in her footsteps by naming myself after some ridiculous fruit) 

Evidently, the name caught on and i've ended up actually loving my eccentric nickname :b 

ALL HAIL THE GUAVA. 

Anyway, back to my point.....

You can always add me if you like :)

https://twitter.com/SEXYGUAVA

Man of The Week: JGL!!!

I just had to do this because my infatuation for him, or probably men in general, is just overwhelming. I'll be regularly updating this list of whoever (sorry, males only :b) catches my eye every week from today onwards.

(Aaaaand I have affectionately termed it Man of The Week)


Man of The Week: 20/10/12 - 27/10/12, - clickable link.

JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT

I don't know how a blog supposedly dedicated to writing book reviews has ended up like this either. I'm sorry. :')

But, I mean... just look at him. :b

My newfound love (again.)

In my pathetic desperation to look for something to do while being trapped in the predicament of being forever alone on my journey home, I ended up at the library. (I am a sad, sad girl.)

After I had finished reading the very cringeworthy ebook that goes by the name of The Sheikh's Virgin Bride* on my black, brilliant and beautiful Nook (alliteration intended), I decided I seriously needed a break from the Harlequin potboilers. And so my search began, for the book that would quench my thirst of I-don't-know-what, and become the oasis of my desert!! (what in the world is happening to me.)

*be prepared for the bashing of this book on this blog.

And I couldn't... I just couldn't... Keep myself away from the bloody COL section of the library under fiction while wandering again....
And...

....

[Book Review] Doing It Right by MaryJanice Davidson

Song of the week:

Zoom by Fat Larry's Band.

Very simple but beautiful song. (definitely more beautiful than the book. Lol)
It fits the feeling I got when I was reading the first half of this book, coincidentally (as from Jared's point of view on how he sees the love of his life.) The melody is magnificent, and the synthesiser sound is very, very lovely. The beauty of songs in the 1980s simply cannot be matched....

Zoom, just one look and then my heart went boom
Suddenly and we were on the moon 
Flying high in the neon sky, oh
.....
Smack, just one kiss and I was outta whack 
All at once there was no turnin' back
Oh so far above the brightest star, oh...

You could play it and enjoy the music while reading the review!! Ha ha ha :D

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Soooo, I was loitering around the COL section stealthily like a fool as usual when BAM! This book from the opposite shelf caught my eye (Literally. It was bright pink.) Apparently, this book is my first step to freedom from addiction to paranormal romance! (Not really, i'm just lying to myself.)
Anyway, I decided to try this, since the amount of historical and paranormal romances I've read far outnumbers the contemporary ones. Also, an attempt to curb my obsession with Immortals After Dark. (hee, hee)

I AM BACK.

Finally. MY GOSHH. :DDDD

EXAMS ARE OVER!!!!!

Need I say more? This marks my return to civilisation, writing book reviews, and maybe watching GAME OF THRONES. Ahahaha.
I popped into the library today to look for the Kresley Cole book I barely touched (well, if you consider looking through 2 pages of a 300-page book as 'touched') to commemorate my end of exams for the year. (Y) I ended up with three books instead.

- Flood by Stephen Baxter (his books are just... wow.)
- Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (long story, but it has something to do with Things Fall Apart, the book I study for English Literature.)
- Dreams of a Dark Warrior by Kresley Cole (well, duh!!)

I think I'll revamp the theme and stuff of the blog too. The colours are a bore. :D And I guess I'll finally get to write the review on Doing It Right by Maryjanice Davison, though I never did complete the book and I don't feel interested enough to pick it up again... And I'll watch TV. OH TV, MY LOVE.
So much to do, so little time.... :D

Getting a Nook Simple Touch: Part 1!!

It was a dark night filled with stars that illuminated the beautiful sky. I smiled as I decided to get a new e-book to read for a while... I then bought the book online, a harlequin cliché romance, with a cliché title too, and spent the rest of the night reading it on the bed on my e-book device. Aaaaaand I lived happily ever after.

....


Well, not really. This is a hypothetical situation i.e. what would have happened if I could get the e-book itself. Brace yourself for the truth, people!! Brace yourself!!

MY E-BOOK DEVICE'S EXISTENCE HAS BEEN COMPLETELY ERADICATED FROM THE WORLD OF E-BOOKS!!
Adobe Digital Editions doesn't recognise my dear, dear iRiver Story anymore, as evidenced from this:

[Book Review] Dark Needs At Night's Edge (Immortals After Dark, #5) by Kresley Cole

Sooooo, here we go again, another one of Kresley Cole's books. My infatuation for this series has barely seemed to fade at all ever since I fell in love with it yet again after re-reading Kiss of A Demon King (the first one that caught my eye). And this book has again proven why I love the series so much....

Yes, yes, again we have stereotypes of the hero so handsome it hurts. I can't say the same for the females, considering other books where some girls are described as plain and dull (though they get the guy, anyway). But this is reality -- readers are not expected to transcend stereotypes and ponder about the true meaning of life and whatnot in fantasy books like this. Girls like, and we want an ultra-hot vampire or werewolf completely smitten with us. And as overused as the formula of the hero is, we still would prefer them over the resident immortal fat pig. (I am not fatist, btw.) It is still a fantasy for us to indulge in, after all!

[Book Review] The Alpha (Vanguards, #2) by Annie Nicholas

And a very good morning to you all~ 

Well, actually it's 11:13pm on my side now but anyway, it is time for a book review today! 
*rubs hands together with glee* 

While cracking my head with what to write for my latest book review, I realized I had a number of (well, let's say, eight?) books rotting in my e-book, so I just grabbed this one to re-read. Besides, since I'd finished A Hunger Like No Other just recently, why not welcome another werewolf-related book? 

[Book Review] A Hunger Like No Other (Immortals After Dark, #2) by Kresley Cole

So, admittedly I was obsessed with this book even before I actually read it, and when I managed to find it after sifting through tons of authors with the 'COL' (Kresley COLe) label, all the while looking around to make sure no one was catching me staring at blush-worthy titles and covers, I WAS SO HAPPY. 

Okay, I didn't get this printed edition of the book (the one I got was slightly bigger and with a decent cover that didn't make obvious of what content was actually inside) but readers may identify with it better: 

This kind of covers make life for a young, supposedly innocent schoolgirl rather difficult you see. 

(oh, the blurbs at the back of the book too)

MY VERY FIRST POST.

Let's see, I don't exactly know how to begin my very first post, considering the fact that I've just created this and I'm like 

OMG OMG OMG I FINALLY MADE THIS BLOG 

I guess you can picture me being like this, with the addition of flapping arms and all that.

This blog will be mostly comprised of book reviews, and probably a few movie reviews on the side (no promises! :D). I'll be updating this regularly, and soon -- probably first with Kresley Cole books, seeing how I'm obsessed with her at the moment. *excited*

But before that.... 

Let's tell us more about me. 

[Types of genres I like, FOR NOW]

- Romance - yes, you may top that off with lots of sex.

- Action. - the more, the merrier!
- Supernatural, i.e. vampires and werewolves. - blame it on Kresley Cole...

- Science fiction. - and thank you, Total Recall!

[The books I dislike, for now.] (don't worry, the list will groooooow.)

- Fifty Shades of Crap,

- Twilight.  - I will whine about them later.

I am also a perfectionist, so don't be surprised if you read one post today and find it completely changed the next day: I've lost count of how many edits this very post has gone through. Okay, that's enough nonsense about me for now. I will... have no life and do something else for now. Or maybe I should get started on a book review. Heh heh heh...
Oh and one last thing: there might be small spoilers here as there, but I will never give too much away at one go, because I want YOU to read the books too!!:)