GCQ's UPDATES

Hi guys!!

We've been doing a lot of reviews, book tours, and basically all of our scheduled posts. But we haven't taken the time yet to just update you with our lives and this blog. Today, we want to talk to you, just tell you what's happening, what we're planning to do and what we were able to do already.

Blog Design

We're actually pretty happy with our blog design already and we haven't had it for so long yet. We're probably gonna change it, but we don't know exactly when. We could actually change it anytime that we feel like it. We're also quite sure that we're gonna change it within this year, maybe even more than once, so stay tuned for that! :)

Blog Posts

Audrey and Beryl are definitely gonna be more active in the next couple of months since school's out and they have plenty of time to blog already. Kimi's still a bit busy, but we're sure she'll find time for blogging. We are aware that we haven't been actively participating in blog features like FFFs or Waiting on Wednesdays. This is why we are planning to put these in our schedule too. We're not gonna be able to post everyday as our sched is hectic (school, extracurricular activities, side projects, catching up on our  TV series - if you count that as hectic). Even so, we are aiming to have quality content that will make up for the lack of posts. Hope you guys understand!

Personal Livessssssssssss

Since it's already summer here in the Philippines, we haven't been doing anything at all. And we're already more productive than last year. We have been blogging, watching series, reading, eating, taking naps (three naps a day keeps the doctor away!), stalking celebs, and the list goes on! If you have no life, like us two, we'll share to you what we do to keep boredom away.

1. TV Series to Watch
Teen Wolf
Why Watch: Dylan O'Brien, hot dudes, unnecessary backflips, DYLAN O'BRIEN, werewolves

Elementary
Why Watch: you can use your brain, you learn stuff, it makes you feel smart

Suburgatory
Why Watch: funny, stress-relieving

2. Books to Read
Books by Colleen Hoover
Why Read: excellent writer, 5-star reviews from Kimi

That's all for today! We really enjoyed writing this post, hope you guys enjoyed it too! Comment down below your fave series and books, so we could watch and read them together. <3

Weekly Wrap Up + Feature Follow Friday: Posting Reviews



Weekly Wrap-Up
We decided to add this little recap of our week for you guys every Friday! Basically, we tell you about the important events in our lives this week, the blog posts and reviews we made, and any other thing that we deem significant. The goal of this is to let you know more about us and to let readers who have missed something from our blog be able to find it easily through links that we will be placing here. Enjoy!

Blog posts:

1.  Book in Review: Cut Me Free by J.R. Johansson
Beryl reviewed Cut Me free this week!

2. Blog Tour: Only A Kiss by Ines Bautista-Yao [Review + Giveaway!!!]
Our tour stop of Ines Bautista-Yao's Only a Kiss! Plus, we have a giveaway for you!

3. Book in Review: Tear You Apart by Sarah Cross
Check out Audrey's review of Tear You Apart, a Snow White retelling!

Open Giveaways! 

Join the giveaway fun! 

Waiting on Wednesday: We Were Liars by E.Lockhart

"Waiting On Wednesday" is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

WHAT WE ARE WAITING FOR:


Title: We Were Liars

Author: E.Lockhart

Publisher: Delacorte Press

Release Date: May 13, 2014

A beautiful and distinguished family.
A private island.
A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy.
A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive.
A revolution. An accident. A secret.
Lies upon lies.
True love.
The truth.

We Were Liars is a modern, sophisticated suspense novel from National Book Award finalist and Printz Award honoree E. Lockhart. 

Read it.
And if anyone asks you how it ends, just LIE.

WHY WE'RE WAITING:

We have read A LOT of reviews for this book, and everyone says it's perfect, amazing, clever and sophistcated. Who wouldn't want to read a book with such great reviews? Plus, we love how E.Lockhart writes, so this book is really worth waiting.

What are you waiting for? Don't forget to leave a comment! 
:)

BOOK IN REVIEW: The Unseemly Education of Anne Merchant by Joanna Wiebe






Title: The Unseemly Education of Anne Merchant
Author: Joanna Wiebe
Publisher: BenBella Books
Hardcover: 272 pages
Rating: 3/5

Anne Merchant is an outcast (and rather poor) who is sent to a mysterious school that consists of mainly rich students in Wormwood Island by her father. She begins to wonder why the school seems so odd and why the students treat being sent there as a punishment though the school is very nice. She asks herself why the villagers aren't allowed to cross the red line separating the village from the school. She slowly finds the answers to these questions and along the way, she gains and loses friends, she loves and loses, she gets in trouble, meets a guy she'll like, she faces betrayal and many more.

The poor-girl-in-rich-school story is actually a bit overused but I liked the book anyway. It's hard to explain what I like about this book but I'll try my best.

Some of the things that I didn't like about this book is how Anne seems to be very judgemental even though she has stated that she herself is an outcast. She is also able to know what the nationality of a person is by just looking at them which seems a bit improbable. Anne is one of my biggest problems in this book, she is not a terrible heroine, but she definitely wasn't my favorite. Another problem was how whenever the book shows an event in class, it's always art class. I think that maybe the book should have had events on other classes too.

It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

It's Monday, What Are You Reading? is a meme hosted by Sheila at Book Journey.
It’s Monday!  What Are You Reading, is where we gather to share what we have read this past week and what we plan to read this week.  It is a great way to network with other bloggers, see some wonderful blogs, and put new titles on your reading list.

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We realized that the 3 of us haven't done any joint blogs in a while, and thought this would be a perfect opportunity to do so! Last week was the 2nd week of classes and all 3 of us already had so much schoolwork assigned to us in school. Beryl and Audrey with their Chinese exams, and Kimi with her thesis (which shows zero progress, as mentor does not seem enthusiastic about letting them defend on time, but whatevs! Who cares!)

Nevertheless, it was a productive week for us all, with our book blogging journey.



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