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So you mean this came out the day the sneak peek I posted was released. And I was not able to stumble upon this for like a day? I know I am always updated with movie adaptations and stuff but this was such a big MISS. So going back. Watching the trailer makes me want to read the book again. And watch the trailer again and again and again. The trailer transports you to a “feels” trip (courtesy of that Youtube comment I stumbled upon) where your emotion is heightened and the slightest of provocation will send you bawling your insides (exag!). I cannot wait for June to come. Watch the trailer here.

I can say that one of the highlights of my day is this sneak peak of The Fault in Our Stars movie. Oooops! Hold your horses though because the clip is just a sneak peek and sneak peeks are meant to be short (like sooooo short).  But believe me it will give you the feels.  Are you excited as I am?  Watch it here.

I just have to share this wonderful quote I heard from my office mate while she was discussing an important lesson to us about 'Salvation' : image: shannanparker.files.wordpress.com Have a blessed day to all of you! :)

image: theprospect.net This is another interesting entry from Gretchen Rubin's The Happiness Project book. The content of this blogpost is originally from the book. I'm just itching to share this to everyone who stumbles upon my blog. Hope you have a nice day! :) According to Gretchen, "fun" falls into three categories: (1) challenging fun, (2) accommodating fun, and (3) relaxing fun. Challenging fun is the most rewarding but also the most demanding. It can create frustration, anxiety, and hard work. It often requires errands. It takes time and energy. In the  end, however, it pays off with the most satisfying fun. Usually less challenging, but still requiring a fair bit of effort, is accommodating fun. A family trip to the playground us accommodating fun. Yes, it's fun, but I'm really there because my children want to go. Was it Jerry Seinfeld who said, "There's no such thing as 'Fun for the whole family'"? Going t...

The BBC believes most people will have read only 6 of the 100 books on this list. How many have you read? goodreads.com For the complete list click this.

Are you excited as I am?  image: hollywoodreporter.com Feast your eyes on the first movie poster for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1!!!  How fiery is it?  And now we wait until its premiere. Let the countdown begin! :)

Mark your calendars!!! :) Fully Booked and the Australian Embassy in Manila present  The Book Thief Book Club Discussion  this February 1, 2014. Join us for a book club discussion on Markus Zusak’s beloved story of 11-year-old Liesel as she struggles with life in war-torn Germany. 3:00 pm Saturday, February 1, 2014 Fully Booked Bonifacio High Street 3rd Floor Bridgeway Panelists: Jan Ruiz of Flips Flipping Pages, Candice Quimpo of Homegrown.ph., Johanna Añes-dela Cruz of the UP Department of Speech Communication and Theater Arts. Now a major motion picture opening in theaters this February. Read it before you see it, and get a chance to win tickets to an advanced screening of the film by joining us for the event!  Moderator: Honey de Peralta of Coffeespoons This post is originally from fullybookedonline.com. Click here to visit the original entry.

Album Cover. image: alterthepress.com If I were to choose a stand-out track from Panic! At The Disco’s latest album Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die, it would be Collar Full. Why? Because the song is just too difficult to put down. I just have to hit the replay button over and over again. The latest song that got stuck in my head from the band was Ready to Go (Get Me Out of my Mind) from their previous Vices & Virtues album. After my first listen to the song it already made its way to my LSS-worthy tracks list that I even used the track as a background song in one of our school projects (Oh how I miss those days!). It has been 2 years since the album’s release and now I guess it’s about time I have another favorite track from their latest offering. Collar Full is an upbeat track with the same dancey vibe like Ready to Go. The number contains a flow of bouncy synths enticing listeners to bob their heads and tap their feet nonstop. It is also groovy, a feel-good...

image: rock.rapgenius.com I know, I know. The song is already a year old. But compared to her latest hits such as Burn, Lights, and Goodness Gracious I find Anything Could Happen more of an emotional track which in all honesty is more LSS-worthy than her other released singles. I’m that deep. I dig ballad and mellow-sounding music. Especially when the song elicits raw emotions. That I just find myself in a trance-like state. Before I lose myself let’s continue this entry. Before Anything Could Happen, Lights made it big especially on the Billboard 100 chart. Lights is a dancey electro-pop song which is quite different compared to the enchanting electro ballad Anything Could Happen. Ellie confirmed in an interview that she was a bit nervous with the release of Anything Could Happen since it was something new to her fans. But after only five days the music video for the song reached one million views on Youtube which is a good thing. The song opens up with a whimsi...

Omigosh! It has been 9 months since the release of Sara Bareilles' hit track Brave and now the time has come for the talented musician/composer/songstress to release the second single of her latest Grammy Nominated album The Blessed Unrest.  And my friends, the long wait is over.  On her twitter account Sara B announced I Choose You as her next single.  The radio-friendly, LSS worthy track with a great potential of being the wedding anthem of the year will leave you warm and fuzzy all over.  Listen to Sara Bareilles' latest single here. I also have album reviews of The Blessed Unrest and Kaleidoscope Heart.   

Hey there fellow book lovers! I’m here once again to update you on my 100-books-to-read progress. So far, I have been juggling, yes, you heard that right. I’ve been juggling books lately. Not this type of juggling. www.juggling.com But you know what I mean, reading a number of books simultaneously. Not because I’m in a hurry to finish my 100-books-to-read list (although, after making computations I believe I really need to speed up my game). But because being a randomly cluttered blogger I want to test my multitasking skills and I also want to diversify the list of my favorite authors (which is another challenge). And here is the 2 nd book that I finished. It is Allie Brosh’s autobiographical book entitled Hyperbole and a Half. www.amazon.com I have never encountered a hilariously addictive read like this in years. I’m grateful to my ever sarcastic officemate who introduced the book and shared the file to me. Your randomly cluttered blogger would...

Oh my, oh my! I found the book trailer for Hollow City, the sequel to Ransom Rigg's  Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children . Creepy as heck!  The trailer is creepy good. You know what I mean.  The first book is awesome and I'm expecting more!!!  Watch the book trailer for Hollow City by clicking this. By the way, Fullybooked introduced the trailer video on facebook. :)

I'm already on the month of  March in The Happiness Project. The month of March focuses more on work bearing "Aim Higher" as its rule for the month. I got interested on the subtopics and chosen few of my favorite lines from the book (written by Gretchen Rubin). Here are my favorite lines: "This is one of the many paradoxes of happiness: we seek to control our lives, but the unfamiliar and the unexpected are important sources of happiness." "People who love their work bring an intensity and enthusiasm that’s impossible to match through sheer diligence." "Enthusiasm is more important to mastery than innate ability, it turns out, because the single most important element in developing an expertise is your willingness to practice." "If something is worth doing, it’s worth doing badly." I hope that these quotes inspire you the way it inspired me. :)

I just have to reblog this. :) After reading the entirety of the entry I just couldn't stop myself from sharing this article on my blog. So, here you go fellas. image: thevoiceofr.com 1. People change. This is so obvious but it’s the leading cause of friendship death in your twenties so we must acknowledge it. You don’t know who you are at the age of twenty but you gravitate towards who makes the most sense in that moment. Then, as you get more of a handle on yourself and what kinds of people you actually want to surround yourself with, you make necessary changes. You cut the fat. You bid farewell to those who no longer fit. This is perhaps the hardest kind of friendship loss to weather because there’s no one to blame. You both just grew into different people. And when there’s no place to pinpoint blame, the heartache can last longer. 2. People move. They move clear across the country, they move to Europe, they plant the seeds of their life somewhere that’s not clos...

This is not a food blog. And I have no plans on turning this into a photo blog bearing images of mouth-watering and scrumptious foods. But bear with me on this blog post I’m about to share which is sort of an entry a foodie would love. Yep. A food blog post. How do I love banapple? Let me count the ways. I love banapple because of its larger-than-life servings; The ample amount of portions you can share and their oh-so-yummy selections so tempting; The finest of pastas and pancakes so fluffy; With distinct taste and tasty syrup, and oooh don't forget their coffees; Their delectable cakes and desserts which I cannot consume because of my strict diet; The warm people and the atmosphere so comfy and sometimes quiet; The place, oh the place. And the ambiance too; All of these reasons and MORE, I can enumerate to you. That's as far as my rhyming skills can get me. Few lines. :) 

    Come and Get It by Selena Gomez            The Disney actress ditches her innocent image and became an irresistible seductress in this Bollywood-themed track. With flirtatious repetitions of “na na na na” and “when you’re re-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e” you’ll hit the repeat button one too many times (just like me). Cups by Anna Kendrick  image: komonews.com Pitch Perfect became sensational this year and so are all the songs in this aca-awesome movie. Who could not forget Anna Kendrick’s audition piece? By just using a cup and her voice she was able to deliver an infectious cover of a song and made it her own.  Watch the video here. Still Into You by Paramore  image: fanpop.com       2013 is about to end and yet listening to this track still gives me the chills.       Paramore’s latest album in my humble opinion is the best the band has yet to o...