Anyway~ Received these books yesterday:

Not much to say really... Went to the Muji store which honestly I didn't know existed until this week (there's also a branch at Imago). I'm just four months late XD. Although it's more like me checking out their little stationery corner and the organizer boxes section. 

Went to my usual go-to places including Popular Bookstore. Was pleasantly surprised to find Uketsu's "Strange Pictures" in stock (there were three copies on the shelf). I wanted to get the one with the UK version cover but unfortunately it's out-of-stock at Kino... and on Shopee it's basically selling like hot cakes. It's so funny to see the books went out of stock the next day on Shopee (two shops had a few the day before). I guess checking physical stores is an option too next time (duh! XD).

Yup, very much still kind of in a reading slump... which I've embraced fully(?) as mood reading. Like, it's not I stopped reading completely... I still read just not much as before. It's almost like a dormant period of some sort lol - everything is happening in slow motion XD

Unfortunately (and humorously, I must add), the reading situation makes my journey of reading books at the place I pick flowers more noticeable. It probably didn't help that the first book I finished this year is "The Giant Bathroom Reader" lol (mentioned in a post from October 2023). Honestly, that's a book that really lives up to its title. It's full of short and brief paragraphs... and most of the time with gory and gross details, definitely not something you want to read while eating a meal. 

Reading ≠ Buying Books
It's kind of hard to describe but nowadays I'm very sceptic and pessimistic of books with nice covers and synopses. But at the same time, if it's something I do have interest in, I just want to get it so that I have it ready when I want to read it. Definitely not a healthy way to do it but I do more side-eyeing these days so it balances out in the end...?

Honestly, I've been skipping more and more reading videos recently due to my reading slump/mood. If I don't skip, then they'll be videos I put on the background (and it remains uncertain if I'm able to listen to it properly or not). Most of the time I became sceptic and think "Was it really good though?". Sometimes books hauls are just another yapfest - I wish some of them just skip the synopses (or do a more brief synopsis)... Also, I still have problems with voices (just like back in February) so I usually DNF those videos as soon as I feel irritated. 

It should be obvious at this point that the future is dim XD. I probably will focus more on series that I do love and a few of the ones I'm interested in (yeah, reading is slumping but curiosity stays on, totally unrelated). Reading will be slow and sporadic.

I barely managed to get Roccia's signature weapon last patch *big, long sigh*. Now she doesn't have to borrow Xiangli Yao's weapon anymore. I lost 50/50 for Zhezhi's during the Anniversary banner so I will use the guaranteed pull for Lupa since this account has both Brant and Changli (with their signature weapons). Hopefully I could get Lupa's weapon too.

Wasn't able to get Brant's signature weapon again lol but this account manage to get Jiyan haha... I've started building Mortefi since there are so many resonators that use mainly heavy attacks in the account.

Tried getting Cartethyia (because why not) but lost the 50/50 to Verina, off all people lol. Though it's kind of a win for this account because it was Verina-less before. The account has Shorekeeper though so it's fine.. just a bit hard to do Tower of Adversity.

Well, I guess that's a bit of progress since the last time I posted about it. Had a couple of near wins (like 1mm HP bar left, seriously!) for Lorelei but no dice. I'll be back for Hecate after I get used to using the Carlotta-Zhezhi-Shorekeeper team. Hopefully at that time I could use them for the dragon too. Kelpie can wait for like much later lol
2025-06-19 edit: Lol forgot to include the images

The place is based on Sparta (I think? ...seeing that the leader is called Ephor) but I saw some mention of Rome too (Septimont is called Seven Hills in the JP version, plus the gladiator thing) so I guess it's inspired by both Greek & Roman civilizations? Septimont has a different culture compared to Ragunna. I've been doing some exploring around and there are some disturbing and sad lore... It's not fun getting to know about those :( 

BUT I must say: like usual, I enjoy doing the exploration quests! Especially the Scourgewing one... the lore is delicious~! It's sad to think that some people probably just skip the exploration quest's story because it's not voiced. Well, at least now I know if someone said there's no lore in WuWa, they most probably is a skipper. [There's nothing wrong with skipping but I usually only do that after I read the whole thing because I'm kind of a perfectionist(?), I need to know everything... I still read/fast-read the whole thing in my third playthrough/account] 

Oh yeah one more thing, the TDs here are more horrifying-looking. There's the Kerasaur that looks like Komodo dragon... then there are couple more human-shaped ones (which obviously aren't friends XD) that look like they came from horror movies. I do like that Septimont has more variants for drakes here though.

The in-game game Peak of Prestige is surprisingly fun lol.. I didn't expect to enjoy it as much as I do now. I'm not very good at it though (I keep going back to my Feilian deck set lol) but I won enough rewards to get by. 

Also it's funny that I got called out by the NPC you meet to start this event XD

Yeah... so... I'm fortunate(?) enough to not want them XD. I will consider it though if it's for male resonators or my Rover. Yep, and just to make it clear, you have a husbando-lover/wanter here that also happens to be a Rover main. Which might sound like a weird combination but Rover (my lovely, adorable Rover) is one of the main reasons I'm still playing the game :D. It's kind of an awkward point of view and I'm grateful that they care enough for the main character (I think Rover is one of the reasons echo presets exist this early), but honestly? Rover mains are probably the ones having constant fun in every patch XD

And with that said, I am obsessed with getting stuff that my Rover can "wear" so echo aspects is the way for me~

The weather has been good recently - too good - and I'm hating it *siiigh*. The humidity is not too high (around 50%) so the hot weather is slightly bearable BUT the sun is still scorching hot... it's so bad. I feel sticky from sweating during the day. And then I sweat again after taking my shower like.. what's the point of showering anymore HAAAAH

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Received this book few days ago.. It's a preloved copy but damn... it's very much in good condition. I mean it's expected (didn't know until I've seen it myself) since the paper is the magazine paper type.

I lost my 50/50 *sad lol*... I did think of wanting another copy of Calcharo (which I just realised is now S2) recently but I didn't expect I would get it this early!? *sigh*

I could wait for a guaranteed Cartethyia, I guess...? I dunno... I worry about getting into a similar situation with Yinlin's - which resulted in another loss in the next patch (Carlotta) - I most probably be better off with skipping Ciaccona this time around... 

Not Calcharo with the 10:10 eyebrow LOL

71st might be my magic number lol

The first time I pulled for Shorekeeper I got her at 71st pull.

Then in the recent rerun, I also got her at 71st pull.
And Zhezhi is also at 71st pull.

I think one of my alternate accounts also experienced this. I think it was for Phoebe...

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Oh yeah... received these books yesterday. 

1st: Book
Received this in the mail today.

Yeah. It's the version with the paper I like. I have a few of books in this series but I don't think I have one of Austen's work (for this version) before. 

For reference, the others are:

2nd: WuWa
Did one pull today and managed to get Zhezhi's signature weapon! 

[I probably should stop now...]

Early! *sighhh* I guess this means it will be hard to get Changli's signature weapon in the next phase

I know I don't really need to get it but I just love them having their signature weapons and... mainly, I'm just generally lazy (lol). I rather have it easy than go farm more echoes XD