I’m very happy to report that I had a very productive month in terms of reading. By the end of January, I’d been able to read five books (two audiobooks, two ebooks, and one graphic novel/komiks anthology). I’m not sure I’ll be able to post reviews about all of them, but I have two of them right here:
My body is currently in recovery mode from our three-day Komiket ~gig this past weekend. Mina, Ron, and myself were the #RomanceClass tinderas at Ayala Market! Market! from Friday to Sunday, and as always, the experience had been educational (and tiring, haha).
On the first week of the new year, I watched two Filipino films on Netflix back-to-back! Here are some of my thoughts about A Very Good Girl and Monday First Screening. There will be spoilers ahead—read at your own risk!
Hey, hey, hey~ we are having our first event of the year! If you missed #RomanceClass™ (yes, we are officially trademarked now, hihi!) at any of our events in 2023, here’s your chance to catch us at this January!
We will be tabling at KOMIKET at the Ayala Market! Market! activity area on January 19-21 (Friday-Sunday), just look for one of the booths right in front of the stage—we’ll be there. Do follow us on social media @romanceclassbks on X and @romanceclasbooks on Instagram for more updates.
And of course, if you’re new to us, romanceclassbooks.com is your greatest resource. We’ve got over a hundred romance novels in English, featuring Filipino characters falling in love. <3
Hope to see you next week!
So I don’t think I ever posted my boys on here, but now is as good a time as any to share their awesomeness on this space. TVXQ is a duo (formerly quintet) that has been in the KPop industry for 20 years now. Yup, you read that right. Twenty years. Two decades. And putting aside my grudges about SM Entertainment not handling them very well, I’m happy they are still around and still slaying. Very hard.
Last month, they had their duo comeback and 20th anniversary celebration with an album called 20&2, and gifted us with a bunch of new material, including music videos for Down and Rebel, music show performances, as well as an amazing Killing Voice appearance (check out the video above). If you are only getting acquainted with TVXQ now (just like a bunch of YouTube reactors are—we LOVE to see it), this is a very good place to start. 30+ minutes of U-Know Yunho and MAX Changmin singing some of their greatest hits, y’all. It’s enough to make a grown up Cassiopeia cry.
Ask me how many times I’ve seen this, and I’ll say YES.
Enjoy!