May 2024 – The Literary Huntress
8 posts published by tasya @ the literary huntress during May 2024| The Literary Huntress
8 posts published by tasya @ the literary huntress during May 2024| The Literary Huntress
5 posts published by tasya @ the literary huntress during August 2025| The Literary Huntress
Coco (2017) Thank you, long haul flights, for allowing me to sit down long enough to watch this movie 😄 I’ve always been interested, it’s just I didn’t have enough motivation to sit down and watch it haha. I’m glad I did though, it’s super enjoyable and the themes about chasing dreams are very relevant … More Screen Rambles: The Other Part of June 2025| The Literary Huntress
Hi everyone! August 17 is Indonesia’s Independence Day, where we will be celebrating our 80th year of independence from the Japanese and Dutch colonialism and imperialism (even though it took until 1949 for Dutch to “acknowledge” our independence from our initial declaration in 1945). As August is also celebrated as Women in Translation month, I … More Women in Translation & 80 years of Indonesia: Indonesian Literature Books on my TBR| The Literary Huntress
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Audiobook, narrated by Bahni Turpin February 28, 2017 by HarperCollins Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood … More The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas| The Literary Huntress
I can’t believe July is over already and we’re basically more than halfway throughout the year! July was pretty good, all things considered, but I do feel my mood suffering due to the l…| The Literary Huntress
Ongoing series can be such a long wait and I knew going into this series it would be long, but I truly felt every second of the wait 😭 With the recent release of volume 8, which I immediately devoured, I present to you, my review of book 5-8. I will hide all the book … More The Husky and His White Cat Shizun by meatbun (Vol 5-8 review)| The Literary Huntress
I have this on my archives for such a long time, ever since I see Mehek @ Critiques of A Fangirl posted it. I initially planned to post this when I was watching Niall’s concert but then time slipped away and with Liam’s passing… it just never felt like a right time. One Direction was … More One Direction Book Tag // Celebrating 15 Years of One Direction| The Literary Huntress
The Wedding Banquet (2025) I’ve been eyeing this movie ever since I saw the trailer and it didn’t disappoint! it follows our 4 main characters: Angela and her girlfriend Lee, as well as Angela’s cousin Chris and his boyfriend, Min as they navigate relationship issues and family acceptance. I didn’t know it’s a remake so … More Screen Rambles: May – Part of June 2025| The Literary Huntress
A Song to Drown Rivers by Ann Liang 325 pages, Hardcover First published October 1, 2024 by St. Martin’s Press ★★★★★ Synopsis: Inspired by the legend of Xishi, one of the famous Four Beauties…| The Literary Huntress
5 posts published by tasya @ the literary huntress during May 2025| The Literary Huntress
4 posts published by tasya @ the literary huntress during July 2025| The Literary Huntress
Welcome back to my annual mid-year check in! I will not be having any statistics today as I’ve been really lax in my tracking this year and will take some time to tidy it up, but I do have some media I’ve been enjoying (and not so enjoying) this year that I’m excited to talk … More Mid-2025 Media High and Lows| The Literary Huntress
The Young Elites 370 pages, Kindle Edition First published October 7, 2014 Synopsis: I am tired of being used, hurt, and cast aside. Adelina Amouteru is a survivor of the blood fever. A decade ago, the deadly illness swept through her nation. Most of the infected perished, while many of the children who survived were left … More Trilogy Review: The Young Elites by Marie Lu| The Literary Huntress
I’m aware that we are already midway through 2025 so it’s not exactly the time for “firsts”, but I figured it will be a perfect short post before actually getting to my mid-…| The Literary Huntress
Graveyard Shift by ML Rio ★★★★ I know this book has pretty low rating on goodreads, but as someone in microbiology I am SO excited when I realized how this book will go into detail about some weird…| The Literary Huntress
6 posts published by tasya @ the literary huntress during April 2024| The Literary Huntress
4 posts published by tasya @ the literary huntress during April 2025| The Literary Huntress
Bulbbul (2020) I keep seeing clips of Bulbbul on my feed, specifically that scene where she and Satya talked on the terrace regarding the murders and the actress really captivated me so I decided t…| The Literary Huntress
5 posts published by tasya @ the literary huntress during March 2024| The Literary Huntress
May was a whirlwind! With the semester wrapping up and graduation season happening, it truly feels like a chaotic core memory 😅 A SONG TO DROWN RIVERS by Ann Liang // 🌟🌟🌟🌟 HAPPY STORIES, MOSTLY by …| The Literary Huntress
8 posts published by tasya @ the literary huntress during February 2024| The Literary Huntress
With the suns out and flowers blooming everywhere, it seems like spring is in full spring! And with warmer brighter weather comes the urge for me to read all the contemporaries, especially romance.…| The Literary Huntress
Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt ★★★★ Not a lot of people talked about this book but those who loved horror and have read this book really enjoyed it so I got curious and checked it out 😄 It has a pretty…| The Literary Huntress
Hi everyone! I found this tag on instagram and as I slowly get back to blogging, I figured it will be a great post to do. I love spring and it’s such a timely post too, since all the flowers …| The Literary Huntress
Abbott Elementary S1 (2021 – 2022) I keep seeing clips and gifs about this show on social media, so of course I had to give it a try! I only watched the 1st season now, but I really really li…| The Literary Huntress
April came and went; with that, come warmer weather and my final semester of school 🌞 I only finished 2 books and currently reading 2 other books. The first one is Graveyard Shift by ML Rio. I̵…| The Literary Huntress
I was tagged by Caro @ Book Cheshire Cat for this tag 💚 Even though now it’s April, I really want to do this before it become half year crisis 😅 1.) How many books have you read so far? 21 bo…| The Literary Huntress
Welcome to my review of the second half of TGCF series! I had my issues with book 1-4, but book 5-8 totally blew me away! I ended up binge reading them in a week and it cemented this series as one …| The Literary Huntress
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024) I watched this on the plane on my way back from home to the US, just because of how hyped it was. I’m a bit worried that I won’t be able to follow the sto…| The Literary Huntress
Welcome welcome to another individual + series review! Today we are going to talk about Heaven Official’s Blessing, aka Tian Guan Ci Fu (天官赐福 – TGCF for here onwards), which is the late…| The Literary Huntress
Happy new year! As usual, time really flies by and even though January felt like it was going on forever (does anyone feel like the month is so long???), it’s a bit bittersweet to arrive at t…| The Literary Huntress
Who’s ready for this winter to be over? February was filled with rain, snow, sleet, and extreme winds, all coming and going one after another 😵💫 The snow was pretty but you know what’s…| The Literary Huntress
Totally late to the party, but happy valentine’s day!!!! 💗 I hope you enjoyed the day, whether by having a romantic day with your partner or galentine/fun night with your friends 💗💗💗 Me &…| The Literary Huntress
Hi everyone! As I continue to mainly post reviews in the form of mini-reviews in 2024, some people might missed some reviews I posted in this format. So the idea of this post is mainly just to orga…| The Literary Huntress
Hi everyone, welcome back! I know I have 1 more post for screen rambles 2024, but I’m too excited to talk about all the movies and tv shows I watched last year (omg~) so here we are 😝 Statist…| The Literary Huntress
This is my last batch of books I read in 2024! Unfortunately, December was not a good reading month as I started and ended my month with DNFs, fell into a reading slump, and only managed to read 2 …| The Literary Huntress
Welcome back and welcome to my 2024 reading wrap up! Wrap ups are always my favorite type of post to write, as it combines lists + reflections on how my month/year went. I was in a major slump at t…| The Literary Huntress
I’m trying to get all my 2024 screen rambles post out before I can write my end-of-year movie wrap up 🫡 This first part will cover the 4 movies I watched on my flight back home + 1 kdrama I w…| The Literary Huntress
Part 2 of my bookish wrap up series, this time let’s talk about the disappointing books I read in 2024 😅 Objectively, 2024 was a great reading year. Subjectively, it felt disappointing 🥲 I th…| The Literary Huntress
Ghost Bride (2020) I’ve been wanting to watch this Netflix TV series since it’s release, but I’ve been putting it off since I want to read the book first. At this point I was feel…| The Literary Huntress
Welcome back and happy new year! 🎆 While I was writing my 2024 wrap up post, I saw that I had much higher average rating this year compared to 2023. This made me curious and I decided to really loo…| The Literary Huntress
I’m ending 2024 in a bit of a reading and blogging slump, so I’m going to post my December wrap up first instead of posting my yearly wrap up and posting the December wrap up in January…| The Literary Huntress
If you’ve been in the book community for a while, you’ve heard about The Six Deaths of the Saint which got all the hype around last year. I admit, I was curious but then I found out tha…| The Literary Huntress
I found this tag from Birdie @ Library in the Tower blog and it reminded me of how long it has been since I do any fantasy-related post on this book. It also reminds me how long it has been since I…| The Literary Huntress
I saw this tag recently from Hannah @ The Bookworm’s Feast and what a better way to do it then now?? While it’s spring and all that 🪴 This tag was originally created by Amanda @Bet…| The Literary Huntress
I saw this tag from Jan @ Inkspun Tales back in 2021 and as a history nerd, I was sooo excited to do this. Fast forward to 2024, I finally remember and get around to do it 😂 It’s really fun t…| The Literary Huntress
I only watched 1 thing in April but since I watched 9 movies and series in May, I decided to break the post into 2 separate posts. This is the second part of the post, talking about everything I wa…| The Literary Huntress
I can’t believe I’m writing this post and we’re already halfway through with 2024! Books I feel like when it comes to books, this year it’s harder to narrow down the highs a…| The Literary Huntress
The Plague Year by Lawrence Wright ★★★ I had to read the first 2 chapters for one of my class and thought it was interesting, so I decided to pick up the whole book. The rest of the book turned out…| The Literary Huntress
Back in 2016, I wrote a post on my 8 favorite TV show openings. I can’t believe it’s been 8 years and while these openings are still my favorites, I’ve watched many more shows sin…| The Literary Huntress
Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen 399 pages, Paperback First published June 16, 2009 ★★★ It’s been so long since Auden slept at night. Ever since her parents’ divorce—or since the fighting started…| The Literary Huntress
June’s here and summer is also here!!! 🌞 It’s been hotter than expected, so please stay hydrated, wear sunscreen and find a lot of shades! Also, please beware of the signs of heat exhau…| The Literary Huntress
I only watched 1 thing in April but since I watched 9 movies and series in May, I decided to break the post into 2 separate posts. This is the first part of the post, talking about everything I wat…| The Literary Huntress
I started to keep track on the shows I attended in 2024 since last year I did a wrap up post. Imagine my surprised when I realized how many shows I have seen this year so far. And honestly, it make…| The Literary Huntress
It’s the tale as old as time: you read a book by an author, loved it, and maybe read the next few releases by the author and they became a new favorite of yours. But then, as the saying goes,…| The Literary Huntress
Jade City by Fonda Lee ★★★★ This book was such an amazing series opener and I can see why so many people loved it! Jade City immediately got me in its chokehold from straight from its very first ch…| The Literary Huntress
I never keep track of my blog anniversary, but I think this year might be my 11th year of being part of the online bookish community. And by internet’s age, that means I’m a dinosaur an…| The Literary Huntress
Witch King by Martha Wells ★★ Oof this was rough. I had such a struggle in the beginning, since the author really threw us into deep water and expect us to swim and i drowned 😅😭. The world building…| The Literary Huntress
Song of the Six Realms by Judy I. Lin 400 pages, Hardcover Published April 23, 2024 ★★★★★ Judy I. Lin, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Magic Steeped in Poison, weaves a dre…| The Literary Huntress
Prince of Blue Flowers by Ryu Zhong DNF at 52% I received an eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review from Netgalley. This is an independently published book about this trickster-like cha…| The Literary Huntress
Today’s spring cleaning post will be focused on physical books I have on my shelves that I need to be read. These books includes books I currently have from the library and owned books I took…| The Literary Huntress
Songbird and the Rambutan Tree by Lucille Abendanon 320 pages, Paperback Published January 19, 2024 by North Star Editions Batavia, Dutch East Indies, 1942. Emmy has the voice of an angel but hasn’…| The Literary Huntress
Hi everyone, welcome to my first post on my bookish spring cleaning series! 🌱 I think April supposed to be spring (northern hemisphere locals, please correct me!) but the weather has been really me…| The Literary Huntress
Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues by Johnathan Kennedy 304 pages, Hardcover First published April 18, 2023 by Crown ★★★ An account of how the major transformations in history—fr…| The Literary Huntress
Hi everyone! Since the semester started, I barely have time to read and as such, I’ve been turning more to something I can listen/watch in the background while I’m doing assignments or …| The Literary Huntress
As a very visual person, I was a bit hesitant with audiobooks. What if the narrator doesn’t describe the scenes clearly? What if they don’t hit the emotional points quite right? Will it…| The Literary Huntress
