The reason the title is "Title" is simply because I can't think of an all-encapsulating title for this particular blog piece. As I've mentioned before, some of these blog posts are really just pointless ramblings as a part of helping me clear up my mind and organize my thoughts. But here's something that I really want my readers to understand, and it's something that I am deeply sorry for. 

I will not be finishing any of my on-going stories, and as for any new stories: I doubt there will be any more as well. As I've said in a previous blog post before, it's just because I am finding myself withdrawing, slowly, from the Kpop fandom. I'm just not that into it anymore, and I don't find myself inspired to write about it anymore, although I do still love the idols and the music is amazing. But a lot of stuff has happened over the past couple of months, and I just feel myself disconnecting from the fandom and being drawn toward other things. I've gotten so busy recently, too, and life has just gotten that much more demanding of me. I don't have the time to keep up with all the Kpop hype anymore. That's not to say that it wasn't one of the greatest experiences of my life, because yes, it was! I've made so many amazing friends, discovered a world of music beyond what I normally would have listened to, I learned so much and my writing has developed significantly. And my short time here on AFF has been a huge part of that experience! 

I'm keeping my account because some people may still want to talk to me, plus I occassionally still read stuff here and I might want to commnt, plus I like this blogging system. As for my stories, I'll keep them up, I suppose. But if ever someday, I decide to take one down, it's not because I don't want you guys to read it, ok? It's probably going to be because I want to use it in a future writing project and I don't want it all over the internet. That being said, if you have any translations of my work, please do delete it! I'll be contacting translators directly in the near future, but if you're reading this and you have a translated version of my work, please go ahead and take it down. I'd really appreciate it. 

Okay, well now that that business has been taken care of, here's the second part of the blog post: book recommendations. I don't have a lot of time to go into too much detail with the reviews right now—I'm writing this between classes, oops—here are the titles of the books!

1. The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton

2. The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell

3. The Circle by Dave Eggers

4. The Mirror: A History by Sabine Melchior-Bonnet (a non-fiction book, but it's got the trippiest- thesis I've ever read, plus it's super interesting!)

5. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (although I'd say that this one goes without recommendation, haha)

Also, here in LA, it's finally starting to look a bit like Fall. Let's be real and just say that California has never been the best about giving Cali residents a nice transition from summer to winter; it's 75-degree-high pretty much year-round except for that one week of rain we sometimes get during the spring. Actually, there's a bit of a draught going on around here. Anyway, there were some record-breaking temperatures in the last couple of weeks, but I am thankful that everything has gone back to the usual sunny-yet-breezy LA weather. If it gets cold enough in the evening, I might be able to break out the sheepskin boots again and go to football games in my usual football-game attire, which includes a scarf. I haven't worn a scarf since January, probably, so that'll be exciting. The little things in life, yo. Pumpkin everything is back at Starbucks, too, and the one on my corner is now bursting with high school girls every day, waiting in line to get their Pumpkin Spice lattes. My group of friends used to make fun of that a lot, but in all honesty, I actually love Pumpkin Spice anything. I also like North Face vests and I own a pair of Birkenstocks. My white-girl game is too strong. 

My friend, William, is trying to teach me how to skateboard. I actually got on it yesterday and I cruised ten feet pretty nicely until I tried to turn and ended up falling back on my and kicking the board straight toward another woman who was walking her dog. I now have a pretty nice gash behind my calf, and I'm sure that woman has a powerful bruise on her ankle. And William probably got a hernia from laughing at me. I wasn't born to skateboard, that's for sure. Can't I just be one of those posers who wears Vans shoes and never skateboards like everybody else? 

As I drift from the Kpop fandom, I find myself getting back into fandoms that I used to be really into. Most of them are TV Show fandoms like Avatar: The Last Airbender, LOST, Bones. Also, I shamelessly admit that I enjoy some TLC reality shows. Also, I'm reading more books lately! I'm super excited about this one partly because in my freshman year of college, I didn't get to read many books for fun, but now I find that I have a lot more time to devote to leisurely reading books that I pick for myself! 

I'm making a lot of progress in my life, I feel, and I'm just really proud of myself for how far I've come since my messed-up high school self. My mind just feels so much clearer nowadays, and I don't really know what's come over me or what's to blame for this change in me. It just feels like I've been hit by a bolt of motivation and I find myself wanting to do more and be more things, to help people and to help myself and to fully devote myself to anything I do. It might also just be as a result of getting older and caring less about the petty things that used to upset me, and overall, just letting myself grow into my character and letting myself be more honest. I'm not sure if that makes any sense at all, haha. Or maybe it's just part of my post-adolescent idealistic phase; I am growing out of the teenage years rather quickly. 

I just hope I can stay in this good mood for a long time.