MUSIC TO MY (Y)EAR • 2021 » The Novel Hermit

MUSIC TO MY (Y)EAR • 2021

January 14, 2022 Leave a Comment

I can’t seem to listen to anything except Epik High and Kpop like the previous year with the occasional Western music that are mainly sleeping or wanna-belt-out-a-tune music. It’s hard for me to search for anything outside of Kpop, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Here are the albums I listened to. (It is in order of when I listened to them, and the links go to Spotify.)

EPIK HIGH \| Epik High Is Here 上 (Part 1)

Epik High (Hangul: 에픽하이) is a South Korean alternative hip hop group from Seoul, composed of Tablo, Mithra Jin, and DJ Tukutz. Epik High Is Here (Part 1) is their tenth full length studio album.

Anything Epik High release, I have no choice to listen to; it’s a necessity like breathing. Epik High Is Here (Part 1) may not be a sleepy album like their previous album, but it’s nonetheless a hit in my book from the times I’ve belted out to their songs for the first half of 2021. They never fail to release fantastic songs that continue to mesmerize me.

My Fave Songs: Rosario, True Crime, Leica, In Self-Defense, Acceptance Speech

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BOOKS IN HAND • What Books Customers Are Buying in December 2021

January 3, 2022 Leave a Comment

We’re selling a lot of the same books now, and I can’t wait to see new titles.

During the last week of February 2018, I pondered about what type of post to make for “Books in Hand.” At first, I planned to discuss all the books customers came in asking for or buying, but that’s a bit too much because everybody came in asking for different books, and I didn’t remember all of them. My boss showed me a way to check our store’s best selling books, and I found out what we sold a lot of!

And that’s what this post is—seeing the top selling books of December 2021!

FICTION

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HOLY MOTHER COVER! • Favorite 2021 YA Covers

December 31, 2021 Leave a Comment

You know what’s even better than a book with a good story? When that book has an awesome cover!

Welcome to this color-coordinated YA book covers! Full of books that came out in 2021 with gorgeous covers! These are the covers that made me stop in my tracks and go “huh, let me stare at this gorgeous piece of work for a while.” These absolutely mesmerized me, and I wonder if they do to you too.

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BOOKS IN HANDS • What Readers Bought During Holidays 2021

December 30, 2021 Leave a Comment

You ever want to know what people are buying in bookstores? Well, it so happens that I work at one, and I wanted to write about what books customers have been asking for during the holiday season.

All bookstores are different, so the books customers are asking will be different . This holiday season was super crazy. Lots of people coming out, packing my bookstore which is good (but also bad because Omicron!!!!!!). These are just the books the customers in my area asked for during the past week leading up to the Holidays in 2021.

This list isn’t a conclusive list; the books here are the ones that I’ve remembered because I’ve been asked about it a bazillion times or I’ve seen customers holding it.