LOVE, SIMON+BOOKISH STICKER SETS LAUNCH BY TBBJOURNALS AKA ME HAHA

So umm finally, I have retrieved my Blogger password!! I can now finally blog OMG some publishers no longer approve my ARC requests maybe because they thought I've gone completely silent here! So imagine my big sigh of relief earlier when I found my credentials HAHA!

Anyway, this isn't a review because umm the titles says it all (but I will get to reviews shortly). I've been wanting to produce sticker for a while and when I say I while I mean since 2016 -- and last April 24th, I FINALLY DID IT!!! (I am only posting now because of me being dumb that I completely forgot my new password) OMG it was sooooo freaking surreal. It took me a while to draw and it took me an entire day (I am not exaggerating) to process everything. From scanning, laying out the illos in Photoshop, cleaning, laying out the stickers in print format, getting the correct color in prints (OMGGGGG THIS PROCESS IS CRAZY!!), testing prints in the sticker paper, cutting them out and finally packaging them. Seriously, it took me one whole day and extra muscle ache in the morning just to get these simple (but full of love) stickers.

This is the entire set of my first ever merch and I feel like a legit artist HAHA! Seriously, I have never done anything in my life - arts wise - that I put so much love and care like I did in this one. It isn't perfect but it's something I made because I loveeeeee what I do and how I did it. It made me happy, even more happier than selling them to be honest.

Love, Simon Sticker Flakes Set (just in time for the movie!)

Bookish set that my inner book blogger is so proud of!

Becky Books Illustration that my inner artist is flailing so hard for!

How the packaging looks like - this ,my children, is what my inner journalist (er?) is absolutely happy with!

Took a picture of the sets I sold (but wasn't able to take photos of the ones for Krish, Olivia and Erica) and I couldn't thank these "first set of clients" enough for reaching out and supporting my sticker shop. IT IS SO FUCKING VALIDATING I CANNOT BEGIN TO EXPLAIN IT. Especially when clients liked my stickersAnd I will say it again that I did put so much love in each envelope because I made everything by hand. That's something I would do over and over again because dude, the feels? UNBELIEVABLY DELICIOUS!

If you want to order, kindly DM me on IG. You can reach me via @tbbjournal or @tbbstoreph and I will gladly answer. Unfortunately international friends, my stickers are only available for shipping within Philippines. I haven't worked out how INTL shipping works haha but I am on it. Again, thank you for all the support!

REVIEW: SIMON VS. THE HOMO SAPIENS AGENDA BY BECKY ALBERTALLI.

Title: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
Author: Becky Albertalli
Series: Standalone
Edition: Hardcover
Publication: April 7th 2015 by Balzer + Bray
Source: Bought from Fullybooked, Cebu
Pages: 320
Genre: Young Adult, Romance, LGBTQIA+, Contemporary

Synopsis:
Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now Simon is actually being blackmailed: if he doesn’t play wingman for class clown Martin, his sexual identity will become everyone’s business. Worse, the privacy of Blue, the pen name of the boy he’s been emailing, will be compromised.

With some messy dynamics emerging in his once tight-knit group of friends, and his email correspondence with Blue growing more flirtatious every day, Simon’s junior year has suddenly gotten all kinds of complicated. Now, change-averse Simon has to find a way to step out of his comfort zone before he’s pushed out—without alienating his friends, compromising himself, or fumbling a shot at happiness with the most confusing, adorable guy he’s never met.

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Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda has been on my radar for quite a while now. I didn't get to it right away because the hype is overwhelming, plus, I didn't have a copy yet. It just so happen that I spotted a copy on sale last year when I visited Cebu and I knew it would be the best memorabilia I could take home. I didn't read it until late December. Simon is the first book I read this year and it couldn't have been more perfect.

Thank you, Becky, for writing Simon vs. This is one of those moving, influential and important books we all need to read (I will definitely re-read!). I loved every single part of this book because it's so raw that it brings out all sorts of emotions. I loved loved loved Simon's parents, Simon, Martin (I learned to love this character at the end), and BLUE. OMG I NEVER GUESSED WHO HE WAS IT BUT I LOVED HIM EVEN FROM THE START. FROM HIS EMAILS UP UNTIL THE END. IT WAS FREAKING MAGICAL YOU GUYS. AAAAAAH I LOVE YOU, BLUE!

I can't find the right words to express how happy I am with Simon vs. I mean, this is the book I will forever push down everyone's way because Becky wrote THE perfect book!

"White shouldn't be the default any more than straight should be the default. There shouldn't even be a default."

"He talked about the ocean between people. And how the whole point of everything is to find a shore worth swimming to."

"Being secure in you masculinity isn't the same as being straight."