Joeanniee

Hello! My name is Joanne. I have always enjoyed writing letters and cards for my friends. I love to travel. I have not traveled to many places but my goal is to travel to a new country every year (so far I have only traveled to China and Korea.. Australia is my next travel destination.) I loved learning about new cultures and trying new foods.

I love drinking different types of teas and coffee while reading a book.

I keep a paper journal. This is a way that I de-stress at the end of the day. I also keep a grateful journal to celebrate all things big and small in my life/day. UPDATE: I actually stop writing in my journal recently.

I received a "1" rating from DMarcella. She never reached out to me before giving me the rating. She also received a "1" rating for the same swap. Not sure if it is related but I have never flaked on a swap before.

I am an avid AMC A-Lister. My friends and I are watching movies every week. I love watching anything Marvel, romantic comedies, horror/thrillers, heart-warming movies, etc. Some of the most recent movies I enjoyed watching was Parasite, ENDGAME, Breakthrough, Shazam!, Us, How To Train Your Dragon, Inception, Knives Out. UPDATE: Because of COVID-19, I cancelled my AMC account.

I love tea! I always try to drink a cup of tea everyday. I always prefer to drink tea over cofee. Some of my favorites are green teas, white teas, and black teas. I do not like fruity teas and chai teas.

I am really into postcards, have been for a long time. I like most types of postcards but please no free / ad PCs or religious ones unless the swap dictates otherwise. I prefer them to be sent naked just because I enjoy seeing everyone's writing on them and what happens to them when they travel my way.

I love reading books! Some current books that I just finished was Turtles All The Way Down, Me Before You, The Girl on the Train, Gone Girl, The Woman In Cabin 10, The Silent Patient, Everything I Never Told You, and All We Ever Wanted.

One of my goals for the new year was to read at least 2 books a month. I have been really bad at reading these days.

My goal for 2020 is to read 50 books:

1. The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

2. Where The Crawdads Sing by Deila Ownes

3. The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur

4. Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur

5. The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena

6. After You by Jojo Moyes

7. Still Me by Jojo Moyes

8. Make Your Bed by William H. McRaven

9. Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan

10. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

11. The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang

12. Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman

13. Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty

14. The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware

15. Secret Obsession by Kimberla Lawson Roby

16. The Vegetarian by Han Kang

17. Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi

18. The Guest List by Lisa Foley

19. Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

20. The Other Woman by Sandie Jones

21. The Bride Test by Helen Hoang

22. The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory

23. An Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena

24. Permanent Record by Mary H.K. Choi

25. A Stranger in the House by Shari Lapena

26. The White Book by Han Kang

27. Kim JiYoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo

28. The Last House Guest by Megan Miranda

29. Graceful Burdens by Roxanne Gay

30. The Little Price by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

31. This Telling by Cheryl Strayed

32. Snowflakes by Ruth Ware

33. Someone We Know by Shari Lapena

34. 1984 by George Orwell

35. Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

36. The Lies That Bind by Emily Giffin

37. The Girl from Widow Hill by Megan Miranda

38. The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

39. The Wives by Tarryn Fisher

40. My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

41. Conviction by Denise Mina

42. The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott

43. The End of Her by Shari Lapena

44. The Girl in the Mirror by Rose Carlyle

45. The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware

46. My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

47. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

48. Room-maid by Sariah Wilson

49. The Other Mrs by Mary Kubica

50. In Five Years by Rebecca Serle

51. Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

52. The Return by Nicholas Sparks

53. The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly by Sun-mi Hwang

54. Pretty Little Wife by Darby Kane

55. The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen

56. The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver

57. If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha

1/20/20: I will be away from 1/20 to 1/25 for a business trip. When I return, I will rate all the swaps I had received.

06/23/19: I have finished my first week at my new job! I have finally caught up with rating all the swaps I have received. At this point, there should not be a delay in me rating anything I get in the mail.

06/11/19: I am currently on vacation and I will start a new job on Monday. Sorry for the delay in rating but I will get to it as soon as possible.