hey! it’s alexandra here. a couple weeks ago, i announced that i was looking for contributors and co-bloggers interested in being part of my blog. i honestly expected there to be 20 to 30 applications but there was a total of 130+ people and i…. have no words. it was extremely hard for me to decide but after much thought, i added four new members to the team!
the next few posts will be getting to know these new peeps. without further ado, here’s priscilla!! (some of you may know her as @rand0mbookgirl)
hi everyone! i’m so so so so so thrilled to be joining the twirling pages team! as you can tell from the title, i’m priscilla. i’m from the bay area, and i’ve lived in california my whole life. i’m a rising high school senior, so i’m about to start college apps and i am SO nervous….. if anyone has any tips/advice, i’d be happy to hear them!
i have so many favorite books/series, but i’ll just list a few:
- to all the boys i’ve loved before, by jenny han (possibly my all time favorite??)
- six of crows, by leigh bardugo (oh man this duology was seriously incredible)
- harry potter, by j.k. rowling (a classic)
- the lunar chronicles, by marissa meyer (funny and cute and action-packed and amazing)
- pivot point, by kasie west (not a super popular one but i love this duology!!)
- the mortal instruments and the infernal devices, both by cassandra clare (so so so much love for this series and this world and these characters and everything)
- the winner’s trilogy, by marie rutkoski (JUST READ IT.)

i think you get an idea of what kind of books i love, but i’ll also tell you some of my favorite authors! i absolutely absolutely absolutely LOVE kasie west! she writes the cutest contemporaries. i also love jenny han because her books are just amazing (aka TATBILB). i really like sarah j. maas, cassandra clare, leigh bardugo, marie lu, rick riordan (and many more) because they write awesome fantasy books. i’m also a writer and i’m currently working on my own novel! again, if anyone has any tips, please tell me!
obviously, i love books (i’m such a huge fangirl tbh) but i also love lots of other things, such as music and food haha. also candles!!! i love bookish candles so much. i listen to a couple of different music genres (pop, youtube covers, christian music, violin music) but recently i’ve been suuuuuper into k-pop! my favorite groups (and the only groups i follow oops) are bts and got7 and i’m seriously SO trash for them omg so if you’re also k-pop trash, come fangirl with me anytime!! some other artists i really like are pentatonix (!!!!!), ariana grande, hillsong, and lindsey stirling. ooh and if you like korean music but you aren’t super into pop, check out dean! he’s more r&b and he’s absolutely amazing. i do watch some k-dramas (currently watching goblin) as well, but not that often.
as for food, i’m probably one of the world’s pickiest eaters (according to a buzzfeed quiz, at least) but i still love eating ahaha. i loveeeeeeeee boba so much (yes i’m a typical bay area asian) and i literally get boba 1-2 times a week (sometimes more). i know. i have a problem. someone stop me. my go-to drink is jasmine green milk tea with pearls, no ice, 80% sweetness. also, i love ice cream/gelato. if you guys haven’t tried talenti gelato, i highly highly highly recommend it!! most supermarkets carry it, i think, and it’s soooo good (especially the caramel cookie crunch). and since we’re talking about ice cream, my favorite flavor is salted caramel!
this is getting preeeetty long but i’ll just tell you a bit more about myself, personality wise. i consider myself pretty responsible and hardworking but i can also be really lazy and unmotivated. i procrastinate a lot but i still get everything done on time haha. i’m also the most emotional/sensitive person ever – i cry super super easily, whether it’s real life situations or heartbreaking scenes in books and movies. i think i’m pretty compassionate/empathetic (or at least i try to be), and i really really really love and care for my friends. i’m definitely pretty loyal and trustworthy, and i always try to be as honest as possible. finally, it’s a bit strange but i hate taking pictures of myself. it’s not that i hate my appearance, i just don’t like how i look in pictures.
so that’s me in a (really big) nutshell! i’m always open to talk about anything and everything, so don’t hesitate to reach out 🙂 i’d love to meet and get to know lots and lots of people through twirling pages! you can also find me on instagram, tumblr, and wordpress (which i’m currently taking a break from – i may or may not leave) as rand0mbookgirl! (the first o is a zero btw) thanks for reading about me, and i’m so excited to be here!

Hey Priscilla! We share the same favorite books! I’m pretty obsessed with Jenny Han and OH MY GOODNESS don’t even get me started on the Winner’s Trilogy!! Of course HP forever <3 And I'm such a crier when anything gets the slightest bit emotional! :O As for college apps, just be yourself and try to be original with the essay! Do something that will wake up the admissions people when they get to yours, haha! What are you planning/hoping to study?
hi emily! that’s so awesome that we have the same favorites haha 🙂 what are some of your other favorites?
thank you for the tips, and i’m planning to study psychology (or maybe neuroscience? or both??)! it’s so hard to be original though :'( i feel like everything interesting has already been written about oops and i don’t really know how to make myself stand out ;; college apps are so stressful haha
YAS KPOP <3 and books! start your college apps early (like during the summer early). you want to lessen the stress on yourself by giving yourself & everyone else enough time to proofread and critique your essays. plus, you want to be able to enjoy your senior year!
ahh okay i’m probably going to start drafting some of my essays during the summer (application season feels so far away but so close at the same time). thanks for the advice! also which kpop groups are you into hahaahah i’m so trash for bts and got7 but i’d love to get into some other groups too!
omg yes bts! i really like gfriend, ioi, and seventeen too!
ohh i haven’t listened to gfriend and actually haven’t heard of ioi! i’ve heard some of seventeen’s songs haha bc some of my friends are really into them. maybe i’ll listen to them some more?
who’s your bts bias? also what are some of your favorite bts songs? i’m suga/jungkook bias and i love dead leaves, hold me tight, lost, and basically all their songs!
i love jungkook and v! spring day is sooo good and i really like boy in luv
omg sorry for the super late reply but yesssss jungkook is so agsjfksjdn i love him and v is beautiful
Hi Priscilla! I LOVED Jenny Han’s Summer trilogy (not sure why I haven’t read TATBILB!), I’ve only read the first book in the Lunar Chronicles but I adored it and, of course, I really enjoyed Harry Potter. I also love Hillsong’s music and I’m a very sensitive/emotional person too! XD
hi! you absolutely neeeeeeeed to read tatbilb! i love it a lot more than the summer trilogy tbh, it’s just so cute and funny and do i even need to mention the FEELS? the lunar chronicles is also such an amazing series! it gets better as the series goes on so you should definitely continue 🙂
also yay hillsong!! i love their song ocean soooo much haha
HI PRISCILLA!! i think you sound like an amazing person, and we should fangirl over got7 together <3333 i'm crazy too and I think we will really get along!!! I love a lot of the books that you love too, and my bias in got7 is youngjae!!!! and my second favorite is JB. what about you? :^) you sound super cool and i cant wait to read your blogs!!
hi lulu!! we should definitely fangirl together ;)))) i love jb and bambam so much but youngjae is honestly sooooo adorable and i just love all of them ugh my heart <3333 you should also check out bts!! they're so adorable and their music is amazinggggggggg
WELCOME PRISCILLA! Yeeeeees all of Jenny Han’s books just HIT ME WHERE IT HURTS. I adored TATBILB too, that entire trilogy just WRECKED ME. I haven’t read any of Kasie West’s books yet but they’re definitely on my list! I’ll be looking forward to seeing more posts from you in the future!
hi natalie!! i’m still dead over that series (it kills me every time i read it :’))) ) but yessss go read kasie west!! i highly highly recommand p.s. i like you <3
and thank you!! feel free to reach out anytime/anywhere 🙂
I’m also kpop trash, I love BTS and Shinee. Also, Goblin!! One of my all time favourite shows!
ooh yes!! (sorry for the super late reply omg i didn’t see this until now) but yes bts is amazing <333 also i'm STILL watching goblin oops i'm so slow haha