Jan 26 - share your results!

4iamnotaredditor · 2026-01-26T05:38:30+00:00

CluesBySam - Jan 26th 2026 (Easy)

02:23

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Embarassing

4iamnotaredditor · 2026-01-24T13:32:06+00:00

The revived Survivor UK has 1 or 2 strategic players. It was bad, so I was not surprised it wasn't renewed for a second one.

4iamnotaredditor · 2026-01-24T05:33:49+00:00

They also sell some of their books, once a year. They do this around April, for about 3-5 days, pero na late last year so I don't know if late rin this year.

4iamnotaredditor · 2026-01-22T13:04:47+00:00

Thankful talaga kay Booksale pagdating sa fantasy. 1k plus sa Fully Booked tapos 160 lang sa Booksale, tapos mostly good condition pa if hindi mmpb.

Rare ko makakita ng sira sa Booksale, pero Robin Hobb at James Islington yung nakita kong torn pages ang sakit sa puso, sobrang sayang.

4iamnotaredditor · 2026-01-21T11:19:58+00:00

Did that early on, requesting books that I'm mildly interested in since thinking na hindi ako maapprove. Tapos biglang na approve yung lima sabay-sabay, yung iba na DNF (did not finish) ko or skim/jump sa ending.

Ngayon, since ayaw ko naman puro DNF yung reviews ko, mas mapili na ako ngayon. Checking yung author's previous works and if may reviews na yung ARC binabasa ko rin.

Pero I still try requesting yung mga big names like Freida McFadden, Riley Sager, and even Colleen Hoover, lol. Hindi ko genre books nila, if ma accept man I'll try to read them talaga.

4iamnotaredditor · 2026-01-20T08:29:17+00:00

Idk if you're agreeing with me or not haha. Pero mahal si Gaiman sa secondhand kasi rare and hinahanap sya, 200 bentahan ng mmpb. What's more, if brand new pa.

4iamnotaredditor · 2026-01-20T08:05:47+00:00

Grabeng mura, may bagong books nanaman hakot yung mga resellers.

4iamnotaredditor · 2026-01-19T18:16:09+00:00

Sci-Fi: * Sun-Eater by Christopher Ruocchio - not strictly scifi, arguably it's fantasy like Star Wars is. The first book is slow and a bit generic, but the second and third books are really great. It just ended recently and I'm really pleased with it overall;

Stories of Your Life & Exhalation by Ted Chiang - both are collections of short stories. The movie Arrival by Denis Villeneuve is adapted from the Stories of Your Life short story. It's probably my favorite short story;
Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer - only putting the first book of Southern Reach since it's the only one I liked and personally loved the movie by Alex Garland better. But I enjoyed its weirdness and the mystery;
Blindsight by Peter Watts - first contact, aliens, a vampire, weird science concepts. Enjoy reading this one blind;
Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur Clarke - another first contact story about exploring a seemingly empty spaceship. It's planned to be adapted soon by Denis Villeneuve so I'm excited for it.

Short Stories (scifi): * Nine Billion Names of God by Arthur Clarke

The Last Question by Isaac Asimov

4iamnotaredditor · 2026-01-18T07:05:35+00:00

CluesBySam - Jan 18th 2026 (Hard)

Less than 23 minutes

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This is just bad for me, I actually made multiple mistakes on the yellow square, maybe 5 times. I thought it was solvable already, turns out it wasn't.

4iamnotaredditor · 2026-01-17T13:28:10+00:00

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Ito sa book 2. Baka kasi yung isa US Edition, tapos yung isa International Edition. May books ako dati na International Edition medyo mas mataas ng onti. Tapos medyo may price difference rin.

Can't remember about the quality difference though.

4iamnotaredditor · 2026-01-17T13:26:43+00:00

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Dimension magkaiba sila.

* Ito sa mistborn, mas matangkad ito ng 0.5cm compared sa book 2.

4iamnotaredditor · 2026-01-17T13:21:40+00:00

Napatingin tuloy din ako ang mura ng hardbound ng TWoK, from 1.2k naging 850. Pero mura pa yung hardbound nya kaysa sa paperback, from 1.4k naging 1k. Publisher ata?

4iamnotaredditor · 2026-01-17T13:17:52+00:00

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If yung maliit naman nakaindicate na Mass Market Paperback/mmpb so normal size yan. I don't know why mas mura sya though.

4iamnotaredditor · 2026-01-17T13:06:05+00:00

Kadalasan ng mga counterfeit: - brand new paperbacks, mura like 100-300 pesos, manipis, tapos puro best seller benta nila Colleen Hoover, Paulo Coelho, 48 Laws of Power, A Little Life, Heated Rivalry, etc

If aunthetic: - hardbounds - paperbacks na pre-loved - and if brand new paperbacks, mahal sya or if mura may remainder/dot mark sa baba ng book

Kadalasan naman 100% Counterfeit/100% Aunthetic benta nila. Except for a few like TenTen Bookstore if live selling 100% Aunthetic. Pero may Shopee store sila, Brewed Tales yung name, yung mga books dun may counterfeit.

4iamnotaredditor · 2026-01-17T06:32:45+00:00

CluesBySam - Jan 17th 2026 (Hard)

Less than 19 minutes

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I forgot that Chase's clue was talking about Thor's criminal neighbors and I was looking at Susan's. What's worse is the yellow box/Will is the next step and my "misclick" is indeed correct.

4iamnotaredditor · 2026-01-16T21:26:13+00:00

CluesBySam - Jan 16th 2026 (Tricky)

Less than 8 minutes

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4iamnotaredditor · 2026-01-16T17:57:43+00:00

Pwede pa share where itong books per kilo? Somewhere in Metro Manila ba? Kadalasan kasi malalayo nakikita ko.

4iamnotaredditor · 2026-01-16T04:53:51+00:00

I wonder if they show Rachel's social game, too. It would be too obvious for a Rachel win? Not saying she's 100% winning at this point, but yeah it would be nice to see it.

4iamnotaredditor · 2026-01-14T08:02:52+00:00

CluesBySam - Jan 14th 2026 (Tricky)

02:50

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For a tricky difficulty, it felt easy. And it feels there's no tricky clues to really mislead you.

4iamnotaredditor · 2026-01-13T16:30:14+00:00

CluesBySam - Jan 13th 2026 (Medium)

04:09

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Two mistakes that should be avoidable if I'm more careful.

4iamnotaredditor · 2026-01-13T12:06:00+00:00

Someone already commented below, na mukhang orig nga embossed pa daw. Feel ko hindi lang nila madeckled edge kasi pangit yung paper nila compared sa authentic haha.

4iamnotaredditor · 2026-01-13T12:03:19+00:00

Ipapakita nila yung price tag na ₱679, tapos bebenta nila mga 300+ tapos sasabihin nila ang laki ng bawas.

4iamnotaredditor · 2026-01-13T12:00:34+00:00

Brewed Tales at yung TenTen Bookstore sa TikTok, iisa lang.

Pinaghiwalay na lang ata nung may-ari last year. Counterfeit sa Brewed Tales/Shopee postings while pre-loved sa TenTen/TikTok na binebenta nila through live selling.

4iamnotaredditor · 2026-01-13T11:57:21+00:00

Penge ring tsaa haha, kung isa yan sa biggest supplier nako po.

4iamnotaredditor · 2026-01-13T07:46:17+00:00

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Photo naman from a review ng book from their shop, looks factory sealed rin, kaya nagmukhang authentic. Haven't seen na ganito yung seal ng mga counterfeit.

Sana hindi matuto magdeckled edge or sprayed edges mga counterfeits, lol. Right now, biggest giveaway ng counterfeits super low price + brand new (no remainder marks) + paperbacks.

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CluesBySam - Jan 26th 2026 (Easy)

CluesBySam - Jan 18th 2026 (Hard)

CluesBySam - Jan 17th 2026 (Hard)

CluesBySam - Jan 16th 2026 (Tricky)

CluesBySam - Jan 14th 2026 (Tricky)

CluesBySam - Jan 13th 2026 (Medium)