Album Unboxing #2: "Hola Hola" - K.A.R.D + Storytime

What is up, everybody! Today I'm SUPER EXCITED to bring you all another album unboxing! I'm really loving that I'm able to do this on my blog now though I'm still unsure if anyone finds this entertaining so just roll with me here. As I've said before in my last album unboxing post, these won't be happening too often since it takes a while for albums overseas to get to my little Hobbit hole and this blog will remain bookish in all aspects. 

HOWEVER, I do have other interests besides books (*GASP* SHOCKING) and I really want to incorporate those interests into this blog and create more of a variety of topics. My blog is very special to me and I want to entertain people with my ramblings and whatnot, not just stick to one thing and one thing only. I'll be writing up a future post about why I've decided to make changes to my blog, what those changes are and topics I want to bring to The Bookworm Central so stay tuned for that if you want to know more.

Without further ado, let's get into the album unboxing! Plus, I have a cute little story that went along with obtaining this album . . . Read on.

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First of all, CAN WE JUST TALK ABOUT ALL THE PRETTY??? Like seriously, I was in awe when I pulled this album out of the packaging and saw all the beautiful holographic colors depending on how the light shone on the cover. Not only that, but it's whoa shiny.

I found it oddly satisfying it was to just hold the album in my hands. It's basically a book so I think you all know that feeling of holding a book that's the perfect size, weight, thickness, feel, etc. It's satisfying, right?

Okay now that I'm done being weird (FOR NOW) let me actually show you guys what all came with the album as it came with a decent amount of things. Not as much as my last album that I unboxed, but still, a good number and nothing that overwhelmed me. I like it when books or albums come with lots of stuff like postcards, bookmarks, stickers and so on but sometimes it makes my brain freak out like it's saying "WHAT DO I DO WITH ALL THE THINGS?"

Not only is it really holographic on the cover, but also on the back which only made me that much happier about it. I was really proud of myself when I took these pictures because the lighting was perfect and caught the colors so well and showed up way better on camera than colors usually do. 

As you can hopefully tell by the sunglasses in the corner, the album is a decent size which is great since a couple of albums I have are pretty big, almost bigger than a vinyl record even if you can imagine.

Anyhoo I'll stop talking already about how pretty the album is and move onto everything that came with the album itself so let's keep going.

First are the photo cards I received. In total, there were five, four of which are double sided and one having a playing card design which is pretty neat in my opinion. I usually keep these photo cards I have in the little plastic sleeves they usually come in in order to protect them from dust, dirt, etc. If anyone has any ideas on what I can do with these photo cards instead of just adding to the already big pile of them that I have, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I've thought about using them as just mini bookmarks but I would love any other ideas! 

Then, of course, is the album itself which has this really pretty tropical detailing on it which actually goes along quite well with the title of the album. One thing that I really love about this group's music is that it has a bit of a Latin Pop feel to it. I pretty much listen to only Kpop, Latin Pop, and maybe a little bit of country these days. Maybe it's just the changing of the season but I'm in a serious mood for just those three genres right now and nothing else.

And finally, the big kahuna (I just LOVE that word) which is the poster. And as usual, the poster was freaking HUGE. I almost couldn't fit it into the frame as I laid it on my table in front of the window in order to get good lighting but ended up having to move it to the floor just to get the whole thing in the frame. 

I expressed how weird I feel about posters many times before and I really want to get over that weirdness since I feel bad about having almost ten posters of my favorite artists just sitting in a box. I've thought about maybe hosting a giveaway for the posters instead so that other fans of the artists can put the posters to good use and give them a home on their bedroom walls but I'm not quite sure if I want to part with them.

It's a strange relationship. Anyhoo, I included the album for size comparison and I think this is one of the biggest posters I own now. 

STORYTIME

Now that the unboxing is completed, there was a funny little event that took place while trying to get this album. When I first ordered it, it came quicker than I expected. It only took about nine days for it to ship to my house which was awesome and I was excited to open it as soon as possible. However, while the shipping status said it had been delivered successfully, it never showed up. A couple of days later, I got an email saying I needed to reschedule a redelivery as the first attempt failed. I rescheduled it no problem and the next day, I got another email saying my package was delivered.

Once again, happiness filled my heart and the excitement returned. Also once again, the packaged was nowhere to be found. About five days went by and with the package still not having turned up and checking the post office to see if they had it (they didn't 😔) I decided to request a refund. I ALWAYS feel bad having to do that since it's not the seller's fault for a package getting lost in the mail. The seller was so great though and gave me a refund THE SAME DAY I requested one and I gave them a great review in return on Amazon. 

I still wanted the album of course and decided to order the album from a different seller. It was going to take a little longer for it to get here but I didn't mind waiting two weeks, it'd be worth it. Surprisingly, the album came a week later, I opened it, took pictures (the ones above) and all was well in my little world 😁. THEN, a second package came a week after that and this happened:

YUP.

At this point, I didn't know what to do. I thought about maybe somehow returning the first album to the seller since they were awesome and gave me a refund and everything but I didn't know how to do that. Then I thought about giving the album away to someone . . . then I remembered I'm the only one I know who listens to Kpop . . . THEN I thought it'd be fun to maybe host a giveaway for the second album. I still haven't decided quite yet so I'd love to know if any of you out there would be interested in the giveaway. 

I went ahead and carefully opened the photo cards to see if there was a difference and there was.

The first set of photo cards is bigger than the first ones I got, as well as one of them had a different image of the group on either side. Other than that, the album is the same and also comes with a poster. Yay.

So that's officially it for this album unboxing. I don't know when the next one will be, maybe some time at the end of this month (?) so if you actually liked this unboxing, stay tuned for more in the future.

Lastly, I'm excited about some new posts I have coming up within the next few weeks as they're ones I've been wanting to write but was too afraid to post since it wasn't as "bookish" as my other posts. I really hope you guys look forward to some new topics coming your way and I want to thank you from the bottom of my coffee-loving heart for reading. Until next time, my lovely readers.

Read on, bookworms! See you in the next chapter!