I am Hazel Rafael, a 20-something wallflower who think too much but end up saying too little. I am from Manila, PH and currently living in California. I read books and watch tv series a lot. Young adult novels and poetry are my choice of genre. I can't afford to buy every book I want so I usually go to bookstores (Barnes&Nobles, National Bookstore and Fullybooked has always been my second home), libraries and download eBook to read. I have this goal to have my own library somewhere in Paris filled with books that I've read and to read. This dream library of mine will be build to let my soon-to-be children, grandchildren and other people experience what it's like to live a thousand lives. If only fictional characters are real then life will be perfect. 

I always seek for my freedom in ways that I can imagine that's why I came up with the title of my blog "Eleutheromania". As a child, I don't usually have the freedom with my life decisions and I got used to it. There will come a point in your life that you want to have a free mind and soul. I guess that is what I'm feeling right now. Hoping that one day I can travel to places whenever I want to, talk to people without thinking what they think of me and loving without insecurities.

This blog will serve as my public diary. I suck at conversations so I want to use this site to share my thoughts. Besides from books, I am obsessed with good food and music (and band members) so you will get to see a lot of that too. All photos and quotes are mine unless otherwise noted.

So, I guess that's it. Feel free to talk to me. Thanks for visiting!