artsy musings of a bibliophile

Monthly Recap: May

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May was a bit lazy for me especially in terms of reading. Hoping June would be better in terms of reading.

LIST OF NEWSWORTHY

Bout of Books x 3
Due to my self-induced book hangover after finishing Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy, I couldn’t focus on a single book. So when Bout of Books 10.0 rolled around, I had to take part because I had managed to finish one book almost two weeks in to May. I’m so glad I took the plunge ’cause not only my reading choices turned out to be amazing, I managed to reach my goal of reading four books.

Bedroom Choices
I finally took out the rest of my books from the closet! My sister put them there when I left for college back in 2009. But now they’re on my bedroom floor ’cause lack of a bookshelf will do that to you. And then cleaning closets is not an easy feat. Now I’m trying to figure out how to repaint a table for my creative needs so there’s that as well.

TV WATCH

I watched TV pretty sporadically but I’m caught up on most of them so that’s good.

Revenge was amazing. Way to turn the tables!
What in the world, The Vampire Diaries?! I’m happy, though? Ha ha.
Reign‘s finale was okay and New Girl‘s finale kinda sucked.
I finished my binge-watch of Arrow (which was amazing) and The Carrie Diaries (which was bittersweet).
Awkward and Faking It are going fine, I guess.
Orphan Black is going awesome. I’d really recommend that you watch it f you aren’t already.

MOVIE WATCH

Transformers (7/10) – I love Bumblebee and Optimus Prime is the autobot. Still these don’t have much on Pacific Rim’s jaegers.
Her (8/10) – Subtle, thought-provoking and beautiful. I think everybody should watch this movie.
Toy Story 2 (7/10) – I liked it but not more than Toy Story. Now I’m bracing myself for Toy Story 3.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (9/10) – A beautiful, beautiful movie. Ben Stiller is an amazing director.
Walk of Shame (6/10) – I liked it more than I was expecting to.
The Internship (5/10) – I pretty much just watched it for Dylan O’Brien. The movie was meh, he wasn’t.

LIST OF READS

I pretty much read for Bout of Books and that’s about it. Sigh.

Talker 25 by Joshua McCune
Life by Committee by Corey Ann Haydu
Open Road Summer by Emery Lord
Since You’ve Been Gone by Morgan Matson

LIST OF BLOGPOSTS

I didn’t blog much but I did blog.

I posted my review of The Taking by Kimberly Derting.
I posted a Fresh Bytes playlist full of undiscovered music awesomeness.
I posted about my reading progress during Bout of Books 10.0.
I posted my review of Life by Committee by Corey Ann Haydu.

I also wrote a post about some quirks of Asti on her blog.

LIST OF BOOK BUYS

I just had to buy these.

The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
Red Rising by Pierce Brown (thank you, Hodder!)
Since You’ve Been Gone by Morgan Matson
Open Road Summer by Emery Lord

PLAYLIST

I got an eclectic playlist for May!

I finally listened to 5 Seconds of Summer and liked their music.
I listened to Dirty Vegas‘ Let the Night most this month.
Ellie Goulding and Lana Del Rey still got it.


How was your May?

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. I LOVED Red Rising. One of my favorite books this year.
    I'm currently 200 pages into Way of Kings and even though I love it so far I only make very slow progress. I just don't feel like spending such a long with just one book right now 😀

    I'm still not sure if I want to watch Her. I think it's a weird story and I'm not a fan of Joaquin Phoenix.

  2. I'm only two episodes into this season of Orphan Black. I need to catch up! I don't like watching it weekly, though. I want to marathon it when it's over. And Dylan O'Brien was the best thing about The Internship *______*

  3. Yay, so glad to hear that especially because I've read a few bad reviews of Red Rising.

    I've no idea when I'll start Way of Kings but I'm glad I bought it. Also, I so cannot make myself read just one book at a time! =D

    It is a weird story but I really enjoyed the way it was filmed.

  4. That's exactly what I was thinking when I watched S02E02 a couple of days ago. It's a binge-watch kind of a show.

    Yeah, The Internship sucked otherwise. -__-

  6. Yes, I did which is why I also don't find watching it weekly all that same.

  9. YES to all the books you read!! 😀 And Her! It has such a great message. Dylan O' Brien is the sole reason I watched it too! He is so cute with those glasses! *_*
    I havent heard any Lana Del Rey songs because hype! 5sos looks so perfect 😉

    I just got season 1 of Orphan Black. Have you watched House of Lies?