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Monthly Recap: July

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Ah, July, what a busy month!

LIST OF NEWSWORTHY


First you Ramadan
The whole family was here for the summer and then Ramadan began so in between trying to finish reciting The Holy Qur’an and the fasting and the constant state of sleep-deprivation, I had little to no time to read or blog or tweet. The only books I did manage to read were at the beginning of July. I promise I’m gonna blog more and it’s gonna be awesome.

Then you Eid
Currently, it’s the third day of Eid and my bones hurt. But tomorrow’s gonna be busy with my Mother’s dialysis in the morning and hi-tea with a few of my high school friends. My tired self is tired just thinking about it. But yes, Eid was fun and I already ordered a book because Eidi. Still deciding what else to buy.

#30DaysofBookstagrams
I finally managed to finish a month long challenge and I’m glad it was book-related. I got so much better at book photography and hell yeah, practice makes perfect.

Podcasting It Up
I clearly see myself as a future podcast addict and it’s all because of Lillian since she introduced me to Welcome to Night Vale. I downloaded the Podcast Addict app for Android and discovered tons of interesting podcast channels.

Of Cancelled Sequels
Cristin Terrill’s All Our Yesterdays totally ruined me and I’d been looking forward to the sequel ever since. Sadly, there’s not going to be one. Terrill did publish a short story on her tumblr and plans to release an e-novella in fall 2014 along with a few more short stories. I’m sad but I was kind of expecting this since there has been little to no update about the supposed duology. I’m just happy that we get to see more of Em and Finn however short that more is going to be.

TV WATCH

I didn’t watch all that much TV this month except Teen Wolf which is going asdfghjkl-y awesome.

MOVIE WATCH

None because so busy err.

LIST OF READS

I’m glad I read an adult paranormal after so many years and it was a pretty good reading month. Also, I’m still in the middle of The Assassin’s Blade by Sarah J. Maas and it’s perfect.

Reckoning by Jeaniene Frost
Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
The Half Life of Molly Pierce by Katrina Leno
On the Fence by Kasie West
Before You by Amber Hart

LIST OF BLOGPOSTS

I couldn’t blog much so here’s what I managed to post:

I posted my review of The Half Life of Molly Pierce by Katrina Leno.
I posted my review of Before You by Amber Hart.

I also wrote a guest post about mood vs systematic reading on Miranda’s blog for her feature: She Said-She Said.

LIST OF BOOK BUYS

I got some very awesome ARCs I still need to finish reading so I didn’t buy all that many books.

Angelfall by Susan Ee
Cress by Marissa Meyer
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout

PLAYLIST

I didn’t listen to any music but I did listen to 6 episodes of Night Vale radio. It’s so addictive and creepy and yes.


How was your July?

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  2. Every time I visit your blog and see the triangles, I'm thinking ILLUMINATI. Lollllllll.

    You know what's another fucking awesome podcast you should listen to? The Thrilling Adventure Hour, specifically the segment called Beyond Belief. It's a fabulous funny radio parody that deals with a married 1920s couple who likes their liquor and solves paranormal mysteries. It's fucking amazing.

  3. I also joined a bookchallenge on Instagram and I loved it. I'm still not done with July though, because sometimes I waited a day because I didn't feel like posting. And yes, practice makes perfect, my pictures are starting to look better too 🙂 I really liked seeing all your pictures, you're good at it.

    The assassin's blade <3 everything she writes is pure perfection.
    Angelfall! Yeay! And Cress 😀 I also got Fangirl this month.

    Happy reading!
    Mel@thedailyprophecy

  5. What????? No sequel to All Our Yesterdays??? I was SO looking forward to it! I need me more Em & Finn! I'm happy there will at least be short stories and a novella. But it is still a bit disappointing because I was loved All Our Yesterdays!

    And I've been meaning to start Welcome to Night Vale since a lot of people listen to it and love it! You might have just given me the little shove to start! 😉

    Hope you have a great August, Sana! 🙂

  6. You finished a whole month challenge… and I failed! 🙁 But I only missed one day. Ah well, I already know I'll fail at this month's challenge so :P.

    Sounds like you had a busy month! I guess you weren't lying when you didn't sign up for the Games saying you were going to be busy. I guess I'll forgive you then. I've been secretly planning your demise ever since, but I'll stop now…

    And yay, you promised you're going to blog more for August! MORE SANA! Now don't break that promise. Or else…

    And gees, Night Vale has been popping up everywhere lately. Are they paying you guys to talk about it? lol.