Monthly Recap: May

Hottest month that I ever spent on earth. Let there be not a repeat of this. Ever.

LIST OF NEWSWORTHY

Still not over More Than This and that Nutella naan // Mother’s Day coffee // 100 years of Coca Cola (those are actually bottles hanging) // THIS MOVIE

So Close to Home
I’ve been living in another state since mid-February and it’s finally time to go home in June. As it’ll be six weeks since her kidney transplant surgery, my mother will be able to travel. I cannot wait to be back home with my bed and my books and the best kind of summer weather.

When Books Matter So Much
Still crying over the fact that Maggie Stiefvater’s The Raven King is coming out in March 2016 and waiting for the moment of joy when I go from ‘why, cruel world’ to ‘releasing during the birthday month, yes.’

Also, just how beautiful and perfect Renée Ahdieh’s The Wrath and the Dawn is and why do I want to reread it so bad. 

And oh, I relented and read Melina Marchetta’s Saving Francesca and The Piper’s Son and ever since I finished the latter, I haven’t read another page.

Comic Craze
I discovered that there’s a thing called an all-female A-Force when Cee tweeted this and OMFG, want. I read issue number one and it’s fucking awesome! Loki, Dazzler, and America Chavez are my favorites.

So now I want to read all the comics again so I’m going to be reading anything that I can get my hands on.

Also, I discovered this CBR reader. It’s very handy and minimal!

TV WATCH

Everyone, go watch Empire, okay?

Pretty much done with Arrow because what the hell was that season finale? Lame.
But oh, how I love The Flash and cried pretty much all the way through the season finale.
Finished watching season two of Brooklyn Nine-Nine and this show is my favorite comedy right now. Also, it isn’t supposed to make me feel shippy things so why do you, B99.

I think Fresh Off the Boat is my favorite episode of the season yet.

I watched Empire and whoa, man this show! The best parts are the music which is mostly amazing, Cookie Lyon, Jamal Lyon, Lola, and just the Lyons being way too dysfunctional and messy.

MOVIE WATCH

Big Hero 6 (8/10) – Adorable and hilarious. Why isn’t Baymax real yet.
Mad Max: Fury Road (10/10) – SO IN LOVE. What a perfection of a movie.

THIS MOVIE, GUYS. IMPRESSIVE AF. FURIOSAAAAAAAAAA #MADMAXFURYROAD

— Sana (@artsymusings) May 26, 2015

APP WATCH

I didn’t download any new apps this month.

LIST OF READS

Divergent by Veronica Roth (reread)
A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab (reread)
Walk on Earth a Stranger by Rae Carson
Fans of the Impossible Life by Kate Scelsa
More Than This by Patrick Ness
All Fall Down by Ally Carter
The Wrath and the Dawn by Renée Ahdieh
A-Force #1 by G. Willow Wilson and Marguerite Bennett
Vicious by V.E. Schwab (reread)
Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta
Inherit the Stars by Tessa Elwood
The Piper’s Son by Melina Marchetta

LIST OF BLOGPOSTS

I posted my review of Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater
I posted my updates about Bout of Books 13.0

LIST OF BOOK BUYS

A Whole New World by Liz Braswell (thank you, Disney Press!)
Inherit the Stars by Tessa Elwood (thank you, Running Press Kids!)
Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta
All Fall Down by Ally Carter
The Wrath and the Dawn by Renée Ahdieh
How to Love by Katie Cotugno (won)
A-Force #1 by G. Willow Wilson and Marguerite Bennett
The Piper’s Son by Melina Marchetta

PLAYLIST