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Monthly Recap: August

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August was really busy and then not so much busy?

LIST OF NEWSWORTHY

I seriously suck at taking photos of anything that aren’t books.
Lakeside reading // Obsessed with paint blocks // All I want to say is BADLANDS was well worth the wait
(Also, notice the fade to white in each of the photos, heh.)

Slowing Down
Well, there were visitors and they finally left so that’s gives me less to do for which I’m definitely glad. However, it was a weird month because I had to choose what I wanted to do with my free time and sometimes I ended up doing pretty much nothing. It’s a hard life, I know.

#RRSciFiMonth
Yes, it’s happening this year and I signed up so fast. Very excited especially because I’m currently on a sci-fi high so I’m hoping to come up with lots of interesting posts for November and get out of this blogging slump.

TV WATCH

I tried to watch…things.
I love this show so much // Daria
Suits – Suits is getting better for sure but, I could definitely do without having to look at Daniel Hardman, srsly. Also, I can’t believe the last episode was the summer finale. This show is crazy!
Daria – I’ve been making progress extremely slowly in that I only watched a few episodes. It’s just that I love it so much and don’t want it to end. This is me when there are forty-seven episodes left to watch. Go figure.
Heroes – I watched eight episodes and I honestly couldn’t remember if I had already watched them years ago. Heroes is the first ever show I started watching right around the time it came out, but when it just got more and more meh, I just got tired and abandoned it somewhere during season three. Now that Heroes: Reborn is happening soon, I want to finish watching it.
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. – I finished season one. Safe to say I’m still fuming over Ward and he’s officially number one on my character hatelist.
The X-Files – And I managed to watch one episode. Err.
Daredevil – I watched the pilot and it’s good!

MOVIE WATCH

Gipsy Danger is my fave // Pacific Rim

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (8/10) -The first movie is my favorite because everything is hilarious and awesome (except Kiera Knightley as Elizabeth and Orlando Bloom as Turner, of course).
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (7/10) -It was great but the tentacles of Davy Jones kinda creeped me out a bit.
Pacific Rim (10/10) – This movie is my favorite in the world (rewatch).
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (7/10) – I really liked it and the setting was pretty amazing!
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (6/10) – My least favorite movie out of the four because just urgh, Cruz and the mermaid plot and the wounded puppy look on Sam Claflin.

LIST OF READS

All things considered, I’m just happy I got to finish the books I did this month.

Currently in love with reading chunky books!

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Lair of Dreams by Libba Bray
The Fade Out, Vol. 1: Act One by Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips, Elizabeth Breitweiser
FBP: Federal Bureau of Physics Vol. 1: The Paradigm Shift by Simon Oliver, Robbi Rodriguez
A-Force #3 by G. Willow Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, Jorge Molina
Mind the Gap, Vol. 1: Intimate Strangers by Jim McCann, Adrian Alphona, Rodin Esquejo, Sonia Oback

Loki: Agent of Asgard, Vol. 1: Trust Me by Al Ewing, Lee Garbett
Kinslayer by Jay Kristoff
Illuminae by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff
Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Nuevel

LIST OF BLOGPOSTS

The year long blog slump continues.

I posted my review of The Fade Out, Vol. 1: Act One by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips
I posted my review of The Diviners by Libba Bray

LIST OF BOOK BUYS

Impulsive book shopper right here.

I didn’t plan any of these book buys except Night Film which I think is about damn time I bought.

Blackbirds by Chuck Wendig
Mockingbird by Chuck Wendig
Night Film by Marisha Pressl
I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
A-Force #3 by G. Willow Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, Jorge Molina
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
Vengeance Road by Erin Bowman (thank you, HMH!)
Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Nuevel (thank you, Del Rey!)
Fire by Kristin Cashore
Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore
The Girl from Everywhere by Heidi Heilig (thank you, Greenwillow Books!)

PLAYLIST

I can’t believe I’ve forty songs on my playlist this month, heee.

This album is so good! // I love upbeat music and this song is it. // Fucking awesome album!

How was your August?

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. you X-Files progress LOL
    (don't you want to write my recaps too? I always love yours!)

  2. Bahaha I'm laughing with you about that.

    I love writing recaps! I think I should rename my blog to 'artsy monthly recaps of an ex-bibliophile' LOL

  3. i definitely know what you mean about free time and not always knowing what to do so you end up doing nothing. i'm on a two month break from school so while i feel totally liberated that i don't have school and not particularly excited i have to go back soon because i love the feeling of creating my own schedule and doing whatever i want but it's pretty easy to end up doing nothing too. which happens a lot. but my logic is that i shouldn't be too guilty because in one week, i'll be back to having my life ruled by school when i'll have more than enough structure in my life so i might as well enjoy what i have now.

    and funny that you watched pirates of the caribbean this month as i just recently watched the first movie for the first time. i didn't get to finish it but i enjoyed what i saw! which i'm surprised about because i never pegged pirates of the caribbean as a movie i'd enjoy but i really loved jack sparrow's wit and everything else!

  4. I still don't understand what those paint blocks are. I like your pictures with them, but what are they? I'm glad your visitors left. Sometimes doing nothing is okay. 🙂 I also approve of your August book purchases, since they include three of my favorite books! I haven't seen any of those TV shows or Pacific Rim. I almost never watch TV in the summer – it's just too hot. But maybe I should give Pacific Rim a try if you say it's that good.

  5. You don't suck at making non-bookish photographs. I always adore looking at your pictures and they all look great!

    I can't wait to start Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D and Daredevil.
    I spy Fire and Bitterblue, yes! I loved those two, especially Fire.

    Happy reading 😀

  6. i'm totally with you on the free time thing. sometimes i'd rather have my schedule completely packed than empty. i'm either doing ten things at once or nothing at all. yay for extremities?

    personally, i don't mind your year long blogging slump because you still post your recaps which are spectacular. also i really don't blame you brcause my entire summer consisted of recaps ahaha. at least you're still reading! you read more books in the past month than i had for the past three months. (i fail.)

    also, HALSEY HALSEY HALSEY. badlands is so good i can't function. i love colors, castle, drive, gasoline, control, and basically all of them. which is your favorite?

    xxx alexandra @ twirlingpages

  8. YAY I can finally listen to your playlists now that I'm on Spotify! Damn, I'm so glad I gave Badlands a listen after hearing sooooooo much about her on Twitter and Tumblr. I'm obsessed. I haven't played an album this much since Beyoncé dropped her self-titled album. My life is basically Halsey + reading Queen of Shadows right now haha.

    I'm gonna have to check out Pacific Rim one of these days because it looks super cool.

  9. Badlaaaaaaaaaaaaaands! I am so in love with that album. I'm happy you love it too ^.^
    Pacific Rim, yes! I have watched that movie like five times and I just never get tired of it.
    I've never read in front of a lake, omg. That sounds so peaceful! Definitely a goal.
    Also, I feel like I should watch Daria??? Lol

  11. I think the only albums (from female artists) I can play from start to finish are Born to Die and 1989 and now BADLANDS so I'm very obsessed and can't even listen to anything other than Halsey heee.

    Yes, do it! It's so good and one of the movies that I can rewatch over and over.

  12. I totally get you because I can be like that and sometimes I just want to laze around (okay, most times).

    Ha ha I love writing recaps because it's so much fun. Glad you like them! I've made friends with people who read a lot and much faster than I do and I feel like I'm a very slow reader and now you're telling me I've read more than you. Funny how that works.

    I really cannot decide which one is my favorite and have been listening to the whole album on repeat. Still Castle, Colors, Control, Drive, Gasoline, Haunting, Coming Down, New Americana, Hold Me Down, Hurricane and Ghost the most. OMFG, that's like the whole album ha ha.

  13. I meant the quantity of the photos not the photos themselves. Should've phrased that better, heh. Thank you!

    Yes, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D is really good. I just started season two yesterday and Daredevil looks awesome.

    I hope I can get to Graceling Realm trilogy sooner rather than later next year. Also, I like how everyone seems to love Fire the best. =D

  14. Yes, you shouldn't feel guilty at all! The only thing that bothers me is how doing nothing starts to get annoying after a while.

    I actually thought that Pirates of the Caribbean movies would be serious and meh but wow, they're hilarious and Jack Sparrow is awesome. So glad I finally watched them all!

  15. Heh, they're just these round blocks of watercolor paint.

    Yes, I'm so glad you approve of my book buys! =D

    You should definitely watch Pacific Rim but not during the summers if it's that hot. I definitely want you to enjoy the movie more than anything else. =P And I watch a lot of TV shows. Pretty much just waiting for all the shows to start and then I'd be watching like ten at a time.

  16. YES, BADLANDS is gold!

    I'm never getting tired of Pacific Rim, either! Love it.

    It is very peaceful! =D

    If you like sarcasm then definitely watch Daria. It's one of my favorite shows ever and Daria has the best lines.

  18. OH YES IM SO EXCITED THAT you're watching Daredevil. It is FREAKING EPIC! Hmmm I don't know what season you're up to with Heroes, but trust me it just isn't worth it. Season 2 goes downhill and is a disappointment, but it gets a little better in Season 3. The rest was just a cop out. I love your book photography so much Sana! Fantastic recap!

  20. I really liked the pilot and I want to watch all of it this month. It looks so good!

    I'm on season 3 and I'm pretty much just watching one episode in 10 minutes just to get the gist of it so that I'm prepared for Heroes: Reborn.

    Thanks, Jeann!

  21. I really liked Pacific Rim. It caught me by surprise, I didn't expect such a good film. I've heard there will be a sequel. I don't know if it's necessary but I trust Guillermo del Toro, he's a director I truly admire.
    Also, did you read Graceling? I did (kind of). I gave up in the second part though I was liking it. Too slow-paced for my taste.

    Good recap! :3

  22. I just love the movie so much so I'm actually very excited about the sequel and hoping that it's just as good as Pacific Rim.

    I haven't yet! Fire and Bitterblue were totally impulse buys and though I own Graceling on Kindle, I'll probably get to the series next year. I've heard that Fire is the best from the trilogy so maybe try reading that?

    Thanks!

  23. Whenever I have free time I usually just binge netflix which isn't the best thing for me to be doing (especially when I have a REALLY busy few months coming up and I don't know how I'm going to have time to even breathe let alone read and shower) but hey, I love 90210.

  25. Just followed your playlist so I can find even more awesome music 😉

    Pacific Rim is one of my favorite movies ever and I can rewatch it pretty much any time. I'd also like to watch Heroes again… but I'm not sure I have time to watch all the seasons before Heroes: Reborn starts to play xD

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