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Monthly Recap: February

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Most emotional month in recent memory…

LIST OF NEWSWORTHY

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Will I ever do better than this is the question

Winter Bookish Bingo

Third bingo and my most successful yet.
I’m super excited for the Spring bookish bingo because so many squares look so fun. It could be my last one, too seeing as how it’s the fourth one I’ll be doing which would mean I have done them for a year…

Here’s the winter list (left to right, top to bottom):

  • Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
  • A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
  • Sweetheart by Chelsea Cain
  • A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab
  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling
  • The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
  • The Piper’s Son by Melina Marchetta
  • Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
  • Vicious by V.E. Schwab
  • The Diabolic by S.J. Kincaid
  • The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi
  • The Last Colony by John Scalzi
  • The Dark Side by Anthony O’Neill
  • Of Sand and Malice Made by Bradley P. Beaulieu
  • Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty
  • A Conjuring of Light by V.E. Schwab
  • Waking Gods by Sylvain Neuvel
  • A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
  • Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
  • American Gods by Neil Gaiman

 

Death by Book

I don’t know when I’ll be able to talk about A Conjuring of Light because for now, it’s all just a mishmash of emotions and a lot of yelling in my brain and just aldkjfhsgajk.

 

TV WATCH

Probably the shortest list to ever debut in a monthly recap?

tvwatchFebruary2017
*sobs* // One Day at a Time
  • The Flash – Still my favorite show ever. Wally being the best.Team Flash being the best. Introduction to Gypsy was so great, I’m glad she’s in more episodes. The Flash vs Solovar fight was epic even though I can never make up my mind about the gorillas on the show.
  • One Day at a Time – SUCH AN AMAZING SHOW! So many family feels, I’m in love and the finale is one of the best. My only complaint is that none of the actors are actually Cuban so what’s even the point of making them so on the show.
  • The Big Bang Theory – Again, some hilarious episodes, others were okay.
  • Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. – I’m loving this season! The ending of the latest episode was so good (except for a small detail which can you not, show writers?)
  • Jane the Virgin – A big, big change because of the 3-year time jump so I don’t know how I feel about it yet. I do think they’re pulling it off, though.
  • Supergirl – I honestly don’t get the whole Kara getting into a relationship with that person when we all know it’s a disaster to begin, already a disaster and surely to end in a disaster, too.
  • DC’s Legends of Tomorrow – The episode about Reverse Flash was fun and I actually like this version of Rip Hunter better than the self-righteous jerk one.
  • New Girl – Winston’s been so adorable lately.
  • This Is Us – Still very shocked that Kevin did what he did. So unlike him like how?
  • Fresh Off the Boat – I love how they keep coming up with such great content.
  • Suits – This season would honestly have been a perfect ending to the show but nope.
  • How to Get Away with Murder – I totally called the killer plot midway into the finale which didn’t end up really impressing me but overall, a solid season.
  • Good Behavior – So addictive! A lo-fi show with a few changes from the novellas which I liked. A little dramatic at times but I loved the family aspect. Letty is a great character, though and the ship is so good. Also, the music in this is amazing.

 

MOVIE WATCH

Bad movies, fun times.

moviewatchFebruary2017
How to not make a YA adaptation // Vampire Academy
  • Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (3/10) – At least better than episode II, I guess? Haha.
  • Vampire Academy (2/10) – I can’t even be mad that I watched it because it was so hilariously bad. Surprisingly, Rose’s character was quite close to the one in the books so I definitely had fun watching her scenes.

 

LIST OF READS

Reading 11 books during the shortest month of the year is definitely rare for me.

readsFebruary2017
On a rereading high pt. 2
  • Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty
  • Of Sand and Malice Made by Bradley P. Beaulieu
  • The Dark Side by Anthony O’Neill
  • The Last Colony by John Scalzi
  • Twelve Kings by Bradley P. Beaulieu (reread)
  • A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab (reread)
  • A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab (reread)
  • A Conjuring of Light by V.E. Schwab
  • Good Behavior by Blake Crouch
  • Vicious by V.E. Schwab (reread)
  • A Conjuring of Light by V.E. Schwab (reread)

 

LIST OF BOOK ACQUISITIONS

Look, I tried to not buy as many books…

bookacqFebruary2017
The only book purchase that mattered
  • The Waking Fire by Anthony Ryan
  • To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han
  • The Fill-In Boyfriend by Kasie West
  • The Gallery of Unfinished Girls by Laura Karcz
  • Scorch by Gina Damico
  • Rogue by Gina Damico
  • Seven Ways We Lie by Riley Redgate
  • Everything All at Once by Katrina Leno
  • History is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera
  • Of Sand and Malice Made by Bradley P. Beaulieu
  • Redshirts by John Scalzi
  • Zoe’s Tale by John Scalzi
  • The Human Division by John Scalzi
  • The End of All Things by John Scalzi
  • Good Behavior by Blake Crouch
  • A Conjuring of Light by V.E. Schwab
  • The Emperor’s Blades by Brain Staveley

 

PLAYLIST

Yes, still very much addicted to ONE OK ROCK and now Against the Current, too.

musicFebruary2017
#noregrets // Such a good album // Latest listen-on-repeat song



How was your February?

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. So much Scalzi! I can’t wait to keep reading. If, you know, we manage to move past ACOL.

    I’m very happy with the amount I read in February (though of course I still wish I’d read more. I more than doubled my number of pages from last month! If only I could keep it up. xD

    Is One Day at a Time a half hour show?

    • Haha we managed to move past ACOL (or move with it intact). \o/

      If only, Maraia! XD Still super impressed, though.

      Oh yeah, I think the episodes are 25 minutes long on average and only 12 so it won’t even take you that long to watch it all.

  2. The last episode of Agents of SHIELD really hooked me for sure! I think I know which detail you are referring to and I am completely perplexed how that can even work in the framework if the point is immortality so… I guess we’ll see next month!

    • Right?! I feel like they misdirected us with the whole ‘if you die in the framework, you die in real life thing, too’ because of Jemma so definitely something’s up with that detail as well. Ahhh, can it be back yet

  3. I love that if I added album covers, I would have had the same three as you LOL

    I can’t wait for you to read The Emperor’s Blades! GIANT NINJA BIRDS!!!

    This reminds me that I should probably buy and read Six Wakes now.

    • #drifting XD

      I almost started The Emperor’s Blades a couple times this month but hey, there’s always the next month

      UM YES, PLEASE