#wrap-ups

The Favor - Suzanne Wright (4 stars)

Beach Read - Emily Henry (3 stars)

Monster in his eyes - J. M. Darhower (dnf)

Falling for your fake fiancée - Emma St. Clair (3 stars)

BOOKS

📚 Goal: 103/120 (32,608 pages read)

💜 My Top 5 Books I read in 2024

1. Blood Over Brighthaven, M.L. Wang 2. The Unmaking of June Farrow, Adrienne Young 3. Yours Truly, Abby Jimenez 4. The Post-Office Girl, Stefan Zweig 5. The Mindf*ck Series, S.T. Abby

💜 Honorable Mentions

1. The Girl Who Was On Fire, edited by Leah Wilson. How did I go over a decade without realizing this collection of essays about The Hunger Games by various (and now wildly popular) authors exists!?

2. The Raven Boys, Maggie Stiefvater. I didn't get around to picking these up until the last book released, which every one my co-workers at B&N said was an underwhelming conclusion to an otherwise great series. I decided I don't care about that and I'm so glad I did because these books are wonderful.

3. These Silent Woods, Kimi Cunningham Grant. I was expecting Appalachian lore from this thriller, but what I got was a story about how far a parent will go to protect their children. I loved listening to this on audiobook, the narrator was giving Joel from The Last of Us.

4. Assistant to the Villain, Hannah Nicole Maehrer. I haven't had this much fun reading a book since The Princess Bride. Doesn't take itself too seriously and just all around a fun time. I don't even mind that book two lost the plot..

5. One thing about me is that I lost all my adoration for Harry Potter in my 20's, especially after we learned what type of person the author is, but I will read Dramione fan fiction (which I'm thrilled to know the author despises) until the day I die. I finished Regression by noctisx and Remain Nameless by HeyJude19 this year and highly recommend both. Two of the best I've read so far, and I've read a lot. lmao

TV SHOWS

1. Arcane 2. Gyeongseong Creature 3. Heartstopper 4. Gilmore Girls 5. Scrubs

MOVIES

Quiet Place Day One

The Wild Robot

Well, after looking back, I haven’t done a single Monthly Wrap-Up post since February of 2023. So in the spirit of getting back on track, I’m pulling one together for November, before it’s time to do all of that Christmas shopping and baking, plus those fun End of the Year Tags. Because I’m not someone that gets any of that done well in advance, in case that wasn’t already abundantly clear.…

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  I can’t believe it’s already February 2023. I have not posted a Monthly Wrap-Up since October 2022, due to the exhaustion of my partner, Eric’s, last minute deployment and the crunch of the holidays. But I really like having these wrap-ups to look back on what I was doing and when, so I am hoping to get back into the swing of posting these every month, starting with this post.  (I also really…

Monthly Wrap-Up : September 2022

September 2022 didn’t really go exactly as planned, as you’ll see in this wrap-up. Both my boyfriend, Eric, and I got sick (thankfully, not COVID), and I’m still trying to recover, so I ended up watching a lot of shows and reading over doing literally anything else. Though this is great for my dismal hopes of meeting my reading challenge, it was not so great for gaming and knitting.    Wrap-up:…

I cannot believe August is over, and we are now in September. I originally had this written at the end of September. I am glad that I have waited to post this. First of all, I was able to finish my TBR for the month. I have read a total of 9 books. For a few days, I thought that I would not complete it. I even had the last book I was reading for the month part of this month’s TBR. I am proud that…