Apparently where I live we sort of skipped Autumn. Luckily I think it returned at least briefly before December gripped it’s hold.
Books/Movies/T.V./Music Books Read:
Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek by Maya Van Wagen
Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr
The 100 by Kass Morgan
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey (Re-read)
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
In preparation for YALLFEST I had a huge haul of books (so I could get them signed)! You can see some pictures from that haul here.
T.V. wise I finished all the seasons of The 100 that are available on Netflix, and promptly went on to read the book. (Which I have to say was not as impressive as I’d hoped it to be).
I also watched Criminal Minds (as always). My brother convinced me to try Grey’s Anatomy again. I struggle with that show sometimes, but the little blurbs on the episodes are helpful. That way I can skip through the filler episodes and get to the fun stuff. My brother hates that I do that, but oh well.
I watched way more movies this month than I usually do. Netflix of course was the perfect supplier of tear jerkers. I cried in Good Will Hunting and Stand by Me (Did you know that Stand by Me was based on the short story “The Body” by Stephan King)? Anyway, I also watched Blackfish with some random family member because I literally will show it to anyone who is interested, (politely, and without shoving it in their face of course).
In theaters I got to see Mockingjay Part 1. I thought that they paid attention to details very well but I still am disappointed that they split it up into two different movies. MockingjayPt1 was lacking it’s own individual climax, because that half of the book didn’t have one. I thought that they captured a lot of the book in good light, however.
I didn’t listen to a lot of music this month. I’m not sure why. Maybe because when I’m working out I’m addicted to The Raven Boys audiobook. Please, if you are an audiobook lover or a skeptic this audiobook will change your life. I promise.
Blogging and Other Media:
My Posts:
Other Posts I Enjoyed:
Cee’s Post About Birds on Book Covers
Cee’s Discussion Post About Reading Challenges
Grace’s Review of I Was Here by Gayle Foreman
November’s Goals:
-NANOWRIMO NANOWRIMO NANOWRIMO NANOWRIMO (I EVEN BOUGHT A SHIRT!) (Although I didn’t fully finish NANOWRIMO, which I will address fully on a later date), I do feel like I made great strides and impressed myself).
–Have a freakin blast at Y’ALL FEST! Hope to see a ton of you all there! (YALLFEST was such a blast!)
–Read some books, I don’t care how many, just read
-take a crack at Blogilates again (Hahah nope)
-RUNNING (Hahah nope)
-Work on my Weasly sweater
-Draw
-Blog a bit
-Comment (Ehhhh… not really)
-Write some reviews
-Live life! 😀 (Well, I certainly did some living)
December’s Goals:
-My 2014 Goodreads goal is 120 books, so I’m shooting for that. It’s okay if I don’t get there
-Continue working on my NaNoWriMo Project
-Work on some poetry
-Play piano/sing
-Run. I’ve been avoiding the treadmill at the gym but I’ve got to do it.
-Request some ARCS
-Tackle my books that I own pile
-Schedule and pre write posts/reviews
-Weasley Sweater
-Enjoy the Holidays
-Give some presents
-Write some letters
Freda Mans says
Productive month! Happy December reading!
Mary says
Thank you! Happy December