Showing posts with label 2018. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2018. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 3, 2018

September Stories I Ate This Month

Sorry for posting this a few days late but happy Mean Girls Day!

It was a really lousy month for me in terms of stories. I was super busy with college and babysitting that I just didn't have the time to read or watch or even listen to anything. However, this month should be pretty good. I am going to try really hard to read as many spooky books as I can, maybe even finally crack open one of my Harry Potter illustrated editions for fun!

Movies
  • Cheaper By The Dozen - rewatch
    • Just as good as I remember it being. 
    • A+
  • Cheaper By The Dozen 2 - rewatch
    • Not as good as the first movie, but still one of my favorite childhood movies.
    • A
  • Scooby-Doo: The Movie - rewatch
    • Who doesn't love Scooby-Doo!?
    • A
  • Set It Up - Netflix original
    • This was a really cute rom-com that I was pleasantly happy to watch. Plus, the ending was really cute.  
    • A+
Books
  • Heretics Anonymous - Katie Henry
    • Such a unique and interesting read. It reminded me of a Breakfast Club in a Catholic school. It gave a really interesting take on tolerance and acceptance of differing religions, sexualities, and perspective. 
    • A+
  • Notes From My Captivity - Kathy Parks
    • This was very different from anything I have ever read before. When I picked it up, I wanted a YA thriller style book (because fall and I just really wanted it to be October). It definitely served its purpose.
    • A
  • Any Man - Amber Tamblyn
    • This was such an interesting read for me, as it was taking an issue so close to home for me as a woman, sexual assault, and flipped it on its head. This story chronicles the fictional lives of male sexual assault victims of a female serial rapist. So compelling. Finished it in 2 sittings. 
    • A+

Monday, January 1, 2018

2018 TBR

Here are some of the books that I want to read in 2018. I'm sure I won't get to some and I will choose to read others, but here it is anyhow.


Made You Up ~Francesca Zappia
This book surrounds a character who suffers from schizophrenia that has been at bay for awhile but as it resurfaces she has to figure out how to deal with it. It sounds like it is going to be a great perspective on mental illness and one that we don't get very often either.

The Thing With Feathers ~ Hoyle McCall
The main character suffers from epilepsy and has been homeschooled but now that she has been able to get it under control, she is starting public school with her seizure dog by her side. She wants to hide her condition but how much is she really going to be able to hide?

Love, Hate, and Other Filters ~ Samira Ahmed
The main character is a Muslim American but she doesn't feel as though she fits in with either of those cultures. She is artistic and independent but she still wants to please her parents who are very close to their Muslim culture. 

The Art of Holding On and Letting Go ~ Kristin Lenz
The main character, Cara, is thrust from a nomadic life with her parents after tragedy strikes and forced to start a quaint life with her grandparents. She has to deal with whatever the tragedy is, as well as cope with first love, friendships, and other life things. 

Dear Martin ~ Nic Stone
I was obsessed with The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas and have been informed that this is a different yet similar take on the issues experienced in that novel. That is all I need to know.


I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter ~  Erika L. Sanchez
She has ambitions but her family would never accept her pursuing them. 


The President is Missing ~ Bill Clinton and James Patterson
I only want to read this because I am obsessed with everything by James Patterson and the fact that former president Bill Clinton co-wrote this is incredibly intriguing.

History Is All You Left Me ~ Adam Silvera
I've heard amazing things about this book and about this author. It's about a boy who's ex-boyfriend dies and the only person who understands his pain, is his ex-boyfriends current boyfriend. I'm curious how that relationship will be.

The Nowhere Girls ~ Amy Reed
This seems to be a new take on how girls come together to avenge the sexual assault on one of their own and happen to take on the whole mysogonistic culture itself.

Under Rose-Tainted Skies ~Louise Gornall
This follows a the story of a girl who is afraid to leave her home and how she faces those fears with the help of an unlikely friend.

Far From The Tree ~Robin Benway
This is about adopted siblings who find eachother at just the right point and that is all I want to know. I have a fascination with the adoption system, the types of relations that come about when biological siblings or parents are reunited, etc.

Stalking Jack The Ripper ~ Kerri Maniscalco
I've heard some really good things about this from so many of the booktubers that I follow. If I like it, I will move on to the second installment, Hunting Prince Dracula.
I also want to finish the Game of Thrones series by George R.R. Martin
I've read the first book and am slowly making my way through the second.I'm enjoying it but as the world is so complex and the books are so long

I'm hoping that I can read all of these and more but we will see where it goes! What are you guys looking forward to reading in 2018? Keep up with my reading on my new Goodreads page. I made a new one that isn't synced to my kindle because that has my textbooks on it and it was annoying me that they were being entered into my profile.