April Stories I Ate This Month

For everything that I have had going on this month, I was still able to read quite a bit. I don't think I will get that much reading in throughout May, but we'll see.

Movies

• Saban's Power Rangers
• I was skeptical about this movie when it came out last year. I grew up watching the original Power Rangers and even dressing up as the Pink one for Halloween and crushing on the Red one all of the time. I was worried that the nostalgia would hold me back from enjoying this new version. However, I really enjoyed it. I do wish that they had morphed sooner though. It felt like it took forever to get to them being Power Rangers. 
• A-
• Jeepers Creepers 3
• I watched the original two films with my great-grandma growing up. I own the first on VHS. I didn't even know that they had come out with a third one. It had been a while since I had watched the original two so I don't remember much about them but I was still able to enjoy this one. It had a similar spooky feel without being the most terrifying film ever. The same feeling that I have with the other two just without the memories. 
• B+

TV Shows

• Jessica Jones -season 2- a Netflix Original
• It is no secret that I love all of the Marvel shows that Netflix produces and really enjoy any Marvel superhero movies too. Although three years separate the first and second season of this show. I didn't feel disconnected. I'm really going to miss Malcolm and Jessica working together, but maybe season 3 will surprise us.I love the new connections that Jessica is making in her personal life though. 
• A+

Audiobooks

• When They Call You A Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir - Patrisse Khan-Cullors
• I was expecting her to talk more about the movement itself but she really delved into its creation and her motives behind it. It was a great insight.
• A+
• The Job: True Tales from the Life of a New York City Cop - Steve Osborn
• The typical New York City accent meshed with the hilarious yet action-packed stories of a New York City cop makes this perfect!
• A+

Books

• The Poet X - Elizabeth Acevedo
• I was excited to read this YA contemporary in poems. It reminds me a lot of Ellen Hopkins' books that I really enjoyed throughout high school. It delved into family relationships, family expectations, struggling with faith, first love, etcetera. 
• A-
• Blackout - Kit Mallory
• This book comes out on May 8th and I will be putting up a full non-spoiler review before that. I had the privilege of being sent an ARC by Mallory. And I love it! LGBTQ+ representation, mental health awareness, etc. 
• A+
• History Is All You Left Me - Adam Silvera 
• This book has been on my radar since it was published. I believe that this is the first book I have read where the main character was a gay man. I read the first 250 pages in one sitting and finished the last bit the following morning. I haven't done that in years! I got emotional and really felt everything Griffon was going through.  I can't wait to read more by Silvera. 
• A+

Gilmore Girls Appreciation: Summer

Initial Thoughts:

This episode gave me everything I needed for Summer. It gave me the incredible town shenanigans, friendships, another one of Rory's love interests, and so much more. 

The emotion in this episode was impeccable. We had the hilarity, the despair, the confusion, and even the resentment. Now, with the Gilmores, you usually expect the resentment to be between Emily and Lorelai or between Rory and Christopher, but it never happens between Lorelai and Rory. 

My absolute favorites in this episode though, Lorelai's revelations. By the end of the episode, she realized that she had a lot to figure out. Lorelai is usually the one to wait until she explodes before dealing with her feelings, but this time around she is facing her confusions head on, I love that!

EPISODE RATE: 5/5

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Spoiler Section:

So much happened in this episode. We have April, the Stars Hollow Gazette, Jess, Rory is finally figuring things out, The Stars Hollow Musical, and so much more!

I was so excited when the episode opened to April! I was wondering if they were going to bring her back and when they previously mentioned her existence in Winter, with just a letter, I thought that that might be as much as we were going to get. But I loved the scene. I love that she spends time with Luke and that Luke supports her academic career, even if he can only do so financially sometimes, he tries! I love that she goes to MIT and has everything set for her academically, but she has no social skills. I feel that that is something that could really be delved into. Maybe with Rory helping her out. I think that it would be an interesting story line.  

We also have the issue of the Stars Hollow Gazette. It is everything that I imagined it to be. Just a couple of old people in a dusty office with seriously outdated computers. When Rory takes action to save it, I know that this is her turning point. She isn't giving up. And that is when Jess walks in...

Jess, is just as perfect for Rory as he has ever been! He still gets her! He knows her better than anyone! Also, he has his life figured out now. By the sounds of it, his publishing company is doing well and Jess is enjoying life, besides having to rescue his mother and TJ from a cult. When Jess says that Rory should write a book about she and Lorelai, I freaked! He is so right! That is one story that Rory could never falter with. She knows it like the back of her hand! It is amazing and I hope that she is able to continue it! 

I feel for Rory right now. She is so confused with her life. She doesn't know where her next step should take her or will take her and that is very frustrating. One thing that I feel she finally figured out though, she needed to let Logan go. Odet had moved in and they were still going to continue their affair. I was so glad when Rory realized that it wasn't going to work anymore. She is better than that! He is better than that! I don't know why it started in the first place, but if he turns out to be Rory's version of Lorelai's Christopher, we are going to have a problem. Because Jess is Rory's version of Lorelai's Luke, the perfect match!

Okay, now there is the issue of Lorelai and Rory's huge argument. Lorelai doesn't want Rory to write the book, or to at least figure out something different to write about. Now, I get that Lorelai doesn't want her story out their, every nitty gritty detail, especially the bad, but this is what Rory needs. This could be the one thing that could get Rory back on track and it really gets to me that Lorelai isn't supporting her in this. 

For now, we just have to wait and see how things resolve themselves.