Weekly Update: October 12-18, 2020

Happy Sunday, bibliophiles!

Whew, it’s definitely been…a week. Monday and Tuesday were fairly chill, but then Wednesday rolled around. I was having such a good day, feeling really accomplished and proud of myself, and then everything sort of crumbled around me. The details are rather personal, so I’d rather not divulge, but my general state just took a nosedive. I’m slowly recovering, but everything still feels…heavy. Definitely not the ideal mood for a long weekend, but here we are.

But things are looking up a little bit. I found a few gems in my library holds, and I’m slowly digging into both the books I preordered over the summer that came in the mail a week ago. (Marie Lu: the cure for all that ails you. I rest my case, your honor.) I’ve been making a lot of art, but my mental state definitely made me fall behind on outlining for NaNoWriMo again. I’m slowly catching up on Fargo, finished up Raised By Wolves (@ Ridley Scott EXCUSE ME WHAT WAS THAT ENDING SIR EXPLAIN YOURSELF), and watched The Shining for the first time. Had some weird dreams about Six of Crows too, so there’s that…

Here’s hoping that next week picks up…I mean, I’ve got Memento to look forward to, and The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is FINALLY ready at the library…

WHAT I READ THIS WEEK:

The Court of Miracles–Kester Grant (⭐️⭐️)

The Bone Houses–Emily Lloyd-Jones (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Dark and Deepest Red–Anna-Marie McLemore (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Chilling Effect–Valerie Valdes (⭐️⭐️.75, rounded up to ⭐️⭐️⭐️)

A Touch of Gold–Annie Sullivan (⭐️⭐️)

Skyhunter–Marie Lu (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)

POSTS AND SUCH:

• Goodreads Monday (10/12/20)–Kingdom of Souls
• Book Review Tuesday (10/13/20)–To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
• Fictional Family Book Tag
• Top 5 Saturday (10/17/20)–Books with Animals on the Cover

SONGS:

• “Funeral Pyre”–Julien Baker
• “One Note World”–Jim Noir
• “Picturesong”–girlpool
• “Green Typewriters I”–The Olivia Tremor Control

CURRENTLY READING/TO READ NEXT WEEK:

The Other Side of the Sky–Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner

Memento (The Illuminae Files, #0.5)–Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

The War of the Worlds–H.G. Wells

Today’s song:

That’s it for this week in blogging! Have a wonderful rest of your day, and take care of yourselves!