Happy Sunday, bibliophiles! I hope this week has treated you well.
It’s been kind of a semi-quiet summer week for me, which I’m not complaining about in the slightest. I had a lot of time to read, I did some drawing and writing, and I hung out and got ice cream with one of my closest friends! Since I was fully remote for all of last year for school, I hadn’t really hung out with anyone since…oh, probably 2019, so it was so lovely to see her again.
Reading-wise, I had a bit of a hit-or-miss week; I read a lot, but almost every other book I read was just kind of meh. I did find an AMAZING read though, and I can’t wait to review it next week! The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea made my heart so happy, but more on that later…
As for writing, it’s also been a toss-up; I had a few days this week where I cranked out a whole bunch of words for scenes I really liked, but then the motivation would fade away a little bit. Last night I could barely write, even though I’m switching to the POV of my favorite character, so hopefully I can get my motivation back into gear…
Other than that, I finished Invincible (That finale was BRUTAL), caught up on Loki (BI RIGHTS), listened to a lot of Gorillaz and the new Car Seat Headrest covers EP, and drove on the highway for the first time! I still need quite a few more hours before I can do my driver’s test, but I’m getting there!
WHAT I READ THIS WEEK:
Juliet Takes a Breath – Gabby Rivera (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)
The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea – Maggie Tokuda Hall (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)
Here the Whole Time – Vitor Martins (⭐️⭐️.75, rounded up to ⭐️⭐️⭐️)
Every Body Looking – Candice Iloh (⭐️⭐️⭐️.75, rounded up to ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)
The Obsidian Tower (Rooks and Ruin, #1) – Melissa Caruso (⭐️⭐️)
POSTS AND SUCH:
- Goodreads Monday (6/21/21) – Love in the Time of Global Warming
- Book Review Tuesday (6/22/21) – The Ones We’re Meant to Find
- Sci-Fi Tropes: Cryosleep, Unhinged AI, and everything in between
SONGS:
CURRENTLY READING/TO READ NEXT WEEK:
Instructions for Dancing – Nicola Yoon
The Light of the Midnight Stars – Rena Rossner
The Gilded Ones – Namina Forna
Miss Benson’s Beetle – Rachel Joyce
Sasha Masha – Agnes Borinsky
Today’s song:
That’s it for this week in blogging! Have a wonderful rest of your day, and take care of yourselves!
The Bookish Mutant 
it looks like you’ve had a good reading week! i love the cover for Juliet Takes a Breath 😍
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Definitely! Isn’t it so cute?? It was the cover that showed up for my Kindle edition, I love it so much
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That song is amazing! I love the way it has these harmonic minor type notes jolting against the earthiness of that vocal. Freaking love it! Have to go check out more music from the singer. Also yay for ice cream with a friend. It sounds so good! (You’re making me want ice cream lol) Freaking pandemic stealing all of our simple pleasures. Glad you had a good time getting to catch up 😊💖💜
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AAAH isn’t it beautiful?? It’s my favorite song of hers, it gives me chills every single time. I’d absolutely recommend her – I saw her play acoustic at the Stanley Hotel a few years ago (which gave it EVEN MORE GOTH VIBES), and she was incredible! Glad you liked it!!
It was so good to see her again! Oof I’m constantly craving ice cream ksjjhfskdjfh you’re not alone
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