Weekly Updates – Page 13 – The Bookish Mutant

Weekly Update: January 27-February 2, 2020

Posted on February 2, 2020February 2, 2020 by madeline @ The Bookish Mutant

Hey there, fellow bibliophiles! Hope you all had a good week. ☺️

Aaaaand now it’s February. Wow. January was an odd month for me, filled with a whole plethora of ups and downs. But hey–I read 21 books, got to about 38,000 words (about 60 pages) in my WIP, and got past 100 followers! What a month, indeed…

I’ve had a bit of a disappointing library haul this week, but I did find a few noteworthy books among the meh, at least. Here’s hoping that this week’s haul will be better. 🤞

WHAT I READ THIS WEEK:

Gravemaidens (Gravemaidens, #1)–Kelly Coon (DNF–⭐️.5)

From a Certain Point of View (Star Wars anthology)-Elizabeth Schaefer (⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)

Foundation (Foundation, #1)-Isaac Asimov (⭐️⭐️.5)

OCD, The Dude, and Me–Lauren Roedy Vaughn (⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)

Nausicaä of the Valley of the wind, vol. 1-Hayao Miyazaki (⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)

POSTS AND SUCH:

SONGS:

TO READ NEXT WEEK:

Kiss Number 8–Colleen A.F. Venable, Ellen T. Crenshaw

The Order of Odd-Fish–James Kennedy

Lizard Radio–Pat Schmatz

One Giant Leap (Dare Mighty Things, #2)–Heather Kaczynski

Today’s song:

(0:00-0:15–your headphones aren’t conking out on you, that’s just the intro 😜)

That just about wraps up this week in blogging! Have a wonderful day, and take care of yourselves!

Books, Weekly Updates

Weekly Update: January 20-26, 2020

Posted on January 26, 2020 by madeline @ The Bookish Mutant

Happy Sunday, everyone! Hope you all had a great week 🙂

After last week’s lethargy, I’ve gotten back on track for my reading challenge of 250 books. (I’m at 18 so far) I crossed several books off of my TBR that’ve been there for a while, and plus, I won’t have to make any excuses for not yet reading Watchmen. (!!!) And speaking of which, I started watching the HBO adaptation of Watchmen, and I ADORE IT so far! I mean, I’m only 3 episodes, in, but…

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And, I hit 100 followers! Yay!

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WHAT I READ THIS WEEK:

Blue Monday, vol. 1: The Kids are Alright-Chynna Clugston Flores (⭐️⭐️⭐️)

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Eliza and Her Monsters–Francesca Zappia (⭐️⭐️.5)

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The Night Country (The Hazel Wood, #2)–Melissa Albert (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

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Watchmen–Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

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Anya’s Ghost–Vera Brosgol (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

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POSTS AND SUCH:

SONGS:

CURRENTLY READING/TO READ NEXT WEEK:

Gravemaidens-Kelly Coon

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Foundation–Isaac Asimov

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OCD, The Dude, and Me–Lauren Roedy Vaughn

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From a Certain Point of View (Star Wars anthology)–Elizabeth Schaefer

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Today’s song:

That just about wraps up this week of blogging! Have a great rest of your day, and take care of yourselves!

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Books, Music, Weekly Updates

Weekly Update: January 13-19, 2020

Posted on January 19, 2020 by madeline @ The Bookish Mutant

Happy Sunday, everyone!

I’ve had a slowish reading week, and an even slower school week, but I’m recovering now, thanks to a three-day weekend, with a dash of patriarchy smashing thanks to the Womxn’s March. But even though I didn’t read *as* much, most of what I read, I really enjoyed. (Mostly due to Stranger in a Strange Land, which was a lovely and extremely well thought out novel, but incredibly dense.)

WHAT I READ THIS WEEK:

Stranger in a Strange Land–Robert A. Heinlein (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)

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Sing Down the Stars–L.J. Hatton (⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)

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Zenn Scarlett–Christian Schoon (⭐️⭐️⭐️)

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POSTS AND SUCH:

SONGS:

CURRENTLY READING/TO READ NEXT WEEK:

Eliza and Her Monsters–Francesca Zappia

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Blue Monday, vol. 1: The Kids Are Alright–Chynna Clugston Flores

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The Night Country (The Hazel Wood, #2)–Melissa Albert

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Today’s song:

This is the only song that I’ve really loved off of UR FUN so far (haven’t listened to the whole album yet). of Montreal’s definitely going in a very different direction…not sure if I like it, but this is a cute song. 🙂

That just about wraps up this week in blogging! Have a lovely rest of your day, and take care of yourselves!

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Books, Music, Weekly Updates

Weekly Update: January 6–January 12, 2020

Posted on January 12, 2020January 12, 2020 by madeline @ The Bookish Mutant

Happy Sunday, bibliophiles!

Yeesh…what a week. I’ve successfully gotten through my first week back to school, but of course, the universe decided that it would be the perfect week to hammer me with random illnesses. [loudly destroys tissues] I’m on the mend now, but…ew, sheesh…

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That’s why I’ve been a bit sluggish this week, so I’ll try to be a tad less lethargic in the coming weeks, Honors Bio schedule permitting. But hey, you know what this week also brought? The decade’s first book and comic haul!

WHAT I READ THIS WEEK:

B.P.R.D., Vol. 2: The Soul of Venice and Other Stories (re-read)–Mike Mignola (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Half Bad–Sally Green (⭐️⭐️)

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Rebel (Legend, #4)–Marie Lu (⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)

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BOWIE: Stardust, Rayguns, and Moonage Daydreams–Mike & Laura Allred, Steve Horton

(⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft–Stephen King (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)

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POSTS AND SUCH:

SONGS:

CURRENTLY READING/TO READ NEXT WEEK:

(based on my library haul)

Stranger in a Strange Land-Robert A. Heinlein

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Zenn Scarlett-Christian Schoon

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Eliza and Her Monsters-Francesca Zappia

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Sing Down the Stars-L.J. Hatton

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Blue Monday, Vol. 1: The Kids Are Alright-Chynna Clugston Flores

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Today’s song:

That just about wraps up this week in blogging! Have a great day, and take care of yourselves!

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Book Tags, Books, Weekly Updates

Weekly Update: December 30, 2019–January 5, 2020

Posted on January 5, 2020January 5, 2020 by madeline @ The Bookish Mutant

Happy Sunday, everybody!

Whew, what a week it’s been, the last week of the decade, and the start of a new one. Also, this is my last day of winter break, so…school starts back up tomorrow…[sad harmonica]

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Hey, at least I soaked it all up. I had a lot of fun–festivities with family, two rounds of TRoS and one of Knives Out, the first ski trip of the year, and LOTS of reading and writing. Success! 😀

WHAT I READ THIS WEEK:

Bowie’s Bookshelf: The Hundred Books that Changed David Bowie’s Life–John O’Connell

(⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Supernova (Renegades, #3)–Marissa Meyer (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)

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Darius the Great is Not Okay–Adib Khorram (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

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Sanctuary (Sanctuary, #1)–Caryn Lix (⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)

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POSTS AND SUCH:

CURRENTLY READING/TO READ NEXT WEEK

Half Bad–Sally Green

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Rebel–Marie Lu (Finally bought it!)

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I’ll start posting a list of the week’s songs once I get more of them, but since I only have two, I’ll skip it this time. But this one’s been stuck in my head for a few days this year, and I’ve really taken a liking to it, so here you go…

Hope you had a great start to the decade! Have a great rest of your day, and take care of yourselves!

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