Weekly Updates – Page 6 – The Bookish Mutant

Weekly Update: August 23-29, 2021

Posted on August 29, 2021August 29, 2021 by madeline @ The Bookish Mutant

Happy Sunday, bibliophiles! I hope this week has treated you well.

This was my first full week of school, and…well, it had its ups and downs. College applications have been a bit stressful, but now that I’ve seen everything a little more simplified, it’s slightly less so. Still stressful, but at least I know how everything works now. But on the other hand, I had some great things happen this week! I aced a math quiz, I have As in all of my classes so far (I don’t care that it’s the second week of school, I’m still proud of myself), and I’m slowly getting more people into book club.

Reading-wise, I’ve just been reading through all of the books I bought/was gifted for my birthday. Most of them have been pretty good, but re-reading The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea was just what I needed to take my mind off of college. I got some cool-looking books at the library, so I’m excited for that! As for writing, I haven’t been doing it as frequently as I’ve been getting used to my school schedule, but I’m slowly but surely working through the climax of my sci-fi WIP.

Other than that, I watched The Suicide Squad (solid 3/5 for me, fantastic cinematography and also the best live action Harley look), had a busy shift at the library, and busily tried to convert people to my school’s book club. But the latter isn’t too out of the ordinary for me, really.

Oh, and in case you’re having a bad day, enjoy this picture of one of my cats (her name is Hobbes) with my library books:

WHAT I READ THIS WEEK:

Ahsoka (Star Wars) – E.K. Johnston (⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)

Amazon.com: Star Wars Ahsoka: 9781484705667: E.K. Johnston, Wojtowicz, Jason P: Books

Six Crimson Cranes (Six Crimson Cranes, #1) – Elizabeth Lim (⭐️⭐️⭐️.25)

Amazon.com: Six Crimson Cranes: 9780593300916: Lim, Elizabeth: Books

The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea – Maggie Tokuda-Hall (re-read) (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)

My review of THE MERMAID, THE WITCH, AND THE SEA by Maggie Tokuda-Hall | Maria Hossain

The Good Luck Girls – Charlotte Nicole Davis (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

The Good Luck Girls by Charlotte Nicole Davis

Girls at the Edge of the World – Laura Brooke Robson (⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Amazon.com: Girls at the Edge of the World: 9780525554035: Robson, Laura Brooke: Books

POSTS AND SUCH:

SONGS:

CURRENTLY READING/TO READ NEXT WEEK:

She Drives Me Crazy – Kelly Quindlen

Amazon.com: She Drives Me Crazy: 9781250209153: Quindlen, Kelly: Books

Broken Web (Shamanborn, #2) – Lori M. Lee

Broken Web (Shamanborn, #2) by Lori M. Lee

Curses – Lish McBride

Amazon.com: Curses: 9781984815590: McBride, Lish: Books

The Unbinding of Mary Reade – Miriam McNamara

Amazon.com: The Unbinding of Mary Reade: 9781510727052: McNamara, Miriam: Books

Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts – Rebecca Hall, Hugo Martinez

Amazon.com: Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts eBook : Hall, Rebecca, Martínez, Hugo: Kindle Store

Today’s song:

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

Weekly Updates

Weekly Update: August 16 – 22, 2021

Posted on August 22, 2021August 22, 2021 by madeline @ The Bookish Mutant

Happy Sunday, bibliophiles! I hope this week has treated you well.

Summer ended for me this week, and I started back at school on Wednesday. It’s good to see my friends again, but…yeah. Too many people. At least they’re requiring masks at my school. Thankfully, we didn’t have much homework this week, though.

I’ve had a hit-or-miss reading week – most of them fell in the 3.5 star range, but I found a great book and another one that didn’t do it for me as much. I think I have a good reading week ahead of me, though!

This weekend’s been good though! We celebrated my birthday over the weekend, and we went to a new location of my favorite bookstore and got some great-looking books! We also visited the Wild Animal Sanctuary this morning, and it was great to be there after not going for so long! (Look it up – it’s a great place to go if you’re in the Colorado area!)

Other than that, I’ve just been working my way through the climax of my sci-fi WIP, volunteering at the library, drawing, playing guitar, and slapping nerdy bumper stickers on my car. I also rewatched Guardians of the Galaxy with my friend on the last day of summer. Never gets old.

WHAT I READ THIS WEEK:

A Quiet Kind of Thunder – Sara Barnard (⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)

Amazon.com: A Quiet Kind of Thunder: 9781534402416: Barnard, Sara: Books

A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1) – Becky Chambers (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)

A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1) by Becky Chambers

When My Heart Joins the Thousand – A.J. Steiger (⭐️⭐️.75, rounded up to ⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Amazon.com: When My Heart Joins the Thousand: 9780062656476: Steiger, A. J.: Books

Plain Bad Heroines – Emily M. Danforth (⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)

Amazon.com: Plain Bad Heroines: A Novel: 9780062942852: Danforth, Emily M., Lautman, Sara: Books

The Ever Cruel Kingdom (The Never Tilting World, #2) – Rin Chupeco (⭐️⭐️⭐️)

POSTS AND SUCH:

SONGS:

CURRENTLY READING/TO READ NEXT WEEK:

The Good Luck Girls – Charlotte Nicole Davis

Ahsoka – E.K. Johnston

Six Crimson Cranes – Elizabeth Lim

Girls at the Edge of the World – Laura Brooke Robson

Today’s song:

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

Weekly Updates

Weekly Update: August 9 – 15, 2021

Posted on August 15, 2021 by madeline @ The Bookish Mutant

Happy Sunday, bibliophiles! I hope this week has treated you all well.

Well…for me, this week was the last full week of summer before school starts back. (And a related heads-up – I’m starting school next week, so for the next few months, I probably won’t be posting as much, depending on my workload.) But it was a good week, I’d say. I’m back from Florida now, and on Tuesday night, I went to my first live concert since before the pandemic! It was Wilco and Sleater-Kinney – we came for Wilco, and they were INCREDIBLE! Gah, hearing them play “Ashes of American Flags” was so beautiful…

Reading-wise, it was a bit of a hit-or-miss week – I had some great read, but some that were just decent or meh. I got to go to the comics shop this week too, and I picked up some good stuff from there too! And what are the chances…I SAW SOMEBODY IN THE PARKING LOT WITH AN AURORA RISING BUMPER STICKER

Also, moment of silence for the fact that the Runaways comic ended…

Other than that, I’ve been slowly working my way through my sci-fi WIP, drawing, and getting everything ready for the start of school. It’ll be so good to actually see everybody in-person again…

WHAT I READ THIS WEEK:

The Lifeline Signal (Chameleon Moon, #2) – RoAnna Sylver (⭐️⭐️⭐️.75, rounded up to ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

The Lifeline Signal (Chameleon Moon, #2) by RoAnna Sylver

Suns Will Rise (System Divine, #3) – Jessica Brody and Joanne Rendell (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Suns Will Rise | Book by Jessica Brody, Joanne Rendell | Official Publisher Page | Simon & Schuster

By the Book – Amanda Sellet (⭐️⭐️.5)

REVIEW: 'By the Book' by Amanda Sellet sells itself short - Bookstacked

Filthy Animals – Brandon Taylor (⭐️⭐️⭐️)

POSTS AND SUCH:

SONGS:

CURRENTLY READING/TO READ NEXT WEEK:

A Quiet Kind of Thunder – Sara Barnard

A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1) – Becky Chambers

A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, 1): Chambers, Becky: 9781250236210: Amazon.com: Books

When My Heart Joins the Thousand – A.J. Steiger

The Ever Cruel Kingdom (The Never Tilting World, #2) – Rin Chupeco

Plain Bad Heroines – Emily M. Danforth, Sara Lautman (illustrations)

Book Review: Plain Bad Heroines - Belmont Public Library

Today’s song:

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

Weekly Updates

Weekly Update: August 2-8, 2021

Posted on August 8, 2021August 8, 2021 by madeline @ The Bookish Mutant

Happy Sunday, bibliophiles! I hope this week has treated you well.

The first part of my week wasn’t terribly eventful, but I’ve been in Florida for some family stuff since Thursday, and my flight leaves tomorrow. It’s been…very hot to say the least, but I’ve had plenty of time to read, write and draw, so it’s okay. Plus, I found that awesome Kaz cane the other day! (See the Grishaverse Book Tag linked below for a picture…) I can’t wait until we can ship it home…

𝖙𝖔 𝖇𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖘𝖆𝖛𝖎𝖔𝖗 𝖔𝖗 𝖉𝖊𝖘𝖙𝖗𝖔𝖞𝖊𝖗 "𝘆𝗼𝘂… #fanfiction # Fanfiction # amreading # books # wat… in 2021 | Freddy carter, Six of crows, The grisha trilogy

Reading-wise, I’ve been reading everything on my Kindle this week, both library holds and books I bought for the trip. I got an unexpected 5-star read though, so expect a review next week! I’ve had a lot of writing progress as well, which I can mostly owe to the fact that I got to my favorite favorite scene in my sci-fi WIP and ended up chugging out a longish chapter.

Other than that, I’ve just been drawing, playing a bit of Minecraft, watching a few episodes of Alien Worlds (for a show with a name like that, there’s…less aliens than I expected?), and trying to beat this Florida heat.

WHAT I READ THIS WEEK:

The Fell of Dark – Caleb Roehrig (⭐️⭐️⭐️.75, rounded up to ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Amazon.com: The Fell of Dark (9781250155849): Roehrig, Caleb: Books

The Tiger at Midnight – Swati Teerdhala (⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)

Amazon.com: The Tiger at Midnight (Tiger at Midnight, 1) (9780062869210): Teerdhala, Swati: Books

The Darkness Outside Us – Eliot Schrefer (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Amazon.com: The Darkness Outside Us eBook: Schrefer, Eliot: Kindle Store

Forgotten Star – Colin Weldon (⭐️⭐️⭐️.75, rounded up to ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Forgotten Star: Weldon, Colin: 9798667032830: Amazon.com: Books

Queen of Coin and Whispers – Helen Corcoran (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Amazon.com: Queen of Coin and Whispers: A kingdom of secrets and a game of lies (9781788491181): Corcoran, Helen: Books

POSTS AND SUCH:

SONGS:

CURRENTLY READING/TO READ NEXT WEEK:

The Lifeline Signal (Chameleon Moon, #2) – RoAnna Sylver

Suns Will Rise (System Divine, #3) – Jessica Brody and Joanne Rendell

Today’s song:

oops I know you’re all probably sick of my constant Blur posting but this was on my playlist right before I got out of bed and I love it so

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

Weekly Updates

Weekly Update: July 26 – August 1, 2021

Posted on August 1, 2021August 2, 2021 by madeline @ The Bookish Mutant

Happy Sunday, bibliophiles, and happy first day of August! I hope this week has treated you all well.

I feel like this week has been nice and productive – I read a lot, I finished up Camp NaNoWriMo and passed my word count goal, and I’m almost done with all my summer homework! As far as the reading itself, it’s all been in the 3-4 star range, which I’m not complaining about.

I had a lot of fun blogging this week too – I loved making my Popular YA Books that I Couldn’t Get on Board With post (linked under “Posts and Such”), and I had a lot of fun reviewing and cataloguing some of my books.

Other than that, I did some hiking on Friday, drew, and watched Yellow Submarine! (OKAY BUT THE “LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS” SEQUENCE AAAAH) I’m also going to go see The Green Knight this evening, which I’m pretty excited about!

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds from Yellow Submarine | Aesthetic animation, Beatles painting, Yellow submarine — I could go on and on about this movie

WHAT I READ THIS WEEK:

In Deeper Waters – F.T. Lukens (⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)

In Deeper Waters | Book by F.T. Lukens | Official Publisher Page | Simon & Schuster

The Boy Who Steals Houses – C.G. Drews (⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)

The Boy Who Steals House by C.G. Drews – Great Escape Books

The Magic Fish – Trung Le Nguyen (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen: 9780593125298 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

Sorrowland – Rivers Solomon (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

The Iron Woman (The Iron Man, #2) – Ted Hughes (⭐️⭐️⭐️)

What’s Your Pronoun?: Beyond He and She – Dennis Baron (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Amazon.com: What's Your Pronoun?: Beyond He and She (9781631496042): Baron, Dennis: Books

POSTS AND SUCH:

SONGS:

CURRENTLY READING/TO READ NEXT WEEK:

The Fell of Dark – Caleb Roehrig

Amazon.com: The Fell of Dark eBook: Roehrig, Caleb: Kindle Store

The Tiger at Midnight – Swati Teerdhala

The Lifeline Signal (Chameleon Moon, #2) – RoAnna Sylver

Queen of Coin and Whispers – Helen Corcoran

Buy Queen of Coin and Whispers: A kingdom of secrets and a game of lies Book Online at Low Prices in India | Queen of Coin and Whispers: A kingdom of secrets

Forgotten Star – Colin Weldon

Amazon.com: Forgotten Star eBook: Weldon, Colin: Kindle Store

Today’s song:

man I haven’t listened to this since…6th grade or something

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

Weekly Updates

Weekly Update: July 19-25, 2021

Posted on July 25, 2021July 25, 2021 by madeline @ The Bookish Mutant

Happy Sunday, bibliophiles! I hope this week has treated you well.

This week…could’ve been better for me, if I’m being honest, but it picked up in the end. It was mostly just Tuesday that bogged me down. Remember that writing contest I entered back in April? I ended up checking back on it (they didn’t send an email for some reason??) and the short story I wrote didn’t end up placing. I specifically remember saying that I was expecting not to win, and yeah, I tried not to get my hopes up, but…yeah, well, I’m not very good at handling these things.

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Eh, well, all I can do is tweak that short story, keep on writing, and try again. I’m at least proud of myself for putting myself out there…

Reading-wise, I’ve mostly been reading some books that family friends lent to us (thank you!) and some stuff from the comic shop. I got a nice library haul yesterday, so it looks like next week will be promising!

Writing-wise, I’ve mostly stayed on track with Camp NaNoWriMo (I’m almost to my goal now!!), even though being depressed all Tuesday sapped my energy. I’m getting to a good place in my WIP though – I just passed about 220ish pages last night!

Other than that, I’ve been drawing a bit, getting the last of my summer homework done, learning some new songs on guitar, obsessing over my new bees in Minecraft, watching The Devil’s Backbone (Guillermo del Toro likes his Tennyson, huh?), picking back up in It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and volunteering at the library.

Arrested Development Heavenly Fathers GIFs - Get the best GIF on GIPHY — Two Gob gifs in a row…oops

And I just got to 450 followers! Jeez, I can’t believe it…THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH 💗

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WHAT I READ THIS WEEK:

The Never Tilting World (The Never Tilting World, #1) – Rin Chupeco (⭐️⭐️⭐️.75, rounded up to ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Amazon.com: The Never Tilting World (Never Tilting World, 1) (9780062821799): Chupeco, Rin: Books

Earth Abides – George R. Stewart (⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Earth Abides: A Novel: Stewart, George R.: 9780345487131: Amazon.com: Books

Invincible: Compendium One – Robert Kirkman, Cory Walker, Ryan Ottley (⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)

Invincible Compendium Volume 1 – Get Ready Comics

Circe – Madeline Miller (⭐️⭐️.5)

Amazon.com: CIRCE eBook: Miller, Madeline: Kindle Store

The Iron Giant (originally The Iron Man) – Ted Hughes (⭐️⭐️⭐️)

The Iron Giant - Kindle edition by Hughes, Ted, Davidson, Andrew. Children Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

It’s My Life – Stacie Ramey (⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Amazon.com: It's My Life (9781492694526): Ramey, Stacie: Books

POSTS AND SUCH:

SONGS:

CURRENTLY READING/TO READ NEXT WEEK:

In Deeper Waters – F.T. Lukens

Amazon.com: In Deeper Waters (9781534480506): Lukens, F.T.: Books

The Boy Who Steals Houses – C.G. Drews

Amazon.com: The Boy Who Steals Houses (9781408349922): Drews, C.G.: Books

Sorrowland – Rivers Solomon

The Magic Fish – Trung Le Nguyen

The Iron Woman (The Iron Man, #2) – Ted Hughes

Today’s song:

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

Weekly Updates

Weekly Update: July 12 – 18, 2021

Posted on July 18, 2021 by madeline @ The Bookish Mutant

Happy Sunday, bibliophiles! I hope this week has treated you well.

I’ve had another quiet week this week, for the most part. Just some summer homework, reading, all that. It’s been getting super hot over here, but I’ve been reading inside and outside.

Reading-wise, I’d say I had a pretty good week. I’ve only had one read that I didn’t like, and I finished the book that my English class assigned for summer homework (Native Son). I also got to go to the comic shop, so I got through a few single issues too! I have a really big one waiting as well…

As far as writing goes, I finally figured out the deal with the word count for my NaNoWriMo goal, so I fixed that up to a manageable level. I’ve been making a whole lot of progress with my sci-fi WIP though! It’s getting close to 200 pages now…

Other than that, I’ve just been drawing, screaming with my friend about Fargo, finishing Loki (AAAH THAT FINALE), and volunteering at the library. I’m going to see Black Widow this afternoon too! I’m proud of myself for avoiding spoilers up until now…guess I’ve learned my lesson from Infinity War…

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WHAT I READ THIS WEEK:

Fable (Fable, #1) – Adrienne Young (⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)

Amazon.com: Fable: A Novel (Fable, 1) (9781250254368): Young, Adrienne: Books

Sick Kids in Love – Hannah Moskowitz (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)

Amazon.com: Sick Kids In Love (9781640637320): Moskowitz, Hannah: Books

A Dark and Hollow Star – Ashley Shuttleworth (⭐️⭐️.5)

Amazon.com: A Dark and Hollow Star (9781534453678): Shuttleworth, Ashley: Books

Native Son – Richard Wright (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

When You Were Everything – Ashley Woodfolk (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Amazon.com: When You Were Everything (9781524715915): Woodfolk, Ashley: Books

POSTS AND SUCH:

SONGS:

CURRENTLY READING/TO READ NEXT WEEK:

The Never Tilting World – Rin Chupeco

Earth Abides – George R. Stewart

Circe – Madeline Miller

Invincible: Compendium One – Robert Kirkman, Cory Walker, Ryan Ottley

Today’s song:

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

Weekly Updates

Weekly Update: July 5-11 2021

Posted on July 11, 2021 by madeline @ The Bookish Mutant

Happy Sunday, bibliophiles! I hope this week has treated you all well.

This week’s been fairly quiet – lots of reading indoors and outdoors. I got through all of the books that I bought last week, plus a couple on my Kindle and a bit of my summer reading. Of course, I had another unfortunate DNF, which…why did I escape them in the first half of the year, only to have all of them in July?

Writing-wise, everything’s going fairly smooth! I think I’m…oh, maybe a third of the way through where I want to be with my WIP, and my word count’s steadily been going up!

Other than that, I’ve just been making some fan art, volunteering at the library, watching Loki, hiking, and watching one of my close friends get through Fargo. (She’s coming up on one of my favorite twists in season 3…) I also had my first in-person guitar lesson since the pandemic started, and it’s so good to be back!

WHAT I READ THIS WEEK:

The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood (⭐️⭐️⭐️.75, rounded up to ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

The Handmaid's Tale eBook by Margaret Atwood - 9780547345666 | Rakuten Kobo United States

Spellhacker – M.K. England (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)

Forest of Souls (Shamanborn, #1) – Lori M. Lee (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Amazon.com: Forest of Souls (Shamanborn Series, 1) (9781624149245): Lee, Lori M.: Books

Gearbreakers – Zoe Hana Mikuta (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)

Gearbreakers eBook: Mikuta, Zoe Hana: Kindle Store - Amazon.com

Off Balance (Aunare Chronicles, #2) – Aileen Erin (DNF – ⭐️)

Amazon.com: Off Balance (Aunare Chronicles Book 2) eBook: Erin, Aileen: Kindle Store

POSTS AND SUCH:

SONGS:

CURRENTLY READING/TO READ NEXT WEEK:

Fable – Adrienne Young

When You Were Everything – Ashley Woodfolk

A Dark and Hollow Star – Ashley Shuttleworth

A Dark and Hollow Star eBook : Shuttleworth, Ashley: Amazon.in: Kindle Store

The Never Tilting World – Rin Chupeco

Sick Kids in Love – Hannah Moskowitz

Amazon.com: Sick Kids In Love eBook: Moskowitz, Hannah: Kindle Store

Today’s song:

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

Weekly Updates

Weekly Update: June 28 – July 4, 2021

Posted on July 4, 2021July 4, 2021 by madeline @ The Bookish Mutant

Happy Sunday, bibliophiles, and for those of you in the U.S., happy fourth! I still find it hard to be proud of my country sometimes, but it’s my personal belief that recognizing the flaws in your country and wanting to change them is patriotic. And hey, at least Trump’s out of office, right? It’s been so nice to not have to worry about my human rights being taken away…

(I swear it’s a coincidence that I’m reading The Handmaid’s Tale today…)

[ahem] anyway, it’s been a pretty nice week. We got a whole lot of rain last week, and now it’s starting to get warm again, which is always nice. I got a lot of reading done, but part of it’s because a) I read a lot of somewhat short books and b) I ended up having my first DNF of the year, so… [sad harmonica]

Writing’s been going well too! I started Camp NaNoWriMo on Thursday, and I’d say it’s going well so far. I accidentally misunderstood the word count goal feature for the whole “working on a draft you’ve already started” thing, and now that’s a little screwed up, but I’m trying to get it fixed, so it should be fine.

Other than that, I’ve just been making/organizing my playlists, watching Loki (AAAAH THAT LAST EPISODE) and Mars Attacks!, volunteering at the library, and playing Minecraft. I also got to make a trip to my favorite bookstores, and I have some books I’m super excited for lined up next week!

And now I can die happy knowing that the title of Instructions for Dancing is, in fact, a Magnetic Fields reference.

WHAT I READ THIS WEEK:

Instructions for Dancing – Nicola Yoon (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon: 9781524718961 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

The Light of the Midnight Stars – Rena Rossner (⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)

Amazon.com: The Light of the Midnight Stars (9780316483469): Rossner, Rena: Books

Sasha Masha – Agnes Borinsky (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Amazon.com: Sasha Masha eBook: Borinsky, Agnes: Kindle Store

Miss Benson’s Beetle – Rachel Joyce (DNF – ⭐️)

Miss Benson's Beetle eBook por Rachel Joyce - 9780812996715 | Rakuten Kobo Estados Unidos

The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1) – Namina Forna (⭐️⭐️.75, rounded up to ⭐️⭐️⭐️)

The Gilded Ones - By Namina Forna (hardcover) : Target

Bookish and the Beast (Once Upon a Con, #3) – Ashley Poston (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Bookish and the Beast (Once Upon a Con, #3) by Ashley Poston

POSTS AND SUCH:

SONGS:

CURRENTLY READING/TO READ NEXT WEEK:

The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale - Kindle edition by Atwood, Margaret. Literature & Fiction Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

Gearbreakers – Zoe Hana Mikuta

Gearbreakers (Gearbreakers, #1) by Zoe Hana Mikuta

Forest of Souls (Shamanborn, #1) – Lori M. Lee

Spellhacker – M.K. England

Amazon.com: Spellhacker (9780062657701): England, M. K.: Books

Off Balance (Aunare Chronicles, #2) – Aileen Erin

Today’s song:

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

Weekly Updates

Weekly Update: June 21 – 27, 2021

Posted on June 27, 2021 by madeline @ The Bookish Mutant

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…

Loki Episode 3 Casual Marvel Fan Thoughts — my will to write disappearing as soon as I open the Pages document

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 (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)