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Weekly Update: May 25-31, 2020

Posted on May 31, 2020November 26, 2020 by madeline @ The Bookish Mutant

Happy Sunday bibliophiles!

The first week of summer has been…interesting. I didn’t have as productive of a reading week (only three books finished), but all of the books I read were great, even if one of them was a re-read. The news has been deeply overwhelming in the last few days, so I’m trying to hit the balance of being informed but not getting myself overtly worked up. And as always, BLACK LIVES MATTER.

On that subject, please consider signing the petition linked below to arrest the three other officers involved in the murder of George Floyd. (One officer has been arrested already).

PETITION/JUSTICE FOR BIG FLOYD

On the upside, though, I watched The Life Aquatic (underrated!), and I signed up for Edelweiss! I requested 8 ARCs, and they’re all still pending, so we’ll see if I can get any of them…

Christmas Eve Waiting GIF - Find & Share on GIPHY — Me waiting to see the status on the ARCs

WHAT I READ THIS WEEK:

Furyborn (Empirium, #1)–Claire Legrand (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Amazon.com: Furyborn (The Empirium Trilogy) (0760789267765 ...

A Gentleman in Moscow–Amor Towles (⭐️⭐️⭐️.75, rounded up to ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel: Towles, Amor: 9780670026197 ...

Honor Among Thieves (The Honors, #1)–Ann Aguirre and Rachel Caine (re-read) (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.75, rounded up to ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Amazon.com: Honor Among Thieves (Honors) (9780062570994): Caine ...

POSTS AND SUCH:

SONGS:

CURRENTLY READING/TO READ NEXT WEEK:

Emma–Jane Austen

The Masked City (The Invisible Library, #2)–Genevieve Cogman

The Masked City (The Invisible Library Novel): Cogman, Genevieve ...

Today’s song:

[cries in the corner]

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

Weekly Updates

Weekly Update: May 18-24, 2020

Posted on May 24, 2020 by madeline @ The Bookish Mutant

Happy Sunday, everyone!

I’m finally back on my semi-regular schedule after finals week, and now it’s finally summer! REJOICE!

Cheer Applause GIF by Peanuts - Find & Share on GIPHY

Other than that, my week’s been alright. Besides my return to blogging, I’ve been doing a lot of drawing, I got to re-read a good book that I haven’t picked up in a few years, I listened to a lot of good music, and I also watched Pan’s Labyrinth. [gross sobbing] The weather’s been warming up, and even though we’re still inside, it’s shaping up to be a good summer, I think. Plus, not one, but TWO of my library holds came in yesterday, so I think next week should be a productive reading week as well! (And, I got two people to read Aurora Rising, so that’s always a success.)

Top 30 Pan's Labyrinth GIFs | Find the best GIF on Gfycat — Hey so uuuuhhhhh what’s the wifi password

WHAT I READ THIS WEEK:

Labyrinth Lost (Brooklyn Brujas, #1)–Zoraida Córdova (⭐️⭐️)

Amazon.com: Labyrinth Lost (Brooklyn Brujas) (0760789253713 ...

I Capture the Castle–Dodie Smith (re-read) (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Amazon.com: I Capture the Castle: Young Adult Edition: Young Adult ...

The Memory Book–Lara Avery (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Amazon.com: The Memory Book (9780316283748): Avery, Lara: Books

Born of Illusion (Born of Illusion, #1)–Teri Brown (⭐️⭐️.5)

Amazon.com: Born of Illusion (9780062187550): Teri Brown: Books

POSTS AND SUCH:

SONGS:

CURRENTLY READING/TO READ NEXT WEEK:

A Gentleman in Moscow–Amor Towles

Furyborn–Claire Legrand

Amazon.com: Furyborn (The Empirium Trilogy) (9781432855789 ...

Today’s song:

Thanks to my dad for sending me this glorious video…

That’s it for this ~~week~~ three days or so of blogging! Have a wonderful rest of your day, and take care of yourselves!

Weekly Updates

Weekly Update: May 4-10, 2020

Posted on May 10, 2020 by madeline @ The Bookish Mutant

Happy Sunday, and Happy Mother’s Day! I know I don’t know where I would possibly be without my mom, and I am so grateful to have someone as special as her in my life. 💗

All things considered, it’s actually been a pretty great week for me! I had a lovely May 4th/Star Wars day, and I rewatched The Empire Strikes Back that night. I’ve had a relatively easy online school week, the weather’s been warm, I’ve had loads of fun writing (everything’s more fun once you launch everyone into space), watched Fight Club (SO well-written), and rediscovered a song that I hadn’t listened to in ages. I also got Aurora Burning in the mail, and read it twice. I couldn’t have asked for a better sequel. Even though the ending absolutely WRECKED me. I’ll save all that for my review next week, so stay tuned! 😉

And now, I’m at 100 books on my Goodreads challenge!

WHAT I READ THIS WEEK:

Pretty Monsters–Kelly Link (⭐️⭐️)

Show Stopper–Hayley Barker (⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)

Girls in the Moon–Janet McNally (⭐️⭐️⭐️.75, rounded up to ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Aurora Burning (Aurora Cycle, #2)–Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️) (read twice)

The Bluest Eye–Toni Morrison (for school) (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

POSTS AND SUCH:

SONGS:

CURRENTLY READING/TO READ NEXT WEEK:

The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration Into the Wonder of Consciousness–Sy Montgomery

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: April 27-May 3, 2020

Posted on May 3, 2020 by madeline @ The Bookish Mutant

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Happy Sunday, bibliophiles!

It’s been like this for a while, but the feeling of all of the weeks blurring together has really started to set in. Things that feel miles away only happened a matter of weeks ago, and the few dates I’ve either dreaded or have been really excited for have really started to creep up. It’s a quarantine blessing and a curse, really.

That being said, other than the general monotony of online school, it’s been a good week. I listened to a lot of music (both actually new and new to me), read some good books, and reached–and surpassed–my Camp NaNo WriMo goal of 110,00 words! I also finished Fargo [incomprehensible screeching] and watched Rear Window, and the weather’s been wonderfully spring-y. Can’t complain. And there’s only TWO DAYS until Aurora Burning arrives! I preordered it a few months back, so hopefully I’ll get it in the mail sometime next week…

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Oh, and this happened…

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W H O A

WHAT I READ THIS WEEK:

Kissing in America–Margo Rabb (⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)

Kissing in America by Margo Rabb

Reverie–Ryan La Sala (⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)

Amazon.com: Reverie (0760789277535): La Sala, Ryan: Books

How to Hang a Witch–Adriana Mather (⭐️⭐️⭐️.75, rounded up to ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Amazon.com: How to Hang a Witch (9780553539479): Mather, Adriana ...

The Black Witch–Laurie Forest (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.25)

Novels – Laurie Forest

POSTS AND SUCH:

SONGS:

CURRENTLY READING/TO READ NEXT WEEK:

The Bluest Eye–Toni Morrison (for school)

The Bluest Eye (Vintage International): Morrison, Toni ...

Pretty Monsters–Kelly Link

Amazon.com: Pretty Monsters (9780142416723): Link, Kelly: Books

Today’s song:

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

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Weekly Updates

Weekly Update: April 20-26, 2020

Posted on April 26, 2020July 8, 2020 by madeline @ The Bookish Mutant

Happy Sunday, bibliophiles! I hope today finds you safe and healthy.

Whew…not sure why, but this week just flew by, for no reason in particular. Just…[Thanos snap] like that. Bam. No rhyme or reason to it.

And now, I’m dealing with the consequences of last year’s highly successful reading week. After finishing Hellboy II: The Art of the Movie, I DNF’d not one, but TWO books in a row, and after that, I haven’t read anything higher than three stars this week. Oof…

Hey, at least we got more new Car Seat Headrest this week, their new album comes out in less than a week, and Aurora Burning is almost here, too! At least I’ve got that to look forward to in the next few weeks. I’ve also been watching Fargo (almost done with season 1), watched Dogma (ABSOLUTELY HYSTERICAL), and got to 200 pages on my WIP for Camp NaNo WriMo! I now only have 2,000 words left until I reach my goal of 110,000 words!

WHAT I READ THIS WEEK:

Hellboy II: The Art of the Movie–Guillermo del Toro, Mike Mignola (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Infinity Son–Adam Silvera (DNF–⭐️)

Storm and Fury–Jennifer L. Armentrout (DNF–⭐️)

Songs from the Deep–Kelly Powell (⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Side Effects May Vary–Julie Murphy (⭐️⭐️)

The Tightrope Walkers–David Almond (⭐️⭐️⭐️)

POSTS AND SUCH:

SONGS:

CURRENTLY READING/TO READ NEXT WEEK:

Kissing in America–Margo Rabb

Today’s song:

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

Books, Weekly Updates

Weekly Update: April 13-19, 2020

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

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Happy Sunday, bibliophiles! As always, I hope you’re all safe, sane, and healthy. And please, STAY HOME. FOR ALL OF OUR SAKES, STAY HOME. 💗

This week began fairly normally; it had its ups and downs until about Thursday afternoon or Friday, and from there, things started to really pick up. I read a whole score of great books, watched Darjeeling Limited (Wes Anderson is always a win), there’s new Car Seat Headrest, goofed around on my guitar, and did a lot of drawing! And on this leg of Camp NaNoWriMo, I finally got to 100,000+ WORDS! WOOOOHOOO!

Happy Jennifer Aniston GIF - Find & Share on GIPHY

Also, my dad and I finally completed that 1,000 piece Hellboy puzzle! Here’s the final result:

Oh, and Jay Kristoff recently confirmed via Instagram that the use of the sound effect BAMF for the disruptors in Aurora Rising was, in fact, a reference to Nightcrawler’s teleporting sound effect. REJOICE!

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WHAT I READ THIS WEEK:

David Bowie: The Last Interview and Other Conversations–David Bowie et. al. (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

David Bowie: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (The Last ...

The Final Six (The Final Six, #1)–Alexandra Monir (re-read) (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

The Final Six | Alexandra Monir

The Life Below (The Final Six, #2)–Alexandra Monir (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)

Amazon.com: The Life Below (9780062658975): Monir, Alexandra: Books

Pet–Akwaeke Emezi (⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Pet: Emezi, Akwaeke: 9780525647072: Amazon.com: Books

The Invisible Library (The Invisible Library, #1)–Genevieve Cogman (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.75, rounded up to ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

The Invisible Library (The Invisible Library Novel): Cogman ...

Hellboy: Art of the Movie–Guillermo del Toro, Mike Mignola (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Hellboy: The Art of the Movie by Dark Horse Comics (2004-03-16 ...

(The latter of that list has inspired me to try and do a bunch of character sketches for my book…)

POSTS AND SUCH:

SONGS:

CURRENTLY READING/TO READ NEXT WEEK:

Hellboy II: The Art of the Movie–Guillermo del Toro, Mike Mignola

Hellboy II: Art of the Movie by Mike Mignola (2008-06-17): Amazon ...

Infinity Son–Adam Silvera

Amazon.com: Infinity Son (Infinity Cycle) (9780062457820): Silvera ...

Today’s song:

(Like I said. Darjeeling Limited.)

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

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Weekly Updates

Weekly Update: April 6-12, 2020

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

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Happy Sunday, bibliophiles! Happy Easter, as well, if that’s your thing. 🙂 🐰

I’m *slowly* getting back into the routine of online school. I’ve been working away at a 1,000 piece Mignolaverse puzzle (I’ll post a picture once I’ve finished it, I’m pretty close), and I finally got around to posting my Johann comic-to-film comparison that I’ve been putting off for over a year. (Lazy 100). I’m in week 2 of Camp NaNoWriMo, and I have almost 95,000 words now! My reading week was slightly less productive than the last few weeks, but it looks more on the normal side, as opposed to my excessive quarantine reading. Plus, I managed to get in a solid 5-star read this week! That has to count for something.

THE EASTER BUNNY ~ Rise of the Guardians, 2012 gif | Guardian, Bunny — Me waking up this morning and realizing that it’s frEEZING–

WHAT I READ THIS WEEK:

I Hope You Get This Message–Farah Naz Rishi (⭐️⭐️)

Amazon.com: I Hope You Get This Message eBook: Rishi, Farah Naz ...

Cursed–Thomas Wheeler and Frank Miller (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Amazon.com: Cursed (9781534425330): Wheeler, Thomas, Miller, Frank ...

Sawkill Girls–Claire Legrand (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Sawkill Girls - Claire Legrand - Hardcover

The Outsiders–S.E. Hinton (⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)

Amazon.com: The Outsiders eBook: Hinton, S. E.: Kindle Store

POSTS AND SUCH:

SONGS:

CURRENTLY READING/TO READ NEXT WEEK:

David Bowie: The Last Interview and Other Conversations–David Bowie et. al.

David Bowie: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (The Last ...

The Final Six (The Final Six, #1)–Alexandra Monir (re-read)

Amazon.com: The Final Six (9780062658944): Monir, Alexandra: Books

Today’s song:

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

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Books, Weekly Updates

Weekly Update: March 30-April 5, 2020

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

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Happy Sunday, bibliophiles!

Whew…it hasn’t quite been a tiring week, but it’s been a week of strange transitions, what with going back to online school, and subsequently finding out that we’ll be doing online learning for the entire rest of the school year. (Oh, and the general disappointment in the fact that The New Mutants was supposed to come out on Friday, but it’s been delayed until who-knows-when…sigh…). I’m starting to accept that this is starting to become the new normal for now, but I think we should all keep in mind that this is not forever. As with all things, COVID-19 will eventually pass. In the words of Phoebe Bridgers, “It’ll all work out/Eventually.” 💗

This Too Shall Pass Waiting Sticker by Pretty Whiskey / Alex ...

Oh, and I started Camp NaNoWriMo again on the 1st! I’m on the same WIP as before, but I’m trying to get it to about 110,000 words. I’m at around 87,000 at the moment. Wish me luck!

WHAT I READ THIS WEEK:

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing–Hank Green (⭐️–DNF at 36%)

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing: A Novel: Green, Hank ...

Ghosts–Raina Telgemeier (re-read, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Ghosts: Telgemeier, Raina, Telgemeier, Raina: 9780545540629 ...

Kids of Appetite–David Arnold (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)

Amazon.com: Kids of Appetite (9780451470782): Arnold, David: Books

Dark Energy–Robison Wells (⭐️⭐️.75, rounded up to ⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Dark Energy by Robison Wells

Boys Don’t Knit–T. S. Easton (⭐️⭐️)

Boys Don't Knit (in Public) (Boys Don't Knit, #1) by T.S. Easton

Mosquitoland–David Arnold (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)

Amazon.com: Mosquitoland (9780147513656): David Arnold: Books

POSTS AND SUCH:

SONGS:

CURRENTLY READING/TO READ NEXT WEEK:

I Hope You Get This Message–Farah Naz Rishi

I Hope You Get This Message by Farah Naz Rishi

Today’s song:

I just discovered Black Belt Eagle Scout yesterday; I listened to all of Mother of My Children, and I think this was my favorite song off the album 🙂

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

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Weekly Updates

Weekly Update: March 23-29, 2020

Posted on March 29, 2020 by madeline @ The Bookish Mutant

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Happy Sunday, bibliophiles!

As always, I hope you are all safe, comfortable, and well during these crazy times. We had our “spring break” this week, which mostly consisted of me sprawled out on the couch reading, but it was quite relaxing, all things considered. Our state now has an official stay at home order, and I have online school almost through the end of April, so next month should be…interesting, to say the least.

I read a LOT this week, and I’m happy to say that I loved most of what I read! Libby (online library) has now become my savior, and I’m now stocked up on library books that I can check out on my kindle. I re-read one of my favorite books, watched The Grand Budapest Hotel and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (LOVED both of those), started learning “No Surprises” (Radiohead) on guitar, and I created an original book tag! Online school starts back up next week, so we’ll see how that works out…but overall, I’ve actually had a weirdly good week!

Rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead GIFs - Get the best GIF on GIPHY — all of us cooped up at home trying to amuse ourselves

WHAT I READ THIS WEEK:

The Survivor (The Pioneer, #2)–Bridget Tyler (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Amazon.com: The Survivor: A Pioneer Novel (9780062658098): Tyler ...

The Scorpion Rules (Prisoners of Peace, #1)–Erin Bow (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Amazon.com: The Scorpion Rules (Prisoners of Peace) (9781481442725 ...

Even the Darkest Stars–Heather Fawcett (⭐️⭐️⭐️.75, rounded up to 4)

Even the Darkest Stars : Heather Fawcett : 9780062463395

One–Sarah Crossan (⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)

Amazon.com: One (9780062118752): Crossan, Sarah: Books

Aurora Rising (The Aurora Cycle, #1)–Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff (re-read, yet again)

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Amazon.com: Aurora Rising (The Aurora Cycle) (9781524720964 ...

When the Moon Was Ours–Anna-Marie McLemore (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)

Amazon.com: When the Moon Was Ours: A Novel (9781250058669 ...

POSTS AND SUCH:

SONGS:

CURRENTLY READING/TO READ NEXT WEEK:

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing–Hank Green

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing: A Novel: Green, Hank ...

Today’s song:

(This one’s been stuck in my head for a good…two or three days now? Classic)

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

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Books, Weekly Updates

Weekly Update: March 16-22, 2020

Posted on March 22, 2020 by madeline @ The Bookish Mutant

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Happy Sunday, bibliophiles!

Whew, what a week it’s been…

Not tiring, necessarily, but this week was the first week that my school tried out online learning. It wasn’t too bad, per se, just…a chaotic and strange transition, at times. (*coughcoughcough SPANISH coughcoughcough*) Nice to do everything from bed, at least. Our spring break is next week, and then we have a good three weeks more of online learning, almost through the end of April. I’m a very introverted person, but I still tend to get kind of stir-crazy. So I’m going to try and make this month at home into a time of creative productivity (working on my WIP, drawing, blogging, etc.), LOTS of reading, and plowing through my movie bucket list. (Once this social distancing time is over, I’ll try and dedicate a post to all of the movies that I’ve watched. So far, I’ve only crossed off 9 and RBG, but I can assure you that I will be SUBSISTING off of Netflix in the next few weeks…)

Hopefully I’ll be a *bit* more prolific blogging-wise during this time.

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WHAT I READ THIS WEEK:

Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said–Philip K. Dick (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

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Crown of Coral and Pearl–Mara Rutherford (⭐️⭐️.5)

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Sisters–Raina Telgemeier (re-read) (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

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Cadaver and Queen–Alisa Kwitney (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

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Cannery Row–John Steinbeck (finished for school) (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

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The Unhappening of Genesis Lee–Shallee McArthur (⭐️⭐️)

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POSTS AND SUCH:

SONGS:

CURRENTLY READING/TO READ NEXT WEEK:

Just to let you all know, in the future, this part of the weekly update might be far sparser in the next few weeks. I’ll be relying on the Kindle library and Libby for books to read, so I don’t really have anything “on hold” that I know for certain that I will read in the next week(s). But, I just bought this one yesterday, and I am ENJOYING EVERY MINUTE OF IT…

The Survivor (The Pioneer, #2)–Bridget Tyler

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Today’s song:

That’s it for this week in blogging! Please stay safe out there, anyone, and don’t endanger yourself or others in these strange times. Have a wonderful rest of your day, and take care of yourselves!

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