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October Wrap-Up 🦇

Posted on October 31, 2021November 1, 2021 by madeline @ The Bookish Mutant

Happy Sunday, bibliophiles!

October is usually one of my favorite times of year, but this year was one of a lot of self-reflection. Last October was—and still is—a painful stretch of terrain to look back on, but I’m glad to say that I’m in a much better place now. Plus, fall!

GENERAL THOUGHTS:

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Since last year, I’ve had lots of time to heal, and even though the particular anniversary of the most unpleasant part was rocky, I’ve had a nice month overall. October is one of my favorite times of year, what with the confluence of Halloween and all the good feelings I associate with fall, and I got to enjoy that part to the fullest. There’s been hardly any snow at all (and what little snow we had didn’t accumulate), and the leaves have been extra bright and crunchy.

I had a lot of fun this month too! I dyed my hair, I got pumpkins, I got to watch two amazing movies (Dune and The French Dispatch) in theaters, and I just got back from LA! We went to see Danny Elfman perform the soundtrack of The Nightmare Before Christmas on Friday night, which was MAGICAL. We stopped by the La Brea Tar Pits museum and Amoeba Records too, which were both amazing. Plus, even though I only got to wear it for a few minutes after getting back to the airport, my Kaz Brekker costume was a lot of fun.

As far as writing goes, I’ve been writing my other WIP on and off. I hit 100 pages recently, but I feel like it’ll be too short…plus, and I’m fighting the urge to edit my main WIP. Maybe NaNoWriMo will sort things out.

We’ll see.

READING AND BLOGGING:

I read 18 books this month! As far as the quantity goes, it’s been my worst reading month of the year, but it doesn’t really matter. I can mostly chalk it up to a) school, b) more long books than usual, and c) at least two reading slumps, but I still read a whole lot of stuff that I’d been looking forward to. Plus, there were some single-issue comics in there too. And I’m still on track to complete my Goodreads goal, anyway.

1 – 1.75 stars:

Amazon.com: Horrid eBook : Leno, Katrina: Kindle Store — *Horrid*

The Stars Now Unclaimed (The Universe After, #1) – Drew Williams (DNF) (⭐️)
Horrid – Katrina Leno (⭐️)

2 – 2.75 stars:

Caster : Chapman, Elsie: Amazon.co.uk: Books — *Caster*

Caster – Elsie Chapman (⭐️⭐️)

3 – 3.75 stars:

Project Hail Mary: A Novel: Weir, Andy: 9780593135204: Amazon.com: Books — *Project Hail Mary*

Vampires, Hearts, & Other Dead Things – Margie Fuston (⭐️⭐️⭐️)
His Hideous Heart – Dahlia Adler et. al. (anthology) (⭐️⭐️⭐️)
Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force, #1) – Craig Alanson (⭐️⭐️⭐️)
A Gathering of Shadows (Shades of Magic, #2) – V.E. Schwab (⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)
Each of Us a Desert – Mark Oshiro (⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)
A Neon Darkness (The Bright Sessions, #2) – Lauren Shippen (⭐️⭐️⭐️.75)
Project Hail Mary – Andy Weir (⭐️⭐️⭐️.75)

4 – 4.75 stars:

Amazon.com: Steelstriker (Skyhunter Duology): 9781250221728: Lu, Marie: Books — *Steelstriker*

Iron Widow – Xiran Jay Zhao (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)
The Picture of Dorian Gray – Oscar Wilde (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)
Brave New World – Aldous Huxley (for school) (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue – V.E. Schwab (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)
Animals Real and Imagined: The Fantasy of What Is and What Might Be – Terryl Whitlatch (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)
A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1) – V.E. Schwab (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)
Steelstriker (Skyhunter, #2) – Marie Lu (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)
A Conjuring of Light (Shades of Magic, #3) – V.E. Schwab (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)

FAVORITE BOOK OF THE MONTH: A Conjuring of Light – 4.5 stars

Buy A Conjuring of Light: A Novel: 3 (Shades of Magic, 3) Book Online at Low Prices in India | A Conjuring of Light: A Novel: 3 (Shades of Magic, 3) Reviews & Ratings - Amazon.in

SOME POSTS I’M PROUD OF:

I loved reviewing A Darker Shade of Magic, Iron Widow, and Steelstriker!
I made a list of Found Family sci-fi books!
I had a lot of fun with the Cozy Fall book tag!

POSTS I ENJOYED FROM OTHER WONDERFUL PEOPLE:

SONGS/ALBUMS THAT I ENJOYED:

pretty solid album

this song played while I was getting my hair dyed, and needless to say, I’m obsessed

our ears are blessed by another snail mail single

this one constantly gets stuck in my head and I love it

NEW SUKI WATERHOUSE BOTTOM TEXT

Okay The French Dispatch was an INSTANT 5 stars for me and I love this cover too

DID I FOLLOW THROUGH WITH MY OCTOBER GOALS?

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Read at least 20 books: 18.
Post more than just Goodreads Mondays/Book Review Tuesdays (schoolwork permitting, of course, schoolwork first): did that! See the posts I’m proud of section for them.
Celebrate SPOOKY SEASON accordingly: yep. Only got to wear my Kaz costume for 10 minutes, but it was great.

GOALS FOR NOVEMBER:

𝓉𝒾𝓂𝓂𝓎 — Timothée Chalamet in The French Dispatch (2020),...

Read at least 20 books
Enjoy Thanksgiving Break!
Keep the progress on my current WIP

Today’s song (Halloween edition):

okay seeing this live sung by Ken Page himself was AN UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE

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

Weekly Updates

Weekly Update: October 18-24, 2021

Posted on October 24, 2021October 24, 2021 by madeline @ The Bookish Mutant

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

For the most part, it’s been a good week. I have three (yes, three) exams all on the same day next week, so that’s…fun…but I’ve managed to get my studying under control. My mood’s continued to be a lot better than last October, and I’m glad to say, again, that I’m in a better place. I know I must sound like a broken record by now, but last October was absolutely abysmal…

As far as reading goes…you ever just have one of those weeks where you read something FANTASTIC and then everything else you read that week just…sucks? Yeah, that’s how it’s been. Two 1-star reads, one of which was a DNF. But I got some more books from the library yesterday, so hopefully things should pick up. (I finished the Shades of Magic trilogy and I don’t know what to do with myself now…) I’ve been making steady-ish progress with my current WIP as well, and I passed 100 pages last night!

Other than that, I’ve just been eating leftover cake, studying, getting my pumpkins for Halloween, and watching The French Dispatch! I saw the latter on Friday night, and it was an instant 5-star movie for me. You can just tell that it’s exactly the kind of thing that Wes Anderson has been waiting years to make, and the creativity and love just radiates from it in waves. 100% in my top 3 Wes Anderson movies now. (I’m seeing Dune tonight too!! Finally!!)

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WHAT I READ THIS WEEK:

A Conjuring of Light (Shades of Magic, #3) – V.E. Schwab (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)

Amazon.com: A Conjuring of Light: A Novel (Shades of Magic Book 3) eBook : Schwab, V. E.: Kindle Store

Caster – Elsie Chapman (⭐️⭐️)

The Stars Now Unclaimed (The Universe After, #1) – Drew Williams (DNF – ⭐️)

Amazon.com: The Stars Now Unclaimed (The Universe After Book 1) eBook : Williams, Drew: Kindle Store

Animals Real and Imagined: The Fantasy of What Is and What Might Be – Terryl Whitlatch (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Animals Real and Imagined Terryl Whitlatch Soft Cover 9781933492926 | eBay

Horrid – Katrina Leno (⭐️)

THE ONE, LONELY POST I MADE THIS WEEK:

Book Review Tuesday (10/19/21) – Steelstriker (Skyhunter, #2)

THE ONE, LONELY SONG THAT WENT WITH IT:

“Taking Me Back (Gently)” – Jack White

CURRENTLY READING/TO READ NEXT WEEK:

His Hideous Heart – Dahlia Adler et. al. (anthology)

His Hideous Heart: 13 of Edgar Allan Poe's Most Unsettling Tales Reimagined: Adler, Dahlia: 9781250302793: Amazon.com: Books

Project Hail Mary – Andy Weir

A bestseller with some problems: 'Project Hail Mary' by Andy Weir | Books | santafenewmexican.com

The Girls Are Never Gone – Sarah Glenn Marsh

The Girls Are Never Gone by Sarah Glenn Marsh: 9781984836151 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

Dream Country – Ashaye Brown

Amazon.com: Dream Country: 9781916042988: Brown, Ashaye: Books

Today’s song:

this album. this album is still magic.

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

Weekly Updates

Weekly Update: October 11-17, 2021

Posted on October 17, 2021 by madeline @ The Bookish Mutant

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

Even though I’ve been dwelling on some unpleasant things this week, it’s been a surprisingly good couple of days. A year ago now, I was in a really rough patch in my life, and all I can do now is be grateful that I’m in a happier place and that I’ve grown and healed in the time since then.

Reading was a little slow this week, but I had some good reads, both for fun and for school. (A lot of sequels this week, for no reason in particular…) I also held my meeting for my school’s book club, and it was so much fun to talk about The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea with everyone!

Though it’s been a little on-and-off, I’ve also gotten lots of writing done for my current WIP this week! I’ve discovered that dreamlike sequences are a lot of fun to write; this WIP has a whole lot of them, and adding in all the detail has been one of my favorite parts of writing this story in particular. Also, after I’d written a certain scene, I realized that I unintentionally made an overt Yellow Submarine reference…absolutely embracing that though

yellow submarine the glove gif | WiffleGif — my current WIP without context

Other than that, I’ve been drawing a handful of aliens, enjoying my newly dyed hair, listening to the new Snail Mail and Suki Waterhouse, and losing all self-control around the bowl of candy corns sitting on my dining room table. I love October.

WHAT I READ THIS WEEK:

A Gathering of Shadows (Shades of Magic, #2) – V.E. Schwab (⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)

Buy A Gathering of Shadows: A Novel: 2 (Shades of Magic, 2) Book Online at Low Prices in India | A Gathering of Shadows: A Novel: 2 (Shades of Magic, 2) Reviews & Ratings - Amazon.in

A Neon Darkness (The Bright Sessions, #2) – Lauren Shippen (⭐️⭐️⭐️.75, rounded up to ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ )

A Neon Darkness (The Bright Sessions, #2) by Lauren Shippen

Brave New World – Aldous Huxley (for school) (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Brave New World: Aldous Huxley: 9780060809836: Amazon.com: Books

Each of Us a Desert – Mark Oshiro (⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue – V.E. Schwab (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - Kindle edition by Schwab, V. E.. Literature & Fiction Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

POSTS AND SUCH:

SONGS:

CURRENTLY READING/TO READ NEXT WEEK:

A Conjuring of Light (Shades of Magic, #3) – V.E. Schwab

The Stars Now Unclaimed (The Universe After, #1) – Drew Williams

Caster – Elsie Chapman

Today’s song:

SHE’S BACK SHE’S BACK we need an album

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

Weekly Updates

Weekly Update: October 4-10, 2021

Posted on October 10, 2021 by madeline @ The Bookish Mutant

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

I wanted this week to be a relaxing one, and I’m glad to say that I mostly succeeded! My school had a four-day weekend this week, so I had lots of time to catch up on sleep and get some much needed rest.

After that week-and-a-half slump, I had some FANTASTIC reads this week! I’ve only read book 1, but I can already say that I’m hooked on the Shades of Magic series, and it was bittersweet to end the Skyhunter duology. 😭 I also resumed one of my unfinished drafts (FINALLY), and I managed to get out 1,000 words last night!

Other than that, I’ve been doing lots of drawing, volunteering at the library, finishing What If? and getting through more of What We Do in the Shadows, and dyeing my hair! My hair is now blue on top, and then it fades to purple and pink at the ends!! The appointment for my hair was long though, so I brought along Steelstriker…and then had to try and hold it together after I got to a gut-wrenching scene right as it was time to rinse my hair out 😵‍💫

[nervous laughter] bookworm problems, amirite

WHAT I READ THIS WEEK:

A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1) – V.E. Schwab (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)

Buy A Darker Shade of Magic: A Novel: 1 (Shades of Magic, 1) Book Online at Low Prices in India | A Darker Shade of Magic: A Novel: 1 (Shades of Magic,

Vampires, Hearts, & Other Dead Things – Margie Fuston (⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Amazon.com: Vampires, Hearts & Other Dead Things: 9781534474574: Fuston, Margie: Books

The Picture of Dorian Gray – Oscar Wilde (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

The Picture of Dorian Gray (Vintage Classics): Wilde, Oscar, Eugenides, Jeffrey: 2015307743527: Amazon.com: Books

Steelstriker (Skyhunter, #2) – Marie Lu (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)

POSTS AND SUCH:

SONGS:

CURRENTLY READING/TO READ NEXT WEEK:

Brave New World – Aldous Huxley (for school)

A Gathering of Shadows (Shades of Magic, #2) – V.E. Schwab

A Gathering of Shadows (Shades of Magic, #2) by V.E. Schwab

Each of Us a Desert – Mark Oshiro

A Neon Darkness (The Bright Sessions, #2) – Lauren Shippen

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue – V.E. Schwab

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue: Schwab, V. E.: 9780765387561: Amazon.com: Books

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: September 27 – October 3, 2021

Posted on October 3, 2021 by madeline @ The Bookish Mutant

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

Our Bloody Pearl, though I liked it, gave me false hope that my reading slump would end last week…it ended up stretching through to the end of this week, but the last book I read was fantastic, so I’m considering the slump broken. I got my preorder of Steelstriker in the mail, as well as some fantastic-looking library books, so I think I’ll have a good streak this week!

It’s definitely been a bit of a busy week this week–finishing up school stuff, visiting a college a few hours away, and going to homecoming. I’m also dyeing my hair soon, but since my hair’s so long now, we split the appointment in two, so I’m currently blonde. It’s a lot of fun though.

Other than that, I’ve just been making my way through What If? and What We Do in the Shadows, ~~procrastinating on~~ writing, and rearranging my bookshelf based on the addition of one (1) book. It’s a delicate balance.

And it’s finally SPOOKY SEASON! I just helped my parents put up all the Halloween decorations…

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WHAT I READ THIS WEEK:

Final Draft – Riley Redgate (⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Final Draft by Riley Redgate, Paperback | Barnes & Noble®

Namesake (Fable, #2) – Adrienne Young (⭐️⭐️.5)

Witches of Ash and Ruin – E. Latimer (⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Amazon.com: Witches of Ash and Ruin: 9781368052252: Latimer, E.: Books

Iron Widow – Xiran Jay Zhao (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao: 9780735269934 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

POSTS AND SUCH:

SONGS:

CURRENTLY READING/TO READ NEXT WEEK:

The Picture of Dorian Gray – Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde: 9780307743527 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1) – V.E. Schwab

Amazon.com: A Darker Shade of Magic: A Novel (Shades of Magic Book 1) eBook : Schwab, V. E.: Kindle Store

Vampires, Hearts, & Other Dead Things – Margie Fuston

Vampires, Hearts, & Other Dead Things by Margie Fuston

Steelstriker (Skyhunter, #2) – Marie Lu

Today’s song:

[hears this on shuffle] [is instantly teleported back to March 2020]

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

Weekly Updates

Weekly Update: October 26-November 1, 2020

Posted on November 1, 2020November 1, 2020 by madeline @ The Bookish Mutant

Happy Sunday, bibliophiles, happy November, and happy Día de los Muertos, if that’s your thing!

Whew, October’s definitely been a rough month for me, and this week wasn’t much of an exception. Junior year is weighing heavy on me, but through it all, at least I’ve had lots of good music and books to keep me going. Having a snow day on Monday was lovely, and now the weather’s nice and moderate. (Oh, and this fourth season of Fargo might just be my favorite, but I’m just hoping Rabbi Milligan survives for a few more episodes…) And Halloween season is always fun–we celebrated on Friday with The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and we carved our pumpkins and watched The Nightmare Before Christmas and Beetlejuice on Saturday night. Here’s how my pumpkin turned out, I carved the logo from Fargo on it!

Just carved on left, on the front porch at night on the right!

It was promptly eaten by a deer this morning, but hey, I was really proud of it while it lasted.

All things considered, I’ve had a good reading week. I had a couple of disappointments, but I finally got around to reading The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and really enjoyed it! (Expect a review next week!)

And…NaNoWriMo starts today, so there shall be writing aplenty tonight…

WHAT I READ THIS WEEK:

Radio Silence–Alice Oseman (⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)

Radio Silence by Alice Oseman, Paperback | Barnes & Noble®

All the Stars and Teeth–Adalyn Grace (⭐️⭐️)

Amazon.com: All the Stars and Teeth (All the Stars and Teeth Duology, 1) (9781250307781): Grace, Adalyn: Books

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0)–Suzanne Collins (⭐️⭐️⭐️.75, rounded up to ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes' by Suzanne Collins book review - The Washington Post

The Athena Protocol–Shamim Sarif (⭐️⭐️)

Amazon.com: The Athena Protocol (9780062849601): Sarif, Shamim: Books

Tweet Cute–Emma Lord (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Amazon.com: Tweet Cute: A Novel (9781250237323): Lord, Emma: Books

The Sleeper and the Spindle–Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell (illustrator) (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Amazon.com: The Sleeper and the Spindle eBook: Gaiman, Neil, Riddell, Chris: Kindle Store

POSTS AND SUCH:

SONGS:

CURRENTLY READING/TO READ NEXT WEEK:

Six of Crows–Leigh Bardugo (re-read for book club)

Six of Crows (Six of Crows, 1): Amazon.co.uk: Bardugo, Leigh: Books

Today Tonight Tomorrow–Rachel Lynn Solomon

Amazon.com: Today Tonight Tomorrow (9781534440241): Solomon, Rachel Lynn: Books

Black Moon (Zodiac, #3)–Romina Russell

Amazon.com: Black Moon (Zodiac) (9781595147462): Russell, Romina: Books

Today’s song:

That’s it for this week in blogging! Have a wonderful rest of your day, and take care of yourselves! Here’s to a much better November.

Weekly Updates

Weekly Update: October 19-25, 2020

Posted on October 25, 2020October 27, 2020 by madeline @ The Bookish Mutant

Happy Sunday, bibliophiles!

This week has been…well…slightly better than the last, at least? That really isn’t saying much, but it’s gotten the tiniest bit better. Definitely overwhelming and stressful school-wise (@ junior year please stop throwing me off a cliff), but I’m (mostly) over the hump now. I had quizzes in my two hardest classes, so that was no fun.

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Other than that, it’s been alright. I’m slowly crawling out of the pit that was last week, but I’ve still been feeling a bit low. I read quite a lot of good books, though, so at least there’s that. I caught up on/rewatched the newest episode of Fargo (no spoilers, but…[AGONIZED SCREAMING]), got a bunch of new books at the library (finally have The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes on my hands!), watched the original Frankenstein again (gotta love how Henry just straight-up admits to grave robbing), and had some birthday festivities for my family. Halloween season always cheers me up, if nothing else, so through all this general bleh-ness, at least we have pumpkins all over the house, a bowl of candy corns, and crunchy leaves on the ground. (Well…crunchy leaves covered in snow, as of this morning.)

I’m…pretty much finished with my outline for NaNoWriMo? I’m itching to get writing again, so I only have one week left to wait…

And today (October 25) marks the beginning of Ace Week! So expect a compilation of books with characters on the asexual spectrum sometime this week.

Oh, and I just witnessed a squirrel on my balcony abscond with a stale bagel…

Ladies, gentlemen and others, welcome to Colorado.

WHAT I READ THIS WEEK:

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

Amazon.com: The Other Side of the Sky (9780062893338): Kaufman, Amie, Spooner, Meagan: Books

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

Memento (The Illuminae Files, #0.5) by Amie Kaufman

The War of the Worlds–H.G. Wells (⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Amazon.com: The War of the Worlds (AmazonClassics Edition) eBook: Wells, H. G.: Kindle Store

The Love Letters of Abelard and Lily–Laura Creedle (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

The Love Letters of Abelard and Lily by Laura Creedle

Bone Crier’s Moon (Bone Grace, #1)–Kathryn Purdie (⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Amazon.com: Bone Crier's Moon (9780062798770): Purdie, Kathryn: Books

POSTS AND SUCH:

SONGS:

CURRENTLY READING/TO READ NEXT WEEK:

Radio Silence–Alice Oseman

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes–Suzanne Collins

Amazon.com: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (A Hunger Games Novel) eBook: Collins, Suzanne: Kindle Store

All the Stars and Teeth–Adalyn Grace

The Athena Protocol–Shamim Sarif

Amazon.com: The Athena Protocol eBook: Sarif, Shamim: 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: October 12-18, 2020

Posted on October 18, 2020October 18, 2020 by madeline @ The Bookish Mutant

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.

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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…

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WHAT I READ THIS WEEK:

The Court of Miracles–Kester Grant (⭐️⭐️)

The Court of Miracles (9781524772857): Grant, Kester: Books - Amazon.com

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

Amazon.com: The Bone Houses eBook: Lloyd-Jones, Emily: Kindle Store

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

Amazon.com: Dark and Deepest Red (9781250162748): McLemore, Anna-Marie: Books

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

Chilling Effect: Valdes, Valerie: 9780062877239: Amazon.com: Books

A Touch of Gold–Annie Sullivan (⭐️⭐️)

A Touch of Gold (A Touch of Gold, #1) by Annie Sullivan

Skyhunter–Marie Lu (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)

POSTS AND SUCH:

SONGS:

CURRENTLY READING/TO READ NEXT WEEK:

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

The Other Side of the Sky by Amie Kaufman

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

Kristoff, Jay | Wyrdbooks: SF/Fantasy Books

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!

Weekly Updates

Weekly Update: October 5-11, 2020

Posted on October 11, 2020 by madeline @ The Bookish Mutant

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

Now that all of the big tests and quizzes that I’ve been stressing out over are over with, I’m feeling a lot better. And now I have a long weekend to look forward to next week, which I’m ECSTATIC for! Just the break I needed.

I had another fairly lackluster reading week, but I enjoyed everything that I read. I only got around to reading two books (well, one, technically–I finished the first one on Sunday evening), and that’s all because of the sheer length of To Sleep in a Sea of Stars. (Expect a review next week.) I also had my school’s book club meeting for Aurora Rising, and everybody seemed to love it, which filled my heart with immeasurable joy…🥺

Too Much Beauty GIF by Much - Find & Share on GIPHY — Is this gif about *To Sleep in a Sea of Stars* or my AP Bio quiz/Precalc test this week? You decide…

Other than that, I went back to the library and got a good haul, caught up on Fargo, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and Raised by Wolves (nearly finished with the latter…), and I’ve finally gotten slightly back into the groove of outlining for NaNoWriMo. Oh, and The Other Side of the Sky and Skyhunter just came in the mail!

WHAT I READ THIS WEEK:

Showers, Flowers, and Fangs–Aidan Wayne (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Showers, Flowers, and Fangs by Aidan Wayne

To Sleep in a Sea of Stars–Christopher Paolini (⭐️⭐️⭐️.25)

Amazon.com: To Sleep in a Sea of Stars eBook: Paolini, Christopher: Kindle Store

POSTS AND SUCH:

SONGS:

CURRENTLY READING/TO READ NEXT WEEK:

The Court of Miracles–Kester Grant

Amazon.com: The Court of Miracles (9781524772857): Grant, Kester: Books

The Bone Houses–Emily Lloyd Jones

Chilling Effect–Valerie Valdes

Dark and Deepest Red–Anna-Marie McLemore

Dark and Deepest Red by Anna-Marie McLemore

A Touch of Gold–Annie Sullivan

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: September 28-October 4, 2020

Posted on October 4, 2020October 4, 2020 by madeline @ The Bookish Mutant

Happy Sunday, bibliophiles, and HAPPY SPOOKY SEASON!

This week was definitely…something. I had (and still have) a slew of exams and a project to do all week, so school-wise, very overwhelming. Not ideal. But October always makes me feel better, and spending the weekend in Vail among the changing leaves of the aspens definitely alleviated some of the stress from earlier in the week.

Somehow I managed to read…a bunch this week? I’m not sure why, but I managed to blow through most of my library haul AND an eARC in a week flat, and that’s definitely a…record of sorts for me. I mean, one of them was a short graphic novel, but still. I haven’t been able to outline as much this week, but it’s starting to have *some* semblance of structure.

And the first few episodes of season 4 of Fargo came out recently, and they were both SO GOOD! I also re-watched Coraline after not seeing it for…almost a decade? The first episode of Penny Dreadful too–SPOOKY SEASON!

WHAT I READ THIS WEEK:

Struck–Jennifer Bosworth (⭐️⭐️⭐️)