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!
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)
All the Stars and Teeth–Adalyn Grace (⭐️⭐️)
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0)–Suzanne Collins (⭐️⭐️⭐️.75, rounded up to ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)
The Athena Protocol–Shamim Sarif (⭐️⭐️)
Tweet Cute–Emma Lord (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)
The Sleeper and the Spindle–Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell (illustrator) (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)
POSTS AND SUCH:
- Goodreads Monday (10/26/20)–Anna Dressed in Blood
- YA Reads for Asexual Awareness Week
- Book Review Tuesday (10/27/20)–The Other Side of the Sky
- Top 5 Saturday (10/31/20)–Vampire Books
SONGS:
- “The Valley of the Pagans” (feat. Beck)–Gorillaz
- “Simplicity” (feat. Joan As Police Woman)–Gorillaz
- “Little Ghost”–The White Stripes
CURRENTLY READING/TO READ NEXT WEEK:
Six of Crows–Leigh Bardugo (re-read for book club)
Today Tonight Tomorrow–Rachel Lynn Solomon
Black Moon (Zodiac, #3)–Romina Russell
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.
The Bookish Mutant 