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Weekly Update: March 1-7, 2021

Posted on March 7, 2021March 7, 2021 by madeline @ The Bookish Mutant

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

I’d say March is off to a decent start. I had a slower reading week this week, but now that I’ve gotten my library haul, it’ll definitely get better/faster soon. I also went to the comic shop (safely, of course) with my family and picked up some single issues and a trade, got a preorder in the mail, and another Kindle hold, so there’ll be lots to read this month, for sure!

I also finished the first draft of my short story! I’ll probably devote next week to self-editing, so we’ll see how it goes. I also finished WandaVision, rewatched another episode or two of season 3 of Fargo, drew a bit, and had my weekly shift at the library. For the past…month or so, I think, it’s snowed either the day before or on the day of my volunteer shift, so it’s always freezing…but hey, at least the library is warm, and it’s always a peaceful image to see snow falling outside the window while I’m surrounded by books.

Minsky the robot from Fargo - GIF on Imgur

Also OH MY GOD ST. VINCENT CAME OUT WITH A NEW SONG AND IT’S S O G O O D I CAN’T STOP LISTENING TO IT

MIDDLE SCHOOL MADELINE IS VERY HAPPY AND PRESENT MADELINE IS VERY HAPPY

WHAT I READ THIS WEEK:

Hellboy: Odder Jobs – Christopher Golden, Mike Mignola et. al. (⭐️⭐️⭐️.75, rounded up to ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Amazon.com: Hellboy: Odder Jobs eBook: Darabont, Frank, Various, Golden, Christopher: Kindle Store

Sisters of the Wolf – Patricia Miller-Schroeder (eARC) (⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Amazon.com: Sisters of the Wolf (9781459747524): Miller-Schroeder, Patricia: Books

Hellboy: Oddest Jobs – Christopher Golden, Mike Mignola et. al. (⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)

Hellboy: Oddest Jobs: Christopher Golden, Mike Mignola: 9781593079444: Amazon.com: Books

A Phoenix Must First Burn (anthology) – edited by Patrice Caldwell (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Amazon.com: A Phoenix First Must Burn: Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope (9781984835659): Caldwell, Patrice: Books

Roman and Jewel – Dana L. Davis (⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Amazon.com: Roman and Jewel (9781335070623): Davis, Dana L.: Books

B.P.R.D., vol. 3: Plague of Frogs – Mike Mignola, Guy Davis (illustrator) (read twice) (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

B.P.R.D. Volume 3: Plague of Frogs: Mike Mignola, Guy Davis, Dave Stewart: 9781593072889: Amazon.com: Books

POSTS AND SUCH:

February 2021 Wrap-Up (technically last week but hey)
Goodreads Monday (3/1/21) – The Last Spell Breather
eARC Review: Sisters of the Wolf
Book Review Tuesday (3/2/21) – The Punch
Little Oblivions – Julien Baker album review

SONGS:

CURRENTLY READING/TO READ NEXT WEEK:

The Good Father – Noah Hawley

Amazon.com: The Good Father (9780307947918): Hawley, Noah: Books

Remote Control – Nnedi Okorafor

Amazon.com: Remote Control (9781250772800): Okorafor, Nnedi: Books

The Absolute Book – Elizabeth Knox

The Absolute Book by Elizabeth Knox: 9780593296738 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

A Closed and Common Orbit (Wayfarers, #2) – Becky Chambers

Amazon.com: A Closed and Common Orbit (Wayfarers) (9780062569400): Chambers, Becky: Books

The Life and Deaths of Frankie D. – Colleen Nelson (eARC)

Amazon.com: The Life and Deaths of Frankie D. eBook: Nelson, Colleen: 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: February 22-28, 2021

Posted on February 28, 2021February 28, 2021 by madeline @ The Bookish Mutant

Happy Sunday, bibliophiles!

The last week of February’s been a decent one, I’d say. The rest of my library haul was mostly 3-star reads, but there was still some good stuff in there. I had a lot more time to blog this week, and I had a lot of fun writing reviews and doing tags 🙂

Writing-wise, I finished up the outline for my short story, and I just started writing it last night! I’m at almost 800 words, and man, does it feel good to be actually writing again. Outline’s necessary and all, but nothing beats the real thing, does it?

Other than that, I’ve just been drawing a bit, messing around on Minecraft, watching more WandaVision (AAAAAH), starting to rewatch season 3 of Fargo, and obsessively listening to Julien Baker’s Little Oblivions since Friday morning. (I thought it came out sooner, and I usually like to sit with an album about a week before I review it, so expect…*something* next week…)

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WHAT I READ THIS WEEK:

Mooncakes – Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Amazon.com: Mooncakes (9781549303043): Walker, Suzanne, Xu, Wendy: Books

Felix Ever After – Kacen Callender (⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Amazon.com: Felix Ever After (9780062820259): Callender, Kacen: Books

Abandon – Blake Crouch (for book club) (⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Amazon.com: Abandon (9781503946194): Crouch, Blake: Books

Hellboy: Odd Jobs – Christopher Golden, Mike Mignola et. al. (anthology) (⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)

Hellboy: Odd Jobs: Christopher Golden: 9781569714409: Amazon.com: Books

A Dark and Starless Forest – Sarah Hollowell (eARC) (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.25)

A Dark and Starless Forest by Sarah Hollowell

POSTS AND SUCH:

SONGS:

CURRENTLY READING/TO READ NEXT WEEK:

Hellboy: Odder Jobs – Christopher Golden, Mike Mignola et. al.

Hellboy: Odder Jobs by Christopher Golden

Sisters of the Wolf – Patricia Miller-Schroeder (eARC)

Hellboy: Oddest Jobs – Christopher Golden, Mike Mignola et. al.

Hellboy: Oddest Jobs - Kindle edition by Mignola, Mike, Various, Christopher Golden. Literature & Fiction Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

The Life and Deaths of Frankie D. – Colleen Nelson (eARC)

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: February 15-21, 2021

Posted on February 21, 2021 by madeline @ The Bookish Mutant

Happy Sunday, bibliophiles! I hope this week has treated you well, and for everyone in the Texas area, stay safe out there. Lots of love. 💗

Reading-wise, I’d say it’s been a bit of a hit-or-miss week. A lot of what I read fell in the 3-star range, but I did find another 5-star read! I still have some of my library haul from this week left to read, as well as some Hellboy books my dad lent to me (thank you!) and 3 eARCs I got approved for. So expect a lot of reviews in the next few weeks!

Writing-wise, I’m nearly done with my sci-fi outline, but I switched gears later in the week because my mom found this writing contest that I’m interested in. I’m now shifting over to outlining/writing a short story, and I’m really excited to get into it!

Other than that, I just drew a bit, rewatched more Fargo, got caught up on WandaVision (OH MY GOD THAT LAST EPISODE), volunteered at the library, and drank a whole lot of hot chocolate.

Also, I thought that the new Julien Baker album came out today, but no, not until the 26th…[cries]

WHAT I READ THIS WEEK:

The City We Became (Great Cities, #1) – N.K. Jemisin (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

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The Kinder Poison – Natalie Mae (⭐️⭐️.5)

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Game Changer – Neal Shusterman (⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)

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The Song of Achilles – Madeline Miller (⭐️⭐️⭐️)

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The Punch – Noah Hawley (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Happily Ever Afters – Elise Bryant (⭐️⭐️⭐️)

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POSTS AND SUCH:

SONGS:

CURRENTLY READING/TO READ NEXT WEEK:

Mooncakes – Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu

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Abandon – Blake Crouch (for book club)

Felix Ever After – Kacen Callender

Hellboy: Odd Jobs – Christopher Golden et. al.

A Dark and Starless Forest – Sarah Hollowell (eARC)

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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: February 1-7, 2021

Posted on February 7, 2021February 7, 2021 by madeline @ The Bookish Mutant

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

Reading-wise, I’d say February’s off to an awesome start! I finally got around to some of the books I’d bought with a gift card I got for Christmas, and they were all great! (And I have my first full 5-star read of the year! Noah Hawley never misses…) Other than having to study for a math test, I had hardly any homework, so I had a bit of time to relax. And since the cases have been getting more manageable where I am, I went back to volunteering at my local library! It’s so good to be back. (Safely, of course.)

Other than that, I’ve been steadily working away at my outline, watched Vertigo, and caught up on WandaVision. (And for those of you who’ve seen the last episode…OH MY G O D AAAAAAAAAAH)

Also, I gave in and started rewatching Fargo from the beginning. Oops.

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WHAT I READ THIS WEEK:

Before the Fall–Noah Hawley (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

A Song of Wraiths and Ruin–Roseanne A. Brown (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

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The Conference of the Birds (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children, #5)–Ransom Riggs (⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)

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The Brighter the Stars–Bryan K. Prosek (eARC) (⭐️⭐️)

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The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)–Becky Chambers (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

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POSTS AND SUCH:

SONGS:

CURRENTLY READING/TO READ NEXT WEEK:

If It Makes You Happy–Claire Kann

Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1)–Octavia Butler

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Color Outside the Lines–Sangu Mandanna et. al. (anthology)

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The Dark Matter of Mona Starr–Laura Lee Gulledge

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Escaping Exodus–Nicky Drayden

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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: January 25-31, 2021

Posted on January 31, 2021 by madeline @ The Bookish Mutant

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

The pseudo-almost-reading slump that I had last week started to continue into this week, but some of my library holds picked up significantly after that, as well as some of the holds that came in on my Kindle. Now I have my haul from my Christmas gift card to look forward to, and I’m so excited for that!

Outlining for the second draft of my sci-fi WIP has been pretty slow going, but I’d say that I’m making steady process. (The fact that I’ve had another light school week has certainly helped.) I left a whole bunch of comments during the initial edits I did on the first draft, and occasionally I’ll just find one that cracks me up.

Other than that, I drew a bit, caught up on WandaVision (OKAY EPISODE FOUR DEFINITELY PICKED UP), and watched The Hunt for the Wilderpeople with my family. The latter made me cry like a baby, but it was 100% worth it. Also, I’m learning “Quicksand” by David Bowie on the guitar 🥺 what a beautiful song

WHAT I READ THIS WEEK:

Ruinsong–Julia Ember (⭐️⭐️)

Amazon.com: Ruinsong (9780374313357): Ember, Julia: Books

Punching the Air–Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Lightbringer (Empirium, #3)–Claire Legrand (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.25)

Lightbringer (Empirium, #3) by Claire Legrand

Haunting the Deep (How to Hang a Witch, #2)–Adriana Mather (⭐️⭐️.75, rounded up to ⭐️⭐️⭐️)

Amazon.com: Haunting the Deep (9780553539516): Mather, Adriana: Books

I’m Thinking of Ending Things–Iain Reid (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.25)

I'm Thinking of Ending Things eBook by Iain Reid - 9781501126963 | Rakuten Kobo United States

POSTS AND SUCH:

SONGS:

CURRENTLY READING/TO READ NEXT WEEK:

Before the Fall–Noah Hawley

Amazon.com: Before the Fall eBook: Hawley, Noah: Kindle Store

A Song of Wraiths and Ruin–Roseanne A. Brown

Amazon.com: A Song of Wraiths and Ruin (9780062891495): Brown, Roseanne A.: Books

The Conference of the Birds (Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, #5)–Ransom Riggs

Amazon.com: The Conference of the Birds (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children) (9780735231504): Riggs, Ransom: Books

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)–Becky Chambers

Amazon.com: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, 1) (9780062444134): Chambers, Becky: 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: January 11-17, 2021

Posted on January 17, 2021January 18, 2021 by madeline @ The Bookish Mutant

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

As I mentioned earlier, the beginning of the week was rather overwhelming, so I had to take a short break from posting so I could get my schoolwork done. But things are quieting down for the time being, so I have a bit more time to wind down.

I *accidentally* got a huge library haul last week (a bunch of my holds came in when I least expected them to), so I had a lot to read. It was definitely a little bit hit-or-miss, but I’m glad to say that some of my most anticipated releases lived up to the hype! I also have some books that I ordered with my gift card that should be ready soonish, and I can’t wait to read them…

I’ve also been steadily working away at editing my main sci-fi WIP, and I finished up my initial edits on Friday! From here, I’ll be doing a whole lot of tweaking for my outline and some other research, but in a few months’ time, I’ll be on my way to writing my second draft!

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Other than that, I finished up season 2 of The Mandalorian (*sniffles*), watched Barton Fink, and listened to a whole lot of Julien Baker. I’m also going to start WandaVision tonight with my family, and I’m SUPER excited! (I’ve always had a soft spot for the Vision…)