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July 2017 Wrap-up

July's TBR Pile (10/13):

  1. MVPA Book Club Selection: Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
  2. Series Pick: The Wicked Will Rise by Danielle Paige
  3. Nonfiction Pick: 50 Great American Places
  4. Read Your Book Shelf Pick: The Kingdom of Ohio by Matthew Fleming
  5. Discworld Pick: The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett
  6. Romance Pick: ????
  7. Carry over: Dearly, Departed by Lia Habel
  8. Added: Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
  9. Added: Christmas Present by Jodi Taylor
  10. Added: Yellow Brick War by Danielle Paige
  11. Added: Locke and Key Small World
  12. Added: The End of Oz by Danielle Paige
  13. Added: Dead Feminists by Chandler O'Leary and Jessica Spring

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 2944 pages
Pages Remaining: 716,073 pages

Current Read - We are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Books bought/received (0)

August's TBR Pile:

  1. MVPA Book Club Selection: We are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby
  2. Series Pick: Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare
  3. Nonfiction Pick: ???
  4. Read Your Book Shelf Pick: The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
  5. Discworld Pick: The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett
  6. Romance Pick: Simply Unforgettable by Mary Balogh
  7. Young Adult Pick: Dearly, Beloved by Lia Habel

Movies watched

  • Tucker and Dale vs. Evil -- Showed this horror comedy to the twins. They really enjoyed the absurdity.
  • Cockneys Vs. Zombies -- Holy hell that was funny! I love my zombie movies and this one was a joy.
  • Oh Brother Where Art Thou? -- Don't think the twins fully appreciated this one as it was their first Coen Brothers and they haven't read The Odyssey. But they did like it.
  • Empire Records -- J and I rewatched this one night. Love Rex Manning Day!
  • Kubo and the Two Strings -- The twins didn't get to see this! Thankfully we have it on the server. Such a great movie.
  • Paul -- Introduced the twins to this fun movie.
  • Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World -- Alex requested to watch after reading the comics. Lots of fun!
  • Escape from New York -- Some great cheese to share with the twins.
  • Hidden Figures -- J and I finally got to watch it. Such a good movie. Now I need to read the book.
  • Popstar -- Way funnier than it should have been! We seriously laughed too hard.

TV Shows watched

  • Doctor Who S10 -- Oh my! What a season ender! 
  • The Bachelorette -- I'm still watching...
  • Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell -- Finally started watching this mini series. Love love love it! 
  • Big Little Lies -- I finished the book for book club so I thought I would try and squeeze in the series before club. 
  • Supernatural S1 -- J and I are making our way through the first season. Loving rewatching the episodes almost 12 years late.

Comments - Decent reading this month. I finished off the Dorothy Must Die series, started The Mortal Instruments and Gone with the Respiration. Plus, we managed to watch a decent amount of new (and old) movies. Added bonus, I finished the Big Little Lies TV adaptation. Very good!

Next up on the TBR pile: