December 2021 Wrap-up

December TBR Pile - 23 read:

1. Bookworms BC: (Already Read)

2. Friend BC: The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams ✓

3. The Twelve Dates of Christmas by Jenny Bayliss ✓

4. The Holiday Swap by Maggie Knox ✓

5. A Winter’s Knight by Elizabeth Cole ✓

6. A Grosvenor Square Christmas ✓

7. Never Kiss a Man in a Christmas Sweater by Debbie Johnson ✓

8. Pastels and Jingle Bells by Christine S. Feldman ✓

9. A Pirate for Christmas by Anna Campbell ✓

10. Scandalous Lord Dare by Stephanie Laurens ✓

11. Where the Heart Is by Darcy Burke ✓

12. We Met in December by Rosie Curtis ✓

13. Always, in December by Emily Stone ✓

14. The Princess Plan by Julia London ✓

15. God Rest Ye, Royal Gentlemen by Rhys Bowen ✓

16. Miss Moriarty, I Presume? by Sherry Thomas ✓

17. Well Matched by Jen DeLuca ✓

18. Beautiful Bitch by Christina Lauren ✓

19. Beautiful Stranger by Christina Lauren ✓

20. A Princess for Christmas by Jenny Holiday ✓

21. The Tourist Attraction by Sarah Morgenthaler ✓

22. A Season for Second Chances by Jenny Bayliss ✓

23. As You Wish by Cary Elwes ✓

24. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 6495 pages
Pages Remaining: 434,304 pages

Current Read - Life’s Too Short by Abby Jimenez; A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Books Bought/Received (9) - Seriously I lost track…

UnRead Shelf Progress

• Starting Number: 294

• Books Read: 0

• Books Acquired: 11

• Books Unshelved: 0

• Finishing Number: 305

January TBR Pile:

1. BOTM: TBD

2. Bookworms BC: The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz

3. Friend BC: (Already Read)

4. Currently Reading Buddy Read: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

5. Romance: Mistletoe and Mr. Right by Sarah Morgenthaler

6. Romance: Enjoy the View by Sarah Morgenthaler

7. Romance: Life’s Too Short by Abby Jimenez

8. Romance: Duke, Actually by Jenny Holiday

9. Romance: Beautiful Bombshell by Christina Lauren

10. Comics: Monstress Vol. 6

11. Comics: Lumberjanes Vol. 20

12. Comics: Far Sector

13. Nonfiction: How Zoologists Organize Things by David Bainbridge

14. Nonfiction: The Comfort Book by Matt Haig

15. Fantasy: A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske

16. Fantasy: House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland

17. Fantasy: Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

18. Fantasy: Questland by Carrie Vaughn

Movies watched

• 8 Bit Christmas - Entertaining for this 80s kid.

• The Harder They Fall - Absolutely amazing! And the soundtrack is killer.

• The Man Who Invented Christmas - Loved the style of this one, really made it a good movie.

• Single All the Way - Not a favorite. I didn’t feel the romantic chemistry at all.

• Love Hard - Oof. Catfishing should not be rewarded.

• A Christmas Wish - So incredibly smaltzy, but fun.

• A Muppet Christmas Carol - A family favorite and the best movie version of A Christmas Carol!

• Encanto - Watched at the theater. Loved the music. Less of a fan of the storyline. Although Bruno was great!

• Spiderman: No Way Home - Another theater movie. This was absolutely amazing!

• A Knight Before Christmas - Very silly and forgettable.

• Don’t Look Up - This one hit a little too close to the truth of the world to be enjoyable although I see what Adam McKay was doing with this movie.

• Christmas at the Castle - Really I watched for Cary Elwes who did not disappoint.

• One Royal Holiday - Love Aaron Tveit, the plot was very predictable.

TV Shows watched 

• Hit Monkey S1 - Super strange and yet I was very into it.

• The Bachelorette with Michelle - Kinda disappointed in this season although Michelle was much better than Katie.

• Below Deck S9 - Thank goodness for Eddie and Captain Lee!

• Cowboy Bebop S1 - We loved it! So sad that Netflix canceled the show.

• The Great S1 - Finally started this one and it is delightful.

• Doctor Who S13 - I don’t think this season of Doctor Who worked well at all. Too many questions, not enough answers.

• Dash and Lily S1 - My mom and I binged this in one day. Very cute little show.

• it’s Always Sunny S15 - How is this show still going and still funny?

• The Witcher S2 - Just started, but so far, it’s really good.

• Ghosts S1 (UK Version) - J binged it over Christmas, so now we are watching together. it’s good.

• Letterkenny S10 - So excited that it’s back!

• Shadow and Bone S1 - I finally started and it’s been great so far. They made Mal more of a decent human and included my favorite Crows.

Comments - I ended my reading year very strong with 23 reads! Only two of those were 5 stars, but mostly I just wanted something light and fluffy for this month. I also ended up watching a ton of media somehow and loved most of it. Here’s to 2022!

Next up on the TBR pile:

November 2021 Wrap-up

November TBR Pile (16/23):

1. BOTM: TBD

2. Bookworms BC: Code Name Helene by Ariel Lawhon ✓

3. Friend BC: Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead ✓

4. Nonfiction: The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green ✓

5. Nonfiction: Girl Gurl Grrrl by Kenya Hunt

6. Nonfiction: Dr. Mutter’s Marvels by Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz

7. Nonfiction: The Comfort Book by Matt Haig

8. Nonfiction Bad Fat Black Girl by Sesali Bowen ✓

9. Nonfiction: The Lazy Genius Way by Kendra Adachi ✓

10. The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle

11. Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune ✓

12. Red Wolf by Rachel Vincent

13. Beautiful Bastard by Christina Lauren ✓

14. Malorie by Josh Malerman

15. Reprieve by James Han Mattson ✓

16. Josh and Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren ✓

17. Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas ✓

18. The Happy Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez ✓

19. Landline by Rainbow Rowell ✓

20. Shutter Vol. 1 ✓

21. The Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin Harmel ✓

22. The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood ✓

23. Along the Saltwise Sea by A. Deborah Baker ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 5163 pages
Pages Remaining: 440,799 pages

Current Read - The Twelve Dates of Christmas by Jenny Bayliss; The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Books Bought/Received (6)

I grabbed a few random titles from Book Outlet when I placed my kids’ Christmas order.

• To Love and To Loathe by Martha Waters

• A Lady’s Guide to Mischief and Mayhem by Mandarin Collins

I grabbed a book from Amazon for my book club.

• Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead

And I picked a few from BOTM.

• The Keeper of Night by Kylie Lee Baker

• A Rogue of One’s Own by Evie Dunmore (to complete having the trilogy in physical form)

Finally, I got a book in a book flood book exchange.

• The 22 Murders of Madison May by Max Barry

UnRead Shelf Progress

• Starting Number: 291

• Books Read: 2

• Books Acquired: 5

• Books Unshelved: 0

• Finishing Number: 294

December TBR Pile: I love to end my year with some fluffy holiday romances. This year is no exception. Instead of trying to sneak in a few more big books of a more serious nature, I’m going to lean into the holiday romances. Let’s see what I have on my Kindle right now (also including a few must reads for book club):

1. Bookworms BC: (Already Read)

2. Friend BC: The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams

3. The Twelve Dates of Christmas by Jenny Bayliss

4. The Christmas Village by Annie Rains

5. The Christmas House by Victoria James

6. A Little Christmas Spirit by Sheila Roberts

7. The Holiday Swap by Maggie Knox

8. One Day in December by Josie Silver

9. Santa Cruise by Fern Michaels

10. The Christmas Wedding Guest by Susan Mallery

11. Eight Perfect Hours by Lia Louis

12. The Santa Suit by Mary Kay Andrews

13. A Winter’s Night by Elizabeth Cole

14. A Brand of Christmas by Maggie Shayne

15. A Cheyenne Celebration by Caroline Lee

16. A Cheyenne Christmas Homecoming by Caroline Lee

17. A Cheyene Christmas by Caroline Lee

18. A Grosvenor Square Christmas

19. A Cotswold Christmas by Kate Hewitt

20. A Kiss for Christmas by Melody Grace

21. Miss Kane’s Christmas by Caroline Michelson

22. Mistletoe at Moonglow by Deborah Garner

23. Never Kiss a Man in a Christmas Sweater by Debbie Johnson

24. Once Upon a Christmas by Lisa Plumley

25. Pastels and Jingle Bells by Christine S. Feldman

26. The Perfect Gift by Serenity Woods

27. A Pirate for Christmas by Anna Campbell

28. Scandalous Lord Dare by Stephanie Laurens

29. Silver Bells by CJ Hunt

30. Where the Heart Is by Darcy Burke

31. Wilhelmina by Hildie McQueen

Movies watched

• The Cloverfield Paradox - Meh. Wasn’t terrible, but wasn’t great either.

• The Making of Army of Darkness - Fascinating look at the making of a classic.

• Spectre - Rewatch so we can watch the new Bond movie

• No Time to Die - I was annoyed by the Madeline storyline, but overall, I enjoyed this last Daniel Craig movie.

• Shang-Chi - Might be my favorite Marvel movie now.

• Red Notice - Mediocre, but we will watch anything with Ryan Reynolds.

• The Great Hack - Very depressing, but enlightening.

• Venom 2: Let There Be Carnage - I love the banter between Eddie and Venom. I was less enamored by the action sequences. Still, it was entertaining. And that mid-credit scene had be gasping out loud.

• Desk Set - Starring Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. Delightful romantic comedy.

TV Shows watched 

• Foundation S1 - Oh goodness, that was good. I cannot wait for the second season.

• Doctor Who

• Lupin S2

• The Great British Bake-Off

• Below Deck

• The Bachelorette

• Last Week Tonight

• Jack Whitehall’s Travels with My Father

• Hit Monkey S1 - Very strange show, but oddly compelling.

• Cowboy Bebop S1 - Sqeeee I am so excited about this show. It’s gorgeous and everyone is just amazing in it!

Comments - I thought that I would have a very low reading month, but I ended up on a reading spree towards the end of the month. So a very decent showing! Although I have a mix of stars, I did end up reading some really good books. Plus, we watched some good television and a few interesting movies. Now I’m prepping for Holiday romance December!

Next up on the TBR pile:

October 2021 Wrap-up

October TBR Pile (19/30):

1. Foundation and Earth by Isaac Asimov ✓

2. The Wallflower Wager by Tessa Dare ✓

3. The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert (reread for book club) ✓

4. Bird Box by Josh Malerman ✓

5. Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo ✓

6. Catherine House by Elizabeth Thomas

7. Sunshine by Robin McKinley (reread)

8. The Guide by Peter Heller ✓

9. The Woods are Always Watching by Stephanie Perkins ✓

10. Bloodlust and Bonnets by Emily McGovern ✓

11. The End and Everything After by Matt Fraction

12. The Happy Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez

13. Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins

14. Lady Killer by Joelle Jones

15. The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter ✓

16. Red Wolf by Rachel Vincent

17. The Tea Dragon Tapestry by Katie O’Neill

18. The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury ✓

19. Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero

20. The Diabolical Miss Hyde by Viola Carr

21. Dr. Mütter’s Marvels by Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz

22. Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn ✓

23. Portrait of a Scotsman by Evie Dunmore ✓

24. The House that Fell from the Sky by Patrick Delaney ✓

25. House of Shadows by Darcy Coates ✓

26. House of Secrets by Darcy Coates ✓

27. The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling ✓

28. In Love with a Haunted House by Kate Goldman ✓

29. Race to the Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse ✓

30. A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 5812 pages
Pages Remaining: 445,962 pages

Current Read - Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune; Code Name Helene by Ariel Lawhon

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Books Bought/Received (11) - At the beginning of the month, I had my bookish retreat. While I did try to limit myself to just a small stack of books bought at the stores that weekend, I still came away with a few to add to my shelves. And I acquired one during our book exchange. I also picked up two books from Book of the Month. For the first time, I bought books from the Indie Press List from my beloved Currently reading podcast. Their October selections were all spooky and just what I had been wanting! And a friend gifted me a book (TJ Klune) as a thank you for setting up the retreat.

• The Comfort Book by Matt Haig (exchange)

• Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler (retreat)

• Reliquary by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (retreat)

• Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow (retreat)

• The City & The City by China Miéville (retreat)

• Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune (gift)

• Portrait of a Scotsman by Evie Dunmore (BOTM)

• The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling (BOTM)

• A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow (Indie Press List)

• Plain Bad Heroines by Emily Danforth (Indie Press List)

• The Night Gardeners by (Indie Press List)

UnRead Shelf Progress

• Starting Number: 283

• Books Read: 3

• Books Acquired: 11

• Books Unshelved: 0

• Finishing Number: 291

November TBR Pile: I often read nonfiction, but I’m going to try to increase my numbers for this Nonfiction November.

1. BOTM: TBD

2. Bookworms BC: Code Name Helene by Ariel Lawhon

3. Friend BC: Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead

4. Nonfiction: The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green

5. Nonfiction: Girl Gurl Grrrl by Kenya Hunt

6. Nonfiction: Dr. Mutter’s Marvels by Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz

7. Nonfiction: The Comfort Book by Matt Haig

8. Nonfiction Bad Fat Black Girl by Sesali Bowen

9. The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle

10. Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune

11. Red Wolf by Rachel Vincent

12. Beautiful Bastard by Christina Lauren

13. Malorie by Josh Malerman

Movies watched - It was spooky movie month. I usually make a giant list from which we pick a movie most nights. We had quite a mix of movies watched this October.

• Lady of the Manor - A bit uneven

• Free Guy - Of course I loved this one

• Escape from Planet of the Apes - Very decent movie

• The Relic - This one actually holds up well

• The Shadow - Went with a Penelope Ann Miller run and rewatched this one. Very cheesy at parts, but a good adventure movie.

• The Dead Don’t Die - Loved it until the voice over at the end scene. Much too heavy-handed.

• Brazil - It’s been years. Still as weird as I remember. Love the ducts! We also watched the tv edit and the making of documentary.

• Touch of Evil - Somehow I had never seen this. Another amazing Orson Welles picture!

• Detective Pikachu - Arthur’s birthday movie choice. I really enjoyed this one.

• Brotherhood of the Wolf - J’s been trying to get me to watch this one for years. Pretty good supernatural-ish action movie.

• Dune - Oh goodness that was a beautiful movie. So glad that the sequel has been greenlit.

• North by Northwest - Haven’t seen this in years. Love it!

• Sleepaway Camp - Watched the sequel last year,

TV Shows watched 

• Last Week Tonight

• Lower Decks S2

• Archer S12

• Ted Lasso S2

• Foundation S1

Comments - Great reading month for October. I covered a ton of spooky books and really leaned into my moods. We didn’t watch 30 spooky movies, but had a decent showing of 14 movies watched (two versions of Brazil). And we finished a few seasons of television (Lower Decks, Archer, Ted Lasso).

Next up on the TBR pile:

September 2021 Wrap-up

September TBR Pile (21/25):

1. Book of the Month Club: TBD

2. Bookworms: The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren (reread) ✓

3. Friend Book Club: We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker ✓

4. MMD RC: A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers ✓

5. Kid Read Aloud: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien ✓

6. Foundation: Foundation by Isaac Asimov ✓

7. Foundation: Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov ✓

8. Foundation: Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov ✓

9. Foundation: Foundation’s Edge by Isaac Asimov ✓

10. Foundation: Foundation and Earth by Isaac Asimov

11. Nonfiction: Four Hundred Souls edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain ✓

12. Historical Fiction: A Woman of Intelligence by Karin Tanabe ✓

13. Short Story Collection: Roar by Cecelia Ahern ✓

14. Horror: The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix

15. Horror: Bird Box by Josh Malerman

16. Romance: In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren ✓

17. Added: The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare ✓

18. Added: Lumberjanes Vol. 19 ✓

19. Added: Injection Vol. 1 ✓

20. Added: Injection Vol. 2 ✓

21. Added: Injection Vol. 3 ✓

22. Added: Neon Gods by Katee Robert ✓

23. Added: The Governess Game by Tessa Dare ✓

24. Added: Off to Be the Wizard by Scott Meyer ✓

25. Added: Spell or High Water by Scott Meyer ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 6019 pages
Pages Remaining: 451,774 pages

Current Read - The Wallflower Wager by Tessa Dare; The Guide by Peter Heller; Foundation and Earth by Isaac Asimov

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Books Bought/Received (0)

UnRead Shelf Progress

• Starting Number: 283

• Books Read: 0

• Books Acquired: 0

• Books Unshelved: 0

• Finishing Number: 283

October TBR Pile: It’s Spooky Movie Month! I love pulling out all the spooky for Halloween. Some of these are not spooky, as the library was working against me on my holds. But most are spooky and fully into the Halloween Season.

1. Foundation and Earth by Isaac Asimov

2. The Wallflower Wager by Tessa Dare

3. The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert (reread for book club)

4. Bird Box by Josh Malerman

5. Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

6. Catherine House by Elizabeth Thomas

7. Sunshine by Robin McKinley (reread)

8. The Guide by Peter Heller

9. The Woods are Always Watching by Stephanie Perkins

10. Bloodlust and Bonnets by Emily McGovern

11. The End and Everything After by Matt Fraction

12. The Happy Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez

13. Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins

14. Lady Killer by Joelle Jones

15. The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter

16. Red Wolf by Rachel Vincent

17. The Tea Dragon Tapestry by Katie O’Neill

18. The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury

19. Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero

20. The Diabolical Miss Hyde by Viola Carr

21. Dr. Mütter’s Marvels by Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz

22. Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn

Movies watched

• American Epic: Sessions - We wrapped up the documentary series with a focus on modern artists performing the old songs.

• How It Ends - Quirky little indie film

TV Shows watched 

• AP Bio S4

• Hustle S5

• Lower Decks S2

• Archer S12

• Ted Lasso S2

• Last Week Tonight

• Holey Moley S3

• Fondation!

Comments - Wow! My reading this month was on fire even with the family road trip in the middle.

Next up on the TBR pile:

August 2021 Wrap-up

August TBR Pile (20/29):

1. Book of the Month Club: TBD

2. Bookworms: Already read August’s selection

3. Friend Book Club: We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker

4. MMD RC: Laundry Love by Patric Richardson ✓

5. Kid Read Aloud: The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum ✓

6. Foundation: The Currents of Space by Isaac Asimov ✓

7. Foundation: Pebble in the Sky by Isaac Asimov ✓

8. Foundation: Prelude to Foundation by Isaac Asimov ✓

9. Foundation: Forward the Foundation by Isaac Asimov ✓

10. Foundation: Foundation by Isaac Asimov

11. Foundation: Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov

12. Foundation: Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov

13. Foundation: Foundation’s Edge by Isaac Asimov

14. Foundation: Foundation and Earth by Isaac Asimov

15. Added: Dating-ish by Penny Reid ✓

16. Added: Marriage of Inconvenience by Penny Reid ✓

17. Added: Surviving Savannah by Patti Callahan ✓

18. Added: Lumberjanes Vol. 14 ✓

19. Added: Lumberjanes Vol. 15 ✓

20. Added: Lumberjanes Vol. 16 ✓

21. Added: Lumberjanes Vol. 17 ✓

22. Added: Lumberjanes Vol. 18 ✓

23. Added: Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon ✓

24. Added: Cursed Objects by J.W. Ocker ✓

25. Added: Four Hundred Souls edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain

26. Added: Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert ✓

27. Added: World Travel by Anthony Bourdain and Laurie Woolever ✓

28. Added: Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo ✓

29. Added: The Sinful Lives of Trophy Wives by Kristin Miller ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 5368 pages
Pages Remaining: 457,793pages

Current Read - A Woman of Intelligence by Karin Tanabe; Four Hundred Souls; Roar by Cecelia Ahern

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Books Bought/Received (0)

UnRead Shelf Progress

• Starting Number: 283

• Books Read: 0

• Books Acquired: 0

• Books Unshelved: 0

• Finishing Number: 283

September TBR Pile:

1. Book of the Month Club: TBD

2. Bookworms: The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren

3. Friend Book Club: We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker

4. MMD RC: TBD

5. Kid Read Aloud: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

6. Foundation: Foundation by Isaac Asimov

7. Foundation: Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov

8. Foundation: Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov

9. Foundation: Foundation’s Edge by Isaac Asimov

10. Foundation: Foundation and Earth by Isaac Asimov

11. Nonfiction: Four Hundred Souls edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain

12. Historical Fiction: A Woman of Intelligence by Karin Tanabe

13. Short Story Collection: Roar by Cecelia Ahern

14. Horror: The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix

15. Horror: Bird Box by Josh Malerman

16. Science Fiction: A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

17. Romance: In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren

18. Romance: The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare

Movies watched

• F9 - That was terrible…

• Jungle Cruise - Fun family film

• Jolt - Not good at all

• The Suicide Squad - Much better than the first Suicide Squad movie that we must not mention

• Tower Heist - Pretty good heist film

• Exchange - Quirky indie comedy set in the 80s. Loved it!

TV Shows watched 

• American Epic - Great historical music documentary series

• Watch the Sound - Another great music documentary series

• Rick and Morty S5 - The turkey episode killed me

• Star Trek: Voyager S4

• Hustle S6 - Getting closer to the end of this series

• Below Deck: Mediterranean S6

• Bachelor in Paradise - Loving the total mess of this show.

• Making It S3 - We did not call the ending, but still enjoyed the show.

• Lower Decks S2 - So funny!

• Holey Moley S3 - Our silly show

• Ted Lasso S2 - This season is giving me life.

• Archer S12 - Oh how we have missed this show.

Comments -

Next up on the TBR pile:

July 2021 Wrap-up

July TBR Pile (17/19):

1. Book of the Month Club: ???

2. Formerly Girly Book Club now Bookworms: Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid ✓

3. Friend Book Club: Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue ✓

4. Friend Book Club: Shoulder Season by Christina Clancy ✓

5. MMD RC: People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry ✓

6. Nonfiction: Wintering by Katherine May ✓

7. Fantasy: Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo ✓

8. Fantasy: Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo ✓

9. Comic: Something is Killing the Children Vol. 3 ✓

10. Science Fiction: Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells

11. Romance: Friends without Benefits by Penny Reid ✓

12. Kid Read Aloud: Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis ✓

13. Kid Read Aloud: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis ✓

14. Added: Love Hacked by Penny Reid ✓

15. Added: Happily Ever Ninja by Penny Reid ✓

16. Added: Neanderthal Marries Human by Penny Reid ✓

17. Added: Beauty and the Mustache by Penny Reid ✓

18. Added: The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley ✓

19. Added: Folklords ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 5836 pages
Pages Remaining: 463,161 pages

Current Read - Dating-ish by Penny Reid

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Books Bought/Received (0)

UnRead Shelf Progress

• Starting Number: 283

• Books Read: 0

• Books Acquired: 0

• Books Unshelved: 0

• Finishing Number: 283

August TBR Pile: Again, I’m changing up my TBR for this month. The new television series based on Isaac Asimov’s Foundation world is dropping at the end of September. I’ve been reading the main 15 book series for awhile, but I still have 9 books to go. I’m committing to reading those 9 books this month in preparation. I fully expect that one or two books will bleed into September, but I really want to knock out most of them. Beyond those books, I have some library books lying around and a few ebooks that should be coming up off hold soon.

1. Book of the Month Club: TBD

2. Bookworms: Already read August’s selection

3. Friend Book Club: TBD

4. MMD RC: TBD

5. Kid Read Aloud: The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

6. Foundation: The Currents of Space by Isaac Asimov

7. Foundation: Pebble in the Sky by Isaac Asimov

8. Foundation: Prelude to Foundation by Isaac Asimov

9. Foundation: Forward the Foundation by Isaac Asimov

10. Foundation: Foundation by Isaac Asimov

11. Foundation: Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov

12. Foundation: Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov

13. Foundation: Foundation’s Edge by Isaac Asimov

14. Foundation: Foundation and Earth by Isaac Asimov

Movies watched

• America: The Motion Picture - Wow, that was wild…

• School’s Out Forever - We were expecting a comedy filled apocalypse movie. Instead we got a very serious apocalypse move.

• The Tomorrow War - Oooff… that was not good at all. So many logical inconsistencies.

• Black Widow - Good movie, however, I think it was about 5 years too late. Felt like an afterthought and that’s disappointing.

• Inside - Bo Burnham’s passion project during quarantine. Fascinating.

• Werewolves Within - Fun horror comedy. We do so love our horror comedies.

• Gunpowder Milkshake - Fun action film, even if it will ultimately be pretty forgettable.

• Faith-Based - Quirky little comedy

• The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard - Silly, but good fun. We definitely watch for the banter between Ryan Reynolds and Sam Jackson.

• Woodstock 99: Peace, Love and Rage - Even though I very much remember the event, the documentary gave me so much information I didn’t know. Depressing but good. Also, the film makers really needed to press the two organizers more about their lack of planning.

TV Shows watched 

• Loki S1 - I am gutted. So good.

• Schmigadoon S1 - Delightful little show full of Broadway stars!

• Making It S3 - Our current reality competition full-good show.

• Holey Moley S3 - Rob and Joe are delightful. Plus, Double Dutch en Fuego is my favorite!

• Star Trek: Voyager S4 - Slowly making our way through.

• Hustle S5 - We’re flying through this series.

Comments - July was a rough month. The temperatures have been very high here which has caused all kinds of lethargy. My reading was robust, but I feel strangely detached from my reading right now. August will be bringing up back to a normal routine and I’m hoping everything settles.

Next up on the TBR pile:

June 2021 Wrap-up

June TBR Pile: I did away with my TBR list at the beginning of the month to let the reader inspiration take me where it wanted. Here’s what I read this month:

1. Daring Greatly by Brene Brown

2. Bellamy and the Brute by Alicia Michaels

3. Broken by Jenny Lawson

4. The Stars, Like Dust by Isaac Asimov

5. Black Mad Wheel by Josh Malerman

6. Looking Glass by Christina Henry

7. Dear Fahrenheit 451 by Annie Spence

8. A Jane Austen Education by William Deresiewicz

9. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

10. The Downing Kind by Jennifer McMahon

11. The Whispering House by Elizabeth Brooks

12. The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey

13. The Road Trip by Beth O’Leary

14. Scary Stories for Little Foxes by Christian McKay Heidicker

15. A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark

16. For the Wolf by Hannah Whitten

17. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 5530 pages
Pages Remaining: 468,997 pages

Current Read - Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Books Bought/Received (4) - I grabbed two books from Book of the Month. I also received a book that I won from Goodreads and totally forgot about. And I got a book during our book club swap day.

• Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

• Half Sick of Shadows by Laura Sebastian

• Her Last Flight by Beatriz Williams

• Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

UnRead Shelf Progress

• Starting Number: 279

• Books Read: 0

• Books Acquired: 4

• Books Unshelved: 0

• Finishing Number: 283

July TBR Pile:

1. Book of the Month Club: ???

2. Formerly Girly Book Club now Bookworms: Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

3. Friend Book Club: Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue

4. MMD RC: People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

5. Nonfiction: Wintering by Katherine May

6. Fantasy: Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

7. Fantasy: Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

8. Comic: Something is Killing the Children Vol. 3

9. Science Fiction: Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells

10. Romance: Friends without Benefits by Penny Reid

11. Kid Read Aloud: Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis

12. Kid Read Aloud: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis

Movies watched

• Deep Murder - Fun quirky movie

• Good on Paper - Interesting little comedy

TV Shows watched 

• Loki - Oh yes! I can’t wait to watch this one every week.

• Running Wilde S1 - I never watched this short-lived comedy sitcom, so we started. Short and sweet, but lots of fun.

• Hustle S3-4

• Star Trek: Voyager S3-4

• Holey Moley S3

• Mythic Quest S2

• Last Week Tonight

• Rick and Morty S5

• Making It S3

Comments - I loved having no reins on my reading this month! It was lovely to allow my moods to determine my next reads. There were definitely some misses in there, but I knocked out a ton of titles from my bigger TBR. And we managed to watch some great television this month (hello Loki!!!!). Looking forward to what is July brings!

Next up on the TBR pile:

May 2021 Wrap-up

May TBR Pile (19/25):

1. Book of the Month Club: The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

2. BOTM: The Heiress Gets a Duke by Harper St. George

3. Girly Book Club: (already caught up)

4. Friend Book Club: The Flatshare by Beth O’Leary ✓

5. MMD RC: Still Life by Louise Penny ✓

6. MMD RC: Daring Greatly by Brene Brown in progress

7. Nonfiction: In the Hurricane’s Eye by Nathaniel Philbrick in progress

8. Nonfiction: Buy Yourself the Fucking Lilies by Tara Schuster ✓

9. Fantasy: Ring Shout by P. Djeli Clark ✓

10. Fantasy: Red Queen by Christina Henry ✓

11. Fantasy: Cursed edited by Marie O’Regan and Paul Kane ✓

12. Comic: Something is Killing the Children Vol. 1 ✓

13. Comic: Something is Killing the Children Vol. 2 ✓

14. Comic: Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Vol. 1

15. Science Fiction: The Toll by Neal Shusterman ✓

16. Romance: The Sum of All Kisses by Julia Quinn ✓

17. Romance: The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy by Julia Quinn ✓

18. Kid Read Aloud: Nim’s Island by Wendy Orr ✓

19. Kid Read Aloud: The One and Only Bob by Katherine Applegate ✓

20. Kid Read Aloud: Frog and Toad Collection by Arnold Lobel ✓

21. Added: Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo ✓

22. Added: The Black God’s Drums by P. Djèlí Clark ✓

23. Added: The Beautiful Ones by Silvia Moreno-Garcia ✓

24. Added: The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James ✓

25. Added: The Book That Made Me edited by Judith Ridge ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 5469 pages
Pages Remaining: 474,527 pages

Current Read - Daring Greatly by Brene Brown; In the Hurricane’s Eye by Nathaniel Philbrick; The Stars, Like Dust by Isaac Asimov; Bellamy and the Brute by Alicia Michaels

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Books Bought/Received (1) - My BOTM of the month selection was Ariadne by Jennifer Saint. I can’t wait to dive into this one!

UnRead Shelf Progress

• Starting Number: 280

• Books Read: 2

• Books Acquired: 1

• Books Unshelved: 0

• Finishing Number: 279

June TBR Pile: I’m taking a break from the big TBR list and leaving everything open for June. I know there are few books I want to get to (book club selection and library books), but I’m going to let my mood lead my reading this month.

Movies watched

• Mortal Kombat (2021) - Pretty decent action movie.

• Raising Arizona - A rewatch, but it’s been at least 15 years. Still holds up!

• 10 Cloverfield Lane - This was surprisingly good.

• Ghost Rider 2 - How did I miss this ridiculous Nicholas Cage movie? Goodness that was silly.

• Wrath of Man - Back to what Guy Ritchie does best. Oh so good!

• Cruella - I absolutely loved that one!

TV Shows watched 

• The Queen’s Gambit S1 - We sped through this one and it was delightful!

• Calls S1 - So incredibly strange, but I loved it.

• Star Trek: Voyager S3 - Still plugging along, watching all of Trek.

• Below Deck: Sailing Yacht S2 - My silly guilty pleasure show.

• Hustle S1-2 - J wanted me to start this one… decent so far.

Comments - May was a great month for books, movies, TV, and all around fun!

Next up on the TBR pile:

April 2021 Wrap-up

April TBR Pile (17/24):

1. Book of the Month Club: The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

2. BOTM: The Heiress Gets a Duke by Harper St. George

3. Girly Book Club: The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner ✓

4. Friend Book Club: Outlawed by Anna North ✓

5. MMD RC: Still Life by Louise Penny in progress

6. MMD RC: Daring Greatly by Brene Brown

7. MMD RC: The Switch by Beth O’Leary

8. Nonfiction: In the Hurricane’s Eye by Nathaniel Philbrick in progress

9. Fantasy: Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust ✓

10. Fantasy: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig ✓

11. Fantasy: Alice by Christina Henry ✓

12. Fantasy: All the Tides of Fate by Adalyn Grace ✓

13. Science Fiction: Robots and Empires by Isaac Asimov ✓

14. Science Fiction: Sea Change by Nancy Kress

15. Romance: On the Way to the Wedding by Julia Quinn ✓

16. Romance: Bridgertons Happily Ever After by Julia Quinn ✓

17. Kid Read Aloud: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate ✓

18. Kid Read Aloud: Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lundgren ✓

19. Added: A House at the Bottom of the Lake by Josh Malerman ✓

20. Added: Lady Mechanika Vol. 5 ✓

21. Added: Lady Mechanika Vol. 6 ✓

22. Added: Tales from the Hinterland by Melissa Albert ✓

23. Added: Just Like Heaven by Julia Quinn ✓

24. Added: A Night Like This by Julia Quinn ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 4922 pages
Pages Remaining: 479,966pages

Current Read - Still Life by Louise Penny; In the Hurricane’s Eye by Nathaniel Philbrick; Something is Killing the Children

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Books Bought/Received (16) - So many! I went a little crazy with a Book Outlet order and came away with multiple books for myself! I also grabbed a selection for my BOTM.

• Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala

• The Devious Dr. Jekyll by Viola Carr

• Chasing Cassandra by Lisa Kleypas

• The Queen of Sorrow (Queens of Renthia #3) by Sarah Beth Durst

• The Deepest Blue by Sarah Beth Durst

• You May Now Kill the Bride (Return to Fear Street #1) by R.L. Stine

• The Wrong Girl (Return to Fear Street #2) by R.L. Stine

• Say No to the Duke by Eloisa James

• Underground Airlines by Ben Winters

• The Last Voyage of Poe Blythe by Ally Condie

• The Book of Dust (La Belle Sauvage 1) by Philip Pullman

• The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders

• Furthermore by Tahereh Mafi

• Whichwood (Furthermore #2) by Tahereh Mafi

• Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey

• The Reckoning of Noah Shaw (Shaw Confessions #2) by Michelle Hodkin

UnRead Shelf Progress

• Starting Number: 270

• Books Read: 6

• Books Acquired: 16

• Books Unshelved: 0

• Finishing Number: 280

May TBR Pile:

1. Book of the Month Club: The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

2. BOTM: The Heiress Gets a Duke by Harper St. George

3. Girly Book Club: (already caught up)

4. Friend Book Club: The Flatshare by Beth O’Leary

5. MMD RC: Still Life by Louise Penny

6. MMD RC: Daring Greatly by Brene Brown

7. Nonfiction: In the Hurricane’s Eye by Nathaniel Philbrick

8. Nonfiction: Buy Yourself the Fucking Lilies by Tara Schuster

9. Fantasy: Ring Shout by P. Djeli Clark

10. Fantasy: Red Queen by Christina Henry

11. Fantasy: Cursed

12. Comic: Something is Killing the Children Vol. 1

13. Comic: Something is Killing the Children Vol. 2

14. Comic: Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Vol. 1

15. Science Fiction: The Toll by Neal Shusterman

16. Romance: The Sum of All Kisses by Julia Quinn

17. Romance: The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy by Julia Quinn

18. Kid Read Aloud: Nim’s Island by Wendy Orr

19. Kid Read Aloud: The One and Only Bob by Katherine Applegate

Movies watched

• Godzilla vs. King Kong - Decent kaiju movie.

• Point Break - New version. Beyond terrible.

• Nobody - Very John Wick-esque but starring Bob Odenkirk. We really enjoyed this one.

• Say My Name - A quirky action comedy. We really like these types of movies.

TV Shows watched 

• AP Bio S1-3 - We finished the series and I laughed so hard!

• Falcon and the Winter Soldier S1 - Really enjoyed the buddy cop elements of this show.

• Below Deck

• Staged S1-2 - We needed to watch this. Delightful.

• Star Trek: Voyager S2-3 - Slowly continuing on with our goal of watching all the Star Trek. Voyager really is very uneven…

Comments - Very good reading month! I actually knocked out 6 from my Unread Shelf. Unfortunately, I added 16 books to that same shelf. Goodness… Well, more books for me to love I guess.

Next up on the TBR pile:

March 2021 Wrap-up

March TBR Pile (19/24):

1. Book of the Month Club: TBD

2. Girly Book Club: Recipe for a Perfect Wife by Karma Brown ✓

3. Friend Book Club: Dangerous Women by Hope Adams ✓

4. MMD RC: Still Life by Louise Penny

5. MMD RC: I Was Told It Would Get Easier by Abbi Waxman ✓

6. Nonfiction: Walkable City by Jeff Speck

7. Nonfiction: From Here to Eternity by Caitlin Doughty

8. Romance: Duke of Sin by Elizabeth Hoyt ✓

9. Romance: Duke of Pleasure by Elizabeth Hoyt ✓

10. Romance: Duke of Desire by Elizabeth Hoyt ✓

11. Fantasy: A Vow of Bold and Deadly by Brigid Kemmerer ✓

12. Fantasy: Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust

13. Fantasy: Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire ✓

14. Thriller: Confessions on the 7:45 by Lisa Unger ✓

15. Science Fiction: Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman ✓

16. Kid Read Aloud: Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar ✓

17. Kid Read Aloud: Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie ✓

18. Added: To Sir Phillip With Love by Julia Quinn ✓

19. Added: When He was Wicked by Julia Quinn ✓

20. Added: It’s in His Kiss by Julia Quinn ✓

21. Added: Librarian Tales by William Otten ✓

22. Added: Once Upon a Moonlit Night by Elizabeth Hoyt ✓

23. Added: Once Upon a Christmas Eve by Elizabeth Hoyt ✓

24. Added: Once Upon a Maiden Lane by Elizabeth Hoyt ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 5537 pages
Pages Remaining: 484,888 pages

Current Read - The Midnight Library by Matt Haig; Outlawed by Anna North; Robots and Empire by Isaac Asimov

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Books Bought/Received (4)

Using my birthday gift cards, I bought two comic trades:

• Lady Mechanika Vol. 5

• Lady Mechanika Vol. 6

And I picked up two Book of the Month books:

• The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner

• The Heiress Gets a Duke by Harper St. George

UnRead Shelf Progress

• Starting Number: 276

• Books Read: 2

• Books Acquired: 4

• Books Unshelved: 8

• Finishing Number: 270

April TBR Pile:

1. Book of the Month Club: The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

2. BOTM: The Heiress Gets a Duke by Harper St. George

3. Girly Book Club: The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner

4. Friend Book Club: Outlawed by Anna North

5. MMD RC: Still Life by Louise Penny

6. MMD RC: Daring Greatly by Brene Brown

7. MMD RC: The Switch by Beth O’Leary

8. Nonfiction: In the Hurricane’s Eye by Nathaniel Philbrick

9. Fantasy: Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust

10. Fantasy: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

11. Fantasy: Alice by Christina Henry

12. Fantasy: All the Tides of Fate by Adalyn Grace

13. Science Fiction: Robots and Empires by Isaac Asimov

14. Science Fiction: Sea Change by Nancy Kress

15. Romance: On the Way to the Wedding by Julia Quinn

16. Romance: Bridgerton Happily Ever After by Julia Quinn

17. Kid Read Aloud: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

18. Kid Read Aloud: Pippi Longstocking by Astrid

Movies watched

• Raya and the Last Dragon - The settings and backgrounds were absolutely gorgeous. The story wasn’t quite hitting all the emotional notes.

• Pixie - Enjoyed this black comedy! We unintentionally watched this for St. Patrick’s Day.

TV Shows watched 

• Last Week Tonight - Our usual current show

• Below Deck Med S5 - Still love Captain Sandy, but man that was a season full of firings!

• Superstore S6 - We finished it!

• WandaVision S1 - Heartbreaking, but oh so good.

• Resident Alien S1 - Delightfully weird show. We watch anything with Alan Tudyk in it!

• Falcon and the Winter Solider S1 - We are totally in on this show.

• Ted Lasso S1 - This was exactly the show that I needed right now. It’s so incredibly hopeful!

• AP Bio S1 - J had me start this one and it is good. It’s the cynical opposite of Ted Lasso.

Comments - A surprisingly great reading month. I read some duds, but I also finished a great (very large) historical romance story and almost finished another one. We also managed to watch some great TV series (seriously Ted Lasso is life!). Looking to April to decrease my library books and read more from my shelves. This should be helped by the fact that both book club books I actually own and am prioritizing.

Next up on the TBR pile:

February 2021 Wrap-up

February TBR Pile (15/24):

1. Book of the Month Club: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides ✓

2. Girly Book Club: Recursion by Blake Crouch (reread for me)

3. Girly Book Club: Disappearing Earth by Julia Philips

4. Friend Book Club: The Widow by Fiona Barton ✓

5. MMD RC: Still Life by Louise Penny

6. Nonfiction: Librarian Tales by William Ottens

7. Nonfiction: Underland by Robert Mcfarlane ✓

8. Romance: Duke of Midnight by Elizabeth Hoyt ✓

9. Romance: Darling Beast by Elizabeth Hoyt ✓

10. Romance: Sweetest Scoundrel by Elizabeth Hoyt ✓

11. Romance: To Sir Phillip With Love by Julia Quinn

12. Romance: It’s In His His by Julia Quinn

13. Romance: When He was Wicked by Julia Quinn

14. Romance: On the Way to the Wedding by Julia Quinn

15. Scifi: The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

16. Scifi: Scythe by Neal Shusterman ✓

17. Fantasy: A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

18. Fantasy: The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow ✓

19. Added: Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade ✓

20. Added: The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djeli Clark ✓

21. Added: Dearest Rogue by Elizabeth Hoyt ✓

22. Added: Know My Name by Chanel Miller ✓

23. Added: The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany by Lori Nelson Spielman ✓

24. Kid Read Aloud: Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman ✓

25. Kid Read Aloud: Just Beyond the Very, Very Far North by Dan Bar-el ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 5058 pages
Pages Remaining: 490,425 pages

Current Read - A Vow So Bold and Deadly by Brigid Kemmerer; Walkable City by Jeff Speck

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Books Bought/Received (0)

UnRead Shelf Progress

• Starting Number: 281

• Books Read: 5

• Books Acquired: 0

• Books Unshelved: 0

• Finishing Number: 276

March TBR Pile:

1. Book of the Month Club: TBD

2. Girly Book Club: Recipe for a Perfect Wife by Karma Brown

3. Friend Book Club: Dangerous Women by Hope Adams

4. MMD RC: Still Life by Louise Penny

5. MMD RC: I Was Told It Would Get Easier by Abbi Waxman

6. Nonfiction: Walkable City by Jeff Speck

7. Nonfiction: From Here to Eternity by Caitlin Doughty

8. Romance: Duke of Sin by Elizabeth Hoyt

9. Romance: Duke of Pleasure by Elizabeth Hoyt

10. Romance: Duke of Desire by Elizabeth Hoyt

11. Fantasy: A Vow of Bold and Deadly by Brigid Kemmerer

12. Fantasy: Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust

13. Fantasy: Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire

14. Thriller: Confessions on the 7:45 by Lisa Unger

15. Science Fiction: Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman

Movies watched - See my separate Movie Month posts for all the details.

TV Shows watched 

• The Watch S1 - We just finished the first season this week. I’m loving it!

• Superstore S6

• Bridgerton S1 - So class to finishing this season.

• Below Deck Med S5 - I’m liking some of the people on this season, but Hannah has got to go.

Comments - I barely squeaked to my reading goal of 15 books this month. February has always been a blah kind of month for reading and this month is no different. We did really enjoy our February movie month and watched some great (and some terrible) movies.

Next up on the TBR pile:

January 2021 Wrap-up

January TBR Pile (20/26):

1. Book of the Month Club: One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London ✓

2. Girly Book Club: Exhalation by Ted Chiang ✓

3. Girly Book Club: Disappearing Earth by Julia Philips

4. Friend Book Club: Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam ✓

5. MMD RC: Still Life by Louise Penny

6. Nonfiction: The Ends of the World by Peter Brannen ✓

7. Nonfiction: Librarian Tales by William Ottens

8. Nonfiction: Underland by Robert Mcfarlane

9. Romance: Duke of Midnight by Elizabeth Hoyt

10. Romance: The Duke and I by Julia Quinn ✓

11. Scifi: The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

12. Scifi: The Robots of Dawn by Isaac Asimov ✓

13. Fantasy: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke ✓

14. Comics: Solution and Other Problems by Allie Brosh ✓

15. Comics: Wellington by Aaron Mahnke ✓

16. Added: How to Catch a Wild Viscount by Tessa Dare ✓

17. Added: His Defiant Princess by Kathleen O’Brien ✓

18. Added: His Christmas Princess by Kathleen O’Brien ✓

19. Added: Sanctum by Madeleine Roux ✓

20. Added: The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham ✓

21. Added: The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn ✓

22. Added: An Offer from a Gentleman by Julia Quinn ✓

23. Added: Romancing Mr. Bridgerton by Julia Quinn ✓

24. Added: Lock In by John Scalzi ✓

25. Kid Read Aloud: The Very Very Far North by Dan Bar-el ✓

26. Kid Read Aloud: Matilda by Roald Dahl ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 6279 pages
Pages Remaining: 495,483 pages

Current Read - Underland by Robert Macfarlane; The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow

Books I Gave Up On (1)

• Suicide Forest by Jeremy Bates - I read about 30% and had a feeling that things were not going to take a good turn. I ended up reading Goodreads review and was validated in my feeling. CW for suicide and rape.

Books bought/received (4)

Two BOTM the month selections for me this month. One was free as it was a finalist for Book of the Year.

• Outlawed by Anna North

• The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare

I also picked up two romance paperbacks from Half Price Books. These are from Hoyt’s Maiden Lane series that I’m really enjoying reading. The library does not have either of these volumes right now, but does have later volumes.

• Duke of Midnight by Elizabeth Hoyt

• Sweetest Scoundrel by Elizabeth Hoyt

UnRead Shelf Progress

• Starting Number: 292

• Books Read: 6

• Books Acquired: 4

• Books Unshelved: 9

• Finishing Number: 281

February TBR Pile:

1. Book of the Month Club: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

2. Girly Book Club: Excursion by Blake Crouch (reread for me)

3. Girly Book Club: Disappearing Earth by Julia Philips

4. Friend Book Club: The Widow by Fiona Barton

5. MMD RC: Still Life by Louise Penny

6. Nonfiction: Librarian Tales by William Ottens

7. Nonfiction: Underland by Robert Mcfarlane

8. Romance: Duke of Midnight by Elizabeth Hoyt

9. Romance: Darling Beast by Elizabeth Hoyt

10. Romance: Sweetest Scoundrel by Elizabeth Hoyt

11. Romance: To Sir Phillip With Love by Julia Quinn

12. Romance: It’s In His His by Julia Quinn

13. Romance: When He was Wicked by Julia Quinn

14. Romance: On the Way to the Wedding by Julia Quinn

15. Scifi: The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

16. Scifi: Scythe by Neal Shusterman

17. Fantasy: A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

18. Fantasy: The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow

Movies watched

• The Last Blockbuster - Interesting little documentary

• Fahrenheit 451 (2018) - Really enjoyed the first act or so, but the second half of the movie was very weak.

TV Shows watched 

• Below Deck: Sailing Yacht S1

• Star Trek DS9 S1

• Schitt’s Creek S2-6 - We burned through five seasons in like two weeks. Oh goodness! I was in tears at the end. So incredibly good.

• The Watch S1 - J is super excited about this show based on The Watch novels from Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series.

• Lupin S1 - That was such a good show, but darn it, what a cliffhanger!

• The Bachelor - Ooofff, I’m not loving some of the women and their interactions on Matt James’s season.

Comments - Starting off the year strong! I read 18 books for myself and 2 kid read alouds. I managed to keep my library numbers down and read a decent number of unread shelf books. We managed to finish a few seasons of tv and almost an entire series. February is going to be our traditional new-to-us movie month, so very little television series will be watched. Can’t wait!

Next up on the TBR pile:

December 2020 Wrap-up

December TBR Pile (19/25):

1. Book of the Month Club: One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London

2. Girly Book Club: Exhalation by Ted Chiang

3. Friend Book Club: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by VE Schwab ✓

4. Friend Book Club (Dec): Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam

5. TBR Random (Dec): Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins ✓

6. Goodreads To Read Random (Dec): Still Life by Louise Penny

7. Theme 1: Wrapped Up for Christmas by Katlyn Duncan ✓

8. Theme 1: A Christmas to Remember by Jenny Hale ✓

9. Theme 1: The Christmas Princess by Patricia McLinn ✓

10. Theme 2: Uprooted by Naomi Novik

11. Theme 2: The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix ✓

12. Theme 2: Murder on Cold Street by Sherry Thomas ✓

13. Scifi: A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green

14. Comics: The Tea Dragon Society ✓

15. Comics: The Tea Dragon Festival ✓

16. Comics: Flight Vol. 2 ✓

17. Comics: Once & Future King Vol. 2 ✓

18. Comics: Lumberjanes / Gotham Academy ✓

19. Comics: Monstress Vol. 5 ✓

20. Horror: North American Lake Monsters by Nathan Ballingrud ✓

21. Added: Gotham Academy Semester 2 Vol. 1 ✓

22. Added: Gotham Academy Semester 2 Vol. 2 ✓

23. Added: Her Christmas Bonus by Rain Danvers ✓

24. Added: Let It Snow by Erica Ridley ✓

25. Added: The Christmas Contest by Scarlet Wilson ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 4439 pages
Pages Remaining: 501,761 pages

Current Read - Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam; Exhalation by Ted Chiang

Books I Gave Up On (0) 

Books bought/received (0)

January TBR Pile:

1. Book of the Month Club: One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London

2. Girly Book Club: Exhalation by Ted Chiang

3. Girly Book Club: Disappearing Earth by Julia Philips

4. Friend Book Club: Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam

5. MMD RC: Still Life by Louise Penny

6. Nonfiction: The Ends of the World by Peter Brannen

7. Nonfiction: Librarian Tales by William Ottens

8. Nonfiction: Underland by Robert Mcfarlane

9. Romance: Duke of Midnight by Elizabeth Hoyt

10. Romance: The Duke and I by Julia Quinn

11. Scifi: The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

12. Scifi: The Robots of Dawn by Isaac Asimov

13. Fantasy: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

14. Comics: Solution and Other Problems by Allie Brosh

15. Comics: Wellington by Aaron Mahnke

Movies watched

• Beneath the Planet of the Apes - I’m slowly working through this series that I’ve never watched.

• Florence Foster Jenkins - Delightful biography.

• Holidate - Delightful Christmas romantic comedy.

• Tenet - Too smart for its own good. Parts were liked and parts that were just too confusing.

• MIB: International - Rotten Tomatoes’ score of 22% was very harsh. This was an okay summer blockbuster popcorn flick. I would give it more like 55%.

• Insert Coin - Interesting documentary about coin op games and Midway. Didn’t know I needed to watch that one.

• Soul - This was really beautifully; something I expect from Pixar.

• WW84 - Very underwhelming…

• Fatman -

TV Shows watched 

• Lovecraft Country S1

• His Dark Materials S2

• The Mandalorian S2

• Below Deck: Sailing Yacht S1

• Star Trek DS9 S1 - As we finished some of the other shows, we jumped back into Star Trek.

• Schitt’s Creek S1-2 - We finally started it!

Comments - Finished off the year strong with 30 books over my goal.

Next up on the TBR pile:

November 2020 Wrap-up

November TBR Pile (16/30)

1. Book of the Month Club: One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London

2. BOTM Club: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

3. BOTM Club: The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

4. Girly Book Club: Color Me In by Natasha Diaz ✓

5. Friend Book Club: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

6. Unread Shelf Random (Nov): Still Life by Louise Penny

7. Goodreads To Read Random (Nov): The Troop by Nick Cutter ✓

8. Theme 1: The Address Book by Deirdre Mask ✓

9. Theme 1: The Witches by Stacy Schiff

10. Theme 1: The Buried by Peter Hessler

11. Theme 2: The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich

12. Horror: Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff ✓

13. Comics: Lumberjanes/Gotham Academy

14. Comics: Lumberjanes The Infernal Compass ✓

15. Comics: Lumberjanes The Shape of Friendship ✓

16. Comics: Lumberjanes Bonus Tracks ✓

17. Comics: Flight Vol. 1 ✓

18. Comics: Flight Vol. 2

19. Romance: Duke of Midnight by Elizabeth Hoyt

20. Romance: Darling Beast by Elizabeth Hoyt

21. Romance: Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins

22. Thriller: There’s Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins ✓

23. Horror: The Secrets of Drearcliff Grange School by Kim Newman

24. Horror: Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand ✓

25. Added: The Last Flight by Julie Clark ✓

26. Added: Magical Blend by Kennedy Layne ✓

27. Added: Over the Woodward Wall by A. Deborah Baker ✓

28. Added: Gotham Academy Vol. 1 ✓

29. Added: Gotham Academy Vol. 2 ✓

30. Added: Gotham Academy Vol. 3 ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 4043 pages
Pages Remaining: 506,200 pages

Current Read - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by VE Schwab

Books I Gave Up On (0) 

Books bought/received (2) - Two selections from Book of the Month

• The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by VE Schwab

• The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany by Lori Nelson Spielman

December TBR Pile:

1. Book of the Month Club: Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam

2. Girly Book Club: Exhalation by Ted Chiang

3. Friend Book Club: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by VE Schwab

4. Friend Book Club (Dec): TBD

5. TBR Random (Dec): Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins

6. Goodreads To Read Random (Dec): Still Life by Louise Penny

7. Theme 1: One Day in December by Josie Silver

8. Theme 1: TBD

9. Theme 1: TBD

10. Theme 2: Uprooted by Naomi Novik

11. Theme 2: TBD

12. Theme 2: TBD

13. Scifi: A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green

14. Comics: The Tea Dragon Society

15. Comics: The Tea Dragon Festival

16. Comics: Flight Vol. 2

17. Comics: Once & Future King Vol. 2

18. Comics: Lumberjanes / Gotham Academy

19. Comics: Monstress Vol. 5

20. Horror: North American Lake Monsters by Nathan Ballingrud

Movies watched

• The New Mutants - Boring

• Downsizing - Very confused message and tone.

TV Shows watched 

• The Mandalorian S2

• Truth Seekers S1

• Battlestar Galactica S4

• His Dark Materials S2

• Happy S2

• Lovecraft Country S1

Comments - My reading went down this month as life was busy. But I still had a decent showing and finished off a stack of comics. I’ve put myself on a library ban that will be extending into 2021 (excluding book club selections that I don’t want to buy). We’ll see how December goes.

Next up on the TBR pile:

October 2020 Wrap-up

October TBR Pile (17/27)

1. Book of the Month Club: One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London

2. Book of the Month Club: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

3. Girly Book Club: The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali ✓

4. Friend Book Club: Sleepjng Giants by Sylvain Neuvel ✓

5. Unread Shelf Random (Oct): Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

6. Goodreads To Read Random (Oct): The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis

7. Theme 1: The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones ✓

8. Theme 1: White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi ✓

9. Theme 1: Devolution by Max Brooks ✓

10. Theme 2:

11. Theme 2:

12. Theme Wrap-up: The Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall by Katie Alender ✓

13. Theme Wrap-up: The Secrets of Drearcliff School by Kim Newman

14. Theme Wrap-up: Sanctum by Madeleine Roux

15. Romance: Duke of Midnight by Elizabeth Hoyt

16. Romance: A Rogue of One’s Own by Evie Dunmore ✓

17. Romance: Well Played by Jen De Luca ✓

18. Nonfiction: The Witches by Stacy Schiff

19. Historical Fiction: Lovely War by Julie Berry ✓

20. Ebook: Dark Desires by Eve Silver ✓

21. Added: Lumberjanes Vol. 12 ✓

22. Added: Lumberjanes Vol. 13 ✓

23. Added: Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner ✓

24. Added: The Widow of Rose House by Diana Biller ✓

25. Added: The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune ✓

26. Added: The Last Mrs. Summers by Rhys Bowen ✓

27. Added: Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 5323 pages
Pages Remaining: 510,243 pages

Current Read - The Last Flight by Julie Clark

Books I Gave Up On (0) 

Books bought/received (2) - Two selections from BOTM this month.

• A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

• Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman

November TBR Pile:

1. Book of the Month Club: One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London

2. BOTM Club: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

3. BOTM Club: The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

4. Girly Book Club: Color Me In by Natasha Diaz

5. Friend Book Club: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

6. Unread Shelf Random (Nov): Still Life by Louise Penny

7. Goodreads To Read Random (Nov): The Troop by Nick Cutter

8. Theme 1: The Address Book by Deirdre Mask

9. Theme 1: The Witches by Stacy Schiff

10. Theme 1: The Buried by Peter Hessler

11. Theme 2: The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich

12. Theme 2:

13. Theme 2:

14. Horror: Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff

15. Comics: Lumberjanes/Gotham Academy

16. Comics: Lumberjanes The Infernal Compass

17. Comics: Lumberjanes The Shape of Friendship

18. Comics: Lumberjanes Bonus Tracks

19. Comics: Flight Vol. 1

20. Comics: Flight Vol. 2

21. Romance: Duke of Midnight by Elizabeth Hoyt

22. Romance: Darling Beast by Elizabeth Hoyt

23. Romance: Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins

24. Thriller: There’s Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins

25. Horror: The Secrets of Drearcliff Grange School by Kim Newman

26. Horror: Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand

Movies watched

• Save Yourselves - Weird and odd. Loved it!

• Enola Holmes - Delightful

• Aladdin (2019) - Better than I thought it was going to be. Will Smith is a good different genie.

• Crazy Rich Asians - Better than the book…

• Phinneas and Ferb: Candace Against the Universe - Our entertaining family movie night selection.

• The Doorman - So very forgettable.

• Jaco - Knew the music, didn’t know the name. Interesting biography.

• Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day - Rewatch for me, first time for J.

TV Shows watched 

• Battelstar Galactica S3-4

• The Boys S2

• The Great British Bake-Off S11

• Lower Decks S1

• Archer S11

• Happy S2

• Home S1

• Below Deck S7

• Truth Seekers S1

Comments - A mixed bag when it came to the quality of the books I read this month, but I did reach my number goal. I’ve put myself on a library hold ban for November and December (except for book club books). Things got a little out of a hand and I stop reading my unread books. Need to get back to my own bookshelves and knock out some more books.

Next up on the TBR pile:

September 2020 Wrap-up

September TBR Pile (14/42):

1. Book of the Month Club: One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London

2. Girly Book Club: Gods of Jade and Shadows by Silvia Moreno-Garcia ✓

3. Friend Book Club: The Holdout by Graham Moore ✓

4. Unread Shelf Random (Jan): Labyrinth by Kate Mosse

5. UnRead Shelf Selection (Feb): Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

6. UnRead Shelf Random (June): Craft a Life You Love by Amy Tangerine

7. Unread Shelf Random (July): Every Hidden Thing by Kenneth Oppel

8. Unread Shelf Random (Sept): Catacomb by Madeleine Roux

9. TBR Random (Sept): The Book of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate

10. Goodreads To Read Random (Jan): Wanderers by Chuck Wendig

11. Goodreads To Read Random (Sept): Thief of Shadows by Elizabeth Hoyt ✓

12. May Theme Wrap-up: Uprooted by Naomi Novik

13. May Theme Wrap-up: The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry

14. May Theme Wrap-up: The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald

15. May Theme Wrap-up: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

16. May Theme Wrap-up: Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson

17. June Theme Wrap-up: Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn

18. June Theme Wrap-up: Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor

19. July Theme Wrap-up: The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman

20. July Theme Wrap-up: The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

21. August Theme Wrap-up: Sanctum by Madeleine Roux

22. August Theme Wrap-up: The Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall by Katie Alender

23. Theme 1: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

24. Theme 1: Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado

25. Theme 1: Bear Town by Fredrik Backman

26. Theme 2: The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo ✓

27. Theme 2: Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo

28. Theme 2:

29. Nonfiction: The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson

30. Horror: The Asylum Novellas by Madeleine Roux

31. Library: City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert

32. Library: Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner

33. Library: Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power ✓

34. Ebook: A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown ✓

35. Ebook: The Robots at Dawn by Isaac Asimov

36. Added: Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland ✓

37. Added: The Last Curtain Call by Juliet Blackwell ✓

38. Added: The Hike by Drew Magary ✓

39. Added: Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan ✓

40. Added: Love and Death Among the Cheetahs by Rhys Bowen ✓

41. Added: Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert ✓

42. Added: The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner ✓

43. Added: Lord of Darkness by Elizabeth Hoyt ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 5453 pages
Pages Remaining: 515,566 pages

Current Read - The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones; Lovely War by Julie Berry; A Rogue of One’s Own by Evie Dunmore

Books I Gave Up On (0) 

Books bought/received (3) - I ended up getting three books from BOTM for this month

• Gods of Jade and Shadows by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

• Piransei by Susanna Clarke

• Caste by Isabel Wilkerson

October TBR Pile:

1. Book of the Month Club: One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London

2. Book of the Month Club: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

3. Girly Book Club: The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali

4. Friend Book Club:

5. Unread Shelf Random (Oct): Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

6. Goodreads To Read Random (Oct): The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis

7. Theme 1: The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

8. Theme 1: White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi

9. Theme 1: Devolution by Max Brooks

10. Theme 2:

11. Theme 2:

12. Theme 3:

13. Theme Wrap-up: The Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall by Katie Alender

14. Theme Wrap-up: The Secrets of Drearcliff School by Kim Newman

15. Theme Wrap-up: Sanctum by Madeleine Roux

16. Romance: Duke of Midnight by Elizabeth Hoyt

17. Romance: A Rogue of One’s Own by Evie Dunmore

18. Romance: Well Played by Jen De Luca

19. Nonfiction: The Witches by Stacy Schiff

20. Scifi: Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel

21. Historical Fiction: Lovely War by Julie Berry

22. Ebook: Dark Desires by Eve Silver

Movies watched

• Dolittle - Not as bad as I thought it would be. I think the biggest problem was the ridiculous accent.

TV Shows watched 

• Battlestar Galactica S3

• Below Deck Med S

• Afro Samurai

• Lower Decks S1

• The Orville S2

• Archer

• Travels with My Father

• The Boys S2

Comments - Decent reading month even with all the interruptions.

Next up on the TBR pile:

August 2020 Wrap-up

August TBR Pile (17/44):

1. Book of the Month Club: One Day in December by Josie Silver

2. BOTM: The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver

3. BOTM: One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London

4. Girly Book Club: My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite ✓

5. Friend Book Club: Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia ✓

6. Unread Shelf Random (Jan): Labyrinth by Kate Mosse

7. UnRead Shelf Selection (Feb): Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

8. UnRead Shelf Random (June): Craft a Life You Love by Amy Tangerine

9. Unread Shelf Random (July): Every Hidden Thing by Kenneth Oppel

10. Goodreads To Read Random (Jan): Wanderers by Chuck Wendig

11. Goodreads To Read Random (August): The Ship of Dreams by Gareth Russell ✓

12. TBR Jar Random (August): Delirium by Lauren Oliver ✓

13. May Theme Wrap-up: Uprooted by Naomi Novik

14. May Theme Wrap-up: The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry

15. May Theme Wrap-up: The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald

16. May Theme Wrap-up: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

17. May Theme Wrap-up: Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson

18. June Theme Wrap-up: Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn

19. June Theme Wrap-up: Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor

20. July Theme Wrap-up: The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman

21. July Theme Wrap-up: The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

22. Theme 1: Partials by Dan Wells

23. Theme 1: The End of October by Lawrence Wright ✓

24. Theme 1: The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov ✓

25. Theme 2: Sanctum by Madeleine Roux

26. Theme 2: Agnes at the End of the World by Kelly McWilliams ✓

27. Theme 2: TBD

28. YA: Wicked as You Wish by Rin Chupeco ✓

29. Nonfiction: The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson

30. Horror: The Asylum Novellas by Madeleine Roux

31. Horror: Catacomb by Madeleine Roux

32. MMD: Beach Read by Emily Henry ✓

33. MMD:: Redhead By the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler ✓

34. MMD: Loveboat, Taipei by Abigail Hing Wen

35. Library: The Book of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate

36. Library: City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert

37. Library: The Fifth Avenue Story Society by Rachel Hauck

38. Library: Seven Endless Forests by April Genevieve Tucholke ✓

39. Romance: Wicked Intentions by Elizabeth Hoyt ✓

40. Romance: Notorious Pleasures by Elizabeth Hoyt ✓

41. Added: Scandalous Desires by Elizabeth Hoyt ✓

42. Added: The Naked Sun by Isaac Asimov ✓

43. Added: Dreamland by Nancy Bilyeau ✓

44. Added: Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding by Rhys Bowen ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 6012 pages
Pages Remaining: 521,019 pages

Current Read - Thief of Shadows by Elizabeth Hoyt

Books I Gave Up On (0) 

Books bought/received (1) - I chose The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson for my BOTM selection.

September TBR Pile:

1. Book of the Month Club: One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London

2. Girly Book Club: Gods of Jade and Shadows by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

3. Friend Book Club: The Holdout by Graham Moore

4. Unread Shelf Random (Jan): Labyrinth by Kate Mosse

5. UnRead Shelf Selection (Feb): Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

6. UnRead Shelf Random (June): Craft a Life You Love by Amy Tangerine

7. Unread Shelf Random (July): Every Hidden Thing by Kenneth Oppel

8. Unread Shelf Random (Sept): Catacomb by Madeleine Roux

9. TBR Random (Sept): The Book of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate

10. Goodreads To Read Random (Jan): Wanderers by Chuck Wendig

11. Goodreads To Read Random (Sept): Thief of Shadows by Elizabeth Hoyt

12. May Theme Wrap-up: Uprooted by Naomi Novik

13. May Theme Wrap-up: The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry

14. May Theme Wrap-up: The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald

15. May Theme Wrap-up: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

16. May Theme Wrap-up: Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson

17. June Theme Wrap-up: Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn

18. June Theme Wrap-up: Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor

19. July Theme Wrap-up: The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman

20. July Theme Wrap-up: The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

21. August Theme Wrap-up: Sanctum by Madeleine Roux

22. August Theme Wrap-up: The Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall by Katie Alender

23. Theme 1: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

24. Theme 1: Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado

25. Theme 1: Bear Town by Fredrik Backman

26. Theme 2: The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

27. Theme 2: Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo

28. Theme 2:

29. Nonfiction: The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson

30. Horror: The Asylum Novellas by Madeleine Roux

31. Library: City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert

32. Library: Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner

33. Library: Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power

34. Ebook: A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown

35. Ebook: The Robots at Dawn by Isaac Asimov

Movies watched

• Jack Reacher - Very meh movie

• Max Reload and the Nerf Blasters - Cute little indie film

• Dynamite Warrior - Such a weird movie that J made me watch.

• Bill & Ted Face the Music - Decent movie, but very earnest.

TV Shows watched 

• Battlestar Galactica S2

• The Umbrella Academy S2

• Holey Moley S2

• Below Deck Med S5

• Below Deck S7

• The 100 S7

• The Orville S1

Comments - A decent showing this month for reading. I figured my reading numbers would go down because of homeschooling. And it happened. That’s okay. I still read a decent amount this week and am going into September with renewed motivation.

Next up on the TBR pile:

July 2020 Wrap-up

July TBR Pile (22/43)

1. Book of the Month Club: The End of October by Lawrence Wright

2. BOTM: Home Before Dark by Riley Sager ✓

3. BOTM: One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London

4. Girly Book Club: Get a Life Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert ✓

5. Friend Book Club: The Witches are Coming by Lindy West ✓

6. Unread Shelf Random (Jan): Labyrinth by Kate Mosse

7. UnRead Shelf Selection (Feb): Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

8. UnRead Shelf Random (June): Craft a Life You Love by Amy Tangerine

9. Unread Shelf Random (July): Every Hidden Thing by Kenneth Oppel

10. Goodreads To Read Random (Jan): Wanderers by Chuck Wendig

11. Goodreads To Read Random (July): Dread Nation by Justina Ireland ✓

12. TBR Jar Random (July): Pines by Blake Crouch ✓

13. May Theme Wrap-up: Uprooted by Naomi Novik

14. May Theme Wrap-up: The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry

15. May Theme Wrap-up: The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald

16. May Theme Wrap-up: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

17. June Theme Wrap-up: Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn

18. June Theme Wrap-up: Conjure Women by Afia Atakora ✓

19. June Theme Wrap-up: Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor

20. June Theme Wrap-up: Across the Universe by Beth Revis ✓

21. Theme 1: The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman

22. Theme 1: Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson ✓

23. Theme 1: Something Strange and Deadly by Susan Dennard

24. Theme 2: The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

25. Theme 2: Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch ✓

26. Theme 2: The Guest List by Lucy Foley ✓

27. YA: Wicked as You Wish by Rin Chupeco

28. Nonfiction: The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson

29. Nonfiction: A Homemade Life by Molly Wizenberg ✓

30. Horror: Sanctum by Madeleine Roux

31. Horror: The Asylum Novellas by Madeleine Roux

32. Horror: Catacomb by Madeleine Roux

33. Horror: The House with a Clock in Its Walls by John Bellairs ✓

34. Science Fiction: Exit Strategy by Martha Wells ✓

35. Science Fiction: Network Effect by Martha Wells ✓

36. Added: Once & Future Vol. 1 ✓

37. Added: Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo ✓

38. Added: On Her Majesty’s Frightfully Secret Service by Rhys Bowen ✓

39. Added: Pandemic 1918 by Catharine Arnold ✓

40. Added: Tweet Cute by Emma Lord ✓

41. Added: Galatea by Madeline Miller ✓

42. Added: Shrill by Lindy West ✓

43. Added: A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 6736 pages
Pages Remaining: 527,031 pages

Current Read - Wicked Intentions by Elizabeth Hoyt; Wicked as You Wish by Rin Chupeco

Books I Gave Up On (0) 

Books bought/received (1) - My BOTM selection for July was Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. I’m excited to dive into that one for August.

August TBR Pile:

1. Book of the Month Club: One Day in December by Josie Silver

2. BOTM: The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver

3. BOTM: One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London

4. Girly Book Club: My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

5. Friend Book Club: Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

6. Unread Shelf Random (Jan): Labyrinth by Kate Mosse

7. UnRead Shelf Selection (Feb): Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

8. UnRead Shelf Random (June): Craft a Life You Love by Amy Tangerine

9. Unread Shelf Random (July): Every Hidden Thing by Kenneth Oppel

10. Goodreads To Read Random (Jan): Wanderers by Chuck Wendig

11. Goodreads To Read Random (August): The Ship of Dreams by Gareth Russell

12. TBR Jar Random (August): Delirium by Lauren Oliver

13. May Theme Wrap-up: Uprooted by Naomi Novik

14. May Theme Wrap-up: The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry

15. May Theme Wrap-up: The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald

16. May Theme Wrap-up: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

17. May Theme Wrap-up: Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson

18. June Theme Wrap-up: Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn

19. June Theme Wrap-up: Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor

20. July Theme Wrap-up: The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman

21. July Theme Wrap-up: The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

22. Theme 1: Partials by Dan Wells

23. Theme 1: The End of October by Lawrence Wright

24. Theme 1: The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov

25. Theme 2: Sanctum by Madeleine Roux

26. Theme 2: Agnes at the End of the World by Kelly McWilliams

27. Theme 2: TBD

28. YA: Wicked as You Wish by Rin Chupeco

29. Nonfiction: The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson

30. Horror: The Asylum Novellas by Madeleine Roux

31. Horror: Catacomb by Madeleine Roux

32. MMD: Beach Read by Emily Henry

33. MMD:: Redhead By the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler

34. MMD: Loveboat, Taipei by Abigail Hing Wen

35. Library: The Book of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate

36. Library: City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert

37. Library: The Fifth Avenue Story Society by Rachel Hauck

38. Library: Seven Endless Forests by April Genevieve Tucholke

39. Romance: Wicked Intentions by Elizabeth Hoyt

40. Romance: Notorious Pleasures by Elizabeth Hoyt

Movies watched

• Stuffed - Strange doc about taxidermists. Loved it!

• Overboard (2018) - Not as bad as I thought it was going to be, but not good.

• Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story - J made me watch. Way funnier than I anticipated.

• Eurovision - Tonally all over the place, but had some great funny moments.

• Palm Springs - Total delight! Loved Andy Sandberg.

• Yesterday - Don’t think about it too hard and then it’s great.

• The Personal History of David Copperfield - Such a delightful movie. Loved it.

• Psych 2: Lassie Come Home - We needed some light-hearted fun!

• The Bit Player - Fascinating documentary about Claude Shannon

• The Current War - A bit muddled, but decent.

TV Shows watched 

• Battlestar Galactica S2

• Below Deck: Med S3

• Cosmos S2

• Avenue 5 S1 - This was a delight! I can’t wait for S2.

• The 100 S7

Comments - Holy cow! Another huge reading moth! I knocked off a ton of books from my TBR pile and didn’t add to many. Looking forward to August. I imagine my reading will go down a bit with Arthur starting homeschooling and lots of big changes to our very lax schedule right now.

Next up on the TBR pile:

June 2020 Wrap-up

June TBR Pile (25/46):

1. Book of the Month Club: One Day in December by Josie Silver

2. BOTM: The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver

3. Girly Book Club: Ask Again Yes by Mary Beth Keane ✓

4. Friend Book Club: The Library of Legends by Janie Chang ✓

5. Unread Shelf Random (Jan): Labyrinth by Kate Mosse

6. UnRead Shelf Selection (Feb): Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

7. UnRead Shelf Random (April): Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore ✓

8. UnRead Shelf Random (May): Asylum by Madeleine Roux ✓

9. UnRead Shelf Random (June): Craft a Life You Love by Amy Tangerine

10. Goodreads To Read Random (Jan): Wanderers by Chuck Wendig

11. Goodreads To Read Random (June): The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs by Katherine Howe ✓

12. TBR Jar Random (June): Hollowland by Amanda Hocking ✓

13. May Theme Wrap-up: Uprooted by Naomi Novik

14. May Theme Wrap-up: The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry

15. May Theme Wrap-up: The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald

16. May Theme Wrap-up: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

17. Theme 1: Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn

18. Theme 1: Daughters of Rome by Kate Quinn

19. Theme 1: Empress of the Seven Hills by Kate Quinn

20. Theme 2: Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor

21. Theme 2: Across the Universe by Beth Revis

22. Theme 2: A Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer ✓

23. Mystery: Cocaine Blues by Kerry Washington ✓

24. Historical Fiction: Lady of the Eternal City by Kate Quinn

25. Historical Fiction: The Paris Hours by Alex George ✓

26. Science Fiction: Sever by Lauren DeStefano ✓

27. Science Fiction: Artificial Condition by Martha Wells ✓

28. Science Fiction: Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells ✓

29. Science Fiction: Exit Strategy by Martha Wells

30. Science Fiction: Network Effect by Martha Wells

31. Romance: Whisper of Scandal by Nicola Cornick ✓

32. Romance: One Wicked Sin by Nicola Cornick (dumped series)

33. Romance: Mistress of Midnight by Nicola Cornick (dumped series)

34. Romance: Notorious by Nicola Cornick (dumped series)

35. Nonfiction: The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs by Steve Brusatte ✓

36. Ebook: The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel ✓

37. Added: The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams ✓

38. Added: Crowned and Dangerous by Rhys Bowen ✓

39. Added: The City We Became by NK Jemisin ✓

40. Added: Hollowmen by Amanda Hocking ✓

41. Added: The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley ✓

42. Added: When Women Ruled by Kara Cooney ✓

43. Added: Bibliophile by Jane Mount ✓

44. Added: The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez ✓

45. Added: Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston ✓

46. Added: I’d Give Anything by Marisa de los Santos ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 8354 pages
Pages Remaining: 533,767 pages

Current Read - Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert; Conjure Women by Afia Atakora

Books I Gave Up On (0) 

Books bought/received (3) - I ended up getting three Book of the Month selections at the beginning June.

• The End of October by Lawrence Wright

• One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London

• Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

July TBR Pile:

1. Book of the Month Club: The End of October by Lawrence Wright

2. BOTM: Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

3. BOTM: One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London

4. Girly Book Club: Get a Life Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert

5. Friend Book Club: The Witches are Coming by Lindy West

6. Unread Shelf Random (Jan): Labyrinth by Kate Mosse

7. UnRead Shelf Selection (Feb): Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

8. UnRead Shelf Random (June): Craft a Life You Love by Amy Tangerine

9. Unread Shelf Random (July): Every Hidden Thing by Kenneth Oppel

10. Goodreads To Read Random (Jan): Wanderers by Chuck Wendig

11. Goodreads To Read Random (July): Dread Nation by Justina Ireland

12. TBR Jar Random (July): Pines by Blake Crouch

13. May Theme Wrap-up: Uprooted by Naomi Novik

14. May Theme Wrap-up: The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry

15. May Theme Wrap-up: The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald

16. May Theme Wrap-up: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

17. June Theme Wrap-up: Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn

18. June Theme Wrap-up: Daughters of Rome by Kate Quinn

19. June Theme Wrap-up: Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor

20. June Theme Wrap-up: Across the Universe by Beth Revis

21. Theme 1: The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman

22. Theme 1: Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson

23. Theme 1: Something Strange and Deadly by Susan Dennard

24. Theme 2: The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

25. Theme 2: Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch

26. Theme 2: TBD

27. YA: Wicked as You Wish by Rin Chupeco

28. Nonfiction: The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson

29. Nonfiction: A Homemade Life by Molly Wizenberg

30. Horror: Sanctum by Madeleine Roux

31. Horror: The Asylum Novellas by Madeleine Roux

32. Horror: Catacomb by Madeleine Roux

33. Horror: The House with a Clock in Its Walls by John Bellairs

34. Science Fiction: Exit Strategy by Martha Wells

35. Science Fiction: Network Effect by Martha Wells

Movies watched

• Corporate Animals - Such a weird tone. Did not like…

• Masterminds - A better comedy, but not great.

• Porno - Not as comedic as we were hoping for.

• Star Trek: Generations - Decent. Like a long episode of Next Gen.

TV Shows watched 

• Holey Moley S1-2 - Our fun silly show!

• Broadchurch S3 - I was a little disappointed in the resolution of the storyline.

• Cosmos S2 - Oh so good.

• Battlestar Galactica S1 - As we finished Broadchurch, J had me start this show.

• Below Deck S5-6

Comments - Holy cow! Still powering through books while social distancing. I need to do better at reading my own books (my constant refrain), but I’m excited about all the books I’ve been reading.

Next up on the TBR pile:

May 2020 Wrap-up

May TBR Pile (20/31):

1. Book of the Month Club: Things in Jars by Jess Kidd ✓

2. Girly Book Club: Circe by Madeline Miller (reread, no review) ✓

3. Friend Book Club: A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson ✓

4. Unread Shelf Random (Jan): Labyrinth by Kate Mosse

5. UnRead Shelf Selection (Feb): Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

6. UnRead Shelf Random (April): Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore

7. UnRead Shelf Random (May): Asylum by Madeleine Roux

8. Goodreads To Read Random (Jan): Wanderers by Chuck Wendig

9. Goodreads To Read Random (May): The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd ✓

10. TBR Jar Random (April): The Five by Hallie Rubenhold ✓

11. TBR Jar Random (May): A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer ✓

12. April Theme Wrap-up: The Oracle Code ✓

13. April Theme Wrap-up: The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson

14. April Theme Wrap-up: Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin ✓

15. Theme 1: Uprooted by Naomi Novik

16. Theme 1: Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller ✓

17. Theme 1: The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry

18. Theme 2: The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald

19. Theme 2: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

20. Theme 2: TBD

21. Romance: The Secrets of the Courtesan by Nicola Cornick ✓

22. Romance: The Confessions of a Duchess by Nicola Cornick ✓

23. Romance: The Scandals of an Innocent by Nicola Cornick ✓

24. Romance: The Undoing of a Lady by Nicola Cornick ✓

25. Added: Malice at the Palace by Rhys Bowen ✓

26. Added: Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins ✓

27. Added: Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey ✓

28. Added: The Deep by Alma Katsu ✓

29. Added: All Systems Red by Martha Wells ✓

30. Kid Read-Aloud: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl ✓

31. Kid Read-Aloud: Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 6518 pages
Pages Remaining: 542,121 pages

Current Read - The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs by Steve Brusatte; Hollowland by Amanda Hocking

Books I Gave Up On (0) 

Books bought/received (1) - I skipped Book of the Month for May. Nothing really called to me. But I did pick up a copy of A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson for book club. I am hoping J will read it this year also.

June TBR Pile:

1. Book of the Month Club: One Day in December by Josie Silver

2. BOTM: The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver

3. Girly Book Club: Ask Again Yes by Mary Beth Keane

4. Friend Book Club: The Library of Legends by Janie Chang

5. Unread Shelf Random (Jan): Labyrinth by Kate Mosse

6. UnRead Shelf Selection (Feb): Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

7. UnRead Shelf Random (April): Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore

8. UnRead Shelf Random (May): Asylum by Madeleine Roux

9. UnRead Shelf Random (June): Craft a Life You Love by Amy Tangerine

10. Goodreads To Read Random (Jan): Wanderers by Chuck Wendig

11. Goodreads To Read Random (June): The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs by Katherine Howe

12. TBR Jar Random (June): Hollowland by Amanda Hocking

13. May Theme Wrap-up: Uprooted by Naomi Novik

14. May Theme Wrap-up: The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry

15. May Theme Wrap-up: The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald

16. May Theme Wrap-up: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

17. Theme 1: Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn

18. Theme 1: Daughters of Rome by Kate Quinn

19. Theme 1: Empress of the Seven Hills by Kate Quinn

20. Theme 2: Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor

21. Theme 2: Across the Universe by Beth Revis

22. Theme 2: TBD

23. Mystery: Cocaine Blues by Kerry Washington

24. Historical Fiction: Lady of the Eternal City by Kate Quinn

25. Historical Fiction: The Paris Hours by Alex George

26. Science Fiction: Sever by Lauren DeStefano

27. Science Fiction: Artificial Condition by Martha Wells

28. Science Fiction: Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells

29. Science Fiction: Exit Strategy by Martha Wells

30. Science Fiction: Network Effect by Martha Wells

31. Romance: Whisper of Scandal by Nicola Cornick

32. Romance: One Wicked Sin by Nicola Cornick

33. Romance: Mistress of Midnight by Nicola Cornick

34. Romance: Notorious by Nicola Cornick

35. Nonfiction: The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs by Steve Brusatte

36. Ebook: The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel

UnRead Shelf Plans

For June, the prompt a book from a series. I am hoping to read one of my historical fiction series or a romance series from my stacks.

Movies watched

• Frankenstein from the National Theatre - We watched the one with Benedict Cumberbatch as Victor Frankenstein and Jonny Lee Miller as the monster. So good!

• 1917 - Absolutely gorgeous and horrifying. Amazing!

• VHYes - So weird, but strangely entertaining.

• Love Wedding Repeat - Enjoyed this romcom.

• Jay and Silent Bob Reboot - Meh.

• 20 Feet from Stardom - Pretty decent documentary.

• Ford v. Ferrari - Really enjoyed this movie about car racing, who knew?

• General Magic - Fascinating look at an almost mythical company.

• Jumanji: The Next Level - It had moments of humor. Mostly Kevin Hart being Danny Glover.

• The Darkest Minds - Terrible confusing movie (and I’ve read the book).

• Mortal Engines - Very cool models and set design, less exciting story and characters.

• Alita: Battle Angel - It had promise, I just wanted less teeny-bopper romance and more battle with the Big Bad.

• It Stains the Sands Red - Not the worst zombie movie I’ve seen, but the ending really killed it for me.

• F/X - Great 80s action movie!

• 2010 - Except for the voiceovers, I loved this one.

• Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss - Quirky and pretty fun.

• A Trip to Greece - A fourth trip! I found this one to be more uplifting than the previous ones.

• Spaceship Earth - A confused muddle of a documentary.

• Color Out of Space - Hate Lovecraft as a person, love Lovecraftian horror. This was terrifying and amazing!

• The Lovebirds - That was delightful!

• Jupiter Ascending - What a trainwreck of a movie…

• Extraction - Pretty good action film

• Bad Times at the El Royale - Pretty intriguing

• Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

TV Shows watched 

• Last Week Tonight

• What We Do in the Shadows S2

• Rick and Morty S4

• Living With Yourself S1

• Below Deck S5

Comments - Another month in quarantine. At least I had a really good media month. Lots of books read. Lots of movies watched. Lots of schoolwork done with Arthur.

Next up on the TBR pile: