August 2018 // In Which Tragedy Strikes and I Watch Lots of Good Movies

This month, my waffle iron broke. No more waffles for me. As Anne from Anne of Green Gables once said, “Oh, this is the most tragical thing that has ever happened to me!”

I think this is just cause for a nationwide panic. Or at the very least it should merit a couple of pouty lips and forlorn sighs. Maybe next month I’ll be able to replace it.

In any case, August was a rather pathetic month in regards to reading. I only was able to finish four books, which is not so great considering I have three more library books about to expire on my Kindle that I should have read much, much earlier.

On the other hand, I have been working on my blog so, SO much. I migrated over from Blogger, which was no easy feat, let me tell you, and I also completely rebranded my entire site. I’m really liking the changes, and I hope to be able to become more active in this community now that I’m all settled in. I feel sort of like I just finished unpacking all my belongings from their moving boxes and now I can get to work with the actual BLOGGING part of this blog.

Reaper at the Gates // Sabaa Tahir // ★★★★☆ – Although I enjoyed this book, it took me awhile to do so. It had been so long since I read the last book in the series, that I couldn’t remember the characters or what was going on. I think I need to make more time in my reading schedule for rereads.

The Dry // Jane Harper // ★★★★☆ – This was August’s book choice for an International Book Club I do with my friends back in the States. Listening to the audiobook was like an ice-cream sundae, except for my ears. I ate up the narrator’s thick Australian accent.

Caraval // Stephanie Garber // ★★★☆☆ – The world of this book held so much promise, but somehow the magic of the zany Caraval was squandered on a cheap romance and characters that I didn’t love. Also, LEGEND. He was the most fascinating part of this book, so I hope we learn more about him in the sequel.

The Wicked Deep // Shea Ernshaw // ★★☆☆☆ – Such an eerie read. This book did a great job creating an immersive atmosphere, but in the end, I just didn’t love it as much as I was hoping I would. Most of the characters felt a bit flat, and the romance happened too quickly for my slow-burn tastebuds.

Avengers: Infinity War– So, as I’m sure a lot of you know, one of the drawbacks of living abroad is that you can’t just drive over to the movie theater and catch the latest Hollywood flick whenever you want to. International release dates don’t often match up with American ones and only movies with larger budgets make it to theaters at all. As such, my husband and I had to wait until Avengers: Infinity War was available on iTunes before we could watch it. And let me tell you, AVOIDING SPOILERS WAS A COMPLETE NIGHTMARE. BUT IT WAS SOOOOOO WORTH IT. OH WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT, WE HAVE ENTERED ALL CAPS RANTING MODE HERE, PEOPLE. THE ENDING OF THE MOVIE HAD ME LIKE:

Voltron: Legendary Defender // Season 7 – I loved Season 6 and was so very, very excited that the gang was FINALLY headed back home to Earth. It was a good season, but if any of you happen to follow the show, then you know there was a lot of drama that accompanied it’s release. In any case, I still enjoyed it a lot, especially its Family Feud inspired episode.

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before – The bookish community was off-the-wall, over-the-moon, completely and utterly excited for this movie. And guess what? Now the whole world is off-the-wall, over-the-moon, completely and utterly OBSESSED with this movie. I know I am. I was not expecting to love it as much as I do  – Netflix’s other attempts at RomComs have been atrocious (The Kissing Booth, I’m looking at you). I thought Lana Condor’s performance as Lara Jean was fantastic, and now I am #275 on my library’s waiting list for the book. NUMBER 2-7-5, PEOPLE! I’m going to be 45 years old by the time I actually get my hands on a copy.  Can I wait that long?

Citizen Kane – I watched this movie with my husband via iTunes. Neither of us had seen it before, but all I could think of the whole time was of a scene from Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

Rosa: Citizen Kane is terrible. Pick a good movie.
Charles: Good call. Smart. I’ll do it. I’ll pick a better movie than Citizen Kane.

Incredibles 2 – This was one of the rare times that I actually saw a movie in the theater. We set up a babysitter for our one-year-old and drove over half-an-hour to a theater that had a showing with subtitles instead of a Japanese dubbed version. AND IT WAS WORTH IT. As a mother of a young child, I understood this movie on a spiritual level. And let me just say, ELASTIGIRL IS #GOALS.

This Month’s Stats

Books I Finished: 3

Audiobooks I Finished: 1

Total Finished: 4

Book Reviews I Wrote: 3

Total Blog Posts I Wrote: 6

What did you read this month?

What did you watch this month?

Tell me all about your month in the comments :D