Bi-Monthly Recap: Aug-Sep

Life lately

These last two months have been complete opposites. August was mainly low key! I had some plans but I felt like I spent a lot of weekends being a homebody (except on Sundays when I would see my fam for lunch). Then September was just go go go. I had plans almost every weekend, work kicked it up a notch (or 20), and it was the third anniversary of my mom’s passing (which hit me hard but I ended up having a beautiful day with my family). So I was grateful to spend this past Saturday nesting and finding more ways to spruce up my apartment (I truly cannot help myself!).

Also, it’s really feeling like fall now! It still gets a bit warmer later in the day (thank goodness) but it’s definitely chilly in the mornings. And I’m slowly but surely making the switch myself, from summer to fall mode. I put away my fans, covered my A/C, and put the sandals back in my closet. I’ve brought out the booties and started wearing blazers again. The last thing left to do is swap out summer clothes for sweaters but I’m not quite ready to do that yet (soon!).  

 

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Bookish Reading Roundup | August (includes The Godparent Trap, Wild is the Witch, Just Another Love Song, Love on the Brain) 10 Years of Throne of Glass Book-to-Screen Adaptations Reading Roundup | September (includes Carrie Soto is Back, The Most Likely Club, Do You Take This Man)

Features Links + Loves (Aug) Recent Purchases I'm Obsessed With What I've Watched: Lovecraft Country, Lost City, Uncharted What I'm Listening To | Horse Girl Energy Links + Loves (Sep) Life Lately / Personal A Decade of Memories Montclair, Books, & Ice Cream Governors Island, Fort Lee, & Horses Summer Bucket List Check-In

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These are books (physical + ebooks) from my TBR or the library aka the non-review books.

• The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont (⭐⭐⭐): This fictional take on Agatha Christie's real-life eleven day disappearance was interesting but also a bit underwhelming.

• Barbarian Lover (Ice Planet Barbarians, #3) by Ruby Dixon (⭐⭐⭐): I can’t believe I’m saying this but I actually liked this one! 

• Our Last Days in Barcelona by Chanel Cleeton (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐): My favorites in this series are the ones that focus on the Perez sisters and this latest one about the eldest sister, Isabel, is my favorite so far! 

• The Summer Book by Tove Jansson (⭐⭐): I read this because of Laufey's Book Club and while I am a huge fan of her music, her reading picks not so much. 

• Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (⭐⭐⭐⭐): This wonderful love letter to video games is also a heartfelt exploration of lifelong friendships, different kinds of love, family, disability, being a woman in a male-dominated industry, and more.

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How's your month been?