SEPT-OCT-NOV WRAP UP (aka the life update)

thought i got the books in order of when i finished them. lol.

Hi,

Three months went by.

Mentally, I'm all over the place. I'm just doing work, trying to read, watching a couple of stuff on Netflix, and doing home chores. Nothing special and it really feels like a dead end sometimes. I still write on my journal on a somewhat daily basis to keep myself on track and talk to friends just to get stuff out of my head. I'm trying to bounce back on life. Not exactly on blogging though. I still don't know if I'll get back to this like before but right now, I just want an update here.

I'm still on a reading slump. Over those three months, I only finished five books. In November, I completely threw out the idea of making a tbr since I'm not really doing much in terms of reading in general. lol. Currently, I'm in the middle of Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness and Simmer Down by Sarah Smith which I just started and hopefully I can speed through it.

Since I haven't been reading much, I got myself into watching stuff (aside from wasting my time playing Honkai Impact 3rd). The last couple of months, I watched,
- You S3 - I enjoyed it even though it really deviates from the book.
- Good Girls - enjoyed it. It was exciting. I love the drama but the series finale was 'meh.' It had a good point and a lot of unfinished business and a couple of points I absolutely didn't like.
- Narcos S1 & S2 - just finished the first two seasons and it's quite interesting. After watching Breaking Bad (early this year?? or late last year, I think?) I'm somewhat inclined to just watch series related to drugtrafficking and stuff (?). idk. lol.
- the entire Hunger Games movie series - my sister said it's my comfort movie and maybe it is since I'm not really a big movie rewatcher kind of person. I still absolutely loved all of them! Would definitely rewatch it (and reread it!) again.
- Mindhunters - I like this but I'm watching it with my best friend so I can't binge it so I'm still not done. But it is really intriguing.
- the entire Fear Street movie series - first movie was meh. I complained so much (?). second movie was quite exciting. third movie kinda wrapped stuff up nicely. But overall, I didn't like the main girls. That's just it.

NOW ON TO THE BOOKS! 👇👇👇

books read

quick thoughts right here 👇

Nice Girls - gave this 3-stars, started strong but things didn't hold up well for me. It didn't intrigued me to the end and the mystery feels all over the place (?). See my review here.

Ramona Blue - I enjoyed this more that I thought I would. I like the romance not so subtle but also not so in your face kind of thing. I like Ramona and how well she developed throughout the novel.

L: Change the World - This was bad. Not worth the read.

Undercover Bromance - I absolutely enjoyed this!! It took me a while to really warm up to Liv but when I finally did, it's just all around love or me!!

Wuthering Heights - It took me MONTHS of reading this because: (1) buddy read, and (2) classics (which I realized I'm not the biggest fan of). And after this reread, I realized that I also don't like this story as much as I did when I read it probably more than 10 years ago.

reading goals

read 52 books: 40 of 52

popsugar reading challenge: 31 of 50
read big books (500+ pages): 4
read books I own in 2020/earlier: 28
reread books: 4

read more ebooks: 8

book haul

Severance by Ling Ma | Finlay Donovan is Killing it (Finlay Donovan #1) by Elle Cosimano | All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M. Morris | Undercover Bromance (Bromance Book Club #2) by Lyssa Kay Adams  | The Other Family by Wendy Corsi Staub | Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka | Act Your Age, Eve Brown (The Brown Sisters #3) by Talia Hibbert 

Some of these are from Scene of the Crime book group, others are Kindle Deals and Undercover Bromance is from Sam @ We Live and Breathe Books (the overdue giveaway book I got. it took months to arrive. ngl, i blame the customs).

HOW ABOUT YOU GUYS,
How was the last month for you guys? Anything you want to share? New hobby, projects, travel, books? How was your reading month? Anything new to your faves?

let's connect!