Yes, I am posting my August wrap up, oh… three weeks late…
Completed Reads:
EMOJI KEY:
✨ = review copy
? = monthly TBR
? = reread
? = graphic novel/manga/comics
? = poetry
? = children’s book
? = POC rep
? = LGBTQ+ rep
? = disability and/or MI rep
? = audiobook
? = Kindle Unlimited
- Smile ??♀️ — ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- The Fearing #1: Fire and Rain ✨? — ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Hunting Prince Dracula ???? — ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Godsgrave ?? — ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- In the Shadow of Spindrift House ✨???? — ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Donner Dinner Party ? — ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Drama ??? — ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Bee & Puppycat, Vol. 1 ? — ⭐⭐?
- Aquicorn Cove ?? — ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Goldie Vance, Vol. 2 ??? — ⭐⭐⭐
- How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind — ⭐⭐⭐
- Stay Out of the Basement ? — ⭐⭐?
- Human Flesh ? — ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Sisters ? — ⭐⭐⭐
- Bloom ✨???? — ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- The Lightning Thief: The Graphic Novel ?? — ⭐⭐
- Made for You ✨? — ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- 10 Dance, Vol. 1 ✨??? — ⭐
- Yuri is My Job! Vol. 1 ✨??? — ⭐⭐
- Love in Focus, Vol. 1 ✨?? — ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- City of Ghosts ?? — ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Ration ✨ — ⭐⭐⭐
❌ DNFs:
- The Gossamer Mage
- Shout
- The Quintessential Quintuplets, Vol. 1
Watched this Month:
- Into the Dark: They Come Knocking (2019) — 3 ⭐
- Cheesy, but fun. And surprisingly emotional!
- How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019) — 5 ?
- I’m devastated that this series is over. Leave me to mourn…
- Godzilla (1998) [rewatch] — 3.5 ⭐
- An oldie but a… not-so-goodie? Kind-of-goodie? Mediocre-ie?
- Martyrs (2015) [US remake] — 1 ⭐
- TRASH. TRASH. My Letterboxd rating for this is actually HALF a star. What a disgrace to the cinematic genius that was the original French film.
- Cabin Fever (2016) [rewatch; remake] — 3 ⭐
- I had forgotten I’d already watched this until about 2/3 through. That’s how forgettable it was. That said, it has some entertaining spots.
- Jeepers Creepers (2001) [rewatch] — 3 ⭐
- I can’t count how many times I’ve watched this movie. It’s not even that good, but it’s oddly comforting, I guess because of the nostalgia lmao.
- Terrified (2017) — 5 ?
- This was INCREDIBLE. Argentinian horror for the fuckin’ win.
- Hell House LLC (2015) — 5?
- I loved this sooooo much. I can’t believe I still haven’t watched the 2nd one!
- Pokemon Detective Pikachu (2019) — 4.5 ⭐
- I’m no Pokemon fan tbh, but this was cute AF. I don’t think you need to have any prior knowledge of the franchise to enjoy it, honestly.
Listened to this Month:
- I sadly don’t remember what I listened to in August. ?
Played this Month:
- I did almost no gaming in August! 🙁
My Favorite Non-Review Posts of the Month:
- Upcoming covers I love
- Characters I hate from books I love
- Favorite romance tropes
- Top wishlist items
My Favorite Posts from OTHER Bloggers This Month:
- Sci-fi & Scary’s Midsommar film review & The Curse of La Llorona film review & Remains book review
- Sofii’s Try a Chapter (Cleaning My TBR) – Part 1 & list of 5 books to read before 2019 ends
- Kelly’s discussion about homeschool misrepresentation
- Bex’s Swipe Right for Murder book review & How to Make Friends with the Dark book review
- Kal’s list of reasons she picks up a book & House of Salt and Sorrows book review
- Alex’s The Right Swipe book review
- Katie’s Permanent Record book review
- Laura’s The Ruin of Kings book review & recent queer TBR additions
- Marie’s How the Light Gets In book review & guide to sprucing up your blog posts
— destiny ♥
14 Comments
It seems like you had an amazing reading month in August! Jeepers Creepers wasn’t a scary movie for me either, but i guess it’s a familiar and comforting horror movie for me too 🙂 Have an amazing September and October!
Thank you! Yes, exactly – Jeepers is just familiar and comfortable at this point haha. 🙂 Thank you, you too! <3
Hi there! Dig the site. I’m curious–why didn’t you finish Gossamer Mage?
Thanks! Sadly, there’s no nice way to say it — I absolutely hated the writing style. I could see it working for a lot of people, but it was so much the opposite of what I enjoy that I literally kept pausing every few paragraphs to read a bit aloud to my spouse and rant about it. ??
looks like you had a great reading month! so glad you loved Made for You, I’ve been meaning to read that book for ages! have you read Anyta’s Signs of Love series? I freaking adore those books! and thank you so much for sharing my posts lovely ?
Thank you! No, Made for You was my first book of Anyta’s but DEFINITELY won’t be my last. It was so sweet! And you’re welcome, darling! <3
Sweetie!!! first, I’m SO happy for your new place, everything looks so beautiful, I’m proud of you and I only wish you all the successes.❤️ Second, thank you so much for highlighting my posts, it makes me happy that you liked it ?
OMG, I can’t believe that I haven’t seen Aterrados yet, I feel like a bad Argentina right now lol, but it makes me happy that you liked it, I’ll check it out very soon, I love horror movies ?
I hope you’re having an incredible September, love & Happy Reading ?
Thank you so much!! <3 Aw, any time, gorgeous!
Ooooh, I hope you love it! I enjoyed it so much. I remember when I was in my late teens, Netflix had a lot more non-US films than they seem to now, and a handful of them were Argentinean horror. I can't recall the names of any of them right now, but I remember being amazed by every single one! Do you have any other recommendations I could look up and see if I can rent here? <3
Thank you beautiful! I hope you are too!
I agree, I’m not a Pokemon fan by any means, but that movie was SO GOOD!
Yesss! I really loved the ending!
Lovely post, Destiny! <3 Ah, I am STILL devastated from the third How to Train Your Dragon movie. It was such a brilliant end to an amazing series! I'm glad that you had so many 4 and 5 star reads in August (even if a few were rereads. Haha!). It's always so much fun to revisit favorite books! I hope your September and current October reads have been just as enjoyable!
Thank you, Kelly! Oh my gosh, same on How to Train Your Dragon, it was so good but it made my heart hurt!
Look at your incredible reading month, and thanks so much for linking to two of my posts! (Surprise while blog hopping as I didn’t get a pingback but I appreciate you all the same)
Thank you! <3 And you're welcome. I'm sorry Jetpack is a piece of shit and doesn't give us pingbacks ?