What’s this? An actual, real life update post & wrap-up??

HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🥳🥂✨

This is my first post in 6-7 WEEKS, which is officially several weeks longer than I’ve ever gone without posting a blog post! While it was definitely needed, I did miss you guys a bit… so I thought I’d post a little update about where I’ve been, what I’m up to, and what I’ve read in October, November, and December!

Much as I expected when I made my last post announcing my semi-hiatus, I’ve spent most of my time gaming, working my new remote job, streaming, and spending time with my family. It’s been pretty awesome! Sadly, I haven’t been reading much (besides a handful of graphic novels in October), as the Epic No-Good Reading Slump of 2020™ continues to wage its war against me. That’s why I’m just throwing the last 3 months of 2020 into a single wrap-up. 😂 Let’s get on with it, shall we?

books read: 19
average rating: 4/5
pages read: 3,852

EMOJI KEY:
✨ = review copy | 🔁 = reread | 🤗 = buddy read
🎧 = audiobook | 💻 = Kindle Unlimited | 📜 = poetry | 🍰 = graphic novel/manga
🌻 = BIPOC rep | 🌈 = LGBTQ+ rep | 🌺 = disability and/or MI rep | 💞 = fat rep

• The Way of the Househusband, Vol. 2 → ⭐⭐⭐⭐ → 🍰🌻 → Not as cute as Vol. 1 but still VERY fun.
• Vampires Never Get Old → ⭐⭐⭐ → ✨🤗🌻🌈🌺💞 → What a tremendous disappointment. In hindsight, does this even deserve three stars?
• Teach Me → 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 → ✨🌺💞 → So precious, so sweet, so fun.
• The Bride Was a Boy → ⭐⭐⭐💫 → 🍰🌻🌈 → Sweet and cute, if a bit clinical at times.
• The Demon Prince of Momochi House, Vol. 2 → ⭐⭐⭐ → 🍰🌻 → I don’t think this series is for me.

• The Way of the Househusband, Vol. 3 → 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 → 🍰🌻 → Back to gold with this one.
• Mooncakes → 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 → 🔁🍰🌻🌈🌺 → Just as cute the second time!
• Diana: Princess of the Amazons → ⭐⭐⭐💫 → 🍰🌻 → Eh… I’m definitely not the target audience here.
• Farmhand, Vol. 1 → 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 → 🔁🍰🌻 → Even better than I remembered, and so ominous and strange!
• Farmhand, Vol. 2 → 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 → 🔁🍰🌻 → A great continuation. I gotta finish this series!

• Get it Right → ⭐⭐⭐⭐ → ✨🌈💞 → A sweet, fun little f/f novella featuring a really cute fat love interest and a butch MC I adored.
• The Truth Project → ⭐⭐⭐⭐ → ✨📜🌻🌈 → I gave this 4 stars at the time, but in hindsight, it’s very un-memorable. Might lower this to 3 later?
• Gudetama: Surviving the Holidays → ⭐⭐ → ✨🍰 → This was so boring.
• Bear with Me → ⭐⭐⭐⭐ → 🌻 → Not super memorable, but really cute and it put some nice spins on the whole soul-mated paranormal romance trope.
• In Love & Pajamas → 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 → ✨🍰 → I love Catana’s Comics forever. That is all.

• Juliet Takes a Breath → ⭐⭐⭐ → ✨🍰🌻🌈💞 → Sometimes you find a book that should be great, but instead just infuriates you a little bit with all of its wasted potential. This was one of those.
• Midnight Sun → ⭐⭐⭐ → I caved and borrowed it from the library. It wasn’t good, but I’m happy I read it.
• Wrapped Up in You → ⭐⭐⭐⭐ → 🌻🌈💞 → The first Talia Hibbert story I’ve ever given less than 5 stars, which hurts my heart a little. This was cute and sweet but honestly fell short in a LOT of ways…
• Cradleland of Parasites → ⭐⭐⭐⭐ → ✨📜 → Creepy, gross, fun… but definitely not ideal timing for me, which is why it somehow took me over 2 months to finish this teeny-tiny poetry collection. My bad. 🙁

Instead of making this post super long by adding in what I’ve been playing and watching lately, I’ll have a non-bookish wrap post coming soon to talk about some of the fun games I’ve played lately and what I’ve been streaming!

And if you read all of this, thanks so much for sticking around through the hiatus and the big changes around here. You’re a champ and I love ya. ♥

— destiny ♥

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