But look! I'm doing a wrap-up, and it's on time. I'm winning at life.
While August wasn't the best month ever, September showed up and turned that around. I had a pretty great month, all things considered. I read and watched some awesome stuff, celebrated my 21st birthday, and God showed me a lot of things that I'm pretty sure have changed my life. So. That's exciting.
- reading -
I only finished 5 books this month, which is a far cry from last month's 11. But that's okay, because they were all great.
I started out the month by re-reading Prince Caspian and having an absolutely magical time.
I've always been a self-proclaimed Narniac, but it's been years since I read this book. But when I got my Pixie Dust box, I watched the movie again with my siblings and was caught up in ALL the nostalgia, so I dove into the story again. And gosh, it was great. My review is all ramble-y and fangirl-y, but you can read it here if you'd like. (Also Caspian is my sweet baby angel boy and I love him a lot)
The September pick for the book club that I host was As Old As Time and wowww. I didn't expect to love it as much as I did.
Beauty and the Beast mixed with a murder mystery mixed with a social commentary that I didn't hate = a winner in my book. The characterization was perfect, it filled in plot holes without changing the story, and the castle life scenes were so PURE and SOFT and I'm really happy.
- writing -
I'm loving this story so much, y'all. I've finished the first draft of chapter 3, so here's where the adventure really begins, yay!
Here's a nice little Clyde aesthetic because he's my best boy and I love him.
- watching -
This month brought with it some amazing movies and shows, some recommended by friends and some I found while scrolling Netflix. aka the best time waster next to YouTube.
I have to gush for a minute about Mystery 101, my newest favorite Hallmark Movies & Mysteries series. Amy and Travis are the //softest// and I adore them.
((you'll find me sobbing in the corner over this gif)) The mysteries are awesome, the characters are great, and it quickly worked its way up to my top spot of HMM series. Clearly I just really love a good murder mystery. No one is surprised.
Early in the month, my friend Jenni (go check her out, she's pretty awesome) and I had a bit of a movie night and watched her favorite movie, Much Ado About Nothing. And it was ICONIC.
The sheer number of times I thought "I LOVE this trope" is reason enough to recommend this movie. It's classic comedy, quick witted and snappy, with a sweet love story to boot. Definitely going to be watching this one again.
While on a random Netflix browse, I came across The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, and as I feel like it's a cultural icon, I decided to check it out. And yes, I sobbed through the last half hour and I'm not ashamed.
This movie is really stinking sweet, okay? The diversity between the girls, their friendship (it's so PURE), the family relationships and the struggles they all go through, I just. I'm emotional, okay? (There's some content, but really only in Bridget's parts, lol.)
And finally mom introduced us this month to Remington Steele, which is sometimes frustrating but overall completely charming. I'm always a sucker for con-man stories, and this one has murder mysteries on top of it. (It's not squeaky clean, jsyk, but it is a barrel of fun)
Yes, that is baby-faced Pierce Brosnan. And yes, his hair is fabulously fluffy.
- listening -
Here's my September playlist, it's a complete mixed bag of music, but I kind of love it. xD
- doing -
A lot of Disney and a lot of TV watching, haha! My sister had a surgery this month that's taken her awhile to recover from (she's okay, but she's been couch-ridden for two weeks) and thus, I've been watching a lot of TV with her. xD Which has been pretty chill and nice, tbh.
- blogging -
Two whole posts this month wooooo
- the seven questions book tag -
- 13 reasons why blog tour + freedom review -
But hey, I really like those two posts, so. Who's really winning?
((it's not me, I'm not winning))
I do want to blog more, I do! And I hope to this month. I have a few ideas for some blog post series that hopefully I will actually get to writing. xD
But no matter what happens, I'm glad this blog exists. Because even though I never seem to actually post on it more then twice a month, I really love this little piece of the internet. And I can't give enough thanks to y'all who stick with me through everything. <3
(and hey, look, Psych gifs are back in action. all's right with the world xD)
- Abby
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