While April was a month of "there's not too much to do other than hunker down in quarantine", May and June both kind of changed that. We're on to the next leg of this "moving in with Grandmother" mission, which means purging and packing up her whole house in addition to trying to find one for us all to move into together. Which means going out and seeing houses with the realtor, which in today's world means masks and gloves and occasionally shoe covers. I'm still confused by that last one, tbh. (But seriously though wear a mask please and thank you)
In addition to that, I ended up in a weird creative slump where binging shows and listening to music were all I felt like doing. And yet, I technically managed to read 31 books and pretty much completely binge two shows between the two months. So... I really can't complain.
Anyway, let's jump into the wrap-up.
- reading -
Like I said, technically, I read 31 books in May and June. But at least half of those were under 200 pages. A loooot of re-reading went on these past two months, which was great for my heart, and not quite so great for my TBR shelf. But I'm still really happy with the results, so there's that.
I re-read the series of several American Girls, Kit and Samantha in May, and Kirsten in June. And some History Mysteries too. It was a grand time. (Samantha's family are the lights of my freakin' life, okay?) Going back to my childhood is always a good time for me, so the Childhood Favorites Readathon that I helped host over on bookstagram was maybe my favorite thing reading-wise to happen. I managed to read 11 books in 4 days and felt just a little bit like my old self, haha!
Two first-time favorite reads this month, though, were Conceal, Don't Feel by Jen Calonita, and A Grief Observed by my fave, C.S. Lewis. For more info on the books I read over the past two months, here's my Goodreads shelf for May and for June!
- watching -
Yet more binge-watching went down this month. The reading slump gave way to preferring to watch the stories I consumed rather than read them xD But this did lead to watching some pretty fantastic stuff, so, I'll count it as a win, haha!
I watched the BBC mini-series adaptation of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (aka one of my newest favorite books) on Netflix in May, and had a grand time. It's a fantastic adaptation of the story, and while the spooky parts were even spookier seeing them, the cast was perfect, the writing was on point, and I cried at the end even though I knew what was coming, lollll. ((also I would die for Jonathan and Arabella Strange... that's all))
My mom and sister decided to re-watch all the Signed, Sealed, Delivered content they could in May, which meant the show and like... all of the movies. And once I started watching with them I couldn't stop because genuinely these movies are 10x better at explaining Christianity than like... most of Christian media? They're so good for the soul, the ships are SO cute, they're just great, okay?
Most of June for me was spent binge-watching both Boy Meets World and Girl Meets World. I'm planning on writing a whole post on my thoughts and kinda reviewing it, ish, so we'll see if that post ever sees the light of day, pfft. But just know that I really loved BMW, and GMW continues to be one of my favorite sit-coms. I already can't wait to re-watch them in the future.
((listen, Cory is the Most Relatable, okay?))
- listening -
A bunch of my faves have been releasing music lately, mostly to do with everything going on in the world right now, but it's all excellent. So here's my May playlist, and here's June, if you want to see what I've been listening to obsessively.
- doing -
The quarantine brain is real, y'all. What day is it? Where am I? I've only left the house maybe a dozen times since April, partially because I'm blessed to not have to, and partially because our state keeps spiking in positive cases? And no one seems to care but us? Which is really annoying?? Since my body already isn't great at fighting off infections and since we really don't want our grandmother to get the virus, it's been better for me to stay home as much as possible. Which my introverted self is still perfectly fine with.
But having nothing to do outside of the house means that every day runs together. And the days when I do have to go outside can cause me a little anxiety. I think part of why I've been consuming as much fiction as I can is because the reality is a lot to handle right now. But really, I'm very blessed, and God is still good to us. And I hope that you all are staying safe and sane with everything right now. <3
- blogging -
Blogging didn't really... uh... happen in June. Most of my posts in May were pre-written, but the slump hit hard in June, and with everything that's been going on, it felt weird to just write the happy posts I wanted to. But you know what, this is my blog, and I want to write whatever I want to write. Whenever I actually get around to writing it. But here's what I posted, anyway:
- readers (and star wars) -
- never say goodbye (blog tour + book review) -
- i won a short story contest! -
- recent reads - quarantine edition #2 -
- top 10 books of my childhood -
Okay, phew! The wrap-up is done! I missed this blogging thing, I really did. How was your May/June, friends? I hope it was more productive than mine, lol!
Also, considering what day this is going up, happy Independence Day to my fellow Americans!
~ Abby
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