Melody’s August 2014 Wrap Up

Book Reviews
Note: My diverse picks as part of my We Need Diverse Books pledge have three asterisks (*) at the beginning of the title instead of one.

* Enclave by Ann Aguirre
* 365 Style by Nicky Hilton
*** Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
*** Angelfall by Susan Ee
*** Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley

Book/E-book Haul
* Larger Than Life by Jodi Picoult
* Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige
* Ten by Gretchen McNeil
* Love, Skip, Jump: Start Living the Adventure of Yes by Shelene Bryan

Blu-ray, DVD, & TV Reviews
* Face Off (Syfy) Episodes 7.03, 7.04, and 7.05
* Movie: Not Another Happy Ending
* Blu-ray: Disneynature’s Bears
* Blu-ray: Blended

August Notes
* Here’s more YA Runs A 5K coverage from Jamie at The Perpetual Page Turner and #1 New York Times Bestselling Author, Aprilynne Pike on Tumblr.
* I started the Boundless Book Club with four bookish friends, including Megan from The Nerdy Girlie! Our Goodreads Group is here! We’re reading Outlander this fall and Dorothy Must Die this September!
* I talked about my thoughts on summer TV and shared what I’m watching on TV this fall.

My Insane Book & Movie Challenge Update #8
My monthly update for my Insane Book & Movie Challenge is below!

Books
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Books I Read That Are In My Bookcase
1. Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
2. Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley
3. Falling Into Place by Amy Zhang

E-books I Read
Read through Kindle App on iPad
1. Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
2. Angelfall by Susan Ee
3. Clarity by Kim Harrington
4. The Distance Between Us by Kasie West
5. 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson

My favorite reads of the month were…
Falling Into Place by Amy Zhang
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley

Movies & Documentaries
Watched in August 2014
In Your Eyes (Vimeo)
Heaven is for Real (Blu-ray)
Noah (On Demand)
Son of God (Netflix DVD)
Walk of Shame (Netflix DVD)
The Other Woman (Netflix DVD)
Side Effects (Netflix Streaming)
Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream (Netflix Streaming)
Tiny: A Story About Living Small (Netflix Streaming)
I Escaped a Cult (Netflix Streaming)
Broadway Idiot (Netflix Streaming)
Lucy (Movie Theaters)
The Giver (Movie Theaters & Drive in Movie)
The Expendables 3 (Drive in Movie)
Let’s Be Cops (Drive in Movie)

My favorite movie/documentary this month was The Giver.
My least favorite movie/documentary this month was Tiny: A Story About Living Small.

Until next month, happy reading and viewing!