Book Reviews
Note: The We Need Diverse Books pledge continues! I’ve been busy this month so I’m off by one but will make up for it next month! You’re welcome to join in and take the pledge if you haven’t yet!
* The Bodies We Wear by Jeyn Roberts
*** My True Love Gave to Me Edited by Stephanie Perkins
* Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
*** Please Remain Calm by Courtney Summers
* Not That Kind of Girl by Lena Dunham
Book/E-book Haul
* Please Remain Calm by Courtney Summers
* The Ultimate Guide to the Daniel Fast by Kristen Feola
* Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
* Inked by Eric Smith
* The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
* Me, Earl, and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
* Yes Please by Amy Poehler
* All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
Blu-ray, DVD, & TV Reviews
* TV: New Girl Episode 4.12 “Shark”
* TV: The Mindy Project Episode 3.12 “Stanford”
* TV: Glee The Final Season Premiere Part 1 and Part 2, Episode 6.05 “The Hurt Locker Part 2”
* TV: Face Off Season 8 Premiere, Episode 8.02, Episode 8.03
* TV: Scandal Episode 4.10 “Run”
* TV Week in Review #16, #17, #18, #19
* DVD: Left Behind
Interviews
Amber Benson (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
January Notes
* I participated in Top Ten Tuesday brought to you by The Broke & Bookish.
— Top Ten Most Anticipated Debut Novels For 2015
— Top Ten 2014 Releases I Meant To Read But Didn’t Get To
— Top Ten Books I Wouldn’t Mind Seeing Being Adapted Into Syfy Mini Series
— Top Ten Books I’d Love to Read With My Book Club
* Podcasts Blast: What I’m Listening To
* What I Watched When I Joined Netflix + A Look at My Queue Over the Years
* 20 Shows to Binge Watch on Netflix Right Now
* When I Didn’t Have a DVR, I Watched…
* Help Me Pick My First Cosplay!
* 7 Authors I Need to Catch Up on Before YallWest
* Let’s Talk: Magazines
* What Celebrities Are Reading: Instagram Edition
* I helped launched the Buy Indie Press Campaign. Please join us!
* I started The Vine quarterly bible feature beginning with the book of John.
My Insane Book & Movie Challenge Update #13
My monthly update for my Insane Book & Movie Challenge is below!
Books
Notes: If you’d like to keep track of my reading progress as it happens and reviews as they are posted, feel free to follow me on Goodreads!
I’ve moved The Walking Dead Cutting Room Floor from my 2015 Goodreads shelf to my Release Date TBD shelf because it has been pushed back so many times, who knows when this book is coming out.
E-books I Read
Read through Kindle App on iPad
1. SOS: A Prequel to The Silence of Six by E.C. Myers
2. God Loves Ugly: & love makes beautiful by Christa Black
3. Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers
4. The Ultimate Guide to the Daniel Fast by Kristen Feola
5. My True Love Gave to Me Edited by Stephanie Perkins
6. Not That Kind of Girl by Lena Dunham
7. Please Remain Calm by Courtney Summers
Library Books I Read
Read through Overdrive on Kindle App on iPad
1. Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote
Physical Books
1. Fables, Vol. 1: Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham
2. Fables, Vol. 2: Animal Farm by Bill Willingham
3. Fables, Vol. 3: Storybook Love by Bill Willingham
4. Fables, Vol. 4: March of the Wooden Soldiers by Bill Willingham
5. Fables, Vol. 5: The Mean Seasons by Bill Willingham
Books I Read That Are Online
1. The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu (Source: io9)
2. Leave the Window Open by Victoria Schwab (Victoria’s Blog)
My favorite read of the month was Please Remain Calm by Courtney Summers.
Movies & Documentaries
Watched in January 2015
Boyhood (Netflix DVD)
No Good Deed (Netflix DVD)
The Skeleton Twins (Netflix DVD)
Magnolia (Netflix DVD)
Goodbye World (Netflix Streaming)
Frequencies (Netflix Streaming)
It’s a Disaster (Netflix Streaming)
Fat, Sick, & Nearly Dead 2 (Netflix Streaming)
It Could Happen to You (Netflix Streaming)
Into the Storm (Redbox)
This is Where I Leave You (Redbox)
My favorite movies/documentaries this month were Boyhood and Fat, Sick, & Nearly Dead 2.
Until next month, happy reading and viewing!