Melody’s April 2015 Wrap Up

Binged This Month: Veep

Book Reviews
Note: The We Need Diverse Books pledge continues though I only read two books this month, reviewing only one so look for more reviews next month!

* All the Rage by Courtney Summers

Book/E-book/Audiobook Haul
* Unremembered by Jessica Brody
* We All Looked Up by Tommy Wallach
* Turning Pointe by Katherine Locke
* Second Position by Katherine Locke
* Bright Before Sunrise by Tiffany Schmidt
* To Selena, with Love by Chris Perez
* Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God by Francis Chan, Chris Tomlin, & Danae Yankoski
* Bruiser by Neal Shusterman
* August: Osage County by Tracy Letts (Audiobook)

Blu-ray, DVD, & TV Reviews
* TV: Face Off Episodes 8.13 and Season Finale
* TV Week in Review #28, #29, #30, #31

April Notes
* Mosaic, the church that I went to when I lived in LA and can’t wait to attend again when I move back, has released their debut album, Mosaic MSC (Live in LA)!
* Ciara at Lost at Midnight dedicated the entire month of April to celebrating the release of All the Rage by Courtney Summers and I was quoted in one of the posts which you can check out here.

* YA Runs A 5K 2015 is almost at $500 in donations for a We Need Diverse Books Grant! You can get signed books & writing critiques from Kass Morgan (The 100), Daphne Oz (The Chew), Attica Locke (Fox’s Empire), etc… when you donate or get a tote bag when you register to run the superhero themed Super Run 5K taking place in Philly this June! Please donate, run with us, and/or spread the word (#YARunsA5K)!
* I’ve started participating in “5 Fandom Friday!” My first post? 5 Times I Totally Fangirled!
* Who are the authors who have impacted me the most in the past 5 years? I talk about it all here.
* HBO Now is a thing! And I’m excited!
* The May 2015 cover of Essence Magazine impacted me more than I ever thought it would.
* My literary internship at The Bent Agency is coming to a close so stay tuned for a blog post about my experience next month!

My Insane Book & Movie Challenge Update #16
My monthly update for my Insane Book & Movie Challenge is below!

Books
Notes: I’ve moved one title on my 2015 Goodreads list to 2016 as the release date has changed.

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!

E-books I Read
Read through Kindle App on iPad
1. All the Rage by Courtney Summers
2. Turning Pointe by Katherine Locke

My favorite read of the month is not going to be listed this month since I only read two books and I enjoyed them both.

Movies & Documentaries
Watched in April 2015
Interstellar (Netflix DVD)
Birdman (Netflix DVD)
Showrunners (Netflix Streaming)
Terms And Conditions May Apply (Netflix Streaming)
Going Clear: Scientology (HBO Now)

My favorite movie/documentary this month was Going Clear: Scientology.

Until next month, happy reading and viewing!