September Recap

WHAT I READ

• See Me by Wendy Higgins
• To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
• White Hot Kiss (The Dark Elements, #1) by Jennifer L. Armentrout
• Trial by Fire (Worldwalker trilogy, #1) by Josephine Angelini
• The Perilous Sea (Elementals, #2) by Sherry Thomas
• The Infinite Sea (5th Wave, #2) by Rick Yancey
• Blue Lily, Lily Blue (The Raven Cycle, #3) by Maggie Stiefvater
• Unmade (Lynburn Legacy, #3) by Sarah Rees Brennan
• Unmarked (The Legion, #2) by Kami Garcia

9 books. Not as much as I'd hoped it might be, but I do think I'm finally closer to actually breaking out of that reading slump. I know, I've said it a couple times before, but, seriously — especially with all of the exciting books coming out in the next few months, I just have to read more again. (Besides, I read a ton of fanfiction/imagines this month. So, there's that.)

PLAYLIST

1) CAN WE DANCE? by THE VAMPS
“I talk a lot of shit when I'm drinking, baby / I'm known to go a little too fast / Don't mind all my friends, I know they're all crazy / But they're the only friends that I have.”
2) DAYLIGHT by 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER
“Before we started, it was over / I feel our bodies getting colder / And it's the road that leads to nowhere / But all I want to do is go there.”
3) WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOU (Live @ iTunes Festival 2014) by 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER
“Keep on whispering in my ear / Tell me all the things that I wanna hear / 'Cause it's true, that's what I like about you.”
4) CENTURIES by FALL OUT BOY
“Mummified my teenage dreams / No, it's nothing wrong with me / The kids are all wrong, the story's all off / Heavy metal broke my heart.”
5) THE NEW NATIONAL ANTHEM by PIERCE THE VEIL
“Haunted hearts, we melt over the fabric of your floor / I'm holdin' her just like she's gold / And if I ever catch the ones who hurt you / I'm hoping that God looks away this time.”
6.) ALIBI by BANKS
“Baby, I tried / I promise I'm usually better than this / And now I can't even recognize myself anymore / You turned me into this.”
7.) YOU SHOULD KNOW WHERE I'M COMING FROM by BANKS
“What if I said I'd break your heart? / What if I knew I would just rip your mind apart / If I told you solitude fits me like a glove / Would you let me out?”
8.) THROW YOUR ROSES by THE COLOR MORALE
“I know right now you think that no one is listening / If we fall together, we'll live forever and never grow alone.”
9.) OUTER DEMONS by THE COLOR MORALE
“I've got myself and no one else / And I am just fine with this / I've got myself and no one else / But I'm not okay, who am I kidding?”

Can we just talk about the fact that 5sos' iTunes Festival performance was absolutely fucking amazing? Because I feel like it definitely needs to be mentioned. These guys have such great stage presence, I felt it even from my laptop screen watching the livestream. They are just so damn talented and that night was really such a good one for them in my opinion. Now I seriously can't wait to finally see them live myself in May! Their Amnesia EP with essentially two new tracks plus a new official live version of Amnesia was great, too. But it was kind of overshadowed by Fall Out Boy's new track which was released a few days later, Centuries. Let's just keep this short and say that I will be listening to that song for centuries indeed. Next up, the new Banks album — something I've been secretly coveting and waiting for, actually; I really like her music, even though it's  totally not my genre. I don't know why either, but she's got something, Anyway, I absolutely loved the album. I also loved The Color Morales' new album, which admittedly, I didn't know the band before then, but through Twitter, I discovered them this month and their newest album is so, so good. Give them a listen, they're really underrated!

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Oh, uhm. Well. I'm racking my brain right now, but I .. don't think I've really watched anything this month? Aside from the two final episodes of Teen Wolf, obviously. There's still a lot of catching up I have to do with some of the shows I'm following, but I didn't do that. Basically, all I did this month was watch a German Let's Player, Gronkh, all the time. That guy is addicting, because he is probably the most hilarious guy I have ever come across. Seriously, everyone who doesn't speak German and thus, can't understand him, is so missing out.

OCTOBER TBR

• Snow Like Ashes (Snow Like Ashes, #1) by Sara Raasch
• Talon (Talon, #1) by Julie Kagawa
• The Young Elites (The Young Elites, #1) by Marie Lu

There are lots of new releases coming up this month, and I'm not quite sure which ones I wanna read more, so I'm trying to keep my TBR loose and open, so I can switch it up as much as I like. Unfortunately the ones I wanna read the most are releasing towards the end of October, so I'm not sure I'll be able to read them before the month is over, but I'll try.