June Recap

 

WHAT I READ

• Defiant (Skyward, #4) by Brandon Sanderson

• The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James

• People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

• All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) by Martha Wells

• Truthwitch (The Witchlands, #1) by Susan Dennard (re-read)

• Windwitch (The Witchlands, #2) by Susan Dennard (re-read)

• Sightwitch (The Witchlands, #2.5) by Susan Dennard (re-read)

• Bloodwitch (The Witchlands, #3) by Susan Dennard (re-read)

• Witchshadow (The Witchlands, #4) by Susan Dennard (re-read)

• Masquerade of the Heart (Garden of the Cursed, #2) by Katy Rose Pool

• Swordheart by T. Kingfisher

11 books.

PLAYLIST

1.) WALK THIS WORLD WITH ME by THE HOME TEAM

“I’d go alone / But I fold so easily / And I know it’s cold / But I need you here to see / This open road / So I can feel complete.”

2.) CRIMINAL by STAND ATLANTIC (feat. POLARIS)

“You gotta beg for mercy / I self-destruct, enough is enough / Make sure to take your cut / When you’re draining my blood.”

3.) FAKE FRIENDS by CITIZEN SOLDIER (feat. NEW MEDICINE)

“Every time I'm left alone, these thoughts start piling up / Am I a burden? Do I suck? Am I just too much? / Maybe it's sad I'm just too hard to love.”

4.) BLUR by WAGE WAR

“How I got here I don’t remember now / I put the pieces back together again / Is every mirror broken in this house? / ’Cause I can’t see myself when I’m looking in.”

5.) NEVERBLOOM by RAIN CITY DRIVE

“Look at me choke on / Words I never got to say / All the moments that I wish I could show you / Oh I hope I made you proud even though you’ll / Never see my flowers bloom.”

6.) HEART-SHAPED SOUL by LOVELESS

“I know I’m the problem, put it all on me / But honestly / I hate that I ever let you close / What a twisted fate.”

7.) DEADWEIGHT by SUNSLEEP

“Always left up to me, make it happen, rinse repeat / And split the difference when no one earned it.”

8.) OBSESSED by JUTES

“Come take a bite / I’ll be your sacrifice / Swear I would die for you.”

9.) NOT THE TYPE by TELLTALE

“You’re in your roaring twenties but this ain’t what they’re for / You’re just a half-draft Hemingway, throw the manuscript away / And pick yourself off the floor.”

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Unlike everyone else who hated Bridgerton season 3, I did more or less enjoy it. There were definitely some weaker aspects, but my biggest gripe is just the stupid 1 month wait between parts 1 and 2 tbh. Also I do wish we had a bit more focus on Polin. All in all though, this season wasn't too bad. Really hope s4 just gets dropped all at once though...

House of the Dragon season 2 is absolutely convincing currently. Really hoping they'll keep this up, also kind of an unpopular opinion from what I've gathered but I'm loving the book changes they've done so far.