~July Wrap-Up~

Oof, it's been a while since I did one of these, but let's get to it!

My summer has been going preeetty well. I've basically done nothing since swim team ended, but that's because all my stuff was at the beginning of the summer. I had a summer class, but that ended too and I submitted my last piece of homework on Friday.

What else?

I think school starts at the end of August/beginning of September NOT 100% SURE THO SO DON'T HOLD ME TO IT. We're starting a co-op and I'm going to teach Latin to the middle-grade students so I'm pretty excited for that.

- Lost Boy, Ruth B. -

- Dollhouse, Melanie Martinez -

(thank you Nabila for getting this song stuck in my head)

- Beautiful Girl, Sarah Bareilles -

- Radioactive, Imagine Dragons -

- Midnight, Beth Crowley -

(you can find all those and more in my playlist below)

A Heart Revealed, Josi S. Kilpack; A Noble Masquerade, Kristi Ann Hunter; An Elegant Façade, Kristi Ann Hunter; An Uncommon Courtship, Kristi Ann Hunter; A Daring Venture, Elizabeth Camden; To The Farthest Shores, Elizabeth Camden; A Defense of Honor, Kristi Ann Hunter; Princess of the Midnight Ball, Jessica Day George; The World of Downton Abbey, Jessica Fellows; A Rumoured Fortune, Joanna Davidson Politano

Loved:

A Noble Masquerade: First book in the Hawthorne House Series. I honestly don't remember when a book made me laugh this much. I'll definitely be re-reading this one (maybe even buy it) in the future.

Princess of the Midnight Ball: THE HERO KNIT. LIKE, WHAT. A very adorable book!

The World of Downton Abbey: DOWNTON ABBEY KNOWLEDGE, YES PLEASE

A Rumoured Fortune: It was a really deep book that had many hidden messages. Full review coming soon!

Liked:

A Heart Revealed: A sweet tale. I liked the main character's character arc and the hero was pretty great

An Elegant Façade: Second book in the Hawthorne House series. A pretty good sequel and it also managed to make me laugh.

A Defense of Honor: Also really sweet! The hero was definitely swoon-worthy and just a lot of fun!

A Daring Venture: Pretty interesting plot. The characters bugged me sometimes, but they managed to redeem themselves.

Disliked:

An Uncommon Courtship: Third book in the Hawthorne House series. I really wanted to give this book a higher rating, I loved the characters but then the author had to put something in that threw the whole book off. It was content but yet not content. Just, yeah, it really made me upset because I was enjoying it so much.

To the Farthest Shores: I REALLY wanted to like this book more but it just didn't sit right with me. Like in Camden's other book, these characters bugged me SO MUCH, and they couldn't redeem themselves.

Books I Hope To Read This Month: 

Heartless, Marissa Meyer; Victorita, Portrait of a Queen, Catherine Reef; The Age of Innocence, Edith Wharton; Junia, Michael E. Giesler; Grain of Wheat, Michael E. Giesler; The Mysterious Affair of Styles, Agatha Christie; Judah's Scepter, D.A. Brittain; Amish Celebrations, Beth Wiseman; The Big House of Adams Street, Alberta Sparks; Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt; To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee; Shooting Stars: Ten Historical Miniatures, Stefan Zweig (and hopefully more books but these are all I have at the moment) (lol, I'm not ambitious)

Downton Abbey - ALMOST DONE THIS SHOW

THE FEELS

Oklahoma - OH MY GOSH CURLY <33333333333333333333333333333

Some other stuff that I can't remember

I FINISHED CAMP NANO. AH, I'M SO PROUD OF MYSELF. THIS IS THE FIRST NANO EVENT THAT I'VE FINISHED!!!

I set a goal of 30 hours and I was ahead for a while but then I got behind and was like, "I AM NOT GOING TO FINISH THIS" but then I caught up so yeah!

I made a schedule for writing Colm and if I go according to schedule (IF) I should be finished the first draft by October 4th. Then take a break from it until December.

I know what I'm going to be doing for Nano, The Scroll of Wisdom so I've been worldbuilding for that. Almost done and then I can start on character sheets before moving on to plotting.

I've also been writing a The Goose Girl fanfiction. I also want to write a Downton Abbey one. Professional fangirl here peoples.

Stats

Pageviews This Month: 540

Followers: 32

Posts This Month:

The Orphan's Wish {Book Review}

Throwing in the Towel + Book Tour

Another Period Drama Tag {Tag}

I'm taking a short break!

Most Popular Post: Throwing in the Towel + Book Tour

I updated my WIP page so check it out here!

Upcoming posts:

(disclaimer: post titles are not official)

A Rumoured Fortune {Book Review}

Lessons from Violin that can help in real life

Make-Up Book Tag {Tag}

Judah's Scepter {Book Review}

Writing Wednesdays: Colm + 7-7-7 Tag

Music Analysis

I SHALL RULE THE WORLD

Favorite Period Drama Couples

So there we go! Another month has gone by O_O_O_O

How was your July? Have you read any of the books I mentioned? Which post are you looking forward to most?