August! It’s AUGUST! And school starts in 12 days! (Not that I’m counting. But I totally am.) July went by fast, as evidenced by my shorter-than-usual lists of books read, recipes tried and hours worked. But it was still a good month, and I’ve got a few things to share.
How did YOUR July go? I hope you’ll tell us all about it in the comments!
What I’m Reading:
- Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson – suspense that’s kind of like What Alice Forgot meets Sleeping with the Enemy. And it’s being made into a movie. EXCELLENT.
- Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen – YA retelling of Robin Hood, if Robin and his men were teenagers and not all men. I really enjoyed it but the dialect of the main character got on my nerves.
- The Target by David Baldacci – Corrupt government and assassins doing assassin things. It’s the same old, same old for Baldacci, but darn it, I love it every time.
- The Cure for the “Perfect” Life by Kathy Lipp and Cheri Gregory – I’ve just started this one, but it’s fantastic so far. More to come.
- How I Fall by Anne Eliot – This is a self-published YA novel about a sixteen-year-old girl with cerebral palsy and the super cute boy she likes. I’m not going to be able to write a description that makes it sound good, I know, because it didn’t sound good to me either. But I’ve read Eliot’s other two books and they were really good. This one was, too. Just believe me. I wouldn’t lead you astray!
What I’m Watching:
Well, basically all the same stuff I was watching last month: So You Think You Can Dance, Suits, Covert Affairs, Perception and Chasing Life. Most importantly, though, we’ve finished the first season of Friday Night Lights and are DYING for season two to come in at the library.
So, I have to ask those of you who watched FNL a million years ago (or Breaking Bad, I guess) – don’t you think Jesse Plemons looks JUST LIKE Matt Damon? In a, I don’t know, Ron Weasley sort of way?
Finally. Tell me you saw this video. IT IS BRILLIANT.
So, spill it: What were you into last month?
I’m linking up with my friend Leigh. Check out other What I’m Into posts over there!
I read Cruel Beauty last weekend and you were right- I really liked it. Melding Greek mythology with fairy tales is an interesting take and I hope the author will write more in that vein. Is this not the best season of SYTYCD thus far?! I don’t know who to root for because I love them all so much. This Top 10 is insanely talented and I don’t want any of them to go home.
Leigh, When you say “melding mythology with fairy tales” it makes me think of one of my favorite recent reads, Monstrous Beauty by Elizabeth Fama. It’s kind of about mermaids, kinda folklore, kinda history-ish, YA … I could not put it down. One to try if you like that sort of thing!
I put this on my to-read list!
I’m so glad you liked Cruel Beauty! Did you read the novella, Gilded Ashes? It wasn’t nearly as good (or as long), but it was nice to read just a bit more in that world. And yesssss, SYTYCD is so good! Of course, really, I think every season is the best! :)
I’m pretty sure July was the slowest month ever here. Our vacation the last week in June seems like it was eight million years ago. Libbie starts kindergarten on the 12th, and before that we have to drive to Maryland and back. Yikes. But I think we’ll be glad for the distraction. Too much togetherness during the summer when your hubby is a teacher. It’s great and gives us freedom to travel but I think we are ready to be back on a schedule.
I think I have just read this summer. Like crazy amounts of reading. And not watched anything except recently a couple of season 2 episodes of Call the Midwife. Love.
Driving to Maryland and back…is…a LOT of family togetherness! I still need to watch Call the Midwife. I haven’t started it, even though I’ve heard such great things about it.