Books Of The Month
The Avatar Battle by Chad Morris - ***** - Review: July 15th
Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings - ** - Thoughts here
The Clockwork Dagger by Beth Cato - DNF - Thoughts here
Academy 7 by Anne Osterlund - *** - Review: July 22nd
The Dark Unwinding by Sharon Cameron - ** - Review: July 29th
Crown Duel by Sherwood Smith - *
The Reluctant Assassin by Eoin Colfer - DNF - Thoughts here
Giant Thief by David Tallerman - DNF - Thoughts here
The Falcon At The Portal by Elizabeth Peters - Re-read
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead - ****
Union of Renegades by Tracy Falbe - DNF
Flash Gold by Lindsay Buroker - *****
Hunted by Lindsay Buroker - *****
Peacemaker by Lindsay Buroker - *****
Roots of Insight by Breeana Puttroff - *****
The Glass Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg - ****
Mercenary Instinct by Ruby Lionsdrake - ****
In The Books & Blog
So, I changed my post layout again. I hadn't thought about doing it like this until I used this style for my readathon wrap-up post earlier this month. I think I'll be keeping it though because I get to have everything I want (book covers and links and my rating/review/thoughts) and it's fairly neat. Probably one of the easier layouts too. (Which has nothing to do with my decision, of course.)
I cannot believe how many books I've read this month. Seriously, I don't think I've ever read this many books in one month before. You'll probably notice really low ratings for several of the books and even some DNFs. I don't know what happened to me this month, but I was having a terrible time finding anything to enjoy. I even nearly put down my re-read (which I had picked up solely to get back into enjoying reading) towards the beginning. Nothing - and I mean nothing - was clicking for me.
I don't have a review for Vampire Academy, but on July 9th I'll have a post up about Rose Hathaway (the main girl) and why we need more girls like her in YA books.
The Flash Gold Chronicles is actually a series of novellas. I'll be doing a series review for them once the author gets the fifth and final one published and I read that one and the forth one.
Off The Blog
I'm a generally lazy person. However, this month I did get some cleaning done. Mostly just going through old junk and packing it up better. I did get my jackets and winter stuff in storage for the next few months and some old clothes went through.
Also, I bathed cats. My own Allison and my moms Jessie. Allison started yowling almost as soon as she hit the water and didn't stop the entire time. Jessie, whose normally a noisier cat, was quiet the entire time. But they both needed a bath and my cat especially with all the fleas she had. I'm thinking I'll probably give them a couple more baths this summer. And bathed my dog Axel. He really likes baths but more than that he loves being rubbed with a towel.
In TV
I actually got a lot of shows wrapped up this month (probably because I'd been working on most of them for a month or more).
I watched season 6 (the final season) of White Collar (all six episodes) and, I much say, I'm very disappointed. I don't think there's an ending they could have had that I would have hated more. I'm not sure I'll ever be able to re-watch this show.
Watched book 4 (also the final season) of The Legend of Korra. Honestly, that was a perfect ending to the series and I think I might like it more than Avatar: The Last Airbender.
I re-watched season 1 of Elementary and liked it even more this time around. Very much looking forward to season 3's DVD release.
I re-watched season 3 of Rizzoli & Isles (very fun show) and season 3 of Avatar: The Last Airbender (awesome show minus Katara) and started season 3 of Babylon 5 (<3 <3 my favorite season of the show. Except for 'Passing Through Gethsemane'. My least favorite episode of the show and didn't re-watch it). (Notice a pattern here? I promise I didn't plan it.)
I also re-watched season 2 of The Twelve Kingdoms and my favorite characters actually changed.
Rewatched a couple of movies (Iron Man 2 and Thor). Going to slowly rewatch the Marvel movies in preparation for Age of Ultron on DVD. (As I didn't see it in the theater.)
So, that was June. Best summed up as books and TV. Seems like I'm always super lazy in summer (and winter) so this is probably about all I'll be doing for the next three months. Seems crazy that the year is already half over.
Logging you in...
Elizabeth · 510 weeks ago
I bathed my cat last week for the first time! He's the sweet one - Lily is sweet...until she's not. And she's vicious with the claws/teeth when she's not, so there will be no baths for Lily under ANY circumstances. Tristan - the cat I bathed - is really fat though, and it's hard to groom his butt without someone there to help hold him and what with my boyfriend's return home being delayed by a month...his butt just couldn't stay the way it was haha! Poor kitty, he was miserable!
Uh oh...I'm forewarned on White Collar and...OH DAMN I THINK I JUST SPOILED MYSELF EFFIN EFF EFF. For some reason I thought I'd already watched Season 6 and if what I just glimpsed is taken literally I am going to be VERY. UPSET. VERY. VERY. VERY UPSET. Who puts things like that in the title of a post?!?!
And right?? I LOVED the ending to LoK - I think as a whole it definitely was a rough ride, but I definitely loved that last season and think it was the best season out of both shows for sure. I mean...dealing with PTSD, a physical (psycho-somatic?) trauma, plus of course Korrasami <3 - it was so fantastic. And I'm so sad there's not going to be any more *wails*
I need to watch Rizzoli and Isles - I've seen a few episodes and it's so fun! I don't know why I haven't picked it up actually...must not be on Hulu/Netflix, otherwise I have NO excuse. And what is The Twelve Kingdoms? I have not heard of this, but the title alone sounds promising!
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AmyAelleah 80p · 510 weeks ago
I was really surprised the first time I gave Jessie and Allison baths that it was almost easy. I mean, my shirt did get soaked, but there were no scratches or bites. Neither were happy, but it was fairly easy. But the glares...seriously, Allison has a pretty good glare anyway, but there's no glare like the one a wet cat can deliver.
I really hope you didn't spoil yourself with White Collar. (Totally sucks when you didn't mean to and someone doesn't realize not everyone has seen/read it. Been there.) At the same time, though, I kind of wish I'd had season 6 spoiled for me. I'd like to say I would have handled it better - but in truth I probably wouldn't have because this is something I NEVER like and can seldom get over.
For me, The Legend of Korra just got better with each season - so glad I didn't stop after season 1 like I almost did! And the final season was just awesome! Really hoping the creators make another show.
Yes, watch Rizzoli & Isles. It is a lot of fun.
The Twelve Kingdoms is an anime show from a series of light novels. It's also known as Juni Kokki and it's about a fantasy world that's connected to ours by random 'portals' that it's very difficult to pass through. As the title suggests, there's twelve kingdoms each ruled by a different person chosen by the gods to rule. A good portion of the story is about a teenaged girl from out world that winds up in that world. The world is strongly influenced by Japanese mythology and Chinese culture. If you give it a shot, I highly recommend sticking around a bit even if you're not too sure with the first handful or so of episodes because it get's better. At least, I think it does.