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Monthly Recap

MONTHLY RECAP | August 2014

August 31, 2014 Comments : 5

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August was filled with splurges and farewells.

  • I finally got a KINDLE PAPERWHITEEEEEEEE. BEST DECISION EVER MADE. Its name is Ned. Ha.
  • My BFF returned from Japan for nearly two weeks, and it was the best everrrrrr. (I miss her. :( )
  • My older sister’s partner came down from Tacoma to visit his family and our family. We went on an adventure to San Jose to drop off his friend (which took a lonnnnnng time, but still fun!). While he was down in California, he gave me a present that my sister made for me. It’s a beautiful watercolor piece of how she envisioned my dream bedroom (full of books and etc). Let’s just say, I was making squealing dinosaur noises for 15 minutes, while my sister and her partner laughed when we talked on Skype.
  • My internship ended. :( So sad. I miss going to the office, curating content, and laughing with my co-workers.
  • I finally have a name and design for that top secret project. I’m aiming to open it in October. Hopefully.
  • I started another project for tumblr, and I’m so excited to start posting.

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BOOKS GALORE!

Ned, the Kindle Paperwhite (Bought, not pictured above)
More Than This by Patrick Ness (from Lisa @ Read Breathe Relax)
The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking #1) by Patrick Ness (from Lisa @ Read Breathe Relax)
The Ask and the Answer (Chaos Walking #2) by Patrick Ness (from Lisa @ Read Breathe Relax)
Monsters of Men (Chaos Walking #3) by Patrick Ness (from Lisa @ Read Breathe Relax)

Thank you for the books, my dear friends! <3

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ON THE BLOG

I’ve read more books than I had the previous month, so yayyyyy. (Though it’s not reflected in my reviews. Ha!)

  • I reviewed Also Known As by Robin Benway, which is a fabulous contemporary spy book! So much humor and friendships!
  • I talked about —
    • my awkward relationship with the term “DNF.” It’s just too final for my taste.
    • the cover change for The Lucy Variations by Sara Zarr. Just no to the font choices and everything, but guess what my favorite is. (You’ll never guess it.)
    • the cover change for The Gameboard of the Gods by Richelle Mead.
    • maps on book covers. There is weirdly not a lot of book covers with maps.
    • winning July’s Camp NaNoWriMo. Yayyyyy.
  • I wrote letters to A Darker Shade of Magic, professing my desire to read and own it ASAP, and to The Here and Now, admonishing it for using cringe-worthy descriptions such as “regular-girl substance.”
  • For Top Ten Tuesday, I listed the books I’m unsure if I should read and the books people have recommended to me.
  • If you missed my font posts, check them out here:

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DID I ACHIEVE MY AUGUST READS? 

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha. Not at all. I’m still in a bit of a slump. But I did finish Jackaby by William Ritter! And it is frickin’ amazing.

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THINGS I NEED TO DO IN SEPTEMBER 

  • Start writing and drafting work for the secret project.
  • Read my ARCs.

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How was your August? Any memorable thing happen? Did you enjoy any of my posts? Are you looking forward to September?

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Comments

  1. Mel@thedailyprophecy says

    September 1, 2014 at 2:00 am

    Ned the Kindle, I like it :D Good luck with your goals!

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  2. Freda Mans says

    September 1, 2014 at 4:29 pm

    Sounds like a great August! Happy September reading!

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  3. Sana // artsy musings of a bibliophile says

    September 2, 2014 at 2:20 pm

    You sure Ned is not a alias? Ha ha kidding. Yay for Kindle, though! =D

    Ooh, the top secret project sounds interesting!

    I need to read all my ARCs as well and I’m succeeding somewhat already so yay.

    Reply
  4. Nikki @ The Paper Sea says

    September 7, 2014 at 11:06 am

    CEE, WHY? YOU DO REALISE THAT BY CALLING YOUR KINDLE NED [I’m assuming Stark???] YOU’VE DOOMED IT. NED ONLY LASTED ONE SEASON. I HOPE YOU HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON YOUR PAPERWHITE.

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    • Cee says

      September 10, 2014 at 4:53 pm

      HAHAHAHAHA. No, not Ned Stark! Ned from Pushing Daisies. The Pie-maker! Aka Eyebrow King Lee Pace! ;D

      Reply

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