Tiara’s July Wrap-Up
I slowed down my reading a bit this month because I listened to so many audiobooks last month for Audiobook Month, and this month I had to hammer down on a work project, which I’ll probably be working on for the rest of the year. Go Government Peons! However, this month saw us really crunching, and I’m sure I’ll have more crunch months at work. When I’m working really hard, I tend to start moving toward things like gaming television to keep myself entertained because I don’t want to process anymore words. However, audiobooks are great for this reason, too. I can just kick back and listen rather than scan pages. As I stated before, even though I haven’t commented as much, this month especially, I see your comments. I read your posts. And I thank you for all your interactivity! 🙂
Book Count
Audiobook Count
This brings my count to 40! I’m well ahead of what I thought I’d achieve.
Popsugar 2015 Challenge Count
Since this is the first time I’ve included this in an update, I’ll list the books that I’ve retroactively read for the challenge as well as the books I read this mount for the challenge. The list of books for this challenge can be found here. Since I read so much speculative fiction, this was a challenge I decided to join to keep my reading rounded, even though I’m still reading a large amount of speculative fiction.
Categories I have completed so far are (and the book covers are listed in order of this list): A Classic Romance, A Book That Became A Movie, A Book Published This Year, A Book Written by Someone Under 30, A Book with Non-Human Characters, A Funny Book, A Mystery or Thriller, A Book More than 100 Years Old, A Book That Made you Cry, A Book with a Color in the Title, A Graphic Novel, A Play, A Book with Short Stories, A Book Originally Written in Another Language, and A Book by An Author You’ve Never Read Before.
Goodreads Challenge Update
Sorry this is a little blurry having to use my work iPad to update this post. I use my work equipment for such evil when I have to.
Miscellany
Here’s a general update of what I’ve been getting into aside from reading because, sometimes, even I need a break from reading. Sometimes, I want to enjoy more visual media, and I can’t live without music. Music is my heart and soul.
TV/Movies
Aside from still being on my Mad Men kick. Here’s a couple of new shows I’m watching now. Daredevil being one. I’ve always been a huge Marvel fan, but I don’t think I’ve appreciated Daredevil as much as I should. I’m actually halfway through Marco Polo. I just need to finish it. I’ve been putting it off for so long now. I’m also getting caught up on Orange is the New Black and House of Cards.
Music
I am on on a Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds kick right now. I blame the show Peaky Blinders, which features a ton of Nick Cave.
Gaming
Borderlands bender with Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel. Sorry, Geralt! Wendy has also joined our ranks. One of us. One of us. I’ve also been playing Telltale’s Tales from the Borderlands, which is excellent as well. Not that I expected anything less from 2K or Telltale. Hilarious, absurd, off-color, I love it. I should read some of the books. Also, I’ve started a Dungeons & Dragons campaign (my very first, my final geek frontier!) with Wendy and some other friends, as well.
That’s it for my monthly wrap-up. See ya next month! Happy reading!
The BiblioSanctum 
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Awesome month you had! I really need to check out the Suicide Squad comics!
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So far, I have really been enjoying the Suicide Squad, especially where Harley Quinn and Amanda Waller are concerned. The Harley Quinn comics themselves haven’t been that great to me and I feel these explore the character much better.
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Awesome! Now I’m definitely check that series out!
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That looks like a pretty awesome month to me!
Lynn 😀
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Thank you! I still feel like I did pretty well reading wise considering all the stuff I had going on.
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I still need to catch up on OTNB
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I’m pretty far behind myself, but I’m getting there.
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I don’t watch much TV, but may check out Daredevil 🙂 Looks like you had a great month!
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I used to not watch much television myself, but now so much stuff that actually interests me is being produced.
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I finally listed to an audio book this month! (We Are All Completely Fine by Daryl Gregory) I felt incredibly proud of my self 😀 You a killing it with 40, though!
I’m all caught up on House of Cards and OINTB (I thought both went down in a little in season 3), but I never watched Marco Polo. I watched the fist 2 episodes earlier this year, then it lost my interest.
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Did you enjoy your first audiobook?
I haven’t been as into this season of HoC, which is why I think it’s taking me so long to get through it. I binge watched the first two seasons in one weekend. I’m not hating it. It’s just not as thrilling right now. I don’t know how I fell behind on OITNB. I was enjoying Marco Polo. I love that the story really isn’t about him at all. It is, but it isn’t. I love historical retellings, so I want to see what happens with all that craziness.
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I did! I don’t think I will go out and buy another one anytime soon – I tried being active and doing stuff while listening, but I just couldn’t follow along – but it was a very nice change to lay down and have a story told to me 🙂
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I need to start Daredevil, especially now that they’re going to be putting out so many more series. How on earth am I going to keep up?!
And wow, nice, 120 books this year so far! You even have me beat, I’m right on your tail at 119 🙂
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It used to be there was NEVER anything for me to watch. Now there’s EVERYTHING to watch. I don’t know how I’ll ever keep up either.
Considering that I really made a very short goal of 52 books this year, I am extremely proud that I’ve already doubled that and then some. And you are definitely right there on my tail. You’ll probably pass me soon. LOL.
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