Ah, the end of February always sneaks up on me. This month was so insanely busy, but overall it was a good month!
My new job is going very well. I absolutely love the company I work for. Alex and I celebrated our 4 year dateaversary. Wedding plans are slowly coming together. The Walk Dead returned. And the best part of my month, my stress levels are down! My stress level still isn’t exactly where I want it to be… but compared to where things were this time last month, I’m in a much better place!
My reading took a bit of a hit this month though. I’m behind in my honest reviews again, but I’m hoping to catch back up this month!
Let’s dive in to my monthly wrap-up!
My Reading Breakdown for February:
- 5 Stars- 3
- 4 Stars- 2
- 3 Stars- 0
- 2 Stars- 3
- Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
- The Lying Game by Ruth Ware
- The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
- 1 Star- 1
- DNF- 0
Monthly Musings:
- Watching:
- Black Panther (2018 Film)
- I liked literally everything about this film. There wasn’t a single thing I didn’t like! For a first movie in this characters story arc, I thought it was especially incredible. It gave just enough backstory without straying into info-dumping or falling short and being confusing like other superhero movies. The casting and acting was awesome. The soundtrack was beyond perfect and I loved that the main characters song kept coming into play. The camera work flowed well and the colors were stunning. The special effects were also juuuust right, not too overdone like Wonder Woman or Civil War. 5/5
- Playing:
- n/a this month
- Drinking:
- More sparkling water! I’m addicted to the awesome machine at my work where you can customize the flavor levels and choose sparking or plain.
- Listening to:
- This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab, narrated by Therese Plummer
- Books In The Freezer had an awesome episode featuring one of my favorite Booktubers, Cameron Chaney of bookmovieguy.
- In the bookish community:
- We got a peek into the Birdbox film.
- On February 13th, I hit 100,000 views here on my blog! Thank you all!
- We got the trailer for The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society!
- We also got the official trailer for Fahrenheit 451!
- Shout-out to Amy of A Magical World of Words for mentioning me in “Around the Blogosphere” in her Weekly Round-Up.
- Angela of Musings of a Literary Wanderer posted a wonderful bookish discussion: 4 Strategies For Making More Time To Read.
- Megan and Crystal of Ginger Mom Reads shared their blogging origin story!
- Austine of Novel Knight Book Reviews created a wonderful Book Bloggers directory. Visit her post to learn more, add your link, and connect with other book bloggers through social media!
- Shout-out to Sophia Lin of Bookwyrming Thoughts for featuring a bunch of awesome bloggers that started blogging in 2016!
- Looking forward to:
- In March, Alex and I have our 6-months-out meeting with our wedding venue!
- Getting caught up on my reading! I’ve fallen so behind trying to adjust to my new schedule.
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- [Book Tag] Behind the Screen: A Book Blogger Tag
- Interview with Rook Winters
- [Book Blogger Hop] Authors I Have Met
- 9 Of My Favorite Cutesy Romance Books
Thanks for reading!
How was your month? Have any special plans for April? I’d love to hear about them in the comments section below!
I like your rating run down! I’m surprised Fun Home only had two stars; I love that graphic novel! I’m drinking more sparkling water too!
Thank you! Yeah, Fun Home just wasn't up my alley. I had heard so many great things, so I was quite surprised by my overall thoughts as well!
Congratulations on 100K views! 😀 I'm glad you had a good month, despite how busy it was. ^_^
Also glad your stress level is lower this month – hope March is less stressful for you! 🙂
Sophia @ Bookwyrming Thoughts
Thank you so much!! <3
Ahhh I still need to see Black Panther. Hopefully soon!! And YES you need to get those stress levels down girl! <3
You're going to LOVE it!!!! I would definitely go see it again in theaters! SO GOOD! <3
asdfghjkl I still haven't watched Black Panther!! also the wedding venue visit sounds so fun and sweet <3
I hope you love it as much as I did!! I was SO nervous about the hype… but it surpassed it for me! 😀
Yay! It's always great when you love your job! Wedding plans–eek! Exciting!
It's okay to be behind on blogging and reviews, because it sounds like you're rocking Life! Enjoy it! Your blog will still be here, and so will the people that follow you. 🙂
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Looks like you've had a pretty great month. I hope March is good for you as well.
Thank you! I hope your March is a great month as well! 🙂
I'm glad your stress levels are going down! We really enjoyed Black Panther, too, a really good addition to the Marvel universe!
Thank you for the shoutout!
Thank you. And of course! 🙂
Sounds like February was a great month all around and I'm glad your stress levels are going down. I'm also glad to see Space Dumplins as one of your 5/5 reads. You know, February is our dateaversary month well but it's been much longer than 4 years 🙂 I bet you are thrilled to have your wedding grow closer and closer and I do hope you share some pics. Our wedding was rather small and I am very grateful. I still have to see The Black Panther. Hope you have a wonderful March!
<3 I'll share some photos for sure! I'm so ready to just be married. I'm excited for the wedding of course, but the planning has been a bit rough. There's just so MUCH to think about!! I hope you have a lovely March as well!
Congrats on 100K views lovely! I'm so happy for you! It seems like you had an awesome reading month and I'm glad you're feeling less stressed 🙂
Megan @ http://wanderingsofabookbird.blogspot.co.uk/
Thank you!! <3
I'm glad wedding planning is going well! I was just recently asked to be a friend's maid of honor and I'm so excited!! I hope you find some more reading time this month – but that's awesome you love your new job so much! I'm so excited for the movie Bird Box. I just loved that book. I still need to see Black Panther!
-Lauren
http://www.shootingstarsmag.net
Oh yay! Congratulations! I hope you can watch Black Panther soon 😀
Congrats on making 100,000! 🙂
Yes, Black Panther was brilliant!
Thank you!! 🙂
I am glad to hear your new job is going well, Erica. We recently had a switch in managers and the jury is still out on how that will work out. I'm optimistic though as I've worked with her before. I really want to see Black Panther, but am not sure when that will happen. I hope you have a great month of March!
<3 Oh no, I hope everything works out for you!
So glad you've been less stressed and that the job's going well! YAY! Also, so happy you enjoyed Black Panther 🙂 I can't wait to see it.
Have an awesome March!
😀 I hope you enjoy the movie as much as I did!!