Monthly recap July '16 | Theme park, all the books & return to the hairdresser.

This post recaps my month: my personal life, all the books I’ve read & bought, movies and TV shows I’ve seen and links to posts that interest me.

This was a good eventful month!

The first thing that happened was going back to the hairdresser. Last time it did not turn out how I wanted it, so I got a refund and the opportunity to have it fixed at one of their other locations. It is PERFECT now. I will definitely return to that location in the future to get it touched up again, because I'm digging the purple :) 

The second fun thing is that I went to a theme park with my boyfriend, his brother + girlfriend and sister. I'm not into rollercoasters (I don't mind the height of the speed, but I dislike the feeling), but I had a great time nonetheless! It is a fairytale themed park, so there is enough to do and see for me. We also hunted down Pokemons together, which was fun. (Shout out to other members of Team blue :D)

I had two book club meetings, where we ate Indian food the first time and an amazing brownie, chocolate mousse and vanilla ice cream dessert the second time. I also had a sleep-over. My boyfriend was on a school trip for ten days, so my sister stayed over for two days and it was great! Quality time and a swoony movie. Tonight I'm going out for dinner with my parents, so this month is also filled with lots of good food.

I went shopping with my mother and sister, bought tons of clothes and then ordered some more (buying lots of dresses for vacation is a nice excuse, right?) I also received my order from RedBubble and I'm so enthusiastic about their stickers! Such good quality and I love their fast shipping.

I'm still in a blog slump and I am just taking my time. I might need to reconsider what I want for this blog. I'm slowing getting back into commenting though, so that is good news and writing about bullet journaling has helped a lot, so I'm definitely going to continue that. 

And my vacation started! Three weeks of freedom.

Okay, this haul is much larger than I anticipated! I started to type 'in my defense' but discovered that I don't really have a good excuse, haha. I just wanted to get them and looking back on my previous hauls, I think it's time to put myself on hold the next months and only get my most anticipated books.


I bought the e-book from Scarlet Epstein hates it here from Anna Breslaw for the bookclub and let me just say it nicely, it was definitely not for me. I also found really cheap ebooks from Carry on by Rainbow Rowell, Am I normal yet? by Holly Bourne and the bundled version of his 12 fairy books by Andrew Lang. My ebook from Wanderlost by Jen Malone was a recommendation from Daisy and Debby, so I'm going to trust them.

Diane Zahler – A true princess was up for a bargain price, so I decided to snag a copy. Sara Saedi – Never ever & Aesop – Aesop's illustrated fables & PS I like you by Kasie West & The Arabian Nights by Anonymous & Poison by Bridget Zinn also found their way into my shopping bag. I read Poison a few years ago and I loved it, so it was about time I got a copy.  I am in love with the concept of adventure books, so I had to get Ryan North – Romeo and/or Juliet.

Debby donated her ARC copy from Nevernight by Jay Kristoff and I am nervous/excited to find out how I feel about it. I couldn't resist to download an eARC from Long may she reign by Rhiannon Thomas from Edelweiss. Thanks Harper!

Again, not a month where I finished many books. I definitely need to catch up and perhaps cheat a little with shorter books. At least I read three of my high anticipated books and I loved them!

1. Renee Ahdieh – The Wrath and The Dawn (reread) 5/5.
2. Renee Ahdieh – The Rose and The Dagger. 5+/5.
3. Audrey Greathouse – The Neverland Wars. 2/5.
4. Maggie Stiefvater – The Raven King. 4/5.
5. Anna Breslaw – Scarlet Epstein Hates it Here. 1/5.
6. Sarah J. Maas – A Court of Mist and Fury. 4/5.


Movies.
1. Captain America: civil wars. AND IT WAS ABOUT TIME. That was good.
2. Now you see me. I liked it.
3. The big wedding. Such a strange movie, but it was swoony too.
4. Snakes on a plane. HAHA.
5. X-men: apocalypse. Oh. I really liked it! Hello young Magneto.

TV shows.
1. Finished Orange is the new black season 4 and the wait will be long and hard. My favorite season so far!
2. I started Marco Polo season 2, am now on episode 2, and it is a bit slow and hard to get back into.
3. White Collar. Finished. I really wish they hadn't cancelled it, but the ending is satisfying enough.
4. New Girl season 5 done. I liked it.
5. Black Sails, season 1, episode 4. Addictive.

How was your July?