January Wrap: how was my first month of #ARCApocalypse?

January is over, so it’s time to look at my month in reading! It was the first month of #ARCApocalypse, and I also took part in some fun reading challenges. It was a pretty interesting month of reading with a lot of books on either end of the spectrum (really good or really bad), so let’s jump right in!

Completed Reads:

EMOJI KEY:
✨ = review copy | ? = monthly TBR | ? = reread |
? = graphic novel/manga/comics | ? = poetry | ? = POC rep |
? = LGBTQ+ rep | ? = disability and/or MI rep |
? = audiobook | ? = Kindle Unlimited

In order from 5 stars to 1…

1. Come Tumbling Down | ✨??? | ????? | review
2. The Invasion | ✨??? | ?????
3. Dewdrop | ✨ | ?????
4. Together We Caught Fire | ✨?? | ?????
5. Till the Score is Paid | ✨ | ????? | review
6. Unf*ck Your Habitat | ????? | review
7. The Twisted Ones | ✨? | ?????
8. Bingo Love | ??? | ⭐⭐⭐⭐
9. The Apocalyptic Mannequin | ✨? | ⭐⭐⭐⭐
10. Credence | ? | ⭐⭐⭐⭐
11. Rafe | ? | ⭐⭐⭐?
12. The God Game | ✨?? | ⭐ | review

DNFs…

(click the italicized reasoning for my full DNF-y thoughts)

1. A Heart So Fierce and Broken | 25% completed (hated everything about it)
2. Imaginary Friend | 35% completed (boring)
3. The Hollow Girl | 10% completed (didn’t like the writing style)
4. The Glass Spare | 10% completed (didn’t care about the premise anymore — no DNF thoughts)
5. The Plain Janes | 25% completed (hated it)
6. Don’t Read the Comments | 35% completed (boring, didn’t like the writing style AT ALL)
7. Ghoster | 25% completed (boring and I couldn’t bring myself to care enough to finish it)
8. Miss You Love You Hate You Bye | 15% completed (holy cringe-fest, Batman)

Watched this Month:

• Polaroid (2019) | ⭐?
  • Pretty terrible acting and script.
• Child’s Play (2019) | ?
  • I haven’t hated a movie this much in a while. I literally couldn’t find a single redeeming quality in this movie and have NEVER been so disappointed by Aubrey Plaza’s acting or a role she’s played. I had very high hopes for this, which is probably part of why I gave it such a low rating, in hindsight.
• Ready or Not (2019) | ?????
  • Literally a new favorite movie. This was incredible and exactly how I want all of my horror-comedy films to feel.
• Midsommar (2019) | ⭐⭐
  • Another hugely anticipated movie I watched that was such a disappointment! I thought it was about an hour too long.
• Nurse 3-D (2013) | ⭐⭐? | ?
  • I don’t know why I rewatched this… I guess I’m a glutton for punishment but it’s so weirdly hilarious.
• The Final (2010) | ?
  • It’s EXTREMELY rare that I don’t finish a movie, but this was THAT bad.
• ? Channel Zero — season 1 | ?????
  • I really loved this first season! Candle Cove is a story that always fascinated me so it was cool to see a show focus on that.

Listened to this Month:

• Flora Cash 
  • I’d say I’m back on my Flora Cash bullshit, but I never really let it go.
• Hozier
  • See above caption, replace Flora Cash with Hozier. I also gave his new album another chance this month and liked it a lot more than I have in the past, though I still think his first album was 10x better.

Played this Month:

• Super Mario Odyssey | Nintendo Switch
  • I’m not big on Mario games aside from Mario Kart and things of that nature, typically, but this is pretty cute.
• Mario Kart 8 | Nintendo Switch
  • We did a lot of couples racing in our house in January!
• Mortimer Beckett and the Secrets of Spooky Manor | PC/GameHouse sub
• Mortimer Beckett and the Time Paradox | PC/GameHouse sub
• Mortimer Beckett and the Lost King | PC/GameHouse sub
  • Point-and-click puzzle games. These were… meh.

My Favorite Posts of the Month:

• January – March 5-star predictions
• Winter TBR jar

Wow, I really didn’t post much in January outside of weekly wrap-ups, eh? ?

Videos of the Month:

(click the thumbnails to see the videos!)

My Favorite Posts from OTHER Bloggers This Month:

• Alana @ The Bookish Chick’s review of A Heart So Fierce and Broken
• Laura @ thebookcorps’ best books of 2019
• Sionna @ Books in Her Eyes’ AMAZING 2019 wrap-up
• Cassie @ Let’s Get Galactic’s best books of 2019 &&& best audiobooks of 2019
• Bee @ BeeWitched Shelves’ review of Riot Baby
• Heather @ The Sassy Book Geek’s 2019 end of year survey
• Sofii @ A Book. A Thought.’s list of underrated series
• Tammy @ Books, Bones & Buffy’s review of Riot Baby
• Meaghan @ Hail & Well Read’s big blog re-vamp announcement!
• Kal @ Reader Voracious’ best books of 2019
• Mari @ Musings of a Book Girl’s review of Every Other Weekend
• Rachel @ Typed Truths’ newest TBR additions

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— destiny ♥

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