March Wrap Up

This month, I've decided to bring back my monthly wrap ups. I haven't been very active on this blog in the past couple of years, but I'm trying to post my reviews more actively again. :)

BOOKS READ

 

1. Chain of Gold (The Last Hours #1) by Cassandra Clare ★★★★★
2. Chain of Iron (The Last Hours #2) by Cassandra Clare 4.5 ★

GRAPHIC NOVELS / MANGAS READ

         

1. Trinity, Vol, 1: Better Together by Francis Manapul ★★★★
2. The Flash, Vol, 8: Flash War by Joshua Williamson ★★★★
3. New Super-Man, Vol. 1: Made in China Gene Luen Yang ★★★
4. Batman Beyond, Volume 1: Escaping the Grave Dan Jurgens ★★★
5. The Flash, Vol. 9: Reckoning of the Forces by Joshua Williamson ★★★★
6. Dark One, Vol. 1 by Brandon Sanderson ★★★★
7. The Flash, Vol. 10: Force Quest by Joshua Williamson ★★★★
8. The Flash, Vol. 11: The Greatest Trick of All by Joshua Williamson ★
9. Disney Manga: Stitch and the Samurai, Volume 1 Hiroto Wada ★★★
10. Green Lanterns, Vol. 2: The Phantom Lantern by Sam Humphries ★★★★

CURRENTLY READING

A Million Worlds Without You (Firebird #3) by Claudia Gray

REVIEWS POSTED ON THE BLOG

  

‣ Disney Manga: Stitch and the Samurai, Volume 1 Hiroto Wada

‣ Chain of Gold (The Last Hours #1) by Cassandra Clare

‣ Chain of Iron (The Last Hours #2) by Cassandra Clare

BLOG RECAP

In case you missed it here's a recap of my latest posts and reviews.

❥ A Court of Silver Flames as my Waiting on Wednesday

August Wrap Up

Hello there! Another month coming to an end, another wrap up. I had a lot going on the past few weeks with not knowing what to do for my future (university and stuff) and it has been quite rough. Now I’ve made a small plan for the next year and am currently looking for a new job before starting University again in autumn 2018.

I’ve been to 2 Festivals this month and got to listen to amazing artists such as Imagine Dragons (my favourite band ever), The Prodigy, Flume, Mumford & Sons, Parov Stelar and so many more. I love festivals and I’m quite sad about this season already being over. (But I’ve already started making plans with my friends for next summer again :P)

I also went on a vacation for a week in Corfu, Greece. It was so amazingly relaxing and I quite miss it! I just love lying around the beach/pool the entire day and only getting up to play beach volleyball (where I hurt my hand on the 2nd day already and had to sit out playing until our last day) and go for a swim. What a dream!

I have a lot of plans for September and I really hope I’ll find a job some time soon!

BOOKS READ

    

1. Always and Forever, Lara Jean by Jenny Han ★★★★★
2. A Court Of Mist And Fury by Sarah J Maas ★★★★★
3. Flame in the Mist by Renee Ahdieh ★★★
4. The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan ★★★★
5. The Tales of Beedle The Bard by JK Rowling ★★★★★

As you can see I read a lot of books I really liked this month and I finally managed to read so many again! Since the beginning of the year I believe I haven't managed to read 5 books anymore. ACOMAF was by far my absolute favourite and it really surprised me how good it was! I'm currently working on all my reviews.

This month's theme for Of Wonderland Book Club was books in a series and as you can see I managed to read 4 books in a series which makes me pretty happy!

CURRENTLY READING

  

As you might know I’m participating in the #TheReadingQuest challenge and I took it upon me to give Glass Sword another chance after DNFing it earlier this year. Same as then, I’m not really enjoying it so I started listening to Anyone? at work, which is my first audiobook in like forever. Then two nights ago I had this really heavy urge to start Throne of Glass and I can’t stop reading it, it’s such an amazing book! If I didn’t have to work so much, I would just read it in one sitting throughout the entire night.

2017 READING CHALLENGES UPDATE

Read 5 Books from my TBR Pile
Progress: 4/5 (80 %)

Flights of Fantasy 2017
Progress: 8/10 (80 %)

2017 Alphabet Soup Challenge
Progress: 12/26 (48 %)

TV SERIES HIGHLIGHTS

   

SEASON 7 OF GAME OF THRONES HAS FINISHED. I can’t believe it. It went by so fast and it was SOOOO AMAZING! Seriously guys, I can’t believe how good this season was! Also, I watched the entire 3 seasons of Hit the Floor which upset me at first because it’s actually a series about cheerleader (not just about basketball as I thought, and I don’t like cheerleaders/cheerleading…) but it’s actually pretty good. But honestly, I only watched this series because of Jude and Zero. I nearly caught up with the entire season 7 of Modern Family. And I’ve been watching The Bold Type every week which is so good! I really recommend this one.

BLOG RECAP

❥ My Book Review of A Thousand Pieces Of You by Claudia Gray

❥ My second time cleaning out my tbr shelf on Goodreads with Down The TBR Hole #2

❥ Obsidio as my Waiting on Wednesday

❥ Another Down The TBR Hole #3

Now I want to know all about YOU! What did you read this month? What did you do? Are you watching any similar shows? What are your plans for next month? Any blog posts I should read? I would love to read all you’ve got to say in the comments :)

July Wrap Up

Happy August 1st everybody! Did you know today’s Switzerland’s birthday? Seriously, we’re celebrating Switzerland National Day today so raise your glasses! :D

It’s been awhile since my last wrap up and maybe some of you have noticed that there were some ups and downs in my life the past few months, but I’ve finally come back to blogging! Sadly, there aren’t all too many books on my list in July. Hopefully, I’ll get to read more in August.

BOOKS READ

A Thousand Pieces Of Me (Firebird #1) by Claudia Gray 4.5 ★

COMICS READ

 

1. Aquaman, Volume 2: Black Manta Rising by Dan Abnett 4.5 ★
2. Green Arrow, Volume 1: The Death and Life of Oliver Queen by Benjamin Percy ★★★★

2016 READING CHALLENGE UPDATE

Read 10 new Comics (TPB)
Progress: 24/10 (240 %)

Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge
Progress: 12/26 (48%)

TV SERIES HIGHLIGHTS

    

The less I read, the more tv shows I watch. After I was done with all of my exams I fell in kind of a reading slump and started tons of new series instead. I finally finished the last season of Baby Daddy and I can’t believe this witty and fun show has come to its end. I watched the entire first season of Famous in Love in two days (don’t judge; I’m pretty sure you’ve all gone through such a phase too some time in your young adult life). And here’s my proudest achievement: I watched all six seasons of Game of Thrones in three weeks!! Hell yes, I finally caught up with all the episodes and got so obsessed with it. Now I have to patiently wait for every episode once a week. I don’t believe I could have done this for 6 years straight, the series is way too good for all that waiting! I also marathoned through Iron Fist which was good and started The Bold Type which I’m not-so-patiently waiting for the new episodes to come out. I really can’t deal with all the waiting. How do you guys handle that?

CINEMATIC HIGHLIGHTS

Finally I got to see Homecoming!! I love Tom Holland’s Spiderman and can’t wait for many many more movies with him in them. I’m really happy about finally having a witty, child-like Peter Parker.

BLOG RECAP

❥ I finally returned to the blogging community with My First Blog Post In Like Forever

❥ I started cleaning out my Goodreads TBR shelf with Down The TBR Hole #1 which is an awesome meme that I'm going to do on a regular basis now.

❥ And I signed up for #TheReadingQuest which is a reading challenge in August-September I'm pretty excited about

NEWS AROUND THE BLOG

‣ Maybe some of you have noticed I created new headers for my blog post. I haven’t liked the layout of my blog for quite some time now and this is the first step in changing it for the better. I’m going to try out some different styles and other things around the blog until I feel at peace again.

I'd like to know

So what have you been up to? Are there any book reviews or other blog posts of yours you’d like to share with me? Are you having a great summer? What was on your reading list for July? Tell me everything in the comments! I’d love to hear about it!

March & April Belated Wrap Up

It’s been sooo long since my last post. And I am really not proud of myself because I wanted to keep this year posty and not be overwhelmed with university again. But well, guess what happened. I let myself be dragged into the whole uni-stress again.

Here we go, nonetheless. I’d like to share my wrap up of the past two months with you because I didn’t manage to post them at the correct time. I’ve read A LOT of great books and comics, although I don’t know where I actually found the time for it. As you’ll see with my ratings, I was really happy with everything I read, except for one book which I had to DNF for the time being.

Especially to all my NetGalley contacts (I feel like this isn’t the correct word to use, but I can’t come up with what I actually wanted to say right here), I want to extend a sincere apology! I promise to catch up with all my remaining reviews, because I really adored the books and comics I got to read, but didn’t have the time to post my reviews yet. But I really need to get on with writing down my thoughts for everyone to read because I’ve read some amazing stories that I need to tell you all about.

This month I’ll try to catch up with as many reviews as possible, though I don’t want to make too many promises because I’ve got my Finals in three weeks and I really need to study. Also, I’d love to tell you guys about other things going on in my life, or that have been bothering me and I really want to show you my impressions of this years’ Fantasy Basel - The Swiss Comic Con. So yeah, hopefully I can keep up with all my plans! :)

BOOKS READ

    

1. To All The Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han ★★★★★
2. Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard DNF
3. P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han ★★★★★
4. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline ★★★★★
5. Geekerella by Ashley Poston ★★★★★

COMICS READ

   

   

1. Gwenpool Vol 1 ★★★★
2. Batgirl and the Birds of Prey Vol 1 ★★★★
3. Suicide Squad Vol 1 3.5 ★
4. Batgirl Vol 1 ★★★★
5. Wonder Woman Vol 1 ★★★★
6. All Star Batman Vol 1 3.5 ★
7. Hal Jordan & The Green Lanterns Vol 1 ★★★★★
8. Blue Beetle Vol 1 4.5 ★
9. Cyborg Vol 1 4.5 ★

2016 READING CHALLENGES UPDATE

Read 5 Books from my TBR Pile
Progress 3/5 (60%)

Read 10 new Comics
Progress 22/10 (220%)

2017 Dystopia Reading Challenge
Progress: 1/6 (16%)

Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge
Progress: 9/26 (36%)

TV SERIES HIGHLIGHTS

    

So… what do you do when you’re under pressure and have tons of stuff to learn, study and memorize by heart? Bingo! You start binge watching new series :P

I finally started watching Prison Break and I was through with the first season in a blink of an eye. I calmed down a little after that but am currently totally obsessing over the second season. Before that however, I binge watched seasons 1 and 2 of Reign in a matter of days. I’ve watched it before, but got stuck somewhere in the middle of the second season and really needed to re-watch it again. Sadly, Netflix in my country doesn’t show the third season yet and I can barely wait for them to upload it.

I started watching 13 Reasons Why right when it came out and it BLEW MY MIND. I wasn’t emotionally ready for that. I still can’t get over it. This series really needs its own blog post, maybe someday I’ll have the time to write about it. And my currently 2 favourite on-going series are The Flash season 3 and Marvel’s Agents of Shield (or Hydra if you prefer the season 4B version). Both only have 2 episodes left until the season finale and I’m not ready for them to end for the summer! :0

CINEMATIC HIGHLIGHTS

 

I actually managed to only go twice to the movies' this past two months and both films were amazing! Guardians of the Galaxy was such a fun film and I just loved Emma Watson in Beauty and the Beast. Have you seen these two, too?

Blog Recap

In case you missed it here's a recap of my latest posts and reviews.

❥ Comic Reviews Wonder Woman: Her Greatest Battles and The Lies

❥ Comic Reviews Superman: Path of Doom and Suicide Squad: The Black Vault

❥ Waiting on Wednesday: But Then I Came Back

❥ But Then I Came Back by Estelle Laure Review

I'd like to know

What was the biggest adventure you had in the past two months? Or anything else you’d like to tell me you did or were up to that I might have missed? What have you read and what are you currently reading? Anything I should put on my TBR list? Are there any TV series you’re obsessing over that I might like to watch? Or do we have anything in common on our lists? Let me know in the comments! I’d love to chat with you! :D