August Recap

Well, summer has come and gone, and now I'm back at school. kicking off my junior year of college. I'm about a week in and I'm already dead. College is so non-stop. I feel like I have very few moments to myself, and very few moments to myself in which I am not working on homework. Now, my best friend and I live in an on-campus apartment so everyone wants to come over all the time and our other roommate (who we didn't know) hate us because we're so loud.

ALSO ALSO ALSO I ALMOST FORGOT!! I went to a Twenty One Pilots concert and my oh my was that glorious. Twenty One Pilots is my favorite band in the whole wide world and now that I've seen them live, I will never be the same.

My blog got a makeover!!! I did it a few weeks ago, but I'm still obsessed with it. I loved my old design when I first created it, several years ago. But I've changed and my blog has developed, and it was time for something new. I was scared to change it at first, but I'm extremely pleased now that I have. 

As far as reading goes, August was not the best month. Not the worst month, either. But not the best. Blogging is a different story. In August, I blogged more than I have any other month since I started my blog. I did my best to have a post go up every day, but there were a few days in which that just didn't happen. 

Reviews:

Top Ten Tuesdays:  Top Ten Books I'd Buy Right This Second If Someone Handed Me A Fully Loaded Gift Card Top Ten Books I Want To Re-Read Top Ten Books With A Memorable Setting Top Ten Books On My TBR From Before I Started Blogging Top Ten Books I'd Keep In My Classroom
Summer Blog Promo Tour:  Valerie from He Said Books Or Me: Memoirs Krystianna from Downright Dystopian: Doctor Who Soundtrack Wrap Up!
Misc. Posts:  The Eclectic Corner #4: Scary Movies Book Blogger Creativity Project: Bookish Yearbook Discussion: Taking Notes While Reading Playlist Book Tag The Authors I Own The Most Books From Book Aesthetics #1: Summer Books Help me save my blog!!!

I love thinking of new features for this blog, and it has been a while since I implemented any of the new ideas I've had, but in August I started doing...

I've seen people around twitter doing aesthetics for basically everything, including books, and I wanted to give it a try! If you don't know, a book aesthetic is basically putting together pictures that remind you of the book (the colors on the cover, the vibe it gives off, events from the book). I'm not great at it now, but I think I'll get better! 
HERE IS MY FIRST BOOK AESTHETICS POST
I decided to compile an aesthetic for 3 books that take place in summer, as I'm back at school and lamenting the loss of my laziness. 

Followers: 

Bloglovin - 74 (gained 7)

GFC - 16 (gained 0) 

Twitter - 203 (gained 22)

Instagram - 55 (gained 6)

Facebook - 4 likes (gained 0)

YouTube - 81 (gained 8)

Total pageviews - 11,835 (gained 1,925)

Books read: 3

1 paperback, 2 eARCs

Book with the most pages: Beyond the Red by Ava Jae (360 pages)

Books with the least pages: A Monster Calls (216 pages)

Total Pages read: 904

Books reviewed: 6

1 star reviews: 0

2 star reviews: 0

3 star reviews: 2

3.5 star reviews: 1

4 star reviews: 2

4.5 star reviews: 1

5 star reviews: 0

Average rating: 3.67 stars

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BookTube: 

Here is my most popular video this month! I'll be (ideally) posting twice a week. Make sure to subscribe to me if you want to stay updated on when and what I post! If you have a YouTube channel, send me your link because I wanna see whatchya got!

Music: 

As I mentioned earlier, I went to a Twenty One Pilots concert this month, and so I kind of don't want to listen to anything else at the moment. 

TV: 

I finished Glee and I've been so emotionally torn apart by it that I'm left to re-binge watch Gossip Girl. Also, I'v started re-watching American Horror Story in preparation for season 6. I'M SO EXCITED HOLY CRAP ON A CRAP CONE. 

Movies: 

So, I watched Sausage Party this month. Uh, well. I'm not sure what to say about it. I thought it was clever and hilarious and utterly disturbing (but what else do you expect from a Seth Rogen movie???). If you're into really abrasive & inappropriate humor, this is the movie for you!!! Just be warned, there is a reason this movie is rated R.