August In Review

Holy crap.  Where has this year gone? No, seriously...someone tell me where this year has gone?!! It so cannot be the first of September! So, August was a bit of an up and down month.  Nothing really happened after the 24th, and for that I blame a rather annoying bought of depression.  However, things are slowly working toward the upward swing of things and I am hoping to be able to devote quite a bit more to catching up with my reviews...because I'm behind...a lot. 

Here are the highlights of this month:

Widower's Aura Release Day Blitz!

Book of the Week: Me Before You

Book of the Week: Widower's Aura

Top 10 Tuesday: Classics

Wish List Wednesday: BuJo

Interview with A.J. Renee

A.J. Renee's Top 10

Review: Widower's Aura

Review: Once Upon a [Stolen] Time

Books Read: 

1. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

2. Recurve by Shannon Mayer

 3. The Angel's Share by J. R. Ward

4. The Magician's King by Lev Grossman

5. The Name of God is Mercy by Pope Francis

6. The Widower's Aura by A.J. Renee

7. The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler

8. Armada by Ernest Cline

9. The World of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin

10. In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware

11. The Last Star by Rick Yancy

12. The Morning Star by Pierce Brown

13. Notorious RBG by Irin Carmon

April: Return from Radio Silence

Hello Sweeties! 

Forgive me for abandoning you for a month and a half.  Things have been rather hectic and not all the best for me the last month and change.  A depression spiral, and my slow, perpetual return to the light has been a struggle.  However, I am back, not fully into the light, but better than I have been the last few weeks.  This month's reading has been slim, but otherwise decent reads.  

WHAT I'VE READ:

1. American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History by Chris Kyle
2. Locked Inside by Annette Mori
3. Slathbog's Gold (Adventurer's Wanted #1) by M.L. Forman
4. Just One Day (Just One Day #1) by Gayle Forman
5. Independent Study (The Testing #2) by Joelle Charbonneau
6. Ruin and Rising (The Grisha #3) by Leigh Bardugo

Beyond that, the month has been fairly calm aside from various little things that rear their ugly head to simply drive me absolutely crazy.  My hope, my sincere hope, is that with me now bullet journalling, and forcing myself to keep better track of things I will stop allowing the things that I love to be set aside in favor of staring at the screen and doing nothing.  

My intent over the coming months is to turn the months that remain in 2016 into something to be positive about.  

I don't have much more to include in this update, because life has been just that boring and nothing of importance has happened (aside from my trip to St. Augustine earlier this month....during which I bought 3 books). 

APRIL'S BOOK HAUL

Covet by J.R. Ward

Their Eyes were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Rabbit at Rest by John Updike

And, with that I'll leave you for the month of April! 

Bring on May!

February in Review

I seriously cannot believe that February is over!  What happened to this month?  Really? Though, at the same time, I am very glad that this month has come to a close.  It was quite stressful for me work wise, and that translated into things that were done here on the blog.  Simply because I lacked the motivation and the focus to properly give you all the wonderful content that you have come to know and expect from me.  I'm really hoping that the coming months will be much less stressful now that things at work are settling. 

Here are the things that did happen around the Confessional this month! 

Things I Read: 

To All the Boys I've Loved Before - Jenny Han

Strings - David Estes

Saga, vol. 1 - Brian K. Vaughan

Saga, vol. 2 - Brian K. Vaughan

Saga, vol. 3 - Brian K. Vaughan

Saint Anything - Sarah Dessen

Another Day - David Levithan

For Darkness Shows the Stars - Diana Peterfreund

Immanuel's Veins - Ted Dekker

Legacy of Kings - Eleanor Herman

Dumplin' - Julie Murphy

Moment of Impact - Rene D. Schultz

The Bourbon Kings - J.R. Ward

The Eye of Minds - James Dashner

The Bone Season - Samantha Shannon

Things I've Reviewed:

Shatter Me - Tahereh Mafi

Strings - David Estes

Books of the Week:

Feb 21-Feb 27: Suicide Notes from Beautiful Girls

Feb 28-Mar 5: The Martian

What's on My Kindle:

Unsorted Part 2

Fun Things

Strings Release Day

Top 10 Tuesday: Guilty Pleasures

Wish List Wednesday: Released This Week

And that is what happened this month here at the Confessional!  I'm looking forward to what March has coming!