December Wrap Up
HAPPY NEW YEARS STORYTELLERS! 2018 was a whirlwind personally and professionally, both in a positive and negative ways. I have grown a lot in these 365 days and I have learned a lot not only about myself but about the world around me. I have gained so many new friends during 2018 that it almost makes up for the shitty times the year doled out to me. But in the end, honestly, I am just so looking forward to what 2019 has in store for me and this little nook in the woods.
2018 aside, December was a coo-coo month for me! I wrapped up my fall theatre season as a Stage Manager, fought my way through the crowds (my social anxiety and claustrophobia was not happy with this) for Christmas presents and decorations, and read/watched/listened to some great pieces of fiction…as well as some duds.
So grab a snack, get comfy in your footie pajamas and let’s see what all I did in the month of December!
5-4 Stars
- Luna And The Lie by Mariana Zapata – RTC – ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Engaged To The EMT by Piper Rayne – REVIEW – ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Commander And Chief by Katy Evans – REREAD – ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- This Mortal Coil by Emily Suvada – RTC – ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen – RTC – ⭐⭐⭐⭐
2-3.5 Stars
DNF
- One Night Stand by J. S. Cooper – DNF REVIEW – ⭐
- Illegally Yours by Kate Meader – DNF REVIEW – ⭐
- Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo – BR: Kal – DNF RTC
December usually is filled with a crap ton of Christmas music, however, I found myself wandering back to my love of Indie? This month has been a time and according to my playlist of songs I had on repeat, this month I was a bouncing between Indie and Pop. A time has been had.
- Closer – Astrid S
- Happier – Bastille & Marshmello
- Without Me – Halsey
- Glory – Dermont Kennedy
- Particular Taste – Shawn Mendes
- Tim McGraw – Maggie Rogers
- Light On – Maggie Rogers
- Clueless – The Marias
Film:
- Mary Poppin’s Returns
- Ant-Man
- The Equalizer – REWATCH
- A shit ton of Hallmark Christmas movies, that I will not list here because we would be here for an eternity. But just know the it’s been a time.
- White Christmas – REWATCH
- Home Alone – REWATCH
- Santa Claus 1 & 2 – REWATCH
- Taylor Swift Reputation Stadium Tour (Netflix)
TV:
- Buffy: The Vampire Slayer (Hulu) – Season 1 – RTC
- Outlander (Starz) – Season 4: Ep. 2-9 – RTC
- Santa Clarita Diet (Netflix) – Season 1: Ep. 1 – RTC
- Great British Baking Show (Netflix / PBS)
- The Voice (NBC)
- Chicago: Fire (NBC) – Season 7: Ep. 9
- Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable (Netlfix)
How was your December? Let me know!
Jaymi at OrangeCountyReaders
January 1, 2019 at 12:15 pmHere’s to a wonderful 🎉🎉2019! 😘
sammers65
January 1, 2019 at 12:20 pmYAASSSS!!!! Hope your 2019 is the greatest year yet! ❤️❤️
Jess @ Combing Through the Pages
January 1, 2019 at 1:38 pmMy December made me thankful for a new year and it looks like yours was the same! 😂🎉
Here’s to looking forward 2019 and saying goodbye to 2018! 🥂
Lili Star Reads
January 2, 2019 at 5:31 amI’m glad you had a great December! I’m in love with Halsey atm her music is amazing, I still need to watch Santa Clarita Diet.
sammers65
January 2, 2019 at 8:23 amI adore Halsey! Her lyrics and tonality is what drew me in and it’s been a 10/10 recommend since! And Santa Clarita Diet is a disturbingly addictive show? like I only watched one episode so far, but I weirdly just want to binge the entire thing. lololololol. Let me know your thoughts if you start it!
December in Review // books, video games, & a whole lot of food – Reader Voracious Blog
January 3, 2019 at 11:16 am[…] Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo – I tried twice to read this book with Sam, but both times we couldn’t get into it. It took me about three hours to read 70 pages because I kept zoning out and staring into space. While this is a plot that I am sure I would love and Bardugo can write a good action sequence, unfortunately I found the writing style the rest of the time to be boring and dense with information. 🤝 Buddy read & DNF with Sam @ Fictionally Sam […]
Sophia (Bookwyrming Thoughts)
January 4, 2019 at 3:45 pmWithout Me by Halsey <3. A time was had with #Moonstruck so maybe we should consider book three as well… LOL.
sammers65
January 4, 2019 at 4:36 pmA BOP!!!!!
Kayla @ Books and Blends
January 4, 2019 at 4:59 pmI just answered my question from before on if you read Jock Rule. I think I ended up giving that one three stars. I didn’t love it like I did the first one.
Also, Without me by Halsey is my jam!
sammers65
January 8, 2019 at 9:17 amYeah it Jock Rule definitely felt different from Jock Row, plus no one can beat Scarlett and Sterling! 😂😂 HALSEY IS A 10!!! <3
Kayla @ Books and Blends
January 8, 2019 at 9:52 amI love those two! Do you think she’s going to write another one in that series?
sammers65
January 8, 2019 at 10:49 amI think she is! The Douchebag series was suppose to end with the Coaching hours but now we are getting the Lying Hours, so anything is possible with Ney!
Kayla @ Books and Blends
January 8, 2019 at 11:53 amFingers crossed for another book!
Fafa's Book Corner
January 4, 2019 at 6:48 pmGreat post ☺️
sammers65
January 8, 2019 at 9:18 amThank you!
Clo @ Book Dragons
January 6, 2019 at 12:49 pmI finished my rewatch of Buffy season 1 this week….1st or 2nd Jan I think. It’s a time honestly, and I’m finding my courage to start on season 2 hehe.
*gives you all the popcorn* yay for wading through crowds to get presents though! I wouldn’t even entertain the idea, just run the other way, it was bad enough throughout December with the crowds in town. And I had to be in town for college, so I couldn’t escape the horrid crowds >.>
My december mostly consisted of me flapping over getting graphics done, it was a time Sam as well as falling behind on erm blog hopping to Bookending Winter xD
sammers65
January 8, 2019 at 9:23 amBUUFFFFYYYYY!!!!!! I need to get on watching season 2 before Kal and Jamsu have a coronary. lol. 😂😂
oof crowds can choke. They should know when our presence is near and dissipate when we arrive. 😂
But you got them done! And we wont bring up the blog hop struggle. A time indeed 😂😂
Kaleena @ Reader Voracious
January 7, 2019 at 10:15 pmFirst of all I LOVE your new blog aesthetic it looks so nice! Secondly, I am sososo thankful that 2018 gave me you & your friendship! Thanks for not feeling SoC with me and I hope our TCD buddy read fares better
sammers65
January 8, 2019 at 9:24 am<3 <3 <3 I'm so glad we became friends wonder twin and TCD shall fare with greatness!
Kaleena @ Reader Voracious
January 8, 2019 at 11:05 amYESSSS QUEEN! And hopefully I will have the desire to pick up a book again soon.