June Wrap Up
Somehow the universe let me get older in June and no one objected?
Happy first of July Storytellers! I am super excited for everything that this month has to offer in the realm of storytelling as I start up (again?) creating my own magic as I am participating in Camp Nanowrimo this month! ALSO TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF BOOKEND EVENTS!! If you haven’t signed up already, go on and finish reading this and then head over to my co-creators page to see our announcement post and sign up! We have a crap ton of fun prompts planned for you guys this month and I can’t wait to meet new bloggers throughout this event!
CLICK HERE TO BE TAKEN TO THE BOOKENDING SUMMER ANNOUNCEMENT POST
As for June–June was a great month for me. Not only was it my birthday month (big thank you to all my friends who made me feel so loved and special this month; you know who you are and I am so incredibly thankful that you are in my life), but I got to read some amazing books and the music Gods were in my favor.
So without furtherado, let’s see what all I consumed in my birthday haze!
† denotes an ARC/book received in exchange for my honest review.
5-4 Stars
- †Storm and Fury by Jennifer L. Armentrout – REVIEW – ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- †A Pizza My Heart by Teagan Hunter – REVIEW – ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- †The Locker Room by Meghan Quinn – REVIEW – ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- †Switch Bidder by Sara Ney – RTC – ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5
2-3.5 Stars
- Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick – REVIEW – ⭐⭐⭐
- †The Black Mage by Daniel Barnes & DJ Kirkland – RTC – ⭐⭐⭐.5
- †Superfan by Sarina Bowen – REVIEW – ⭐⭐⭐.5
1 Star
- NONE
DNF
- NONE
- Clo @ Book Dragons Posted the Announcement post for BE Summer 2019!
- Michelle @ Michelle Likes Things dishes out books by Queer POC Authors
- Isabelle @ BookwyrmBites pens a letter to her past self about sexuality
- Christine @ The Uncorked Librarian talks about Plagiarism in the blogging world and how stealing blog content is not flattery
- Meaghan @ The Words Gremlin gives a persuading review of why you should watch Amazon’s Original series Good Omens
- Ruby @ Ruby’s Books has a chat about Ratings, Reviews, and the Drama of it all
- Eline @ Lovely Audiobooks has a discussion on whether Book Blogger Reviews are honest
- Gerry @ The BookNook UK highlights their Top 10 All Time Fav’s
- Haley @ Caffeinated Reader dishes a much needed crash course on emailing book bloggers
- Amy @ The Little Booknerds in the Corner talks Bookish Social Media
2019 continues to bless me in the music department. Not only did we get the beloved Jonas Brothers album (which SLAPS) but I also got new Taylor music AND Ed Sheeran music. June truly was a birthday celebration indeed. As always here is a snapshot playlist of this music I had on repeat this month!
- THE ENTIRE JONAS BROTHERS ALBUM. (Happiness Begins)
- Be Nice – The Black Eyed Peas ft. Snoop Dogg
- Love Me Anyway – P!nk ft. Chris Stapleton
- Beer Never Broke My Heart – Luck Combs
- Rival – LANCO
- 1985 – Bowl Of Soup
- Greenlight – Jonas Brothers
- Runaway – Sebestian Yatra, Daddy Yankee, Natti Natasha, and Jonas Brothers
- You Need To Calm Down – Taylor Swift
- Cross Me – Ed Sheeran ft. Chance the Rapper
- Beautiful People – Ed Sheeran ft. Khalid
- Summer Days – Martin Garrix ft. Macklemore, Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy
Film:
- Split – 🍿🍿
- The Perfect Date – 🍿🍿🍿.5
- Pokémon Detective Pikachu – 🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿
TV:
- Songland (NBC)
- The Bachelorette (ABC)
- Friends (Netflix) Season 4-10
- Outlander Season 1
- Buffy: The Vampire Slayer (Hulu) Season 2: Ep. 1-2
How was your June? Let me know!
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Meaghan @ Words Gremlin
July 1, 2019 at 10:18 amFirst of all, happy belated birthday!!! 🎉 It looks like you had a good month for reading, too, lots of 5 stars. That’s always nice when it happens. And thank you for sharing my GO post! Gotta spread the love for that show. ❤️
Sam || Fictionally Sam
July 1, 2019 at 12:18 pmThank you!!! And it was a great post! I don’t want it to end!
Kayla @ Books and Blends
July 1, 2019 at 10:26 amYou had a great June, Sam! I still need to read Storm and Fury!
Sam || Fictionally Sam
July 1, 2019 at 12:19 pmI did and you do! 10/10 stuff! <3
TheCaffeinatedReader
July 1, 2019 at 10:37 amHappy Birthday, you had so many posts this month I wanted to share, it was hard to choose! [Also thank you for including one of my posts! <3] I'm glad you had a pretty good birthday month, I still haven't listened to the new Jonas album, but I feel like I should….also, Ed Sheeran's new album comes out this month *pterodactyl screeches* Now, to prepare to cheer you on for your writing endeavors this month. *Brings the pom poms*
Sam || Fictionally Sam
July 1, 2019 at 12:19 pmTHANK YOU HALLLEEEYYYYY!!!!
No thanks needed, your posts is a bop!
singerofstories
July 1, 2019 at 10:50 amHow was my June? What June?? Seriously, it FLEW!! I had a week of vacation so that was so nice. I fell a bit more behind on reading. I have been working on a bulk order for my book sleeve shop. And I’ve been WORKING like ALWAYS!!! But that’s life my friend! Happy belated birthday to you! And I’m looking forward to BE summer!!
Sam || Fictionally Sam
July 1, 2019 at 12:21 pmJune did fly by! I was stunned last night when I realized it was over and we were in July! Thank you for the birthday wishes! Can’t wait to participate with you in BE Summer! <3
Gerry@TheBookNookUK
July 1, 2019 at 11:03 amOh squee! Thank you for including my lil’ post! Did I wish you a happy birthday?! I have a feeling I didn’t, eek. I hope it was amazing but it sounds like it was! xxx
Sam || Fictionally Sam
July 1, 2019 at 12:22 pmYou are most welcome! It was a great post that I related to heavily lmao! And thank you! My birthday was amazing <3
Leelynn @ Sometimes Leelynn Reads
July 1, 2019 at 1:00 pmAre you doing a Buffy Rewatch?? I need to get back into Buffy and Angel honestly (i’ve never finished Angel though. Only watched it once and never watched the last season).
Sam || Fictionally Sam
July 3, 2019 at 8:45 amI am actually doing my first time watch of the series! So far I am loving it!
Leelynn @ Sometimes Leelynn Reads
July 3, 2019 at 10:09 amOH MY GOSH!!! I’m so happy to hear that <3 I'm so glad that you're loving it. Feel free to share with me your thoughts on it. I absolutely adore the series and can rewatch it all the time lol. I love talking about it too.
Isabelle @ BookwyrmBites
July 1, 2019 at 1:23 pmI’m so glad June was a great month for you because you deserve only good things in life, especially during your birthday month 💕 with Camp NaNo and BE Summer it certainly seems like July is set up to be just as good, and I hope it delivers on its promise!
I’ve been wanting to watch Detective Pikachu because it looks like so much fun, which also reminds me that my mom never traded me the detective-hat Pikachu in PoGo lol. but otherwise I’ve had a pretty good June too, both productive and relaxing by turns 😊 (and thank you for linking my post!)
Sam || Fictionally Sam
July 3, 2019 at 8:48 amAwe thank you! And DP was super fun, quality LOL moments and hella cute pokemon. Truly a time. lol. GO GET THAT HAT!!!!!
I’m glad you had a relaxing June Izzy! You deserve all the relaxing and positive vibes! Here is to July be even better for you!
Para
July 1, 2019 at 3:01 pmHappy birthday Sam! 🎂 Good luck for Camp Nanowrimo and the Bookend events! My June was pretty good too (also had no DNFs!) but now I started wayyy too many books at once.
Sam || Fictionally Sam
July 3, 2019 at 8:50 amThank you Paraaaaa!!!!!!! I am in the same exact boat as you, I want to read them all, so I started them all at once, and now I’m in a pickle cause I can’t choose which to focus on first? At time. 😂
Para
July 3, 2019 at 4:25 pmYes exactly!!!! I want ALL the books and I want them NOW. So I just kinda alternate between them, in a day I read bits of two or three. This will mean longer until the next review but oh well 😂
Christine
July 1, 2019 at 8:15 pmThank you so much for the shout-out. I appreciate it, especially after getting my blog content stolen. Glad you had a great birthday month. June was busy for me. I need to read more in July.
Sam || Fictionally Sam
July 3, 2019 at 8:51 amYou are most welcome! It was a great and much needed post, but I’m sorry we had to get the post from such sucky circumstances. Hoping your july turns several shades brighter!
dbsguidetothegalaxy
July 2, 2019 at 12:08 amOoh, I’m glad you had a good music month. And happy birthday again! Can’t remember if I wished you last time. No dnf’s last month? Well done!
Sam || Fictionally Sam
July 3, 2019 at 8:53 amThank you!!!! <3 <3
Jayati
July 2, 2019 at 2:41 amHappy belated birthday!
I really can’t wait for BE Summer – I’ve signed up but I’m so confused about which prompts I want to do since they all are so amazing!
All the best for Camp NaNo!
Sam || Fictionally Sam
July 3, 2019 at 8:53 amThank you Jayati! And I am in the same boat as you with the prompts! We have so many stellar ones that I just can’t choose!
Clo @ Book Dragons
July 2, 2019 at 9:49 amYOU GOT A YEAR OLDER WOOOOOO, July shall be a month of fun, sheer panic as we both get behind on things and then acceptance that we’re human and our Type A souls can’t always have the organisation and be on top of everything like it wants. At least that’s how i reckon July is gonna turn out for me haha
Sam || Fictionally Sam
July 3, 2019 at 9:01 amI DID! WHO ALLOWED THIS! IM NOT READY TO BE AN ALMOST QUARTER!
May the type A gods be ever in our favor in July
Catarina @ Pages & Plots
July 3, 2019 at 4:32 pmDid you enjoy Outlander??? Personally, I love that show but, at times, the romance rubs me the wrong way, especially with some old-fashioned attitudes by Jaime. Which is understandable, considering the time they’re in. But still…
adeleisreading
July 3, 2019 at 8:15 pmJune was pretty good! I read a lot and played computer games for the first time in forever, so i got sucked into that ahaha.
great post! 😀
Jennifer Pletcher
July 4, 2019 at 9:25 amGreat reading month! Storm and Fury is on my list as well – glad to see you gave it 5 stars
Kal @ Reader Voracious
July 9, 2019 at 6:15 pmYOU WATCHED TWO EPISODES OF BUFFY?! No wonder you been watching season 2 for months lmao.
Sam || Fictionally Sam
July 22, 2019 at 9:29 amIt’s been super slow fam. BUT IM DETERMINED.