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July Wrap-up and a New Series

And another month has just flown by. July is now officially over, so let's review this month, shall we? Book Reviews  Last month, I reviewed a total of four books, with an average rating of 4,5 stars. The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons - 5 stars Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone - 3 stars The X-Files: Cold Cases by Joe Harris - 5 stars Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine - 5 stars All I can say is that it has been a good month for reading. Movies I also went to see two new movies: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 , which was a blast. This movie was everything I wanted in a summer blockbuster. Plus, I'm positive that Kurt Russel will finally get people to stop saying that Marvel doesn't have good villains. I apologise for the fangirl moment. War for the Planet of the Apes, which was good. I liked it. It was trying too hard to be this epic drama, but it was the perfect conclusion to the new POTA series, and I had a lot of fun counting the easter eg...

August Wrap-Up + A BIG Bookhaul

Say goodbye to summer! No love lost there.  I honestly don't find anything to love about summer. This season, especially, has been a little slow in regards to being active and doing stuff. Mostly, I found myself binging old shows on Netflix and reading some. It's been hot. Very, very hot. And when the temperature reaches a certain degree, I turn into one of those boa constrictors that just lie motionless for days on end. Didn't do much blogging either. What I did do this summer was buy a whole lot of books.   But first, let's take a look at the August reviews: A Maze of Death by Philip K. Dick The Last Question , by Isaac Asimov (audiobook) Suicide Squad (Movie review) Stranger Things: Season 1 (Netflix review) ... And now to the July-August Bookhaul. I bought a total of ten books, three of them are in Swedish, the rest in English. A Medicine For Melancholy , by Ray Bradbury Technically, it's my brother's book. But we share. And we b...