Greetings, all!
I fully intended to have my wrap-up of July posted right on time, but y’all know that little thing called life?
It is not liking me of late; I can tell you that. XD
So here is my very late wrap-up post, with an important announcement featured at the end. XP
July’s Music
(Been listening to a
lot of music lately. XD)
In Case You Don’t
Live Forever by Ben Platt
Ben Platt’s solo
album has a couple of absolutely beautiful songs on it, and this one is
probably my favorite right now. <33 I love the nostalgic lyrics.
Shadowheart by
Epic Score
WOW Epic Score’s
latest album was AMAZING. This song is one of the best from that album-I love the
intensely epic feel of it.
Speechless from
Aladdin (2019)-cover by One Voice Children’s Choir
Still haven’t seen
the live-action Aladdin, but the soundtrack is pretty awesome. This children’s
choir is spectacular, and their cover of this rousing song is A+.
Thomas Remembers
by John Paesano from Maze Runner
Been on a Maze Runner
hype the past month or so, and as a result started listening to the soundtrack.
I LOVE John Paesano, and this soundtrack is one of his best, in my opinion.
Now and For Always
by A.R. Rahman (LotR Musical)
A friend of mine
discovered a Lord of the Rings musical on Spotify a few weeks back, and being
the MiddleEarthMusician, I had to listen to it. It’s actually REALLY good-I
LOVE this song. <333
Believe by James
Paget
One of my favorite
songs ever. <333
July Movies
Maze Runner: The
Death Cure
Spider-Man: Far
From Home
Jericho: Season
One
Spider-Man: Into
The Spider-Verse
Pete’s Dragon
Dumbo
A Quiet Place
July’s Books
(Didn’t do much
actual book reading this month-I helped a couple of friends proofread their
novels so I didn’t have time for much other reading. XP Read some pretty epic
novels though-can’t wait until they get published!)
Eldest
by Christopher Paolini
Hinds
Feet on High Places by Hannah Hurnard
The
Fever Code by James Dashner
I
Can Only Imagine by Bart Millard
The
Death Cure by James Dashner
The
Kill Order by James Dashner
Tales
of Redwall: Eulalia by Brian Jacques
Tales
of Redwall: Lord Brocktree by Brian Jacques
July Events
Camp
Nano-Met my usual goal of 10,000 words and had a blast in The Fellowship of
the Keyboards cabin. A huge shout out to
all my fellow cabin mates, and to our epic cabin leader, Jane Maree. You guys
are awesome! <33
Spider-Man:
Far From Home in Theater-Went to see this movie in the theater for my
friend’s 18th birthday. It was REALLY good, and we were totally
fangirling during the whole movie (not to mention during the previews XP). It
was great.
Real
Camping Trips-Went up to the mountains early in the month for a relaxing
camping trip, complete with ice-cream, sunburns, and little sleep. It was a
sweet family time, nonetheless. <33
July Writing
Here’s some snippets
for y’all. Hope you enjoy them. XP
*
I woke up this morning on
the floor of my room, d-pad clutched in my hand and e-books scattered on the
floor. My eyes were swollen and my vision bleary, and my throat felt like a
death slug had crawled in there in the middle of the night and exploded.
I got to my feet, found some
clean clothes in my trunk, and hurried to the restroom to clean up. I didn’t
care how late it was-I was going to have a nice, long, hot shower.
Hopefully.
It turned out that the water
was lukewarm today, and Dani came pounding on the door after I’d only been in
there for about ten minutes. I closed my eyes and turned off the water. “…yes?”
“Mavi, it’s 1030, you’ve
missed breakfast, and we’re going to be at Nodnol in twenty minutes. You have
five to be in the cockpit for briefing.”
“Got it.”
Blast everything and
everybody.
I protest life.
*
We heard a siren in the
distance. I tapped my finger on the wall. “That’s the fourth one we’ve heard in
the past hour.” It was a comment directed to no one in particular, but Nala
still answered it.
“I wonder if that many
sirens are normal for an hour in one place in the city?” She tugged at a strand
of her golden hair.
Robert spoke up. “I’m sure
it is. Big city planets like this are rift with crime and disease.”
Gayle rolled her eyes. “Not
all big cities are horrible, Robert.”
“I’ll believe that when I
visit a good city.”
*
I wasn’t about to head to my
room, and Mari and Julie had the same idea. We found some spots in the eating
area and curled up, making sure the all the lights were on before we fell
asleep.
The last thing I saw before
drifting off was Liam, the darn kangaroo, sneaking into the eating area and
grabbing a roll before he bounded off into the blackness of the hallway.
*
That’s it! I’m sure glad
July’s over. Seemed like it would never end. X’D
Aanndd now for my announcement.
MY BLOG IS TWO YEARS OLD!!!
*throws confetti, blows party horns, and hands out cake*
I COMPLETELY forgot that my
blogoversary was at the end of July, so I don’t really have anything planned.
XD But keep an eye out this next month or so; Music, Mystery, Middle Earth, and
Mitochondria will be getting a bit of a facelift-new design, new pages, and
some other new things. Think it’s about time to have a makeover. XD
Now, tell me about your
month! How did Camp Nano go for all you writerly types? Did you read any good
books? Who else saw Spider-Man Far from Home?
Namarie!
Oh, wow, congrats on two years!!!! *confetti*
ReplyDeleteHope you have an amazing August! <33 (And it was awesome being in the Fellowship of the Keyboards with you again this year!)
Thank you!!! <33
DeleteThanks! You too!!! (YESSSS SAME BACK TO YOU. <333)
Sounds like you had an amazing July. :)
ReplyDeleteAnd I love Speechless too <3 (I love songs that empower women) and I love their cover of it. It is amazingly powerful. (I've been also listening to many covers of Speechless, one of which is duet, so it is interesting to hear a cover done with a larger group of people.)
And I love your snippets. :)
Also Happy Blogiversary!! *throws confetti*
-Quinley
I did! 'Twas a pretty good month. :-D
DeleteOOH YESS ANOTHER SPEECHLESS FAN. <33 Ah, cool cool!!!
Thank you so much!!! <33
Wow, congrats on your blogiversary! Keep it up! I love your blog <3
ReplyDeleteSounds you had a good July! For me it passed too fast, haha ;D I haven't read and seen any of these books and movies you listed. Books by James Dashner sounds great! Some of my favourite books I read in July are: "The Cabin" by Natasha Preston, "The Fault In Our Stars" by John Green (I couldn't stop crying!) and "Everything, everything" by Nicola Yoon :)
Have an amazing August, Mem! <3
Thank you!!! Aw, thanks!!! <33
DeleteI did! XD Ah, you had the opposite problem. XP :-O YOU MUST TRY SOME OF THEM! YES James Dashner is a great author. :-D Ooh, cool! I've heard of The Fault in Our Stars. :-)
Thank you!!! You too!!! <3
I really enjoyed Spiderman FFH. While it wasn't as plot heavy as most MCU movies, it was super funny and enjoyable!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on two years! That's really awesome! I'm excited to see how you change your blog!
I did too!!! Yes, I agree. :-)
DeleteThank you!!! Hehe, so am I actually. XD <3
Very cool post and I really wanna see spiderman far from home! Btw, I followed you, would you follow me back? Xxxx
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Thank you very much! I will check your blog out. ^-^
DeleteI saw Spiderman: Far From Home! But honestly I think I liked Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse better. I was surprised by how much I liked that movie.
ReplyDeleteSAME. Spiderverse was such an amazing movie. <33
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