How is everyone's weekend? I hope you're having a good one. I was wondering what's on your list? What books, shows and movies have you found or caught your interest? On My List, I have a few books and a couple of shows that I have been interested in. So, what's on your list?
Books I Want to Read (But Just Haven't Bought Yet):
I guess I'm still in a romantic sort of mood and the first two books center around love, crushes, friendship and life. The third book is centered around a creepy house with someone trapped in it. Although, I just bought a few new books, I really want to get these three.
Book: Give Me a Sign by Anna Sortino
Description:
Jenny Han meets CODA in this big-hearted YA debut about first love and Deaf pride at a summer camp.
Lilah is stuck in the middle. At least, that’s what having a hearing loss seems like sometimes—when you don’t feel “deaf enough” to identify as Deaf or hearing enough to meet the world’s expectations. But this summer, Lilah is ready for a change.
When Lilah becomes a counselor at a summer camp for the deaf and blind, her plan is to brush up on her ASL. Once there, she also finds a community. There are cute British lifeguards who break hearts but not rules, a YouTuber who’s just a bit desperate for clout, the campers Lilah’s responsible for (and overwhelmed by)—and then there’s Isaac, the dreamy Deaf counselor who volunteers to help Lilah with her signing.
Romance was never on the agenda, and Lilah’s not positive Isaac likes her that way. But all signs seem to point to love. Unless she’s reading them wrong? One thing’s for sure: Lilah wanted change, and things here . . . they're certainly different than what she’s used to.
Book: Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry by Joya Goffney
Description:
Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry by debut author Joya Goffney is a story of an overly enthusiastic list maker who is blackmailed into completing a to-do list of all her worst fears. It’s a heartfelt, tortured, contemporary YA high school romance. Fans of Jenny Han’s To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before and Kristina Forest’s I Wanna Be Where You Are will love the juicy secrets and leap-off-the-page sexual tension.
Quinn keeps lists of everything—from the days she’s ugly cried, to “Things That I Would Never Admit Out Loud” and all the boys she’d like to kiss. Her lists keep her sane. By writing her fears on paper, she never has to face them in real life. That is, until her journal goes missing . . .
Then an anonymous account posts one of her lists on Instagram for the whole school to see and blackmails her into facing seven of her greatest fears, or else her entire journal will go public. Quinn doesn’t know who to trust. Desperate, she teams up with Carter Bennett—the last known person to have her journal—in a race against time to track down the blackmailer.
Together, they journey through everything Quinn’s been too afraid to face, and along the way, Quinn finds the courage to be honest, to live in the moment, and to fall in love.
Book: Saint Juniper's Folly by Alex Crespo
Description:
For Jaime, returning to Saint Juniper means returning to a past he’s spent eight years trying to forget. But every gossip in town already knows his business, so he seeks out solitude into the nearby woods—Saint Juniper’s Folly—and does not return.
For Theo, Saint Juniper means being stuck. His senior year is going to be like all the rest, dull and claustrophobic. That is until he wanders into the Folly and stumbles on a haunted house with an acerbic yet handsome boy trapped—as in physically trapped—inside.
For Taylor, Saint Juniper is a mystery. She struggles to practice the magic her dad banned from the house after her mom, an accomplished witch, suddenly died. Then a wide-eyed teenager barges into her life, rambling about a haunted house and a trapped boy. He needs a witch.
The Folly and its ghosts will draw these three teenagers together. But can they each face their demons to forge a bond strong enough to escape the Folly's shadows?
Alex Crespo’s queer haunted house mystery is equal parts spine-tingling thrills, a celebration of found family, and must-read for paranormal romance fans.
TV Show I Want to Watch:
Rewatch:
The Addams Family
I haven't rewatched The Addams in a long time. It's such a funny show. I've watched a few episodes every now and then on one of the retro channels. But I haven't rewatched the entire series in a while. There is just something about The Addams Family that I just love. They're are their perfectly weird selves through and through and don't feel the need to change who they are to fit in.
Starring: John Astin, Carolyn Jones, Jackie Coogan, Ted Cassidy, Marie Blake, Lisa Loring, Ken Weatherwax and more
Creator: David Levy
Based on: The Addams Family illustrations from the New Yorker by Charles Addams
Description:
The misadventures of a blissfully macabre but extremely loving family.
New To Me Show:
The Wheel of Time (Amazon Prime)
There are so many books, shows and movies that it's impossible to be aware of everything. For instance, I just recently found out about The Wheel of Time TV series which the second season just premiered this past Friday (Sept. 1st) on Amazon Prime. I also didn't know about the book series of the same title written by Robert Jordan which the show is based on. I watched the trailer for the first season (below) and read the description for the first book The Eye of the World and they both seem very interesting. I'll be adding the book series to my list and I'll start watching the show soon (maybe even tomorrow).
Starring: Rosamund Pike, Daniel Henney, Madeleine Madden, Zoë Robins, Josha Stradowski, Marcus Rutherford, Kate Fleetwood and more
Creator: Rafe Judkins
Based on: The Wheel of Time book series by Robert Jordan
Description:
Moiraine, a member of a magical organization, takes five young people on a journey, believing that one of them might be the reincarnation of the Dragon, a powerful individual prophesied to save the world or destroy it.
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