Monthly Wrap Up: February

Sorry for the lack of posts in the last couple of weeks. I have been very busy with work and didn't get time to do pretty much anything.  


So lets starts with the wrap up. Last month was good but not great. I read 8 books and unlike January I did not end up liking all of them. It was sort of a mixed bag. The books I read were:


1) Spin - Catherine McKenzie (Review: Here)

2) Zombie Love: The Outbreak - Eric J. Sobolik (Review: Here)

3) The Future of Us - Jay Asher & Carolyn Mackler (Review: Here)

4) Graffiti Moon - Cath Crowley (Review: Here)

5) The Weepers: The Other Life - Susanne Winnacker (Review: Here)

6) Twenty Boy Summer - Sarah Ockler (Review: Here)

7) The Adoration of Jenna Fox - Mary E. Pearson (Review Coming Soon)

8) Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - Jonathan Safran Foer (Review Coming Soon)

Book of the Month

        

Movies:

I saw 10 movies this month and I love almost all of them.

Here are my top 5 of the month.

1) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

2) The Ides of March 

3) Hugo

4) Margin Call

5) The Artist

Soundtrack of the Month

These were the tracks that rocked my world this February!

1) Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones

2) Crazy - Gnarls Barkley

3) Shake It Off - Florence and The Machine

4) Goodnight Goodnight - Maroon 5 

5) We Are Young - Fun. Feat. Janelle Monae

Coming Up In March:

Here are some books I plan to read and review:

That's all for now. How was your month??

 

Monthly Wrap Up: January

It's hard to believe that January is almost over! It's been an awesome month for me personally and today is Readaholicme's one month blogoversary! Isn't that crazy!

I would like to thank everyone who followed me, commented on my posts and gave me encouragement. You guys rock  and Thank You so so much!

Now for the recap of the month. I read 11 books this month. Finished my Quarterly Challenge! and read 10 books for 2012 TBR PILE Reading Challenge. Plus, I reviewed all the books here on the blog. I have been so good this month hehehe. 

The Top Five Books read this month are:

1) Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins: I simply loved this book. Review: Here.

2) Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins: Amazing ending to an amazing series. Review: Here

3) Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock: Funny, light and powerful. Review: Here.

4) Wake by Lisa McMann: Haunting, real and very different. Review: Here

5) Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen: Simply beautiful. Review: Here

On to the Movies:

I only saw 5 movies this month and I loved all of them.

1) Moneyball: A Must Watch!

2) The Descendants: Simply Awesome!

3) Restless: Beautiful and it made me cry like a baby.

4) What's Your Number?: It was super funny and super cute!

5) The Big Year: Innocent and charming.

Soundtrack of the month:

These were the tracks that rocked my world this January!

1) Safe and Sound - Taylor Swift ft. The Civil Wars 

2) It Will Rain - Bruno Mars

3) Hysteric (Acoustic) - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

4) Paradise - Coldplay

5) Rumor Has It - Adele

Coming Up In February: 

Here are some books that I plan to read and review:

That's all for now! Thanks once again everyone.