Seven Books in Seven Days #5

This series will be running for the next three Saturdays, where I talk a bit about the seven books (or series) that most influenced me growing up. See previous entries in this series here: day one, day two, day three, day four. This will not be in any particular order, as it's hard to put these seven in any sort of favorite to least favorite order.

I didn't watch Veronica Mars when it first came out, I caught her once the original series was cancelled. I think, maybe, I jumped in when all the kickstarter stuff was getting the fans in a fervor. I started watching the show and couldn't stop. Watched it once through, watched the movie, got the books when they came out and read them. A year or two later, I watched/read everything again. Then it simmered for a while until I heard talk of the 4th season. It was all renewed and I watched/read everything again. The Thousand Dollar Tan Line (2014) by Rob Thomas and Jennifer Graham and my absolute obsession with Veronica Mars (also Logan).

May Wrap-Up 2020 + June Goals

I meant to post this on Monday, but got so caught up in everything going on that I forgot. Tuesday was #blackouttuesday and I only posted links to help/donate/petitions on all my social media. Wednesday I was just drained and honestly, I still am. If you want info on the police killings and protests and resources to help out/donate, check out my pinned tweet and scroll on down. I've been retweeting like mad anything that's useful. Also, if you want to become a better ally, join me in participating in a buddy read created and led by @bookswithshae that's starting tomorrow, the 5th. She's picked for everyone to read White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo and White Rage by Carol Anderson. You can get the books free on Scribd (2 month free trial, it's her code) here. Check out Shae 🦄✨ (@bookswithshae): twitter and Youtube. There's a website set up for the buddy read here.

I ended up reading five Tor shorts this month, two graphic novels I got off Netgalley, one physical book (review here), one ebook from Netgalley, one ebook from the library, and three audiobooks. I bailed on two that just could not keep my interest (and one especially I kept trying, but would pick it up and just never actually open it to read). I feel bad about these bails as they were both in a reading swap I was doing. Slowly, I'm clawing myself out of this slump, but looking down the road... there are pitfalls, especially if things continue on in lockdown as they have. I'm hoping I'll be able to keep my spirits up and keep focused on the things I need and want to do.