August Wrap Up & September TBR // Back to Reality

With August coming to a close, so does my summmer holiday and internship. It felt very surreal and I still can’t comprehend that I actually did that.

But I did, and now that it’s over, I’m back to my normal life, with some misfortunes along the way.

But first, the books.

1. THE GIRL FROM THE WELL by Rin Chupeco // ✰✰✰✰
2. ONE NATION: AMERICA REMEMBERS 9/11 10 YEARS LATER by LIFE magazine // ✰✰✰✰✰
3. STRANGE SIGHT by {e-ARC} // DNF at 14%
4. THE WINTER SEA by Susanna Kersley // ✰✰✰✰
5. BEAUTIFUL BODIES by Kimberly Rae Miller {e-ARC} // ✰✰✰✰
6. ROOM by Emma Donoghue // DNF at page 159
7. DEATH COMES TO PEMBERLEY by P. D. James // ✰✰✰✰ – Review to Come!
8. KAFKA ON THE SHORE by Haruki Murakami // DNF at page 150

All links lead to my review, unless stated.

Tbh I’m not happy with my read this month. Sure it looks a lot. But I dnfed 3 books this month, while I usually only have 1 or 2 per year. So yes, this month is just awful.

1. THE NEVERLAND WARS by Audrey Greathouse
2. COMPULSION by Martina Boone
3. SUMMER OF CHASING MERMAIDS by Sarah Ockler

I’m done with my internship! The whole intership felt surreal, like I’m dreaming and I’m not the one doing it for real. But I did and it’s suddenly time for me to go back. I’m really sad to leave… I really loved my job, the atmosphere, and the people. They are amazing.

So yeah, leaving sucks. But what’s even worse was the bad luck that happened on the day I should be flying back home.

First, it turns out I bought the wrong plane ticket. The ticket I bought was for August 1, while my actual flight is August 26. And I just realized this when I was in front of the check in counter, with only 5 minutes to spare before boarding. What happens next is a drama worth of chickflick movies: me, in my cream sweaters, begging to the executives to be let on the plane with tears on my face. A futile attempt that was. Then I ran around the airport tried to find the next flight and when I did, the flight didn’t accept card. Thank god I still had cash with me, barely enough for the tickets. It was my first solo flight and tbh it scarred me for life.

My flight was supposed to take only 1 hours 5 minutes, but it ended up being 2 hours 30 minutes due to the crowded airport that we had to flying around in circles for 1 hours 25 minutes. It was crazy.

I really dreaded my mom’s reaction but she ended up laughed it off. My sister told me that my uncle already called her and explained everything (he was waiting for me until I got new ticket) and she already let out her frustation before I appeared. Also, I think it had something to do with how crushed I look when she saw me, so there’s that.

And then when I came home, my sister actually broke a mug I got as internship souvenir. I just broke down right there and then like I just couldn’t handle that day anymore. My mom sent me straight to bed😂 I think she’s scared of how easy I cried that day when I usually never cried that she just told me to sleep it off😂

But hey, at least I got home safely and my parents said nothing (I still have to replace their money) so that day wasn’t so bad. Sadly, I think I already stressed out that I got sick for the next 2 days😂😂

• Leigh Bardugo released an excerpt for Language of Thorns and all I can say is GIMME.
• Cait @ Paper Fury writes about 8 types of fictional schools and they’re SPOT ON!
• Cilla @ Paved by Books pondered whether peeking at the back of the book is a bad habit.
• Alice @ Arctic Books is sharing 25 books with bisexual protagonist.
• Apparently there’s some scandal about a book that “bought its way to #1 NYT list. You can read the story here.
• Alexa @ Words Off the Pages talked about her feelings to Hallyu waves.
  
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