July Wrap Up & August TBR // Getting older (but not wiser) and puppies???

I know it’s super cliche to start off a wrap up post by questioning how fast time flies, but really, how is it almost August already???

July has been a rollercoaster of emotions for me, but looking back, it’s definitely one of the happy months. I also managed to read a lot this month and watched a lot of things, while getting things done, so there’s that. Without further ado, let’s see how was July for me!

1. KISS OF THE ROYAL by Lindsey Duga {ARC} // ✰✰✰✰
2. THE GLOAMING by Kristy Logan {ARC} // ✰✰✰
3. CLARA VOYANT by Rachelle Delaney {ARC} // ✰✰✰✰
4. STRANGE THE DREAMER by Laini Taylor // ✰✰✰.8
5. SCREAM AND SCREAM AGAIN! by R.L Stine {ARC} // ✰✰
6. OKAMI by Renee Ahdieh {novella} // ✰✰✰✰
7. YUMI by Renee Ahdieh {novella} // ✰✰✰✰
8. SEA WITCH by Sarah Henning {ARC} // ✰✰✰✰✰ – Review to come!
9. THE WICKED + DIVINE Vol 1: FAUST ACT by Kieron Gillen // ✰✰✰
10. HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX by J.K Rowling // ✰✰✰

1. SMOKE IN THE SUN by Renee Ahdieh
2. SUMMER DAYS AND SUMMER NIGHTS by Stephanie Perkins
3. CHINA RICH GIRLFRIEND by Kevin Kwan

I’m currently in the middle of reading 3 different books: INTERMISSION by Serena Chase, SIMON VS HOMO SAPIENS AGENDA by Becky Abertalli, and BOTTLED GOODS by Sophie Van Llewyn. So I’ll have 5 books on my TBR next month, and will probably adds a couple ARCs there as the month goes.

• Lily @ Sprinkles of Dreams tells us what reading challenge really matters for her
• Puput @ Sparkling Letters is back, and she shares about her experience with translated books (so true)
• The Dark Knight is my all-time favorite super hero movie, so here’s an interesting article of how the movie is an exploration of guilt.
• Claire @ Clairefy write this post in defense of the library against
• Shealea @ That Bookshelf Bitch put together alternatives to read legally instead of piracy- which is extremely helpful, especially for those who don’t have access to libraries like me.
• Cait @ Paper Fury shares some ways to keep writing when you have mental illness.

July proved to be a more surprising and busier month than I thought. For starters: I got a puppy!

I guess it’s been a long time coming, my mom has been talking about getting a puppy a lot and been asking here and there about adopting, but I never thought she was serious. There were some close calls but they didn’t happen. For my part, I’d love to have a puppy, but I hate to think about what happen if I lose it*. So yeah, imagine my surprise when on Sunday, July 22nd, when I came home from church with my dad and sister, the puppy is already home. His name is Pedro, he’s 6 months old and he’s a miniature poodle. I instantly fell in love with him, but I didn’t expect the first night to be as hard as it was.

*It’s the shitty thing my mind always do whenever I’m doing/meeting someone new, I always think about what happen if I lose them. What happen if we graduate? What happen if we break up? What’s next? How do I move forward? Which sucks because I want to enjoy the moment instead of worrying about things that will happen in the future and outside my control.

The thing is, our bedrooms are Pedro-free zone, so he can’t sleep with us. If you have a dog, you might remember that your puppy whines and bark all night when left alone. And it was heartbreaking. And hard to ignore, all I want to do is took him to bed with me. So I ended up not sleeping at all and got sick for the next two days.

I also had a mini freakout on top of that because a) I’m turning 20 and I’M IN DENIAL 😭 and b) I can’t believe I have only 2 years left of university. I am both excited and terrified for my future and while I have a kind of game plan, life rarely goes according to plan and IT’S TERRIFYING. So the last 2 weeks of the month have been very happy but sad too, and it was very exhausting emotionally.

You also noticed that I changed the section banners for this wrap up. I just realized I made the new banners a few months back together when I revamped the design, but forgot to use it 😅 Not much change except I think it fits more with my current blog layout hehe.

• Screen Rambles: June 2018 // Dinosaurs, superheroes, prophetic dreams, and some history lesson.
• Top 5 Wednesday #41: Best Reads So Far
• Favorite Scenes from Harry Potter Movies
• Clara Voyant by Rachelle Delaney // Do you believe in horoscopes and magic? ♌
• Kill Me, Heal Me // 7 personalities in one person?? (And yes, this should be posted in July Screen Rambles but it’s too long already)
• The Gloaming by Kristy Logan // Mermaids and magical island where people turns into stone
• We Need To Talk About: Severus Snape
• Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor // What happened in Weep, stays in Weep
• The Harry Potter Book Tag
• My Favorite Cartoons From My Childhood

I post less this month, and definitely not as much as I planned for pottermonth. Idk, I just hit with a slump at the beginning of the month and the schedule just went awry, so I decided to not posting at all.

How was July for you?