So this month I have finished the Harry Potter series
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
The Order of the Phoenix is one of my favourite books in the Harry Potter series and have seemed to fly through it. It’s the biggest book in the series (766 pages)
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
- 37 books read
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- 38 Books Read
Apparently I’ve read Half Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows twice this year but oh well.
I have edited my reading challenge as well. I have taken out the books I have DNFd because you know I DNFd them for a reason and I don’t think they should be a part of my overall reading challenge completion.
So it may be confusing if you see my % fluctuating around. When I do my final book wrap up in December will be my final count for everything.
So right now I am 150-158% Complete.
About 11 years ago I listened to a podcast with Russell Brand. And that was the only one I ever listened to.
Podcasts over the last year or two have become really popular.
Then this year I got into them again. I will admit though that podcasts that have a lot of episodes I do go through them and have a look at what they’ve covered and listen to ones that interest me the most first.
I absolutely love anything that covers murders, deaths etc. I loved shows such as Crimewatch when I was in England, I love watching documentaries about serial killers, and watching shows that are
- Crime Junkie
I subscribed to Crime Junkie first about 3 months ago. And fell in love. It’s an American podcast but the hosts Brit and Ashley cover cases from around the world as well occasionally
- Seeing Red
Seeing Red is a uk based crime podcast that I very recently subscribed to. For the simple fact they have covered cases I haven’t seen be covered before in other podcast or on YouTube. They had done 11 episodes before I found them. They are a relatively new podcast
- UK True Crime Podcast
Ok so I am in love with this podcast. I’ve listened to many of the podcasts already and started some that I’ll finish at some point. What I like about this podcast is I’ve never heard of anyone else covering the cases before which is always great. I also like that what ever Month the crime was committed in the guy Adam will give you facts about what music was at number one that week/month. Adam has a very typical English sense of humour. It’s very dry and if anyone outside the uk listening to the podcast could misunderstand it.
- They Walk Among Us
I have listened to a few of the podcasts and I am still 50/50 about it. While I loved the episodes I have listened to (again because they haven’t been done anywhere else) I’m still not sure about it yet.
- Murder Town
So Murder Town is hosted by the same person as They Walk Among Us and is literally only like a month old so they don’t have many episodes. The podcast comes out after a tv show.
I am subscribed to other podcasts, but have yet listened to any of them.
* Red Handed
* Murder Mile
* Sip and Shine
* Twisted Britain
I did a post like this last year where I got rid of a lot of books, I filled up two big reusable bags and I think I got rid of over 30 books. A few weeks ago I reorganized my bookshelf’s and decided to get rid of more books. This time I am close to 30 books.
My shelf’s are jam packed with books, and because of that there were books that didn’t have a spot and it looked untidy. So every book came of the book shelf’s and if I knew right away I wasn’t keeping the book it went on the floor. Other took a while longer to decide but finally I did it.
There are multiple reasons why these books are being let go of.
* No Interest
* Outgrown
* Won’t ever pick up
* Read and won’t read again
- Beneath The Glitter
I hated this book. It was way to cheesey and such a rip off of a movie with the Duff Sisters.
- Love Anthony
I really wanted to love the book, but I would never get any further than the first chapter and then my brain would shut down and want another book.
- The Next Best Thing
I would constantly skip over reading this book. Every time I would look at the book a little bit of me sank because the cover is so damaged. I thought when I picked it up it wouldn’t matter, it was a free book after all, but it did matter.
- The Kite Runner
It’s the same with as the previous book. I would skip over it and the cover is so damaged that it annoyed me
- My Life In Black and White
I liked this book a lot, but I am not going to read it again. I’ve read it as much as I wanted to, and now it can go for someone else to enjoy.
- Friend Me
I can’t even remember the last time I read it but I have no interest in reading it again.
- Elixir
When it comes to remembering when I got books I am on that, but there are a few books I have no idea where I got them from. And Elixir is one of them. I am not a Hillary Duff fan, I like some movies she is in but not enough to read a book that her name is on.
- The Glass Wives
I am in to minds about The Glass Wives. It was an ok book but I’m glad I read it. I don’t need it in my life anymore and it’s one I would never pick up again. It was pretty cheap when I brought it. So letting it go was easy.
- The Time Travelers Wife
I remember either picking it up or my mum did, and I thought it seemed like a good book, but it’s really not a book that I could ever get into. So I decided I would let someone else enjoy it.
- The Year I Turned Sixteen
This is one where it was four books in one, or parts of four books in one. The sheer size of the Book always intimidated me that I just never picked it up.
- Six Months Later
I remember getting this book, it was on a sale table. When I read the back of the book it seemed like a quick and simple read. But it was far from that. It seemed super unrealistic in the first chapter, and I didn’t finish it. I just couldn’t.
- Life of Pi
I picked up the book because I loved the movie. I tried to read the book on many occasions but didn’t like it.
- Living The Good Life
I had no intention of ever reading the book. It was given to me as a part of the join up thing at the gym.
- Thirteen Reasons Why
I didn’t like the book. It’s one of those books that cover a hard topic, you read it and then when you re read it, it’s not as good as you remember.
- The Lo Down
I have no idea why I have the book. I love The Hills and I really liked Lo Bosworth, but I don’t know why I picked the book up. I never wanted to read it
- Eat, Pray, Love
I can say that I’ve read it. And hated it. I felt as if the author was a bit flaky and when I began to like her it would end up me hating her again
- The Wisdom of Big Bird
I was never a fan of Sesame Street so i have no idea why I ever got the book. Or why I held on to it for so long.
- If I Stay
I had two copies of the book, and have for years, I had brought a copy, but for some reason the book store wasn’t doing the second book as a stand alone but as a duology in a box. So I ended up with two copies of the same book
Letting go of books isn’t as hard for me now as it used to be. It’s more of a sense of relief knowing that getting rid of books means someone else can enjoy them more and I can get books that I wanted at a later date.
September was a busy month on my instagram. It was PCOS awareness month so everyday I posted something onto my feed; and these are some of my favourite photos that I posted.
This was taken nine years ago, when I was last in the uk.
In 2013, I went to a Marianas Trench concert. One of the days this month was wearing purple, and the only time I could think of was when I was at the concert. I edited some of the photos.
This picture was from last year, but it felt like the right picture for the day that I posted it as I was talking about being the fat friend and how that feels.
Again this was taken last summer by the pool. For some reason this picture makes me feel great. It’s not a particularly great picture but I love it.
This was taken this year. I don’t know why I like this picture but when ever I am by the front door feel I take great pictures
This picture was taken about 7 or 8 years ago and it’s the best one that I could find that describes PCOS for me. Crazy.
This was taken at the same time the first picture was taken in this post. Yes it’s edited but not a lot.
So in September I read only one book. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. I am re reading the whole HP series because of the recent slump I’ve been in and I know that the series gets me out of it. I also read a large portion of Order of the Phoenix
September Book Stats
I have read 36 of my 24 books, yep I am well over my schedule by reading another 12 books. I have completed 150% of my reading Challenge.
October TBR
For October I want to finish Order of the Phoenix (I have about 250ish pages left) and I want to read Half Blood Prince, and start reading Deathly Hallows
Why There Hasn’t Been Any Book Reviews!?
Because I have been reading the Harry Potter series again I haven’t read any new books. I am not someone who can purposely read more than one book at a time. So as most people have read Harry Potter they know what happens.
What Will Happen After Potter?
When I have finished reading Harry Potter I want to read a Nicholas Sparks book. Or maybe tackle a book on my massive TBR.
