The Good Stuff from July (+ All My Book Reviews!)

Oops, I’m super late in getting this posted, but here’s my July recap!

Here’s the good stuff from July:

ps— affiliate links are included in this post!

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five-star books:

• The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett (review here)

• Good Enough: Learning to Let Go of Perfect for the Sake of Holy by Wendi Nunnery (review here) - comes out Oct. 20, 2020

shows + movies:

• Queer Eye (Netflix)

• HAMILTON (Disney+)

• Down to Earth with Zac Efron (Netflix)

• The Desperados (Netflix)

• Indian Matchmaking (Netflix)

• The Babysitter’s Club (Netflix)

podcasts:

• The Popcast (Knox + Jamie)

• Annie and Eddie Keep Talking

• The Stacks

the RAD podcast:

• episode 19: halfway top ten + curly girl + impact vs. intent

• episode 20: book organization + new art + calling myself an artist

music:

• Very, very, very into this album

• Also, Taylor. Because, of course.

everything else:

• the first few Confederate monuments came down in Richmond!!!

• I started attempting to read through all four Gospels in a month… only finished Matthew, though

• housesat the cutest pup + cat, and made good use of the backyard pool

• celebrated my Grandma’s birthday

• officially started implementing more of the curly girl method and learned how to plop my hair

• did my first in store Target shopping since March!

• our church had two outdoor worship nights

• got to see my two year old BFF again after far too long!

• went viral on TikTok

• started painting journals + selling them in my little shop

• sold my first pieces of furniture on FB Marketplace

• packed up my entire apartment (sad!!!)

• realized you can’t buy the NYT anywhere in RVA these days

• recorded my last podcast episode in the closet where i started the whole thing. (the podcast isn’t over! just recording in that space is!)

• revisited the Babysitters’ Club books + watched (and loved) the Netflix show

• had a farewell party with the neighbors!

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ps— if you’re curious, here’s everything I read this month:

• Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown (3 stars // review here)

• The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett (5 stars // review here)

• The Bethrothed by Kiera Cass (2 stars // review here)

• All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson (4 stars // review here)

• Party of Two by Jasmine Guillory (4 stars // review here)

• Good Enough: Learning to Let Go of Perfect for the Sake of Holy by Wendi Nunnery (5 stars // review here) - comes out Oct. 20, 2020

• Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn (4 stars // review here)

• The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins (1 star // review here)

• One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London (3 stars // review here)

• Of Curses and Kisses by Sandhya Menon (3 stars // review here)

• A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park (3 stars // review here)

• Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds (4 stars // review here)

• More than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are by Elaine Welteroth (4 stars // review here)

• American Street by Ibi Zoboi (3 stars // review here)

• Kristy’s Great Idea by Ann M. Martin (3 stars)

• Smash It! by Francina Simone (4 stars)

• Jo & Laurie by Margaret Stohl and Melissa de la Cruz (3 stars // review here)

• Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls by Ann M. Martin (3 stars)

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