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[Wrap-Up] August 2020

September 1, 2020      Erica Robyn      19 Comments

August was the month of virtual conventions! I had SO much fun watching along to sessions including The Scares That Care Virtual Charity Event, KillerCon, and Buzz Book Expo! I had so much fun joining in to these virtual events.

I also totally started decorating for Fall and Halloween. Check out these goodies I got at Homegoods:

Another fun purchase I made a few months ago finally came in! I’m obsessed:

This month Alex and I also celebrated his birthday and our one year home anniversary! I can’t believe it’s been a year since we bought our house! It’s finally starting to come together. We’ve gotten a bunch of furniture this year. Most recently, we made an order from Ikea and Wayfair. In one weekend I built two bookshelves, a dresser, and two side tables while I was home not feeling super well and my husband was away for the weekend with friends.

The next weekend, we rolled out a new rug and built our coffee table. Excuse the table mats! I should have moved those but I was getting antsy to get this post together! With how many movies my husband and I have watched on shudder, we’ve been eating in front of the TV a lot.

Unfortunately this month, I also lost a good friend. If you’ve been following me, you’ve likely seen me talk about her quite a bit- Heather of Heather’s Reading Hideaway passed away very suddenly. I still just can’t believe it, but I’m finding peace imagining her in a heaven surrounded by books.

My Reading Breakdown for August:

  • 5 Stars – 6
    • Crossroads by Laurel Hightower
    • Last Case at a Baggage Auction by Eric J. Guignard
    • MONSTRE Volume 1 by Duncan Swan
    • Squirming Disease by Aiden Merchant
    • Starving Ghosts In Every Thread by Eric LaRocca
    • Tenebris by Aiden Merchant
  • 4 Stars – 2
    • Betty by Tiffany McDaniel
    • The House on Abigail Lane by Kealan Patrick Burke
  • 3 Stars – 0
  • 2 Stars – 0
  • 1 Star – 0
  • DNF – 0

Monthly Musings

Watching:

Dragon Ball Super – 5 Stars
Alex and I still watching this series. My GOSH, I LOVE Whis and Beerus!!

Clash of the Titans (2010 Film) – 5 Stars
This was so much fun! I can’t believe I haven’t watched this before!

Jawbreakers (1999 Film) – 3 Stars
Oh boy… This was fun to watch, but I think it’s one I would have enjoyed more if I had watched it when I was younger for sure.

Mayhem (2017 Film) – 5 Stars
OH MY GOD. Go watch this asap. This was such an intense and fun film. I love the horror comedy mashup! I LOVED the two main characters so much.

Random Acts of Violence (2019 Film) – 4 Stars
PHEW! This one was intense! The first kill totally caught me off guard! What a brutal film and a killer cast. I just wasn’t a huge fan of the ending.

Summer of ’84 (2019 Film) – 5 Stars
WOW. This one was so so so good. It reminded me a bit of The Body by Stephen King, but then that ending!!

Train to Busan (2016 Film) – 4 Stars
WOW! I can’t believe I hadn’t seen this one earlier! I loved this so much but man was it sad!

Host (2020 Film) – 5 Stars
GO WATCH THIS ASAP IF YOU HAVEN’T YET. Such an amazing film. I have zero complaints and it REALLY spooked me!

Playing:

This month we had an awesome game night where we played Legendary from Marvel, a great card game! We beat the bad guy this time!

Drinking:

This month I actually ventured out once to sit outside at a brewery with two friends and my husband. I had an AMAZING sour beer called Floyd. It was a pink lemonade sour beer from Rockingham Brewing Company.

Listening to:

I totally binged all of the episodes of The Fiendish Minds Podcast! I highly recommend checking this podcast out if you enjoy horror and want to learn more from some amazing authors!

This month I also listened to Audiobook of Pet Sematary by Stephen King, narrated by Michael C. Hall and LOVED it. If you’re looking for a great horror audiobook, check this one out!

I also became OBSESSED with the band Siamese after hearing this song for the first time:

In the bookish community:

If you haven’t snagged one yet, check out the amazing Mildred bookmark from Michael Clark’s The Patience of a Dead Man – Double Sided Bookmark created by A Stranger Dream.

Megan of Reading in the Wildwood featured me on her wonderful post, Blogs You Need to Follow. Go check her blog out today! Her reviews and bookish related posts are always so wonderfully put together! I get so excited every time I see a new post from her pop into my feed!

Monthly bookish related haul:

My favorite bookish photos this month:

Starving Ghosts In Every Thread by Eric LaRocca book photo by Erica Robyn Reads

This month I was also tagged by The Book Dad in a #bookstastrong challenge where participants held a stack of books with one hand. Here’s my stack of some amazing authors! 🙂

In case you missed it:

  • [Wrap-Up] July 2020
  • [Bookish Event] KillerCon 2020 Virtual Event
  • Buzz Book Expo Recap
  • Interview with Dean M. King
  • [Podcast Feature] The Fiendish Minds Podcast
  • [Bookish Event] The Scares That Care Virtual Charity Event
  • 5 September 2020 Book Releases I Can’t Wait To Read

Looking forward to: 

September is one of my favorite months! While I feel like it was just March, then I blinked and it’s September, I am so ready for Fall!

This month I’m looking forward to to the 61 days of Halloween on Shudder, a readathon I’m participating in called #lifefindsawayin2020, and all of the amazing things the Ladies of Horror Fiction are doing! It’s going to be a busy month!

Thanks for reading!

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. readinginthewildwood says

    September 1, 2020 at 11:05 pm

    Erica, I am truly sorry for the loss of your friend! My thoughts are with you! 💕

    Reply
    • Erica Robyn says

      September 2, 2020 at 1:33 pm

      Thank you <3 <3

      Reply
  2. ShootingStarsMag says

    September 2, 2020 at 8:34 am

    I’m so sorry about your loss. I believe I saw that Heather passed on Twitter. I can’t imagine losing a friend, so I’m thinking of you and her other friends and family members. She’s most definitely chilling with books in Heaven though.

    Oh wow, you can hold a lot of books in one hand! I think my wrist would be bending. LOL

    -Lauren

    Reply
    • Erica Robyn says

      September 2, 2020 at 1:31 pm

      <3 It's such a weird thing... I think I'm still in denial a bit. <3

      Oh that hurt my wrist SO badly. It hurt for the rest of the day! I've seen other people using other positions to take part in the challenge and I'm wishing I adjusted as well, but then it wouldn't really count haha. I have no upper arm strength!

      Reply
  3. esther @ BiteIntoBooks says

    September 2, 2020 at 11:09 am

    I NEED THAT BULBASAUR PLANT! Oh, and I love your tattoo btw 🙂

    Reply
    • Erica Robyn says

      September 2, 2020 at 1:30 pm

      I got it on Etsy!! 🙂 And thank you so much!

      Reply
  4. Heather says

    September 2, 2020 at 2:05 pm

    I’m so sorry about your friend. This year…ugh.

    I need to get subscription to Shudder and start on their Halloween marathon! That is quite the stack of books. The Deep is on my list. Actually, all of her books are on my list! I need a good spooky podcast so I will definitely check that out this month.

    Here’s to a better month and Fall! Hugs and loves on my end.

    Reply
    • Erica Robyn says

      September 4, 2020 at 9:12 pm

      Thank you <3 It's a doozy of a year, that's for sure.

      YES! I highly recommend Shudder. I've watched everything for the marathon so far, it's quite the interesting mix! I'm watching Starry Eyes now, it's one of the films that is soon to leave Shudder. I LOVE that they have that feature to show you what's leaving soon!

      I hope you have a wonderful Fall!

      Reply
  5. Jordan @ Forever Lost in Literature says

    September 2, 2020 at 6:53 pm

    Hey, I have that dresser, I love it so much, haha! Your home looks so lovely, I love the decor items you bought! It also looks like you have some great books to dive into!

    I am so sorry to hear about your friend, it’s always hard, but even harder when it’s unexpected somehow. I am sending you all the best and hope you’re doing well. <3

    Reply
    • Erica Robyn says

      September 4, 2020 at 9:20 pm

      It’s such a great piece! I’m so glad we bought it! I can’t wait to get the smaller one that matches. Thank you so much. It’s certainly a work in progress, but I’m getting to excited to see it all come together.

      Thank you so much <3 I'm doing okay but I'm sure it's going to keep hitting in waves.

      Reply
  6. Angela says

    September 2, 2020 at 7:31 pm

    I’m so sorry for your loss, Erica!

    Reply
    • Erica Robyn says

      September 4, 2020 at 9:23 pm

      <3

      Reply
  7. Gayathri says

    September 3, 2020 at 3:56 pm

    Looks like you had a great month and reading! Those furniture are lovely.

    Reply
    • Erica Robyn says

      September 4, 2020 at 9:25 pm

      <3

      Reply
  8. Lauren @ Always Me says

    September 8, 2020 at 10:48 pm

    Yes! Mayhem was awesome! I would very much like to see Steven Yeun and Samara Weaving in more movies together in the future. Train to Busan in another one of my favorites. Have you seen the trailer for Peninsula, the standalone sequel to it? It looks pretty good!

    Reply
    • Erica Robyn says

      September 14, 2020 at 9:06 pm

      YES! I am so in for any future movies they could ever star in together! 🙂 Oh! I haven’t seen that yet, I’ll have to take a look!

      Reply
  9. Katisha says

    September 16, 2020 at 8:02 pm

    Erica, I am so sorry to hear about the loss of your friend Heather. I only knew Heather through her blog, but I loved popping in to see what she was reading or her latest bookish musings.

    On a positive note, I absolutely love how nicely your home decor is coming together. I can’t wait to buy a home, so I can go bonkers at HomeGoods! September is my favorite month because it’s my birthday month! WooHoo!

    Reply
    • Erica Robyn says

      September 16, 2020 at 8:31 pm

      <3 Thank you. It's still so odd to me that she's not here anymore...

      And thank you! HomeGoods is my FAVORITE! :) Woot! Happy birthday month!!

      Reply

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