Retrospective is a monthly post to rewind all of the happenings, thoughts, and discussions here at thoughts and afterthoughts.
A Rewind Of:
July // 2015
Reviews:
Think Aloud:
#18 – “Wednesdays Are Leg Days” Said No One Ever in Fiction
#19 – “Dear Year 3000”
#20 – What if Bloggers had Blurbs?
Alternatives:
Sad category is sad.
Memes (Top Ten Tuesday):
#67 – Hyped Books I’ve Yet To Read
#68 – Books That Embrace Diversity
#69 – Characters Who Are Fellow Book Nerds
Miscellaneous:
Tags: The Reading Habits Tag
Tags: The “Blog Most Likely To…” Tag
Awards: The Real Neat Blog Award
Events: Ontario Book Blogger Meet-Up 2015 – Introduction
Events: Ontario Book Blogger Meet-Up 2015 – Recap + Haul
Other Feels:
Television (Not a full list of what I watch):
(If you love to talk television, hit me up on Twitter and we can share feels together!)
Big Brother US 17: Confirmed: I hate 90% of the cast…BUT JOHNNY MAC THO. Rooting for this dude so hard.
Suits S5: I’m liking this new Donna/Gretchen dynamic and Jessica Pearson is fierce omg. Still waiting on Darvey to be a real thing. And I still can’t get over this new Ross haircut…
Mr. Robot S1: Ugh, give Rami Malek all the awards. Too legit.
Sense8 S1: THEY’RE ALL SLOWLY MEETING EACH OTHER I CAN’T EVEN… (I’m on episode 6, I think)
Scream S1: This show is a fun kind of mediocrity…like, I don’t know how else to put it.
Shows With Uncertainty: Wayward Pines S1, Clipped S1, Billie and Billy S1, Unreal S1
Films:
Inside Out: This movie fits somewhere between Toy Story and Up. Incredibly self aware. And that fucking Lava Song? Ugh, stop. My feels…I really don’t know if I enjoy this more than the TS franchise or not…IT’S A TOUGH CALL BUT IT’S SUCH A SMART FILM WHY?!
Music:
(Links to YouTube for easy peasy listening)
EDM-y Tracks:
Vicetone feat. J. Hart – Follow Me
Tommy Trash feat. J. Hart – Wake The Giant
Audien feat. Lady Antebellum – Something Better
Suspect 44 feat. Rumors – Here Right Now
Throttle feat. David Spekter – Together
Others:
Lost Frequencies feat. Janiek Devy – Devy
Nor’easters ICCA 2015 Set: The Beyonce “Mine” to Sia’s “Elastic Heart” to the mash-up breakdown. Ugh, too legit. (ONLY YOU UNDERSTAND ME, SUMMER LOL). (If you’re inclined to listen, I’ve set up the exact spot for you to start listening.)
Afterthoughts:
Thank you for all of your kind comments and support spanning from my distaste for Red Queen to the Blogger Blurbs! I will reply back in due time but just know that I appreciate each and every keystroke of yours as it contributes to the overall vomit!
In other news, WHY IS THIS READING YEAR FULL OF DISAPPOINTMENT? (I don’t think I’m that difficult to please, omgplswhy.)
AND MY COPY OF EXPLODING KITTENS CAME IN LOLOLOL.
Cheers,
Joey
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thoughts and afterthoughts. 
I hope you find a book that suits your taste! And yaay new music to check out! (Wow. This just may be the shortest comment I’ve written since I joined the blogosphere. LOL.)
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That’s okay–short comments are easy to reply to and now I can carry on with the other 12931293821809381293. So thank you for this! (And happy listening to robotic sex music–which is EDM music.)
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Jesus. *winces* I can almost feel your pain. Of course! I will, LOLLLLLL.
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Same with me, I’ve read majority mediocre books up until now and I’ve read some 4&5 star books this month.
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Lucky finds! I’m hoping for at least a 4-star by the end of the year. Just one would be nice haha.
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Yeah, I think we’ve reached out limits, maybe the universe is telling us something…😛😲
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I am honestly not liking any of the cast of BB this year either. I liked Jason, but he got evicted. So now I only have Johnny Mac left!
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Spoilers will save us all.
I liked Vanessa as a player…but only when she’s not crazy insulted. She’s like a passive Audrey to me.
In terms of gameplay, I was SO surprised that Clelli (or however you spell their pairing name) encouraged Jason over Austin. LIKE HOW COULD YOU NOT SEE THE FUTURE? But vengeance is served, man. GOOD RIDDANCE.
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I was so happy with last night’s episode of BB, OMG! Becky though…I wanted to smack her in the face for running and telling Clelli everything!
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UMM, YES. I still have that on constant replay. It’s so beautiful and haunting at the same time. T.T
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I really do wish they had the actual finals recording! I wanted to hear how raw they sounded + their lyric changes!
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A shame you didn’t like Red Queen. But you’ll find your 2015 fave very soon, I’m sure. Also, I love your music section in these wrap-up posts. They are not my typical listen but some are really good!
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You have high hopes for what I read, Mailiam! (LOL I JUST HAD TO.) One day, I will spam your Twitter DMs with EDM recommendations. That day might be tomorrow, who knows?
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Mailiam? What even is that?
I’m fine with receiving music recommendations but I can never give them. Probably because I’d get really worried about them hating it. I have to know their tastes before I do. Recommend away! We can have a Twitter segment, “Liam’s daily dose of J’s music”
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I hope your ears have been pleasantly surprised by the robotic sex that you’ve been [hopefully] listening to, my dear Mailiam :)!
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Sorry for the late reply, I’ve been ‘out of town’ as they say, for a couple of days.
The suggestions are so unlike anything I’ve really listened to/usually listen to so it takes a while for you to get used to it almost (which probably sounds really stupid). I haven’t been able to listen to the music much recently but since I’m back I can recommence my assignment 🙂
My favourites so far are probably Euphoria by Loreen and Heroes by (insert difficult name here) but I’ll have more very soon!
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Omg I just started watching Mr a Robot and it is THE BEST! Glad you’re also enjoying Sense8, that show gets me right in the feels. The cast is the sweetest!! I hope it got renewed or I will be uber grumpy.
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OMG WE CAN FANBOY/GIRL ABOUT MR. ROBOT! IT’S SO GOOD (although I’m 1 episode behind).
I DON’T KNOW WHICH SENSE8 CHARACTER I LIKE BEST…BUT I THINK IT MIGHT BE SUN BAK LOL. There were news that it got renewed but I’m not sure. Here’s to hoping!
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What is this Exploding Kittens and why haven’t I seen/heard of it?!
Seriously – have you ever rated anything 5 stars? I’m honestly curious what it takes for you to rate a book a 4 or 5. Because then I have to read that book.
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LOL. It’s a card game that was funded on Kickstarter! It’s like Russian Roulette and it’s completely ridiculous in all the right ways.
I’ve given 5-stars on Goodreads but they’re actually 4-something. I don’t really believe in 5-stars because I don’t think a book is “perfect”. The realist in me says there are flaws, damnit. I’m just that jaded about being positive LOL.
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Great month you had! I know what it’s like to have a disappointing reading year.
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Things seem to be looking brighter for me (knock on wood) in terms of reading this month!
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Yep!
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