Category: Monthly Rewind

• Last month, I mentioned College. I managed to get back in but it only lasted three days after the College administration realised that they had made an error and weren’t supposed to let me back in. So, yeah, that was fun. (Not.) So now I’m retaking independently. (If only the exams office can actually reply to my damn emails….)
• I found out that my offical Patronus is a Black Mamba, which is a snake endemic to Africa. How fitting considering I’m a Slytherin.
• Preparing for NaNoWriMo 2016 – I will definitely be writing for November. Once they’ve updated the website, I’ll share my name and novel. If anyone else is doing it this year, I would love to share a cabin!
• I made my first ever tag! The Great British Bake Off book tag! And geniunely thought no one was going to complete the tag but people did! Still can’t believe it! Here are some of them!!
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  • Daisy
  • Brendon

I read 9 books this month!

• The Fever Code by James Dashner
• Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1) by Sarah J. Maas
• Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2) by Sarah J. Maas
• We Awaken by Calista Lynne
• Stealing Snow by Danielle Paige
• Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
• Muslim Girl: A Coming of Age Story by Amani Al-Khatahtbeh
• Labyrinth Lost (Brooklyn Brujas, #1) by Zoraida Cordova
• A Golden Age by Tahmima Anam

• It’s Canon: School Stories Featuring M/M Relationships – A response to the Cursed Child’s missed opportuntiy for LGTB+ representation by listing other books/comics where there’s a M/M relationship set in a school environment. This article caught my eye because I saw Check, please! but now I’ve found a couple of new books to add to my TBR!!
• Blogging while drowning under school work: A Guide – Could have definitely used this two years ago when I started this blog and college at the same time! I’m retaking my A2 exams but not returning to college but nonetheless this is useful!

That’s it for this month! Tell me what went on in YOUR life this month! What sort of things were important for you this month? New obsessions? New TV shows? Or book? Any new song recs (I’m always open for new music!)? Best books you read this month?

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  Celebrated Eid! –  This year was a strange Eid because we usually split our time – the first half of the day staying at my grandma’s house (dad’s side) and seeing all my relatives from his side before going up to London to see my other grandma and aunts (and my many, many cousins – I currently have eleven cousins, with another one due soon and I recently found out another one of my aunt’s pregnant again so YAY more cute babies to come!) But this year we didn’t go to London which was really sad because I haven’t seen them at all this year. 😦

• The first month of no college! – I finished college back in late June. And BOY was it stressful. It made July such a strange month because I wasn’t following my college timetable and it left me with so much free time. I also tried to look for a job but, sadly, received no response to the many places I applied to.

• Attempted to sort out my writing – This blog was originally created back in 2013 as a place to write my own original stuff. But since restarting this blog in 2015, I realised there was a lack of original writing. And since I know I definitely want to write a book in future, I’m just not sure what? So this month, I went through everything I had that resembled a decent story. And began plotting. (I hope to start writing more posts about my writing process) I realised that I had written basic plotlines to four different stories. (The one I have my eye on was based on a childhood game I played when I was little with my cousins which were about a group of female pirates that travelled the world going on adventures with mythical creatures)

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