What I wanted to accomplish in October 2019:
(strikethrough means I completed the goal)
Business:
8 tasks completed every day; 40 tasks completed each week;Zero procrastination on “routine” tasks(I’ve learned where I procrastinate is generally tasks I’m least challenged by — I’m actively working to improve this habit);- Update my LinkedIn profile. (I didn’t get to this one. Moved to November.)
Reading/Writing/Blogging:
- 30-day horror movie challenge –
Write one post for each day’s challenge prompt; - Litsy: Screamathon photo challenge –
One post for each day’s challenge prompt; - Spooky tales –
Read more of my owned spooky books than library books; - Litsy:
Read 2 more letters in the A to Z challenge.
Total Read: 14 – 8 owned; 6 library
Movie of the Month: Prospect (2018)
I wasn’t expecting much, so maybe that’s why I was completely blown away by this indie gem. The story didn’t go the way I thought it would, and Cee is given such agency, not just for a science fiction film, but as a teenage girl in a SF film. Ezra’s arc also surprised me.
Synopsis: “A teenage girl and her father travel to a remote alien moon, aiming to strike it rich. They’ve secured a contract to harvest a large deposit of the elusive gems hidden in the depths of the moon’s toxic forest. But there are others roving the wilderness and the job quickly devolves into a fight to survive. Forced to contend not only with the forest’s other ruthless inhabitants, but with her own father’s greed-addled judgment, the girl finds she must carve her own path to escape.” (source)
Check out PROSPECT on IMDb | Watch the trailer
Book of the Month: The Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer Giesbrecht
It takes a special kind of author to write monsters who repulse you yet you still root for. I predict this one will end up on my Top 5 Read in 2019 list. You should read this if you like: tragic romance; revenge on an epic scale; gothic undertones.
Synopsis: “Debut author Jennifer Giesbrecht paints a darkly compelling fantasy of revenge in The Monster of Elendhaven, a dark fantasy about murder, a monster, and the magician who loves both.”
Read About the Book | My Review
Song of the Month: Poppy – I Disagree
How I feel most days since November 2016…