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In the middle of January, Joe and I took three of our friends (Alex, Esther and Markus) to Southern California to experience the wonderful place that is Disneyland and just enjoy ourselves! We spent two days at Disneyland + California Adventures, visited the Santa Monica Pier, had some DELICIOUS all-you-can-eat korean bbq, ate ice cream macarons twice and played a ton of Trivia Crack + Family Feud.
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Loved: Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally, The Giver by Lois Lowry
Liked: Perfect Couple by Jennifer Echols, Four by Veronica Roth, The Queen by Kiera Cass
Could've skipped: Since You've Been Gone by Mary Jennifer Payne
Number of books and pages read in January: 5 (and 1 novella) // 1,381 pages
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After watching Big Hero 6 with my mom in December, one of my brothers and I decided to expand her knowledge on all things Disney by borrowing a bunch of DVDs from the library. We chose Wreck-it Ralph, one of my favorites, and Monsters University (my dad randomly joined us and he loved it!) I ended up watching Big Hero 6 two more times in January, once with Esther and again with Alex, Joe and Markus. Big Hero 6 is a great movie and I highly recommend it to everyone :)
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- I started a new feature, Up and Coming, to share a list of the releases I am most excited for each month. It's kind of interesting to look back at it because I've changed my mind about a book I mentioned.
- Two book reviews: Perfect Couple by Jennifer Echols and Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally.
- After an encounter with a guy who automatically thinks of YA as Twilight, I wrote Explaining YA to the Non-Bookish and talked about the way I'd go about describing the young adult genre with people who don't read.
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If you listen to anything today, check out Daniela Andrade's mix of Telegraph Ave/Sober (by Childish Gambino. I also replayed Tove Lo's Queen of the Clouds album a TON of times in January (Not on Drugs is one of my favorites) and Love Me Like You Do by Ellie Goulding.
I just started watching The 100 a couple of days ago and I'm HOOKED, so you'll definitely be seeing that in the next "looking back" post. (If you don't watch it, I recommend you start ASAP!) I hope your January was just as fun as mine!
What was the best book you read in January? Have you seen Big Hero 6 yet?
Ooh new blog look! Love the lighter color! :) The Disney pic is awesome - your friend has great taste in Disney films (*cough* Little Mermaid) I sadly haven't seen Big Hero 6 - I have heard it was good though, so I'm going to watch it!
ReplyDeleteI've always wanted to go to Disneyland! I've been to Disney World, but want to experience both! I LOVED Big Hero 6! Such a fantastic movie! Wreck It Ralph and Monsters U are also fantastic!
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Thank you, Charlene! I love changing things around, but I'm hoping I'll stick with it forever because I've finally found a good mixture of colors. If you haven't watched Big Hero 6 yet, you must soon! It is one of my favorite Disney movies now!
ReplyDeleteI'm the opposite of you — I've been to Disneyland but I haven't been to Disney World and would LOVE to one day!
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