End of Summer Look | And Update on Me

"The first week of August hangs at the very top of summer, the top of the live-long year, like the highest seat of a Ferris wheel when it pauses in its turning. The weeks that come before are only a climb from balmy spring, and those that follow a drop to the chill of autumn, but the first week of August is motionless and hot." ~From the prologue of Tuck Everlasting

Okay, I've had so much happen in my life lately I'm reeling just a wee bit. But it's a much better "reeling" that I alluded to at the beginning of the summer. ;D So here's my new look, how do you like it? I don't think I've done anything like it, and even though I'm recycling my header, it just works. *shrug* But anyway, here are a few things that have happened to me over the summer.

• I got a haircut. I actually haven't had short hair in an eternity, or five years whichever you prefer. On a whim, I decided I was done with just getting trims and I took about eight inches off my hair. It felt and still feels fabulous! Short hair, I HAVE MISSED YOU!! :D
• My brother got home from his two-year church mission and we've loved being all together as a family again! 
• I saw Incredibles 2 and I liked it as a sequel though I still like the first one better. 
• Okay, at the beginning of the summer, my mom treated me to a shopping spree at Barnes and Noble and I picked up a few cute editions of Frankenstein, The Essential Grimm Fairy Tales, Jane Eyre (a better reading copy because I did have a Jane Eyre but not one I could really curl up with and pack around with me), and Tale of Two Cities. Also snagged a really cute picture book titled, Not Quite Narwhal.
• Now, have any of you read Frankenstein? I kind of want to know because if I do a post, I would need to know if I'm talking to an audience who knows what I'm talking about or has no idea. (And I'm not promising a post because my ideas are still running wild.)
• OH, GUYS! I saw Avengers: Infinity War. I can't do this, guys! I just can't! Why am I doing this readers, I ask you?! Crazy Cordy.
• I have officially read The Blue Castle and it is a masterpiece. Seriously, I swallowed it in a day and now I'm only wondering what took me so long. I'd heard several bloggers had read it and I hadn't heard any negative reviews, so what was my problem? I haven't been so delighted with a book in a long while. As in, I can't remember the last book I gave five stars to...(it was probably Lord of the Rings.) Anyway, if you haven't already, you might want to give it a shot.
• My 4th of July was nice and explosive. I hope yours was the same in your own ways. A few days after the 4th, I went to a local baseball game and there was a firework show at the end. So even though the team lost, there was a sweet firework show! :D
• I've read a whole mess of books lately, and as I haven't had a solid reading summer for a few years sooo... I'm quite proud of myself. :D Tuck Everlasting is one of the books I've enjoyed lately. (Thus the quote.) I don't remember being especially fond of the movie but I've wanted to read the book. Once I saw how small it was, I knew it wouldn't take me long. (I think it took three hours to read.) It's a really beautifully written book. The writing is quite charming. And for a children's book, it almost made for a better read for me than a child. I don't think a child would care for or even understand the problem at hand. 
• I've read the Ascendance trilogy and boy did I have mixed emotions there! Sheesh! I wish the writing itself was better, because the storytelling and the characters (while at times both were a little on the unrealistic side of things), were strong. Particularly the characters. (By the way, yes, Natalie, I read these because of you.)

Well I know I have more to say but I must be honest, I haven't any more time. So until the next update post, enjoy these last few weeks of summer. <3

Yours truly,

Cordy