August 2012 - Things I Read, Things I Watched & Things I Decided I Want to Read

Previous editions of this sort of post - July / June / April & May / March / February / January

I thought I'd start with the books that I discovered this month, because I found SO MANY GOOD ONES. SO MUCH I WANT TO READ! READING! JOY! Okay. Calming down.

Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child by Bob Spitz.

Heather Ross Prints: 50+ Designs and 20 Projects to Get You Started.

Rookie Yearbook One.

I Say, You Say Animal Sounds! and I Say, You Say Opposites! by Tad Carpenter.

Liar & Spy by Rebecca Stead.

I Can Do It Myself! and Now I Am Big! by Stephen Krensky, illustrated by Sara Gillingham.

Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs: As Retold by Mo Willems.

Explainers: The Complete Village Voice Strips (1956-1966) by Jules Feiffer.

John Saturnall's Feast by Lawrence Norfolk.

A Christmas Carol and Dracula (both BabyLit) by Jennifer Adams & Alison Oliver.

Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple.

Olivia and the Fairy Princesses by Ian Falconer.

The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving by Jonathan Evison.

Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures by Emma Straub.

(Some of) the books I read this month...

Six Feet Under: Better Living Through Death - this book was so awesome & if you're a fan of the show you should BUY IT IMMEDIATELY.

Heads on and We Shoot: The Making of Where the Wild Things Are - This is going to sound weird, but I thought this book was incredibly moving and it actually made me cry (several times).

Also - Rebel Style / Passionella and Other Stories / One More Time: A Memoir by Carol Burnett

Now for the movies I watched this month. I finally saw The Dark Knight Rises.

Speaking of crying while enjoying things that probably don't usually inspire tears - I wept almost every time that Michael Caine appeared on screen.

Rewatched Rushmore.

Rewatched Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical.

(The images I chose for the last three movies were dancing-shots.... sadly the rest of the movies didn't feature dancing so I couldn't continue that. Woe.)

I can't believe it took me this long to watch this. Available on watch instantly.

I watched Bernie with my mother (probably the only person I know who enjoys going to the movies as frequently as I do - yet another reason I love her). I thought Jack Black was pretty great, but she was oddly ALL ABOUT the movie (especially the real people they showed in the documentary-style-interview-footage). So,  FYI, two thumbs up from my mom.

& Premium Rush. Because, you know, after 10 Things I Hate About You I'll basically see anything featuring the guy who played Cameron. Also known as - Joseph Gordon-Levitt.