The Monthly Recap posts are a way for me to take a look back and reflect on my previous month in books, movies, and Korean dramas. From what I read, what I watched, what I got, and the books, shows and movies that I need to get to. I always lose track of what I have, what I need to read, what I want to watch and I need these posts to keep me honest with my damn self because I be forgetting shit. So here’s what my June and July 2020 month in books, movies, and shows looked like.
Monthly Stats
Books Purchased: 4 | Books Received for Review: 2 | Reviews Posted: 6
Highest Grade: Blind Date with a Book Boyfriend | Lowest Grade: Blind Date with a Book Boyfriend
Dramas Watched: 15 | Dramas DNF’d: 4
Dramas Reviewed: 3 | Boyfriend of the Month:
Favorite Drama: Fight for My Way, Strong Woman, Do Bong Soon, Weightlifting Fairy, Kim Bok Joo and Suits | Least Favorite Drama: When the Camellia Blooms
Movies Watched: 5 | Movies DNF’d: 0
Movies Reviewed: 3
Favorite Movie: Midnight Runners | Least Favorite Movie: Be with You
What I Read
Blind Date with a Book Boyfriend by Lucy Eden | 4.25 out of 5
Yeah, you’re seeing that correctly. I’ve only read one book in two months. What’s sad about this is that the book that I read was a novella with only 91 pages. I blame k dramas. All I wanna watch, all I wanna do is watch more k dramas. I will say that I enjoyed this short and super sweet romance by Lucy Eden. She’s definitely on my wishlist, I want to read more of her stuff after reading and enjoying Mike and Jordyn.
What Shows I Watched
Fight My Way | 4.5 out of 5
Kill Me, Heal Me | DNF
Playful Kiss | DNF
The King: Eternal Monarch | 4 out of 5
Stranger | 3.5 out of 5
Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth | DNF
Where the Camellia Blooms | 3.25 out of 5
Big | DNF
Revolutionary Love | 4 out of 5
Strong Woman, Do Bong Soon | 4.5 out of 5
Weightlifting Fairy, Kim Bok Joo | 4.5 out of 5
The K-2 | 3.5 out of 5
Cheese in the Trap | 2.5 out of 5
My First First Love | 4.25 out of 5
My First First Love 2 | 4.5 out of 5
Suits | 4.5 out of 5
W | 3.5 out of 5
Abyss | 3.75 out of 5
Life | 3.75 out of 5
I went to town on some k dramas in the last couple of months. Of the 19 shows that I watched, my favorites of the bunch are Fight for My Way, Strong Woman, Do Bong Soon, Weightlifting Fairy, Kim Bok Joo, and Suits. I enjoyed all four of those shows equally and I can’t choose a favorite between them. They were all SO good. Loved them all.
My least favorite shows are all of the ones that I DNF’d. Some I wasn’t in the mood for, but others just drove me crazy and didn’t work for me so I quit them. That list is Playful Kiss (ugh, the hero was a dick, the heroine was a ditz and I couldn’t do it), Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth (wasn’t in the mood for this one), Big (not a big fan of the teacher/student relationship),
What Movies I Watched
The Suspect | 4.5 out of 5
Midnight Runners (2017) | 5 out of 5
The Man from Nowhere (2010) | 4.25 out of 5
Juror 8 (2019) | 4.25 out of 5
Be with You (2018) | 4 out of 5
My favorite of movie of the last two months (hell, of the year) is hands down, Midnight Runner, with my boys Park Seo Jun and Kang Ha Neul. They were everything in this movie and I loved every single second. Holy cow, this movie was the bomb.
If I had to choose a least favorite, it would probably be Be with You even though I really liked it. I just liked it the least of the movies that I watched in June and July. Still, super good.
Eye Candy Friday
What I Reviewed
Itaewon Class (2020) | 5 out of 5
Crash Landing on You (2019) | 4.5 out of 5
What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim (2017) | 4.25 out of 5
Train to Busan (2016) | 4 out of 5
Parasite (2019) | 4.5 out of 5
The Divine Fury (2019) | 4 out of 5
What I Purchased
Blind Date with a Book Boyfriend by Lucy Eden
The Bridge Kingdom (The Bridge Kingdom #1) by Danielle L. Jensen
My Truth by Don Benjamin
The One by John Marrs
What I Got for Review
There you have it, what my June & July 2020 in books, movies, and k dramas. How did yours go? Did you read your newest favorite book? Did you watch your newest favorite movie or k drama? Did you read or watch anything that you absolutely hated? Did you get anything that you’re super anxious for? Share all of your details in the comments, I’d love to see them!
One book in 2 months!? I don’t blame you, focus on what’s making you happy and we all know how addictive k-dramas are. It find it crazy how many you’ve watched, I have been watching a lot less TV lately (good for my electric bills anyway). You’ve watched so many on my watch list, I think I’ll watch your favourites and then work my way through some others. I am currently in the middle of a Buffy rewatch, though. Way easier to rewatch a show I love so can blog and that at the same time, K drama takes up all of my focus reading those subtitles.
Oh man, I haven’t watched Buffy in years. I think since it aired live. I never rewatched it. How are you enjoying it?