Bonus content: what am I reading and watching?

This year has been a first for me: I’ve just finished a sprint of having five things airing on television at the same time that were on my reviewing list! Typically, they also all finished at the same time, giving me a few weeks’ worth of posts I was able to write up before deciding what is coming next.

But, with both books and television, I’m trying to make a few changes this year. I was reaching a point where everything I was doing had an ulterior motive – aka writing up a review. I had entire lists of things that I either wanted to re-read, or watch with no intention of reviewing them. I wasn’t letting myself previously – and knew that had to change.

So while I catch up with a few reviews and figure out what makes it onto the list, I figured I would take a look at what hasn’t made the reviewing pile this year:

The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare

Okay, trick one here because these have already been reviewed. But I’ve been meaning to re-read them for ages and gradually slipping them in-between reviews over the last few months. I had honestly forgotten how good these were; character traits had been long forgotten and I’ve genuinely enjoyed re-reading them. I’m nearly finished now, but it’s been fun returning to this world.

I’ve got a few series like this that I haven’t re-read since I started blogging seriously because of time restraints. I won’t get through them all this year – I can’t read that fast. But I’m enjoying indulging in a few long series again and being swept up.

Bones

I’ve been watching this on and off for a few years now. I’ve just finished season five, but am finding that I like dipping in and out rather than binge-watching because it starts to get a bit same-y now I’m this far through. I still love it though, and will eventually work my way through all eleven seasons.

Supernatural

I own seasons 1-5 on DVD. I’ve never finished 5. But since they announced the fifteenth series will be the last, I thought it was time to start working my way through them. It was a good plan…it just hasn’t worked too well yet because I’ve only finished season 1 so far this year. Just a time issue with having so much airing that I didn’t want to have a long series on the side.

Merlin

I’m not going to lie – I’ve been itching for a rewatch for months and never let myself do it. I had enough of denying myself things that genuinely give me joy just because of the blog, so have started to indulge. I’ve currently just started series 2.

In terms of blogging, I’m currently watching the final season of Grimm and am slowly working my way through New Amsterdam (it’s my train viewing once a week, so I’m not making fast progress but loving it!).

What are you currently watching or reading?

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