Hello ladies & gentlemen,
The month has come to an end and it’s time to do a quick wrap-up of what has been done.
Reading Breakdown.
Novels read: 1 (—).
Comic books read: 9 (↓4). 9
Manga volumes read: 12 (↓4). 12
BOOK REVIEWS.
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan.
COMIC BOOK REVIEWS.
Superman (Vol. 4): Mythological by Brian Michael Bendis.
The Walking Dead: Compendium Two by Robert Kirkman.
Digital Mini Reviews | When Violence is in Your Blood.
Absolute Superman: For Tomorrow by Brian Azzarello.
MOVIE REVIEWS.
VIDEO GAME REVIEWS.
Death Stranding Director’s Cut (2021).
TOP BOOK.
The second of four compendiums is once again a masterpiece! The story never fails to explore the darkest corners of the mind within a zombie apocalypse setting and it does so at a breakneck pace and with brio!
You can find my full review by clicking here.
LEAST FAVOURITE BOOK.
Having mostly only read good things by writer Brian Azzarello so far, this story, with Jim Lee’s exquisite artwork, was such a huge disappointment.
You can find my full review by clicking here.
TOP MOVIE.
Out of the 11 movies I watched in November, The Human Condition 1: No Greater Love (1959) was my favourite. This was one of the twelve movies I planned on watching in 2021 and I’m glad I finally did. There’s no doubt that I’ll be checking out the rest of the trilogy sooner rather than later now.
The Human Condition 1: No Greater Love is about a Japanese pacifist, unable to face the dire consequences of conscientious objection, is transformed by his attempts to compromise with the demands of war-time Japan.
This was a mind-numbing exploration of humanism through a conscientious objector’s eye-opening journey through the selfish and cruel axioms of war.
CURRENTLY READING.
The grand finale to Fonda Lee’s trilogy is finally here and it was time to see what she had planned for fans!
PERSONAL LIFE.
The month went by so fast. I’m not even sure what to think of it. I do know that it allowed me to slowly heal from my calf injury. I was never reduced in mobility but I did always feel a little pain. I look forward to it disappearing throughout the month of December though. It was also an all-around calm month without too many headaches in any part of my life. I have also been able to balance out my different hobbies and do as much as possible of each of them without feeling like I didn’t have time for certain things. It made me realize how much there is you can do in life and how much you need to prioritize the things you want to do in some way to make sure you don’t overlook them. No wonder there are people tend to “specialize” and don’t dare invest themselves in discovering new things. You can’t blame them. Imagine discovering how much you love doing something as much as that ONE thing you can’t live on without doing. Life would be hard. Then again, it’s okay if we don’t do these things as much as we want, as long as we try to do them. You have to learn to enjoy the process. 😛
Thank you all for checking out my monthly wrap-up and don’t forget to check out any posts that might interest you or that you might have missed out on!
Stay tuned for my Monthly Anticipation post coming out soon. 😉
So what’s going on with y’all? What have you discovered this month? What are your thoughts on the books/TV series/movies I’ve checked out?
Yours truly,
Roars and Echoes 
It’s great you could balance your hobbies. I don’t have too many hobbies and I’m glad for that as I would be eternally disappointed for not giving time to each of them. I hope you have great and relaxing December.
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Right? It can be so complicated to be content and find time for all hobbies. Sometimes I wonder if going through phases might be better (like a whole month dedicated to a hobby and then you switch it around hahah). Hope you’re having a fantastic December so far too, Yesha!
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Good news about your calf Lashaan, you must be relieved that it’s healing up so well!
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Absolutely! I look forward to when I’ll stop thinking about it and fearing that I might injure it again. 😀
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Yeah, the older you get the more options there are for hobbies but you also have the challenge of choice. Sometimes it feels like more choices is harder than having less.
See you tomorrow 🙂
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Ahhhh, the good ol’ dilemma of choice. Our current era is so keen on making sure we have PLENTY of those. Just look at all the coca-cola options you got. 😛
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re: coke. EXCEPT orange vanilla. Haven’t been able to find that for over a year now. Probably time to admit to myself it is gone for good 😦
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Oooh, I hope you’ll enjoy Jade Legacy. I haven’t started the series yet, but it’s on my TBR. I was just waiting for all the parts to be released, because I’m terrible at keeping up with series if I can’t binge-read them haha
I’m glad to hear your calf injury keeps getting better. I hope the last remaining pain vanishes soon. Have a great December!
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Yep. It’s so much unnecessary torture to read an unfinished series but now you can jump into these whenever you’re ready! 😀
Thanks for dropping by, Kat! Hope December has been nice to you so far. 😀
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Absolutely! And December has been better than the end of November, so that’s something 🙂 although work is suuuper busy. Hope you are well!
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I hope your calf will be totally healed by the end of the month Lashaan!
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Thank you so much, Sophie! 😀
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Lovely wrap up! I need to reread Percy Jackson soon!
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I hope I’ll be able to finish that series myself hahah! Thanks for reading, Georgia! 😀
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Glad that you managed to find the long-sought balance, Lashaan! Hope December will be at least as good, if not better, than November was for you!
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Thanks, Ola! I hope you have a fantastic month of December too. 😀
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“… how much you need to prioritize the things you want to do in some way to make sure you don’t overlook them.” That is the golden truth!
Superman was your least favorite? Spoken like a true Batman fan.
November was somewhat similar for me – went by quickly but mostly smoothly. It allowed me to realize that I need to focus on the things that I want to focus on.
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Golden truth indeed! It does have me curious about how you’re handling your own load on a daily basis. 2021 seemed to have been super rough on it but I’m glad to see you surviving for the time being!
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Yes, there’s been a lot of stuff going on adding to my plate unexpectedly. We can only hope that things have stabilized (until next time!).
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It’s funny you mentioning some folks who like to specialize. I was often told you have to specialize to be success these days. And I can certainly see that perspective. But I’ve always been a little more of a jack of all trades and master of none, and would have a hard time being anything else. I suppose some might call it scatter-brained. 🙂 Glad to hear it was a good month, and a comfortable one. I’ve been struggling a little to keep up this month. Not sure yet if it’s just a short term thing, maybe end of year stuff, or whether I’m going to have to slow down at some point and do that prioritization thing you mentioned. 🙂
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It’s true. People still praise and promote specialization rather than generalization of competencies. But I also hear that ultra-specialization has become a problem in itself too, at least in work environments. I too prefer being able to work myself towards doing multiple things to perfection even it would take more than 5 lifetimes to get there. 😀 I do hope you’ll find your own groove by the end of the year so you can kick off 2022 with a fresh new perspective that can help you achieve the things you want to achieve in life, my friend!
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I’m trying to get to that point, to the balance. I’ve got so much going on that I feel overwhelmed but hopefully things will chill out in December.
Glad your calf injury is healing.
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I hope December will allow you to get that balance so that you can kickstart 2022 just like you want it, Zeze!
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