Watch | Read | Listen {August 2016}

August is a great month for books! There are so many coming out that I want to read, like The Thousandth Floor. August also means Suicide Squad. I've been waiting and waiting and waiting to see this movie for months ever since watching the trailer. My brothers and I already have our tickets for it! What are you excited for this month? 

MOVIES

Suicide Squad

The world's most dangerous super-villains with nothing to lose teaming up with the government to send them on super secret, dangerous missions. What could go wrong? Will the team of villains (Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, Cara Delevigne and more), hand-picked by Amanda Waller (Viola Davis), die trying to succeed or stick together? {Watch the trailer.} Already bought my ticket because I'm that excited to see this! (August 5)

Pete's Dragon

A reimagining of Disney's beloved children's movie, Pete's Dragon is the adventure of an orphaned boy named Pete and his best friend Elliot, who happens to be a dragon. Starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Oakes Fegley, Wes Bentley, and Karl Urban. {Watch the trailer.} This looks so cute! (August 12)

Sausage Party

The first R-rated animated movie about one sausage (Seth Rogan) leading a group of supermarket products on a quest to discover the truth about their existence and what really happens when they're chosen to leave the grocery store. Starring Kristin Wiig, Jonah Hill, Bill Hader, Michael Cera, James Franco, Danny McBride, Craig Robinson, Paul Rudd, and more. {Watch the trailer - NSFW} This movie looks completely ridiculous, but also hilarious. And of course my brothers want to see it. (August 12)

Kubo and the Two Strings

In fantastical Japan, clever and kind-hearted Kubo (Art Parkinson) has a humble life telling stories to people in his seaside town, but his quiet existence is shattered when he accidentally summons a spirit from his past which comes to enforce an age-old vendetta. Now on the run, Kubo joins forces with Monkey (Charlize Theron) and Beetle (Matthew McConaughey) on a quest to fulfill his destiny. {Watch the trailer.} This movie looks incredible and I adore the animation style! (August 19)

The Space Between Us

Shortly after reaching Mars, an astronaut dies while giving birth to the first human born on the red planet. Gardner Elliot (Asa Butterfield) is an inquisitive, intelligent boy who reaches 16 only knowing 14 people. While searching for clues about his father, he begins an online friendship with a girl named Tulsa ( Britt Robertson). Finally, he gets a chance to go to Earth, but discovers that his organs can't handle Earth's atmosphere. {Watch the trailer.} Asa Butterfield is such a great actor and I'll watch anything with him in it. Plus, this looks like an interesting movie. (August 19)

Other movies coming out:

• Five Nights in Maine (Aug 5)
• Little Men (Aug 5)
• Anthropoid (Aug 12)
• Ben-Hur (Aug 12)
• Edge of Winter (Aug 12)
• Florence (Aug 12)
• Imperium (Aug 19)
• A Tale of Love and Darkness (Aug 19)
• War Dogs (Aug 19)
• Hands of Stone (Aug 26)
• The Intervention (Aug 26)
• Mechanic: Resurrection (Aug 26)

BOOKS & MUSIC

• Cherry by Lindsey Rosin -- Four best friends make a pact during their senior year of high school to lose their virginities—and end up finding friendship, love, and self-discovery along the way. (August 16)
• The Girl With The Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer -- Schumer has written a refreshingly candid and uproariously funny collection of personal and observational essays. She mines her past for stories about her teenage years, her family, relationships, and sex and shares the experiences that have shaped who she is—a woman with the courage to bare her soul to stand up for what she believes in, all while making us laugh. (August 16)
• Ghostly Echoes (#3) by William Ritter -- Jenny Cavanaugh, the ghostly lady of 926 Augur Lane, has enlisted the investigative services of Abigail Rook and her eccentric employer, Detective R. F. Jackaby, to solve a decade-old murder—her own. But when a new murder closely mirrors the events of ten years prior, Abigail and Jackaby realize that Jenny’s case isn’t so cold after all. (August 23)
• 100 Dayes by Nicole McInnes -- Agnes doesn't know it, but she only has one hundred days left to live. Moira has been Agnes’s best friend and protector since they were in elementary school. Boone was friends with both girls in the past. An unexpected event brings Agnes and Moira back together with Boone, but when romantic feelings start to develop, the trio’s friendship is put to the test. (August 23)
• Thieving Weasels by Billy Taylor -- Cameron Smith attends an elite boarding school and has just been accepted to Princeton University alongside his beautiful girlfriend, Claire. Life for Cameron would be perfect, except that Cameron Smith is actually Skip O’Rourke, and Skip O’Rourke ran away from his grifter family four years ago…along with $100,000 of their "earnings." But when his uncle tracks him down, Skip’s given an ultimatum: come back to the family for one last con, or say good-bye to life as Cameron. (August 23)
• Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys -- Winter, 1945. Four teenagers. Four secrets. Each one born of a different homeland; each one hunted, and haunted, by tragedy, lies…and war. As thousands of desperate refugees flock to the coast in the midst of a Soviet advance, four paths converge, vying for passage aboard the Wilhelm Gustloff, a ship that promises safety and freedom. Yet not all promises can be kept. (August 24)
• A Torch Against the Night (#2) by Sabaa Tahir -- A Torch Against the Night takes readers into the heart of the Empire as Laia and Elias fight their way north to liberate Laia’s brother from the horrors of Kauf Prison. Hunted by Empire soldiers, manipulated by the Commandant, and haunted by their pasts, Laia and Elias must outfox their enemies and confront the treacherousness of their own hearts. (August 30)
• Been Here All Along by Sandy Hall -- Gideon always has a plan. His plans include running for class president and having his choice of colleges. They do NOT include falling for his best friend, Kyle. It’s a distraction. It’s pointless, as Kyle is already dating the gorgeous and popular head cheerleader, Ruby. And Gideon doesn’t know what to do. (August 30)
• Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow -- Charlotte Davis is in pieces. At seventeen she’s already lost more than most people lose in a lifetime. But she’s learned how to forget. You don’t have to think about your father and the river. Your best friend, who is gone forever. Or your mother, who has nothing left to give you. (August 30)
• The Thousandth Floor by Katharine McPhee -- New York City as you’ve never seen it before. A thousand-story tower stretching into the sky. A glittering vision of the future, where anything is possible—if you want it enough.Welcome to Manhattan, 2118. living above everyone else on the thousandth floor is Avery Fuller, the girl genetically designed to be perfect. The girl who seems to have it all—yet is tormented by the one thing she can never have. (August 30)

Young the Giant's Home of the Strange (August 12)

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