What to Watch August 2020

July was a rough month for me personally, and a lot of people in the world collectively. June wasn't great either, tbh. But one thing I can still enjoy is compiling my list of shows I'd like to see that are coming to streaming soon (even if for now I mostly settle into comfort viewing of the two Housewives shows I watch and reruns of The Big Bang Theory).

As always, I've made a list of shows I'd like to see that drop in August, and I'm sharing it here along with links to everything coming to streaming services so you can go through and pick your own must-watch shows.

And away we go!

Milkman by Anna Burns

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This book is a knockout. We don't know the city where it takes place or the characters' names, but it appears to be set in Northern Ireland in the '70s during the Troubles.

Milkman by Anna Burns won the 2018 Man Booker Prize for fiction, and you can easily see why. Burns employs an original, striking writing style in her tale of one invisible girl in a world of invisible women, and what happens when that girl becomes visible to a dangerous man whose unwanted attentions nearly unravel her life.

It's also a tale of rumor, hearsay, inaction and powerlessness, and the destruction those things can cause.

What to Watch July 2020

Hamilton airing on Disney Plus is the most exciting thing coming to streaming in July, if not the entire year! I've seen a documentary about the making of this blockbuster musical, read the book Hamilton: The Revolution (just $3.99 on kindle as of this writing), and own the soundtrack – but I've yet to see the stage show. That changes this July, and I can't wait for it! (Get it, wait for it? No? Watch the show and you will!)

As always, I've made a list of shows we'll be checking out in my house, and I'm sharing it here along with links to everything coming to streaming services in July so you can go through and pick your own must-watch shows.

And away we go!