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Saturday, November 14, 2020

My Reading Update: November 14th, 2020

 

Welcome to my reading update!  I'm going to post this on a few blog hops such as Stacking The Shelves run by Team Tynga's Reviews, and Sunday Post, run by Kimberly at Caffeinated Book Reviewer and a new Facebook group I've joined called The Sunday Salon

Seeing what other are reading (and finding a novel that everyone's talking about) is the reason I love looking at blog hop posts.  Please feel free to drop me a line and tell me what you're reading.

 

This has been a much more relaxing week, since all the hoopla of the election.  In fact, I have mostly been catching up on my sleep, rather than doing much reading.  But, sometimes rest is just what is needed.  As the week winds down, I'm finally starting to get into two very interesting books.  And with the weather also finally getting colder, it's the perfect weekend to get lost in a book.


What I'm Reading:




What I Finished This Week:


New Books on my Shelf:







I'm lining up the books!  The Crepes of Wrath & A Room With A Roux are two cozy mysteries that look a bit cheesy, but also fun.  Plus there's a cat on the cover, so that sealed the deal.  I'm really looking forward to The Project, by Courtney Summers.  I loved her previous novel, Sadie.  It was full of suspense and heartbreaking realism.  

 

Have a relaxing weekend!


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Saturday, October 24, 2020

My Reading Update: October 24th, 2020

 


Welcome to my reading update!  I'm going to post this on a few blog hops such as Stacking The Shelves run by Team Tynga's Reviews, and Sunday Post, run by Kimberly at Caffeinated Book Reviewer and a new Facebook group I've joined called The Sunday Salon

Seeing what other are reading (and finding a novel that everyone's talking about) is the reason I love looking at blog hop posts.  Please feel free to drop me a line and tell me what you're reading.

 

I've been trying to do more posts on my blog, so I'm posting a quick reading update for this week,  Books have been such a comfort these past few months.  Television is too filled up with political ads (the same three commercials for propositions in California are on repeat every few minutes), and most social media has been quite toxic.  So books are my happy place.  But aren't they always?


What I'm Reading Now:

 



I hope to be finished with Love Your Life by Sunday so I can write the darn review before its release on Tuesday!  So far, it's pretty light and fun.  I'm listening to The Vanishing Half, so I may finish it this weekend as well.


What I Finished This Week:

 


A Witch In Time was our book club selection and it was wonderful.  We had a lively discussion about it on Tuesday.

New Books On My Shelves:

 


There are a lot of wonderful books here.  But I am most excited about Over The Woodward Wall by A. Deborah Baker (a.k.a Seanan McGuire).  I absolutely love her writing.  It is so full of contrasts, usually with hopeful young people facing a dark world.  I am thrilled to buy this book and support this author.

That's it for this week.  Have a fun, pumpkin-filled run up to Halloween!  

       

via GIPHY

 




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Saturday, October 17, 2020

My Reading Update: October 17th, 2020

 

Welcome to my reading update!  I'm going to post this on a few blog hops such as Stacking The Shelves run by Team Tynga's Reviews, and Sunday Post, run by Kimberly at Caffeinated Book Reviewer 

Seeing what other are reading (and finding a novel that everyone's talking about) is the reason I love looking at blog hop posts.  Please feel free to drop me a line and tell me what you're reading.

 

It's been a long time since I've posted a reading update!  During these strange times, I've been doing tons of reading, but blogging has not been as joyful.  But I do want to share some of the wonderful books I've read recently.

 

What I'm Reading Now:

I like to read about three books at a time, Love Your Life is an ARC from one of my favorite authors, Sophie Kinsella, A Witch in Time, by Constance Sayers, is for my book club, as is The Vanishing Half, by Brit Bennett.  I'm enjoying all three, but Love Your Life is a nice light read, so is a perfect distraction from all the drama going on in the U.S.


What I Finished This Week:


 
I powered through a lot of books in the past week!  I loved them all with the exception of Jingle All The Way, by Debbie Macomber.  This is the first time I've read any of her books.  I guess they really aren't for me.  If you loved the Illuminae series by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff, you will LOVE Momento.  but prepare yourself for epic heartbreak!  I'll be writing reviews of Among The Beasts & Briars, and Winter White and Wicked soon.  Look for them in the coming week.

New Books on my Shelves:


 



These are a few of the books I've bought or received in the last week.  I'm most excited to read The Invisible Life of Addie Larue, by V.E. Schwab.  

That's it for this week.   
 
Please start looking at your ballots and VOTE!!!

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Saturday, February 22, 2020

Stacking The Shelves & Sunday Post #8



I am combining two great weekly blog hops:  Stacking The Shelves by Team Tynga's Reviews, and Sunday Post by Caffeinated Reviewer.  I hope to read as many of the blogs from these two hops as possible because I love to see what everyone is reading!

If you enjoy my blog, please consider following me at Bloglovin, Goodreads, or Twitter.  Let me know you're a new follower so I can follow you back!


Happenings:
It was a wonderful week with having Monday off of work.  I was able to read so much!  This has been really helpful because I can't watch television right now.  I just can't take any more political news!  Why, oh why, do the presidential election take so darn long?  Won't you be relieved when this election cycle is over?

I also got to attend my book club meeting at my favorite bookstore, A Great Good Place for Books, in Oakland. We had a good discussion about how guilt played a role in the novel we read, The Fountains of Silence, by Ruta Sepetys.

Reading:
I read four books this week:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46025601-red-letter-dayshttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43220998-the-fountains-of-silence?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=9FC69Sei5U&rank=1

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25526296-every-heart-a-doorway?from_search=true&qid=8OCpu4cqvE&rank=1https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31450908-down-among-the-sticks-and-bones?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=CLMnNuJwB0&rank=1


New Books:
Borrowed:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34510711-infinity-son?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=gHaVEm3M7U&rank=1https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19504964-sweep-in-peace?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=E4dPzKNRjO&rank=1


https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38244358-in-an-absent-dream?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=7SNfMaWVOQ&rank=1https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27366528-beneath-the-sugar-sky?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=zMq86AN2K8&rank=1


As you can see, I'm getting really into The Wayward Children series, as well as the Innkeeper series!
 
Books for Review:
Edelweiss:

I was super excited be be approved for this book, as Elizabeth Acedevo is one of my favorite writers .  She is such a powerful voice in YA, and I adore her books.

That's it for this week!  I hope you have a wonderful week of reading!

 
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Saturday, February 15, 2020

Stacking The Shelves & Sunday Post #7




I am combining two great weekly blog hops:  Stacking The Shelves by Team Tynga's Reviews, and Sunday Post by Caffeinated Reviewer.  I hope to read as many of the blogs from these two hops as possible because I love to see what everyone is reading!

If you enjoy my blog, please consider following me at Bloglovin, Goodreads, or Twitter.  Let me know you're a new follower so I can follow you back!


Happenings:
What a busy, fun week at work!  Our team (now known as The Fabulous Five) put on the Valentine's Day party and it was super fun.


We put on an English High Tea, complete with scones and clotted cream!  I made chocolate covered strawberries, created a playlist, and put on one of the games.  



For The game, I chose a Valentine's edition of Name That Tune.  I was pleasantly surprised by how everyone participated and were rather competitive!

Here's my playlist, if you want to check it out:
                                 

Reading:
With all the preparation for our party, I didn't get much reading done.  I did finish an ARC, that was very entertaining called Ten Days Gone, by Beverly Long.  



I'm starting to really enjoy crime novels!  I'll have a review up sometime this weekend.

New Books:
This was a great week for new books, particularly ARC approvals:

For Review:
Edelweiss:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50623242-love?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=CP13Asjf7y&rank=4https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47804536-verona-comics?from_search=true&qid=h09gaSv3J6&rank=2

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48895793-the-lions-of-fifth-avenue?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=NBhxaLrE1X&rank=1

I rarely get approved for review copies on Edelweiss.  I have no idea why, but for some reason this week I suddenly got three approvals from them!  Weird, but wonderful...

Bought:
I pre-ordered this book from Owlcrate a long time ago and it's finally here!

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40234899-heart-of-flames?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=ydGzZKWpzS&rank=1

That's it for this week!  Have a wonderful weekend.
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