Sunday, February 2, 2025

Sundays with Sam - The Sunday Post


Sundays with Sam is a combination of Sunday Post hosted by Caffeinated Book Reviewer and Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga's Reviews.



My Week in Review

Happy Sunday! I am glad to see January in the rearview mirror and starting a new month. Next week is my daughter's birthday, and I am in shock that I will be the mother of a 30 year-old. How did that happen??? 

Another quiet week. I had Friday off to get more bloodwork. My platelets are still coming up high. Not sure what too high is, but I guess the doctor will let me know. This was not a successful visit to Quest. I was definitely unconscious at some point. When she started the draw, there was one person in the room with me and then there were two. Still got me out in 10 minutes, and the rest of the day was mine. 

Don't you hate when you were there, at the beginning, for an author who has since taken off, and now, you cannot get approved for their ARCs? I stopped requesting Emily Henry, Christina Lauren, and Abby Jimenez because I cannot get approvals for their books, but now, I must add Carley Fortune to the list. I was pretty broken hearted to get that email, but hopefully I will be able to get the book from my library. 

I booked my ticket to Chicago for my daughter's performance. I am just doing a short trip since she is so busy, but I got a pretty decent price. Fingers crossed there is no drama. This was a pretty scary week for aviation up in these parts. 

On the Blog

  • Monday: Reviews - The Rival, Past Present Future
  • Tuesday: TTT - New-to-Me
  • Wednesday: CWW - Southern By Design, Feels Like Falling
  • Thursday: Reviews - Pickleballers, One on One
  • Friday: Six Degrees of Separation - Unromance by Erin Connor
  • Saturday: Sloth Goes Places  - Florida

Let's Discuss

  • Alice want to know if anyone cares about book blogging anymore
  • Krysta shares some plot pet peeves
I am trash for stories like these. Love them!


Stacking the Shelves

I don't know what I am going to do with all these invites. There are so many books I want to read but I already have a bunch of ARCs. Decisions, decisions. I did already download Storybook Ending because it was on my TBR but so is Roll For Romance, though I have too many ARCs for that month, and the Jackie Lau book looks good too. Not sure what I am going to do.  

Purchased

Invites


Read Last Week

Look at all those stars? I was quite pleased with my reading week. Started great with Kristy Woodson Harvey's story featuring a fantastic female friendship, and ended with a fun and touching trek through the Highlands. Ali Brady's holiday book made me very happy, and TJR's multiverse book was great. I was crying at the end because both endings were so fabulous. 

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Books

Audiobooks


Currently Reading

I am almost done with On Tall Pine lake. I selected it for a reading challenge (water words) AND it is set in Arkansas. That is a tough state for me, so again, so nice to have it checked off this early in the year. This has a heavy suspense element, and it's at the climax where the bad guys are a bit too violent. Not my cup of tea, but I did like the romantic subplot (of course). 

Promise Me Sunshine is well on its way to being a five-star read. It's so good. It's an interesting grief story where the female main character is trying to live again. There is a list written by her best friend who died from cancer, and she has a "list buddy" who is helping her along (and who she is clearly falling for). I am enjoying it so much. 


To Be Read



How was your week?
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