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.

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My Week in Review

Happy Sunday! This week is going to be a good week, I can feel it. My daughter flew in yesterday, and just having her here is the best birthday gift I can ask for. I am taking two days off this week, so a shortened work week. I got recognition at work too. It's really hard with my function to get, so I was happy and surprised. 

We got good news about dad's lung biopsy. The found no cancer there. He is having a bone biopsy tomorrow, and I am crossing my fingers for more good news there. It's such a roller coaster. The PET scan gets you scared, and it's very stressful waiting for all the test results. I am grateful the doctor is moving quickly, and that we did get some great news. 

I did have a bit of a struggle this week. One of my credit cards, that I rarely use, had fraud on it. They got declined for whatever they were trying to buy at BestBuy, but the $638 bunk beds they purchased from IKEA went through. I thought the credit card company rejected all the the charges when they shut down the card, but then I got a text to confirm the delivery from IKEA. So, I call IKEA, they cancel the order and credit my account. I don't know what went on, but now I have a credit on my charge card. All these parties need to work it out because I am not wasting any more time trying to return money to people. I am dumbfounded as to how my card was compromised. I used it to make a purchase from Karl Lagerfeld at the beginning of September, and then I updated my information with the online gym I use. They had Link.co to store my card information. From what I know, that's legit. I don't know if it happened there or what, but I only use that card like once a year. It was frustrating. 

On the Blog

• Monday: #AmReading - The Takedown, The Measure
• Tuesday: TTT - You're a star!
• Wednesday: CWW - This Spells Love, How to Find Love in a Bookshop
• Thursday: Isn't It Romantic - Love Interest, Snowed in for Christmas
• Friday: Five on My TBR - Public Transport
• Saturday: Sloth Goes Places - Montana

Let's Discuss

• The Orangutan Librarian talks dragons
• AJ suggests books for Spooky Season

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Stacking the Shelves

This was a super slow week. Though 10 books I read were published this week, I have no approvals or invites. I did see this book as Read Now, and I could not resist. It sounds like so much fun! It's all good, I had five library loans come through. I honestly feel like I can never keep up with those. 

Netgalley/Edelweiss

• Love, Just In by Natalie Murphy

Read Last Week

The first thing I noted about the books I read this week, was that most of them were set in England - four out of six books read. I cannot decide which was my favorite. 

I was really impressed with Nicholls' book. That was my first from him, and I definitely will be reading more. Bayliss' upcoming release was fun and sweet, and I adored the sibling aspect of it. Bookshop was very touching and not what I was expecting. I liked the way Henry wove all these characters' lives together with the common thread being the bookshop. TJR impressed me with how much story and emotion she managed in so few pages. I liked the nod to ALL the evidence of the affair. The ending was exactly what I wanted for the main character too. 

Find all my reviews on Goodreads

Books

• A December to Remember by Jenny Bayliss - ★★★★ 1/2
• Skip to the End by Molly James - ★★★★
• How to Find Love in a Bookshop by Veronica Henry - ★★★★ 1/2
• Friends Don't Fall in Love by Erin Hahn - ★★★ 1/2
• Evidence of the Affair by Taylor Jenkins Reid - ★★★★ 1/2

Audiobooks

• Sweet Sorrow by David Nicholls - ★★★★ 1/2

Currently Reading

I can already tell that The Sweet Gum Tree will drive me up the wall the same way Love, Rosie did. I had not read the synopsis, as Deanna had recommended it for my state challenge, but I advise others NOT to read it. It seems really spoilery to me. 

The Rules of Magic is helping me check off two reading challenge prompts this month, and it is also fantastic. 

• The Sweet Gum Tree by Katherine Allard
• The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman (audiobook)

To Be Read

• The Christmas Orphan's Club by Becca Freeman
• Three Holidays and a Wedding by Uzma Jalauddin, Marissa Stapley
• Emergency Contact by Lauren Layne, Anthony Ledonne
• Guy's Girl by Emma Noyes

How was your week?
Let us know in the comments!