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! June came in with a vengeance. It's way too hot here, and I am eager for a nice cold front to come through. This was a pretty short work week for me due to the holiday on Monday and jury duty on Thursday. 

I don't think you understand how happy I was that I was not selected for the jury. It was a criminal case and the charges were things my heart could not handle. I was in the courtroom for about three hours as they completed jury selection, and then the other case scheduled that day settle. Because of that, I was dismissed by noon. It was great! I walked around New Brunswick a bit, got some lunch, and then took the train home. It had been a long time since I had been to New Brunswick. It's good to see all the college bars I went to are still there but many places I went are gone. On one block, there were like five or six different places I could had gotten falafel. That was something that was really different from when I was there.  

On the Blog

• Monday: Reviews - Just Some Stupid Love Story, Summer Romance
• Tuesday: TTT - I Chose Wisely
• Wednesday: CWW - The Same Bright Stars, The Housekeeper and the Professor
• Thursday: Reviews - Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame, The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers
• Friday: Discussion - The Reject Files
• Saturday: Sloth Goes Places - Michigan

Let's Discuss

• Jen shared awarding winning YA books about mental health
• Book Riot tells us about the best book tracking apps
• Davida wonders if we need more era categories 

It's people like this who restore my faith in humanity. 

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Stacking the Shelves

This was a light week, but I was excited to get approved for the new Jenny Bayliss book. I adore her stories. I saw Double Apex as read now and jumped on it since it was on my TBR. I have read maybe one or two race car romances, so it will be a nice change of pace. 

Netgalley/Edelweiss

• Kiss Me at Christmas by Jenny Bayliss
• Double Apex by Josie Juniper

Invites

• We Could Be Something by Will Kostakis

Read Last Week

This was a solid reading week. I read some fun romances, a rather moving tale of friendship, and two anticipated releases. If I had to pick, I guess I would say Right Where We Left Us was my top book this week. I am giving it the edge because it brought me back to the world of Devon's last book, it's a second chance romance, and I cried until I had to blow my nose during the wedding. A Novel Love Story was a close second. I loved the premise. I mean,  who wouldn't want to live inside their favorite book series. 

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Books

• Lips Like Sugar by Jess K. Hardy - ★★★★
• The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Agawa - ★★★★
• More Than a Feeling by Lauren Morrill - ★★★★
• A Novel Love Story by Ashely Poston - ★★★★ 1/2
• Right Where We Left Us by Jen Devon - ★★★★ 1/2

Audiobooks

• The Christmas Spirits on Tradd Street by Karen White - ★★★★
• Loyally Luke by Pepper Basham - ★★★★

Currently Reading

I am just starting both this book as I write this post, but I have high hopes for both.

• I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalie Sue
  
• Summer After Summer by Lauren Bailey (audiobook)

To Be Read

• This Disaster Loves You by Richard Roper
• The Lights of Sugarberry Cove by Heather Webber
• Rules for Second Chances by Maggie North
• Finding Mr. Write by Kelly Armstrong

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