The Sunday Post is hosted by the wonderful Kimberly, the Caffeinated Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news, recap the past week, take a look ahead, and showcase our new treasures—I mean books!
This week I’m also participating in The Sunday Salon hosted by Deb at Readerbuzz, and Stacking the Shelves hosted by Marlene at Reading Reality.
The Past Week
In real life: The news goes from bad to worse. I try to limit my exposure while still remaining reasonably well-informed, and try to stay grounded in the moment and the small joys and connections of each day. But it’s hard. I broke down in tears on Friday, not over anything specific, just (gestures vaguely) everything. But there were some positives this week, even so.
5 Good Things:
- I got a clean bill of (skin) health at my yearly dermatology check. (No, I don’t have a history of cancer, just very fair skin that burns easily—and I’m old enough that we didn’t understand the importance of sunscreen when I was a child and teen. So it makes sense to keep an eye on it.)
- The vest I’m knitting for my dad is going well, if more slowly than I would like.
- I found a paperback copy of a Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea on the library’s sale bookshelf. It made my day!
- Mr. Bookwyrm secured the bookshelf wall anchors in place, so I can begin reshelving my books.
- We put up a new curtain rod in the living room, with new curtains. They’re cotton white, so they coordinate with the new bookshelves and contrast nicely with the blue couch cover and recliner.
Recent Posts
- Sunday Post – 1/26/2025
- It’s All a Game, by Tristan Donovan – review
- Ten New-to-Me Authors I Discovered in 2024 – Top 10 Tuesday
- Buried Deep and Other Stories, by Naomi Novik – review
- News & Notes – 2/01/2025
- Sunday Post – 2/02/2025 – this post
Looking Ahead
- 2024 Releases I Was Excited to Read but Still Haven’t Gotten To – Top 10 Tuesday
- reviews TBD
- Sunday Post – 2/09/2025
What I’ve Been Reading/Watching (since 7/14/2024)
Reading: I reread Shattering Dawn by Jayne Ann Krentz (ARC), so I could write the review. I read The Changing Door (a collection of extra scenes for two of Celia Lake’s novels; it’s novella length). I started Murder at King’s Crossing by Andrea Penrose, and The Happy Writer by Marissa Mayer (ARC). I’m still reading Bayou Moon by Ilona Andrews for the read-along hosted by Books of My Heart… although I recently realized I won’t be able to attend the live chat for this one, because it’s at the same time as my dad’s birthday party.
Listening to: I finished The Relentless Moon by Mary Robinette Kowal, bu I’m still listening to The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd. My second library hold for Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent (Dame Judi Dench) did not come in (as I believed last weekend); the email informing me it had was apparently a library error.
Watching: Star Trek: The Next Generation, season 2 (rewatch)
Playing: Pokemon Go, occasionally. Also Wordle, Connections, Strands, Spelling Bee, and Sudoku (all from the NYT.) And Wingspan on Steam or on my phone or iPad.
Added to the Hoard
(Click title for Goodreads page or my review.)
For Review or Consideration
Many thanks to St. Martin’s Griffin for Look Before You Leap!
Purchased (Kindle, print, or audio)
Kindle: Murder at King’s Crossing; Candle & Crow; The Changing Door (collection of extra scenes for two of Celia Lake’s novels; novella length); Ordeal by Innocence; The Cold Light of Day; The Little Lost Library; A Midnight Puzzle
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