The Sunday Post is hosted by the wonderful Kimberly, the Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news, recap the past week, take a look ahead, and showcase our new treasures—I mean books!
I am also linking to Mailbox Monday, the gathering place for readers to share the books that came in their mailbox during the last week.
This Week
The play reading group met again on Wednesday night, reading Act 2 of Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia. It’s an excellent play, and it was great fun to read it aloud.
The Spinners and Weavers Guild met yesterday morning, and one of the committees met earlier this week. And yesterday afternoon, we had a Zoom gathering with Mr. Bookwyrm’s side of the family – the first in about 9 months. So I’ve had a fairly busy social schedule, at least compared with most weeks!
The new bed is working out all right so far. Because we went up to a larger size bed, we needed new sheets and a mattress pad, but our old reversible quilted bedspread still works as a coverlet. So I dug out the pillow shams we never used, popped some old pillows into them, put our current (sleeping) pillows in front of them, threw a coordinating throw across one corner, and the bed looks pretty good nice for now. Once I find or make a couple of coordinating decorative pillows, it will look even better.
The deadline for my current project is rapidly approaching, so I will be pretty busy this week.
Recent Posts
- Sunday Post – 8/7/2022
- Sunday Post – 8/14/2022 – this post
Looking Ahead
- Arcadia, a play by Tom Stoppard
- Ten Old Books I Love – Top Ten Tuesday
- The Secret of Bow Lane, by Jennifer Ashley – review
- Sunday Post – 8/14/2022
What I’ve Been Reading/Watching
Reading: I read The Belle of Belgrave Square (Mimi Matthews; ARC), Touchstones (Stephanie Burgis), and Magic Lost, Trouble Found (Lisa Shearin.) And I reread Destination Unknown (Agatha Christie) for #ReadChristie2022. I’m also counting Arcadia as finished this week. I’m currently reading Mistress of Birds, the newest Albion novel by Celia Lake.
Annabel at AnnaBookBel is leading a readalong of the Dark Is Rising series by Susan Cooper, starting this month. The series has long been a favorite of mine, so I plan to join in. We’ll be reading one book a month through December. August’s book is Over Sea, Under Stone, and the discussion on Annabel’s blog is on August 24, so I’ll reread it this week.
Listening to: Threads of Life: A History of the World Through the Eye of a Needle, by Clare Hunter.
Watching: We finished All Creatures Great and Small Season 1, and started Season 2.
Added to the Hoard this week
Purchased (Kindle)
Kindle: I Capture the Castle; Vanishing Fleece: Adventures in American Wool; The Reef; I, Robot; The Seven Dials Mystery; Armed and Magical; Daughter of the Deep; Murder in the Bookshop; Mistress of Birds (Click title for Goodreads page)
Greg
Nice that you were able to have a family get together over Zoom.
That I, Robot cover is pretty wild! I like the first Agatha Christie one as well. That art style always appeals to me for whatever reason I guess.
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Lark_Bookwyrm
There have been so many Christie covers over the years! I do like this particular series of covers.
Jenni Elyse
It’s nice to have a busy social week every once in a while. I love being social and hanging out with friends and family, AND I love my alone time too. 😀 I hope you have a wonderful week.
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Lark_Bookwyrm
I’m sure an extrovert would think this was nowhere near enough socializing, but it was plenty for me! I work from home, so I get a lot of alone time, and my husband and I are both introverts, so even before the pandemic, we didn’t socialize that often. I do miss my choir rehearsals, though.
Wendy
Sounds like a busy week! I love a bit of socializing too, but not too much! I will be reading The Belle of Belgrave Square soon as well. I hope we both enjoy it.
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Lark_Bookwyrm
This was just about the right amount of socializing for a week! Except when I visit my family, but since a lot of them are introverts, they understand the need for downtime. We’ve turned “introvert” into a verb, as in “I just need to introvert for a while.”
Jodie
It sounds like you’ve had a busy week! I’m glad your new bed is working out for you and that you could use your coverlet. Lots of great books in your list. Have a wonderful week ahead.
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Lark_Bookwyrm
Thank you – and thanks for stopping by! Have a good week!
Yvonne+@+Socrates+Book+Reviews
Sounds like you’ve been busy. Your books look good, especially the Agatha Christie books.
Have a great week!
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Lark_Bookwyrm
Agatha Christie remains the Queen of Mystery, even now. I love revisiting her books – or at least my numerous favorites, which include both Destination Unknown and The Seven Dials Mystery.
Angela
I loved I Capture the Castle. Such a charming little novel.
Lark_Bookwyrm
It has been on my TBR list for several years now, but I haven’t gotten around to it. Hopefully this year!
Bookworm
Sounds like a busy week and it’s nice to be able to connect with family via Zoom. Enjoy your books this week. I used to read a lot of Nora Roberts and Agatha Christie.
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Mary
Super excited to read the new Mimi Matthews. Love her books!
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Cindy Davis
I still need to read Mimi Matthews! I also enjoy Agatha Christie. Have a great week!
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Nicole @ BookWyrm Knits
I need to read Touchstones! I preordered it, but just haven’t started it yet. I’ve been taking longer to read my current library book (among other things) and so haven’t gotten as many books in yet this month as normal.
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Anne+-+Books+of+My+Heart
I’m glad to hear you were able to get in some social / family time before needing to focus on the work deadline. I see some interesting purchases. I’m pretty sure I own Vanishing Fleece on audio but haven’t read it yet.
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Katherine
What do you think of Christie’s Destination Unknown? I’ve only read it a couple of times and it has been awhile so I remember very little about it. I love how you were able to adapt to the new bed! I’m starting to want a new mattress but I don’t think we are going up in size. I hope you are having a wonderful week!
Lark_Bookwyrm
I really enjoy Destination Unkown. It’s more of a spy novel or adventure novel than a mystery, but it’s enjoyable, and I really like the main character.
Sophie
My, my, you’ve indeed been a busy bee with all your social events!
Lark_Bookwyrm
It would be a pretty tame week for a lot of people lol! But plenty for me, as an introvert.
MarthaE
Glad to see you at MM.
Sounds like a nice week even being busier than you had been.
I hope your project work goes well.
Nice book haul with a good mix.
Happy Reading!
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