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!
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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.
Last Week
In real life: I have been in Utah for the past week, visiting my dad and stepmom. Mostly, it’s been a quiet, restful visit. One of my cousins came over for an afternoon, and we spent several hours catching up. Dad and Stepmom’s car needed some maintenance, so I was their chauffeur for several days, ferrying them on errands and to appointments. The rest of the time, we have just hung out, chatting and/or watching TV. They are sports fans, so we saw a bunch of Colorado Rockies games, and a couple of college football games…not my thing, but they enjoyed them. They both nap a lot, especially my dad, so I kept my phone, Kindle, and knitting handy for whenever they nodded off. I didn’t have much focused time for writing, though (neither reviews nor creative writing.)
In my sporadic “me” time, I spent some time updating my book journal, which I haven’t been keeping up with. (Mostly just adding titles and reading dates; I’ll have to go back and add notes or paste in reviews later.) I drove down to Weller Book Works while my stepmom was at a women’s group meeting, but didn’t find anything I couldn’t live without. I did find a gorgeous PaperMates journal in a nearby high-end stationer’s, though. Another day, I went to The King’s English bookstore and had a lovely time wandering around, but left with only one slim volume: A Psalm for the Wild-Built in hardcover. (There’s a distinct lack of space in my suitcase and carry-on, and likewise on my shelves at home; that helped me rein in my usual impulsiveness in bookstores. I’m also trying to limit my physical book-buying to books I really, really want for my shelves.)
I head home in a few days. I’ll miss my folks, but I will be very happy to see Mr. Bookwyrm after three and a half weeks apart. (I’ll also be glad to be home, but being with my husband matters most!) I have a bunch of routine medical appointments lined up in the next few weeks, and there’s a lot to do around the house, too.
Minor WordPress gripe: The latest update to WordPress (Gutenberg block editor) took away the simple toggle I always used to make sure external or internal links opened in a new tab, so you didn’t lose your place if you clicked the link. I gather there is still a way I can make that happen, but it’s cludgy and annoying to get to, and will be too time-consuming given the number of links I often have on a page. So in future, the links on new posts (including this one) will no longer automatically open in a new tab. From now on, if you, the reader, want to open a link without losing the page you are on, you’ll have to either alt-click the link, or right-click it and select “open in new tab.”
Recent Posts
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- Sunday Post – 9/03/2023
- A Fatal Illusion, by Anna Lee Huber – review
- News & Notes – 9/09/2023
- Sunday Post – 9/10/2023 – this post
Looking Ahead
- Reviews and other posts TBD (if any)
- Sunday Post – 9/17/2023
What I’ve Been Reading/Watching
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![Book Cover: Fool's Gold (Mysterious Powers #4), by Celia Lake](https://8nv619.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Lake_Celia_MysteriousPowers-04_FoolsGold.jpg)
![Book Cover: The Hare and the Oak, by Celia Lake](https://8nv619.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Lake_Celia_MysteriousPowers-05_TheHareAndTheOak.jpg)
![Book cover: Claws and Contrivances (Regency Dragons, Book 2), by Stephanie Burgis](https://8nv619.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Burgis_Stephanie_RegencyDragons-02_ClawsAndContrivances_MEDIUM.jpg)
![Book cover: Anything With Nothing (Tales of Valdemar #17), edited and with a new novella by Mercedes Lackey](https://8nv619.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Lackey_Mercedes_ed_TalesOfValdemar-SS-17_AnythingWithNothing_Kindle.jpg)
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![Audiobook cover: Shattered (Iron Druid Chronicles, book 7), by Kevin Hearne, read by Luke Daniels](https://8nv619.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Hearne_Kevin_IronDruid-07_Shattered_Audible.jpg)
Reading: I reread Seven Sisters and Fool’s Gold by Celia Lake, and started The Hare and the Oak. I’m partway through both Claws and Contrivances by Stephanie Burgis and Anything with Nothing, a Valdemar anthology that includes a novella by Mercedes Lackey (both books are ARCs.) I also started Role Playing by Cathy Yardley, for the Recommend Me a Book readathon for COYER.
Listening to: I started Shattered by Kevin Hearne, but since I was trying to finish it before today, I alternated listening and reading the Kindlebook. (In the end, I did not finish by today, but since I won’t be able to make it to the chat this afternoon, I guess that’s OK.)
Playing: Wordle and the NYT Spelling Bee, and Pokemon Go.
Watching: Bits and pieces of various PBS shows, and parts of more baseball games than I can count. (Okay, probably not more than 5 or 6.)
Added to the Hoard
Purchased or Free (Kindle, print, or audio)
![Book Cover: A Psalm for the Wild-Built, by Becky Chambers](https://8nv619.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Chambers_Becky_MonkRobot-01_APsalmForTheWild-Built_Kindle.jpg)
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![Book cover: Doctor's Orders (Star Trek: The Original Series, #50), by Diane Duane](https://8nv619.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Duane_Diane_StarTrek-TOS-50_DoctorsOrders_PB.jpg)
Print: A Psalm for the Wild-Built
Kindle: Because I Could Not Stop For Death (reviewed 10/13/2022); Doctor’s Orders; (all books on sale)
(Click title for Goodreads page or my review.)
Anne - Books of My Heart
There’s no place like home. It’s fun you get to travel to other places for a bit longer time and don’t have to find hotels. I’ll miss you on the chat.
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Barb @ Booker T's Farm
Glad you had a nice trip but it is always good to be home. A Fatal Illusion looks great as does the Fowler book. Have a great week.![My Profile](https://8nv619.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/plugins/commentluv/images/littleheartplus.png)
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Katherine
Yay for being home and seeing Mr. Bookwyrm again. The bookstore looks wonderful. Good luck with all the appointments. I hope they all go smoothly. Have a great week!![My Profile](https://8nv619.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/plugins/commentluv/images/littleheartplus.png)
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Nicole @ BookWyrmKnits
Enjoy returning home! There’s nothing quite like sleeping in one’s own space.
I’ve been considering buying physical copies of the Monk & Robot series. I love them so much that I might want physical copies for my shelves, too.![My Profile](https://8nv619.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/plugins/commentluv/images/littleheartplus.png)
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