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: On Monday, Mr. Bookwyrm headed back home to work, while I stayed here for a few weeks with Robin and my family. I miss him already! He will meet Robin and me down in Texas in early June for our nephew’s wedding.
It’s been a slowish week, but a busy weekend. I continued working on a freelance project. Tuesday, we took Robin’s car in for brake pads. I spent a few afternoons over at my sister’s. Robin, Mom and I sang in the choir, not just for Wednesday’s rehearsal and Sunday services both last week and this, but also for a wedding on Saturday afternoon. (someone we know from the church here.) Tomorrow afternoon, we’re going to a choir party to say farewell to the church’s brilliant organist; her husband’s job has them moving to another state.
5 Good Things:
- It feels really good to be singing again, and my voice is doing much better than it was a few years ago (though still not 100%.)
- I got my MMR booster yesterday, since I’m in the age range where I might have gotten the “dead” (inactivated) vaccine as a child, and I’ll be in Texas in a few weeks. I’m so grateful to still be able to get vaccines, given the current HHS head’s hostility toward them.
- Robin and I watched Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, which was a lot of fun. I haven’t laughed so hard in a while. (Also, Jack Black is brilliant as a self-absorbed teenage “hot girl” trapped in the body of a portly male cartographer.)
- We also watched both animated “Spider-Verse” movies, which are really good. The animation is jaw-dropping, not just in the overall effect but in the use of different artistic styles to represent the various alternate universes.
- It’s just so lovely to spend time with my parents, Robin, and my sister and her family. I’m soaking them all up!
Recent Posts
- Belated Sunday Post – 5/19/2025
- Sunday Post – 5/25/2025 – this post
Looking Ahead
- Fantasy Animal Companions – Top 10 Tuesday, tentative
- reviews TBD
- News & Notes –5/31/2025 (tentative)
- Sunday Post – 6/01/2025
What I’ve Been Reading/Watching
Reading: I finished rereading On the Bias by Celia Lake, and started rereading Eclipse by the same author. I also started Dangerous Books for Girls: The Bad Reputation of Romance Novels Explained, by Maya Rodale, and Love’s a Witch by Tricia O’Malley (ARC.)
Listening to: I’m almost finished with The Sinister Booksellers of Bath by Garth Nix, which I have read but not listened to before.
Watching: Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse; Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Playing: Wordle, Connections, Strands, Spelling Bee, and Sudoku (all from the NYT.) And Wingspan with my sister.
Added to the Hoard
(Click title for Goodreads page or my review.)
For Review or Consideration
Many thanks to Gallery for Love’s a Witch!
Purchased (Kindle, print, or audio)
Kindle: Winterfrost Market; A Cold Highland Wind; A Convenient Fiction; Bookshop Cinderella; The Lamplighter’s Bookshop
Melissa
I really need to talk to my doctor about the MMR vaccine since I think I might be like you. I’m so glad that singing is going well. I’m a terrible singer!
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Lark_Bookwyrm
It’s probably a good idea to talk to your doctor if you have any question about whether you were vaccinated. Judging by your profile photo, though, you are too young to fall in the 5-year period when the less-effective vaccine was given (in the 1960s), so as long as your parents weren’t vaccine-hesitant, you’re probably fine.
Anne - Books of My Heart
So thrilled you are having the family time.
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Lark_Bookwyrm
Me too!
Nicole @ BookWyrmKnits
Hooray for both family time and singing again! I really should start getting back to work on my voice… I stopped singing much a while ago (for reasons), but getting back to it has been a lot harder than I had anticipated.
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Lory @ Entering the Enchanted Castle
I’m glad you’re finding your voice again. I still don’t have a choir to sing in, but I’ve started singing psalms every day at home. I feel it’s been a healing practice for my voice in many ways. Have a good week!
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Katherine
I love that version of Jumanji! It was so fun and Jack Black was fantastic – I also really liked Kevin Hart. Enjoy your family time. You got some great books. I just started the Tasha Alexander series and I have the Laura Lee Gurhke book on my TBR. I hope you’re having a great week!