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: Mr. Bookwyrm was away on a business trip almost all week. I applied for my Real ID driver’s license—this time remembering the necessary documents! I should get the actual card in a week or two. I made some changes to an index per the author’s request. I planned to get a lot done around the house, but in the end, I didn’t get to most of it. I did fit in a lot of reading and some crafting (knitting, spinning and weaving.)
5 Good Things:
- I’m so glad to have Mr. Bookwyrm home again!
- My first woven scarf continues to progress, as do my current knitting and spinning projects.
- The weather has been pleasant and unusually cool for August: mid-70s to low 80s, and less humid than usual. Feels more like late September—and I’m absolutely not complaining!
- I bought Tiny Bookshop, a new game on Steam, and it’s charming!
- In researching for my post on the end of the “de minimus” exemption (linked below), I discovered that books are exempt from tariffs (at least for now.) That was a relief, since I sometimes buy the UK edition of a book from Blackwell’s.
Recent Posts
- Sunday Post – 8/24/2025
- What the End of “De Minimus” Means for Booklovers
- Sunday Post – 8/31/2025 – this post
Looking Ahead
- Books With Occupations in the Title – Top 10 Tuesday
- Monthly Wrap-Up: August 2025
- News & Notes – 9/06/2025 (tentative)
- Sunday Post – 9/07/2025
What I’ve Been Reading/Watching
Reading: I finished The Secret Christmas Library (Jenny Colgan; ARC.) I binge-reread my way through a bunch of Jayne Ann Krentz novels: All Night Long (reviewed in 2018), River Road (reviewed in 2014), Trust No One, Secret Sisters (reviewed in 2016), Eye of the Beholder (reviewed in 2016), and Falling Awake (reviewed in 2017.)
Listening to: I finished Vanishing Fleece: Adventures in American Wool by Clara Parkes. Then I listened to Sweep With Me by Ilona Andrews, the September book for the Innkeeper Chronicles read-along. (It’s short; a little over 3 hours.) Now I will return to The Regency Years: During Which Jane Austen Writes, Napoleon Fights, Byron Makes Love, and Britain Becomes Modern by Robert Morrison, which I’m reading for writing research. It’s so useful that I ordered a used hardcover so I can bookmark pages and make notes.
Watching: A Discovery of Witches, Season 3, and Strange New Worlds, Season 3.
Playing: Tiny Bookshop is so cozy and soothing! I bought it for Steam, and I’m really enjoying it. I also played Wordle, Connections, Strands, Spelling Bee, and Sudoku (all from the NYT.) Wingspan, both online with Robin and solo. Occasionally Clues by Sam.
Added to the Hoard
(Click title for Goodreads page or my review.)
For Review or Consideration
Many thanks to Avon for This Will Be Interesting!
Library Haul
Library: The Library of Unruly Treasures; Hands On Rigid Heddle Weaving; Sweep With Me
Purchased (Kindle, print, or audio)
Kindle: Knave of Diamonds; A Little Fate
Melissa
I didn’t enjoy the show adaptation of Discovery of Witches, which was disappointing because I loved the books so much.
Is Tiny Bookshop a game? I generally play World of Warcraft and Second Life, occasionally Final Fantasy XIV.
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Lark_Bookwyrm
Yes, Tiny Bookshop is a solo game, fairly slow and very cozy. Basically, you’re just running a little bookshop out of a cute trailer as you get to know the town and its residents. It’s available on Steam, and I think also Switch?
I enjoyed the first two seasons of ADOW; I’m not sure yet about the last season. I did go into it knowing that they had to change some things, so I wasn’t too put off by that. And I’m pretty happy with the casting, on the whole.
Anne - Books of My Heart
I’m glad you had a reading, crafting and more relaxing week. Thanks for joining the Read-along. I haven’t read that next one and it will be next week, not this week. In the meantime, my daughter has shown an interest so I may relisten to all the earlier books with her. Enjoy your holiday weekend!
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Lark_Bookwyrm
Sharing them with your daughter will be fun! And enjoy the novella; it’s short but fun.
Nicole @ BookWyrmKnits
Isn’t Tiny Bookshop so cute? I’ve been really enjoying it lately too.
I hope you enjoy This Will Be Interesting! I didn’t like book one enough to pick up this sequel, but now I’m curious if the authors / publishing team picked trans flag colors for the cover on purpose, or if it just happened that way.
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Lark_Bookwyrm
I actually had to stop playing Tiny Bookshop after a few days, because I was spending too much time on it! I will save it for an occasional treat.
It hadn’t clicked that This Will Be Interesting uses trans flag colors on the cover, but you’re right. Now I’m wondering, too. There’s nothing in the blurb that makes it explicit, but one character has a conveniently gender-neutral name.