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: I’ve been pretty busy this week, between housework, decluttering, cataloguing some of my books, dealing with financial stuff, planning for Thanksgiving and Christmas and doing some online shopping, and driving to town on two separate days for my physical and for bloodwork. (And when I arrived at the lab for my bloodwork, they had cancelled my appointment, so I’ll have to go again on Monday!) At least the driving and the housework gave me plenty of time to listen to audiobooks, and I took a box or two of books to sell/donate on both my trips to town.
I received some bad news late in the week. One of my semi-distant family members — someone very dear to my stepmom — is terminally ill. To guard their privacy, I won’t go into details, but the prognosis is not good. My heart goes out to their immediate family and to my stepmom and dad. I would be grateful for your prayers/positive thoughts/healing energy.
We plan to have a quiet Thanksgiving, but I’ll fix the whole meal. We’ll eat the leftovers for days! I wish a very happy Thanksgiving to all of you who celebrate it this week. May the food be delicious, the conversation convivial, and the atmosphere warm and supportive. (And if your family dynamics are challenging, I wish you peace and strength.)
5 Good Things:
- I have knit three hats for the local ecumenical homeless ministry, and I’m working on a fourth.
- Mr. Bookwyrm has been turning up all kinds of interesting things in the files and boxes of papers, from his childhood report cards to sheet music for “You’ve Got a Friend” and “Let It Be.” (I’m keeping the music, but scans are fine for our old school records.)
- A Carolina wren has visited our porch several days in a row. He sits on the porch rail and chirps; I can see him through my study window.
- I have taken 4 or 5 boxes of books to the used bookstore & Friends of the Library bookshop so far. It’s a start!
- The sun is shining, and it’s a beautiful day.
Recent Posts
- Sunday Post – 11/16/2025
- Sunday Post – 11/23/2025 – this post
Looking Ahead
- Thanksgiving/Thankful Freebie – Top 10 Tuesday (tentative)
- WIP Wednesday – a look at what I’m making (tentative)
- reviews TBD
- News & Notes – 11/29/2025 (tentative)
- Sunday Post – 11/30/2025
What I’ve Been Reading/Watching
Reading: I reread Thrones, Dominations by Dorothy Sayers and Jill Paton Walsh. I started Diamond Fire (Ilona Andrews), a novella that bridges the gap between the first Hidden Legacy trilogy and the second.
Listening to: I finished Wildfire by Ilona Andrews, and started Inheritance by Nora Roberts—a reread (my earlier review), but my first time listening to the audiobook.) The third book in Roberts’s Lost Bride trilogy just came out, and I want a refresher before I read it.
Watching: Star Trek: The Next Generation, season 6; and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Playing: Wingspan on my phone, both solo and long-distance with my sister. Wordle, Connections, Strands, Spelling Bee, and Sudoku (all from the NYT.)
Added to the Hoard
(Click title for Goodreads page or my review.)
Library Haul
Library: Inheritance
Purchased (Kindle, print, or audio)
Print (Gifts): The Shorter New Oxford Book of Carols
Kindle: Gift: The Seven Rings (a birthday gift preorder which released this week)
Sale or low price: Women’s Work: The First 20,000 Years: Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times; Chaos Terminal; We Solve Murders
Ten Years Ago I Was Reading…
I saw this idea on Lisa Loves Literature, who got it from Musings of a Bookish Kitty (who I also follow.) I thought I would give it a try! These are the reviews I published 10 years ago (in 2015) between November 17 and November 23, 2015.
Lark@LarkWrites
I’m sorry to hear about your family member; that’s always such a hard thing to hear. I’ll be keeping you and your family in my prayers. And I hope you enjoy your Thanksgiving with all your leftovers. 😀
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Anne - Books of My Heart
You are being productive and doing well with it. I hope this week is more relaxing even with the cooking. Happy Thanksgiving.
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Nicole @ BookWyrmKnits
I’m sorry to hear about your family member. It’s never easy to have a loved one fall ill. I wish your whole family peace and healing this holiday season.
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Melissa
I too am sorry to hear about your family member but it sounds like a productive week!
Katherine
I’m so sorry to hear about your family member. That’s such difficult news for everyone. I hope they are well enough to enjoy the holidays fully. I really enjoyed The Inheritance trilogy though I do think there is a LOT of filler. I enjoy reading about all the furniture and whatnot that it doesn’t bother me. I’d like to do a cozy Nora Roberts reread but I don’t think it’s in the cards for right now. I hope you have a wonderful week!