The Sunday Post is hosted by the wonderful Kimba, 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!
My Week
I made it to knitting group this week, and I’m making progress on the shawl I’m knitting for a friend. I’m still not getting enough knitting time in, though. I’m also trying to squeeze in some practice on the Brahms Requiem every day. The concert is next Sunday, and there are still sections I’m not sure of. It’s a very challenging piece! (I’m singing in this concert, not directing.)
Other than that, it’s been a slow week. I’ve done some blogging (yay!), read some ARCs (yay! Finally!), and worked some on decluttering both the house and my computer.
Last Week on the Blog
- Sunday Post – 6/04/2017
- Only Skein Deep by Maggie Sefton– review
- Top Ten SF&F Books I’ve Recently Added to My TBR List
- The Library Extension app – review
- Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly – audio review
- News & Notes – 6/10/2017
- Sunday Post – 6/11/2017 – this post
Upcoming on the Blog
- Protected by Love (Montana Heat #0.5) by Jennifer Ryan – review
- Best Fictional Fathers in Children’s & YA Books
- Other posts TBD
- News & Notes – 6/17/2017
- Sunday Post – 6/18/2017
What I’m Reading/Watching
Reading: I finished The Girl With the Make-Believe Husband (Julia Quinn; ARC & preorder) as well as Only Skein Deep (Maggie Sefton; ARC) and Dying Breath (Heather Graham; ARC), and I started Dark Rites (Heather Graham; ARC). I also re-read about one and a half Stephanie Laurens romances.
Longer term, I’m slowly making my way through From Holmes to Sherlock (ARC), a history of everything remotely to do with Sherlock Holmes. And eventually I’ll return to The Lost Kingdom of Bamarre (Gail Carson Levine; ARC.)
Listening to: I finished Hidden Figures, by Margot Lee Shetterly. It was wonderful!
Watching: We’re still watching the Father Brown mysteries, being about halfway through season 2 now. And we caught one of the last showings of Beauty and the Beast, which I’ve been meaning to see since it came out (but I was sick then.) It was visually beautiful and so good, especially the interactions between Beauty and Beast.
New Additions to the Hoard
Cover links take you to Goodreads.
For Review or Review Consideration
Many thanks to Subterranean Press and Harlequin!
From the Library
My library finally got this book, almost 10 months after it came out. It’s been a long wait.
Purchased in Print
When Angieville described this as “Robin McKinleyesque,” I knew I had to read it.
Purchased for Kindle
This Savage Song is mostly for Robin, but I’ll probably read it eventually. The rest are for me.
Sandy @ Somewhere Only We Know
I’ve been intrigued by Hunted by Meagan Spooner and This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab, but I haven’t gotten around to either. Hope you have a great week.
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Lark_Bookwyrm
I’m looking forward to reading Hunted, and with a bit of trepidation to This Savage Song, which looks very good but also rather dark. (I’m not a big fan of dark, generally, in part due to my struggles with anxiety.) I hope you have a lovely week and get to read something wonderful!
Rita @ Paging Through Books
My gosh, what a lovely stack– where to start?
First, knitting and singing sounds like a lovely way to spend the week, though I don’t do either 🙂 Well I sing when I cook or along to the radio in the car and drive my kids batty, since I add in words when I don’t know them!
Hunted, Heather Graham titles, Julia Quinn– yes, please! Have a wonderful Sunday and hope it finds you curled up in a chair with tea and a book!
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Lark_Bookwyrm
Well, most of the week was spent on other tasks, but it felt good to do at least some knitting this week. And choral practice is always a high point of my week! Singing has been a huge and important part of my life since I was tiny.
I hope you have a lovely week, too!
Michelle @Because Reading
YAY! for Knitting, Singing, Blogging and Reading! 🙂 You sound like you had a great week.
I am loving your haul. I would love to hear what you think if Hunted. I just recently read that one and I had my issues but would love to see what you think. The Savage Song I have from an Uppercase box, I want to read that one soon, I hope the summer.
Have a great week, Lark! Happy Reading! ox
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Lark_Bookwyrm
It’ll be a little while before I get around to Hunted, but I’m looking forward to it. I hope you enjoy The Savage Song (and me too, whenever I get to it!)
Laurel-Rain Snow
Hidden Figures is on my wish list…I loved the movie!
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Lark_Bookwyrm
The movie was fabulous! I know a movie is good when I decide to buy it before I’ve even left the theater.
kimbacaffeinate
Nice haul and I love the Graham bundle…that is neat. Hope this week is quiet and relaxing.
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Lark_Bookwyrm
I was so excited to see that! It’s rare that the books in the middle of the series go on sale, so I grab them when I can.
Ronyell (a.k.a Rabbitearsblog)
Glad you are creating the Knitting club. I really need to join this club myself!
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Lark_Bookwyrm
Oh, I didn’t create one — it’s a local knitting group that a few acquaintances invited me to join. But now you’ve given me an idea: a knitting group for book-lovers and book bloggers. I’ll have to put some thought into how it could work, but it sounds like fun.
Melissa (My World...in words and pages)
Your new additions look so good! Hope you have a great week!
Lark_Bookwyrm
Thank you — and you too!