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
Do you ever have one of those weeks where you flit from task to task, and never get any of them finished? That’s been my week in a nutshell. Mentally, I just can’t seem to stay focused or on task. As a result, I feel like the week has been wasted, even if it wasn’t a total loss. And it’s left me behind in my work, so I’ll be pushing pretty hard this coming week.
However, it won’t be all slog and no fun. Next weekend, I’ll be attending a reunion of the kids I grew up with — my fellow “faculty brats” at the boarding school where our parents taught or worked. I was part of that close-knit bunch from age 7 through 12 or so. Three of them are my cousins, but I haven’t seen most of the others in forty years. At least 7 of us will be at the reunion—the core group—plus possibly a few others who were there for only some of those years, or arrived after I moved away. I’m really excited to see them all!
Last Week on the Blog
- Sun. 8/28/16: Home Again: Sunday Post (8/28/16)
- Tues. 8/30/16: Blog Ahead Challenge 2016! – challenge sign up
- Wed. 8/31/16: Always a Cowboy (Linda Lael Miller) – tour review
- Thurs. 9/01/16: A Story to Kill (Lynn Cahoon) – tour review
- Sat. 9/03/16: News & Notes
- Sun. 9/04/16: Sunday Post – this post
Upcoming on the Blog
- Mon. 9/05/16: Closed Casket, the new Poirot novel – plus a free Christie podcast! – tour spotlight
- Tues. 9/06/16: My Favorite Children’s TV Shows – Top Ten Tuesday
- Wed. 9/07/16: TBD
- Thurs. 9/08/16: TBD
- Sat. 9/09/16: News & Notes – very tentative
- Sun. 9/10/16: Sunday Post – tentative
What I’m Reading/Watching
Reading: I read Darkest Journey (Heather Graham; ARC) and continued with my re-read of a historical romances series. I think I’m pretty much done with the latter for now. I need to get back to my ARCs!
New Additions to the Hoard
Cover links take you to Goodreads.
My final Avon Addicts box
For our final thank-you package, Avon asked each member of this Avon Addicts “class” (the 5th) to name our favorite Avon romance ever. Then they sent us all of them. Wow! 25 books, plus a really cool necklace. I’ve read 10 of them, which leaves me plenty to dive into as I have time!
Here’s a closeup of the necklace. It’s a quote from Lisa Kleypas’s BLAH, and says: A well-read woman is a dangerous creature. Underneath it says Avon Addict. (Apologies for the picture quality; it was beastly hard to get even a half-way decent photo of it.)
For Review or Review Consideration
Many thanks to St. Martin’s! I’ll be a tour stop for this book on October 7.
Purchased for Kindle
As usual, these were all on sale. Both Robin and I already own Writing Magic in paperback, but I thought she might find the Kindle version convenient. (We share a Kindle account.)
Happy reading!
Shandy
Wow! That is a great present and I love the necklace. Have fun at your reunion.
Lark_Bookwyrm
Thank you, Shandy! It should be fun.
Berls
I’ve had so many of those days! I’ve had a lot more since I started teaching- I joke that I caught ADD from my kids since my attention span is so reduced. Good luck getting focused this week.
What a great gift from Avon. I adore the necklace!
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Lark_Bookwyrm
Thank you, Berls! I feel for you; trying to keep up with a lot of kids would definitely put you more in multitasking mode than deep focus mode. 🙂
Stormi Johnson
Wow, what a great haul. Your last Avon haul so does that mean they are not doing Avon Addicts any more? Not that I could ever be a member as I have tried…lol. I love that necklace that is a cool present!
Enjoy all those at leaswt you won’t run out any time soon…lol.
Stormi
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Lark_Bookwyrm
The program isn’t over, but they have “classes”. Basically, they take 25 applicants and you’re an active Addict for a limited time period&mdashmine was the 5th group. When that time is over (about 6 boxes of books later), you become an alumna rather than an active Avon Addict. As such, you can still request books and sometimes they send something (usually an e-ARC but sometimes a print book) to all Addicts past and present. So if you want to be an Avon Addict, just keep applying!
Michelle @Because Reading
I do that everyday, do a bunch of stuff and feel like I didn’t get nearly enough complete.
That is one heck of a bookmail package. That is so awesome! I hope you enjoy them all.
I hope this week is a great week for you, Lark! Happy Reading ox
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Lark_Bookwyrm
Thank you, Michelle! I know — the Avon folks are great! I’ve really enjoyed my time as an Avon Addict. I’m sorry it’s over but as they say, once an Avon Addict, always an Avon Addict. 🙂
Katherine @ I Wish I Lived in a Library
Oh I hate those kinds of weeks! I always end up feeling exhausted and frazzled with absolutely nothing to show for it. The reunion sounds really fun! I don’t think I’m still friends with anyone I knew when I was 7 so that sounds really special. What a fantastic Avon package and that necklace is awesome! As usual your Avon package looks great and you got Devil in Winter! As you know it’s one of my favorites. I’ve been itching to do a reread of it soon and now seems like the time. Have a great week!
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Lark_Bookwyrm
“Exhausted and frazzled with absolutely nothing to show for it.” Oh, that is exactly how it feels. So frustrating! Luckily things are going better now (see, I’m even finding a little time to comments from several weeks ago!) Still busy, but maybe I’m a little bit more focused.
The reunion was lovely. It was so good to see all my childhood friends — and my cousins; I hadn’t seen my “twin cousin” in over 10 years. We’re “twin cousins” because we share a birthdate, though not a birth year; we’re two years apart. We were really close growing up, and I’ve missed her a lot, but she lives a long way from me now, so I don’t get to see her often.
I love The Devil in Winter too; it’s my favorite of the Wallflowers series and right up there with Mine Till Midnight. Enjoy your reread!
Tiffany @ I Was Angelized_1st
Whoa, you have a load of books! Nice haul! I hope you enjoy your reunion. Sounds like it’ll be real fun.
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Lark_Bookwyrm
I know; the Avon box alone is a huge haul. I won’t run out of reading material any time soon, that’s for certain!
Literary Feline
I have had days and weeks like that. I hope this coming week will be better for you.
What a book haul–especially from Avon. That is awesome. I hope you enjoy your new books. I have a Heather Graham book in my TBR pile to read. I do enjoy her books!
I hope you have a great time at the reunion! Enjoy your week!
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Lark_Bookwyrm
Thank you — it was frustrating and things are still busy, but I think I’m a little more on top of them at this point. The reunion really charged me up. 🙂
Bea @Bea's Book Nook
Wasn’t that an amazing package from Avon? I couldn’t believe it. I’m thinking of hanging the necklace on the wall in my office. Most of the books I haven’t read so lots of new material for me. 🙂
Your reunion sounds fun; I Hope it will be. And your week, yeah, I’ve had weeks like that. Just pick up and move on is all you can do.
I need to check out your review of A Story to Kill; I liked it. Our stops were on the same day, lol.
I hope this week is better and have fun at the reunion!h
Lark_Bookwyrm
It was scrumptious!! Lots of books I haven’t read either. I love the necklace; it looks pretty good on, but it doesn’t work with the neckline on most of my shirts. I’ll have to find a few with a slightly lower neck.
The reunion was great; I had a terrific time. Thanks for stopping by!
Got My Book
I hope this week is better for you. And I hope you love The Iron Trial; I really liked that one.
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Lark_Bookwyrm
Thanks! I picked it up mostly for Robin, but I’d like to read it too.
Stephanie
That last Avon box looks A-Mazing! Lots of good stuff to dig into!
I totally know what you mean about your week – they’re the worst. Where you feel busy and frantic bt have little to show for it. Hope things are better next week!
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Lark_Bookwyrm
It was so much fun being an Avon Addict. And my turn as an active Addict may be over, but I’ve still got all these books to read, and more! Things are still pretty busy around here (which is why I’m so darned late replying to comments — I’m sorry!) but I think I’m a little more on top of things now.
anna@herding cats & burning soup
Oh what a fun reunion that’ll be! Hope yall have a blast. Blerg on the flitting. I had that in July and it was horrible!
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Lark_Bookwyrm
(Sorry for the late reply.) The reunion was really wonderful. And I got over the flitting, but apparently only because I was on deadline, because now it’s back. Sort of.
Heather @ Random Redheaded Ramblings
The reunion sounds amazing fun! I hope you had a great time!!
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Lark_Bookwyrm
I just got back from it last night, and yes, I did have a fantastic time! Thank you for stopping by!
Got My Book
FYI: I linked to this post (& the News one) as Examples for my Bloggiesta mini-challenge: “Increasing Readership & Engagement with a Wrap-up Post”
Lark_Bookwyrm
Cool! Thank you so much. I read it, and it’s a great post. Everyone should check it out!