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The Sunday Post #3

January 12th, 2020
Hello and happy Sunday, lovelies!

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer.

This post recaps the past week in my personal life and on the blog, spotlights the non-book media I enjoyed, and shares what’s coming up this week on the blog.

Personal

I went to a local cat cafe/lounge with a close friend–as a Christmas gift to her–and it was really fun. I realized that hanging out in a comfortable lounge with a bunch of cats can serve as self-care; who knew? We’re definitely going back.

I have two months until my wedding reception/celebration(!). Although it’s going to be low-key and small, I have all of the decorations to make, so my frequency of posts on here will probably decrease during the next eight weeks.

Media I Enjoyed Last Week

Fated Mates: a Romance Novel Podcast with Sarah MacLean and Jen Prokop. Probably my new favorite podcast.

Smart Podcast Trashy Books: I’ve been listening to their (four) episodes about their reviewers’ favorite books of 2019.

Last Week on the Blog

Ten of My Most Anticipated Book Releases of 2020

Three More of My Most Anticipated Book Releases of 2020

Book Review: The Suspect

First Lines Fridays

2020 Reading Goals: Audiobook Challenge

This Week on the Blog

Trying Dot Journaling to Track My Reading Plus a Mini Book Review

TTT: Five Bookish Discoveries I Made in 2019

Mini Book Review: Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers

Audiobook Review: The Day of the Duchess by Sarah MacLean

First Lines Fridays

I hope you’re enjoying your Sunday and happy reading!
The Sunday Post #2

January 5th, 2020
The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly @ Caffeinated Reviewer.

In each Sunday Post, I share a bit from the past week in my personal life along with the non-book media I enjoyed. I also list some highlights from the past week on the blog and my blog plans for this week.

Personal

The first week of 2020 has come and gone. Kind of strange to think about, but they were fairly uneventful days in my personal life, even New Year’s Eve, which I spent at home with the spouse and fur babies after being away for several days.

Today–not so much uneventful. I learned upon waking up that Belle, the hamster in our household, went missing some time during the night after her cage fell over. We have yet to locate her. My best friend (who brought the hammy with her when she moved in with us during this past summer) is trying not to freak out. Since I’m a night owl and hamsters are apparently nocturnal, I will be looking for Miss Belle tonight whilst my family sleeps. Wish us luck!

In other news, I participated in an end of 2019 readathon hosted over on Litsy by @jb72, @TheReadingMermaid, and @Andrew65. (By the way, if you haven’t already checked out Litsy, what are you waiting for? It’s basically Instagram for readers.) #24b4Monday is a readathon hosted semi-regularly; their end of 2019 version had the goal of reading for 24 hours from December 27th through December 31st.

My total reading time: 19 hours and 5 minutes

Not bad considering I was pet sitting at a friend’s where I watched a lot of TV lol.

The Books I Bought

Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier and The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton were my haul. I also got a 2020 weekly planner. I received a few Barnes and Noble gift cards for Christmas. 🙂

Media I Enjoyed
- More of The Expanse. I finished season three yesterday. It only gets better!
- Reading Envy: a podcast in which an avid reader talks about the books she’s been reading and has others on to do the same. I’ve been listening for years (her voice is so soothing)–and was even a guest myself! I’m in the process of catching up with the last few episodes.
- Re-watched Brave and Finding Dory. I needed the feel-good.
Blog Highlights
- Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Books I Read in 2019
- 2019 Reading Wrap-Up
- Currently Reading and Quote of the Week
- Mini Audiobook Review: Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Plans for This Week
- I’m sharing my participation in another 2020 reading challenge that I stumbled upon today.
- Book Review: The Suspect by Fiona Barton
- Top Ten Tuesday: Most Anticipated Book Releases for the First Half of 2020
- Currently Reading and Quote of the Week
- Mini Audiobook Review: Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers
Hope you have a good week!
The Sunday Post #1

December 29th, 2019
Happy Sunday–or Monday, depending on where you are!

The Sunday Post is hosted by Caffeinated Book Reviewer.

Personal

This week went well overall.

Christmas day was chill. I didn’t get a lot of reading done–thanks to trouble concentrating–but I did manage to turn a skein of acrylic yarn into a tangle of yarn and then into smaller balls (lol). I just started learning how to crochet a few months ago, and some of the gifts I received for the holiday were a bag of yarn, a pack of crochet hooks of varying sizes, and a pattern book.

The books I received:

Media I Enjoyed

This past week, I watched a lot of TV and played a few hours of one of my favorite video games:
- The Witcher season one on Netflix
- The first half of season two of The Expanse on Amazon
- Stardew Valley
Last Week on the Blog
- Book Review: Grounded for Christmas by Savannah J. Frierson
- Quote of the Week from The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite
- Book Review: The Gift by Tiffany Reisz
This Week on the Blog
- Part 2 of my 2020 Reading Goals
- An audio book review of The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton
- An update to the Currently Reading post (hint: I’ve DNFed a few books)
- Quote of the Week
Cover images link to Goodreads.