Sunday Post | Good Food, Good Week

Posted March 16, 2024 by Haze in Sunday Post, Weekly Book Memes / 28 Comments

Welcome to the Sunday Post, a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly @ Caffeinated Reviewer to share weekly news and updates on what we’ve been up to on our blog, with our books, and book-related happenings. 

Good Food, Good Week

I made dim sum from scratch last week! I made a bunch of siu mai and crispy wontons and they were delicious. My husband made stewed pork hock too for the first time and it was pretty good. There was no special occasion except to feed our cravings. It might have backfired because now I’m craving them even more!

I know the pictures are kind of brown, but we made veggie dishes too; we had steamed okra and shiitake mushrooms, I just didn’t take pictures of them because I was more excited about these ones! I’ll be sure to take better pictures next time.

We watched a couple of movies; Argylle and Ricky Stanicky. They were both really cheesy, but just so much fun! And coincidentally, John Cena acts in both of them. I promise we didn’t watch either shows just because of him, but his performance on Ricky Stanicky was really something. I especially loved him in his Britney Spears costume!

I am also taking a page out of several blogs I’ve seen do this happiness/gratitude list thing. I haven’t been mindful about all the good things happening in my life, so I’d like to start incorporating it into my weekly updates.

All the happy things:

  1. My husband finished The Storyteller by Dave Grohl! I’m so happy and I loved that we got to discuss it together!
  2. He asked for recommendations for his next book, and I said The Count of Monte Cristo, and he’s actually willing to give it a try! I’m so excited for him! And for me because then I’ll get to talk about it with him!
  3. We took a walk around the neighborhood because the weather was nice.
  4. I had some chocolate this week! Yum!
  5. My online bookclub is doing a readalong for The Count of Monte Cristo; we had a midpoint discussion for the book yesterday and it was fun!
  6. I made cookies!

Books I read last week:

I finished The Bodyguard by Katherine Center in two days! Yayy! So it did kind of get me out of my slump, and then I started reading The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo next. It completely lived up to expectations and more. I loved the story so much! I haven’t written reviews for either of these books yet, but I’ll do it soon!

The Count of Monte Cristo is ongoing because of the readalong, and I’m enjoying it more because of hearing other readers’ thoughts. I am also really enjoying Canadian Boyfriend by Jenny Holiday right now. As of this writing I am 72% in, but I’m sure that by the time you read this, I’d have finish the book because I fully intend on going back to reading it after I finish writing this post!

Last Week on The Blog

This Week

I have the final book in The Checquy Files, Blitz by Daniel O’Malley, ready for me on audiobook, so I’ll be reading that. I also intend to start The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell before the end of the week for my book club’s BOTM.

How was your week? I hope you had a great week last week, and I hope you have a great one again this week!

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28 responses to “Sunday Post | Good Food, Good Week”

    • Haze

      The Count of Monte Cristo really isn’t as daunting as it appears. You’d get sucked in and it goes really fast after that! I’ll be here to hold your hand if you need one, whenever you decide to start reading it!

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  5. Kathryn

    Great cooking. I loved The Bodyguard, sometimes there is the perfect book out there that just gets us back into reading. I have never read The Count of Monte Cristo but I know readers who name it as their top fave book.

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  6. sjhigbee

    It sounds like it was a good week – yummy food and a thumping good read that pulled you out of your book slump:)). Hoping you have another good week.

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  7. Anne - Books of My Heart

    So exciting all your cooking this week sounds yummy! We had nicer weather too. The next couple days will be a setback to colder but then it will be between weather, not so cold, not so warm. Glad you are out of the book slump!

    Anne – Books of My Heart This is my Sunday Post

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    • Haze

      I can’t say that my homemade dim sum is better than restaurant dim sum, but it’s definitely a lot cheaper and that makes it worth it! I love The Fox Wife! I hope you love it too if you read it.

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  10. Deb Nance at Readerbuzz

    Writing down my good things elevates my mood. I started this practice during the pandemic, and now it’s a part of my every day life. I love reading your good things, especially baking the cookies.

    How wonderful that you are reading The Count of Monte Cristo with a group. I hope your husband enjoys it as much as you are. I was surprised to discover how much I loved this story when I read it last year.

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    • Haze

      Yes, I love that you started writing your good things. Reading them every week makes me happy and reminds me of all the good things in my life too. So thank you!

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  11. Susan

    Okay I’m looking forward to review of The Fox Wife. And I’d say you’re out of your reading slump with all these read. Also look forward to hearing about The Sparrow. Enjoy your week.

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  12. Jaime

    I love your list of happy things 🙂 It’s so fun to see the little things that make other people smile.

    Also I want to watch Argylle at some point, even if it’s cheesy! 🙂

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  14. Jinjer

    Are we not going to talk about how awesome it is that your husband is so into you that he enjoys cooking with you and wants to read some of the same books that you read????

    I will eat that entire pan of siu mai, and the other dim sum look delicious as well.

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