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.
Not Overwhelmed
I looked up the word “whelmed” just to make sure it meant what I thought it meant, and it doesn’t, but that’s fine because I’m actually quite whelmed. Not overwhelmed, but I am whelmed.
I have been tired most of last week and I thought I’d have some time to rest this weekend but today turned out quite eventful too – my irl bookclub had our meetup this morning, and then we went to grab lunch together so I got home hours later than I thought I would. But I had fun and I love hanging out with my bookclub so I’m not complaining!
Trying to keep this post short though, because I’m still whelmed and all I want to do is lie down on the couch and doom-scroll on my phone.
All the happy things:
- We had someone new join us for our book club meetup today!
- And then we all went for lunch after!
- One of my friends treated me to lunch. It was delicious and I’m so appreciative of wonderful people like her.
- Went for my regular checkup and the doctor says everything looks great!
- I leveled up in my Discord bookclub! It’s a role thing and gets you additional benefits in the server.
- I’m also getting points for the buddy reads I signed up for, which gets you additional benefits when you level up as well. It’s a lot of fun!
The Books
Books I read last week:
- Perfume by Patrick Süskind – It’s my irl bookclub BOTM and everybody finished it and enjoyed it! Even the newcomer! It’s weird but good, and I really enjoyed listening to it on audiobook.
- The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center – I’ve been enjoying Katherine Center’s books very much and I really liked this one too! It got me quite emotional, especially near the end.
- Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle – I really like the premise of this book, and Julia Whelan narrates it so of course I was going to read it! The execution wasn’t as good as I hoped, but I still enjoyed reading it.
- Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster – I just reread this book last month and here I am rereading it again! This time it was for a buddy read that I instigated, so I felt obliged to read it with everyone else, but it’s not like it was difficult for me to love it all over again! 😂
- The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins – This book is very well-written but I’m not sure how I feel about it. I loved almost everything about it but I’m struggling with the message. If you’ve read the book, I’d love to know what you think.
Book(s) I’m reading:
- The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer – Currently on page 87 of 278. I like it so far! I’ve heard lots about it and I’ve been curious for a while so I hope it lives up to expectations.
Last Week on The Blog
- Top Ten Tuesday | Books on My Fall 2024 TBR
- Book Review | Perfume by Patrick Süskind
- Book Review | The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center
- Book Review | Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle
- Book Review | The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins
- Notes & Reactions #0004 | The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins
This Week
I haven’t read very many books from my buddy reads TBR list last week because I needed some fun and light romance. I’m ready to jump back into them this week!
How was your week? I hope you had a great week last week, and I hope you have a great one again this week!
I’ve been meaning to give The Library at Mount Char a go — but goodness knows when I actually will get round to it! I’m very curious about the “message”, though, so maybe you’ve piqued my interest (even though you feel conflicted). Hmmm!
Oohh, I hope you read it soon, I desperately need to talk to someone about it! 😂
I love the word whelmed! My son is a linguistics nut so I’m learning all sorts of underused/seldom used words and variants. 🙂
Hope you manage some scroll and chill time!
That’s so cool that your son is a linguistics nut! It must be fun learning all those underused words, and probably lots of other interesting things about words too!
Hmmm whelmed. I like learning new words!
Looks like you had a productive reading week and how lovely to go out for lunch ☺️
Have a great week next week!
Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
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Thanks! I hope you do too!
It sounds like you had a fantastic week!!!
Okay, I have to ask, what is a Discord Bookclub? Glad you had fun with your irl book club. Have a great rest of your weekend!
Discord is an online platform for communities – it’s set up for text chats, voice chats, media sharing, and lots of other things. There are different groups for different kinds of communities, and a bookclub is just one of them. I find it a very conducive platform for bookclubs because you can organize the space easily for book discussions, buddy reads, books of the month, book challenges, and more! Check it out and if you’re interested, I’ll send you an invite into my bookclub! ❤️
Lunch and bookclub with friends sounds fun! What did you eat for lunch?
Some beef and bacon brunch dish! It was really good!
Cool that one can just be whelmed. It was a good week for you!
Anne – Books of My Heart This is my Sunday Post
Book club and lunch sound like a nice time.
Have a great week.