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.
I’m Back Again!
My last Sunday Post was four months ago and I cannot understand how time passes by so quickly! I could’ve sworn it was only two months ago, max! It’s worse because I actually mentioned in my last Sunday Post that I really wanted to make an effort to do the Sunday Posts and to check in with everyone. How quickly I have forsaken my words. 😭
Well, I’m going to try again! Please forgive me!
I updated a little bit about what’s been going on with me in my last Monthly Wrap Up, but the quick recap is that we lost our beloved Loki last month, and I’m going back to school in the fall. Bad news, good news.
We’re still missing Loki. We’re okay most days, but sometimes when we come across a reminder we start crying again. My husband was cleaning yesterday and found Loki’s old collar and tag. He started crying and then I started crying. I know it’ll get better, it just sucks right now.
Going back to school for me is a good thing, an exciting thing! But I’ve also been a little anxious with the back to school prep, especially since I haven’t been in school for years! I’m still working on the paperwork, enrollment, and all the administrative stuff, which is keeping me busy but should be done really soon!
On my watchlist:
I just finished watching Season 1 of Murderbot and I loved it!!! I was surprised that there were ten episodes to Season 1 because the first book was so short, and I wondered if maybe they decided to merge a couple of books into this season, but nope, the first season is based on the first book and that’s it.
To be fair, each of the episodes are only 20-30 minutes long and they do flesh out the story a little bit. I thought they did a pretty great job of it. I don’t remember all the details of the book but I feel like they got the important details down. I’m very happy about it, and I’m excited to see what they do with the next seasons!
Has anyone else watched it and/or read the books? I’d love to know what you think!
The Books
Books I read last week:
- The Accidental Text by Becky Monson – I was in the mood for some romance and I stumbled upon this book while browsing by availability. It sounded fun and it was! I enjoyed it very much!
- The Wild Robot Protects (The Wild Robot #3) by Peter Brown – The third book in the series. I loved the movie and I was thrilled to find out there were books!
- Swept Away by Beth O’Leary – I’ve enjoyed the author’s previous works and was excited for this but it turned out a little disappointing.
Books I’m reading:
- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy – I am currently about 35% in and finding it all very dramatic and interesting!
Last Week on The Blog
Whoa, this is what catching up on all the book reviews I procrastinated on looks like! And I’m not even done yet! 😭
- Top Ten Tuesday | Books I’d Like to Reread
- Book Review | The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
- Book Review | Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
- Book Review | Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
- Book Review | 1984 by George Orwell
- Book Review | Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell
- Book Review | Scarlett by Alexandra Ripley
- Book Review | Oz: The Complete Collection by L. Frank Baum
- Book Review | When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
- Book Review | East of Eden by John Steinbeck
- Book Review | The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
- Book Review | The Art Thief by Michael Finkel
- Book Review | Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
- Book Review | Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
- Book Review | Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
This Week
I’m hoping to finish Anna Karenina this week. I also want to read Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid, and hopefully get started on The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky. The Brothers Karamazov is a buddy read that I signed up for a year ago! The deadline is coming up and I have to read it soon if I wanna make it but it’s my own fault for leaving it to the last minute.
How was your week? I hope you had a great week last week, and I hope you have a great one again this week!
My friends have been pretty divided on Murderbot, which has been interesting to see. I’m really bad at settling down to watch anything, so I expect I’ll only get round to watching it in about 3 billion years, but ahaha at least it’s there somewhere for me to look forward to in the future.
You’ve been doing so much posting! It’s been nice to see your reviews popping up again. 😀
I have read all the Murderbot books and enjoyed the tv show even though there are a few differences. A bunch of us are doing a Murderbot Read-together on Discord. We just finished All Systems Red and move on to Artificial Condition this week. It’s fascinating because most of the group hasn’t read it. I’m happy to listen again. The regular audio is amazing. I tried the Graphic Audio but it’s a no go I love the regular narrator Kevin Free.
Exciting about going back to school! What do you plan to study?
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I am so sorry about your loss!! Yay for going back to school. Are you going in person or online. I went back to school for my Master’s in my 30’s, it was hard but rewarding. I have An Accident Text but haven’t read it. I hope you have a great week and good luck finishing all that paperwork for school.
Sounds like some big study coming up. You sure caught up on a lot of posts. Sorry you didn’t like Swept Away so much, it certainly was rather different from her previous books.
I remember how hard it was when we lost our pet years ago. We had him for 14 years, so he lived a long life and we enjoyed all of it.
So glad you have found time to post this week. I hope you will post a little more often, even if it is very short.
I like the Robot books a lot.