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.
The First Week of School
I was quite overwhelmed this first week of school! It wasn’t so much the courses, but all the setups and signups and logins, and apps and softwares I had to install for the courses. It’s been such a long while since I went to college as a young adult and now everything has been digitized! I don’t necessarily have a problem with technology, and in fact, I like having the courses available online, but I don’t like having so many different apps for so many different things!
Maybe this is karma; I used to complain about my parents being technology dinosaurs when I was a teenager and this is the Universe’s way of paying me back! 😂
It was a really busy week nevertheless, and I wasn’t able to read as much as I wanted but I did manage a couple of books! Plus I caught up on a few reviews! Hopefully, things will settle down once I get all the setups done, but I know I also have a lot of study and assignments and exams ahead of me. Is it too soon to start complaining? 😅
The Books
Books I read last week:
- Dragons of Winter Night by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman – The second book in the Dragonlance Chronicles series. Things escalated a lot faster than I expected but I am still very invested in the story and the characters. The ending was crazy but I started the next book already because I needed to find out what happens next!
- Taste by Stanley Tucci – I loved listening to Tucci talk about his relationship with the people in his life through the lens of food and the meals he has with them. He’s such a personable character and I love his work in the acting world as well.
- What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami – I picked up this book because of the subject matter and not the author. I’ve never read a single book by Murakami before this one, but I’m very impressed and inspired by his dedication to everything he does in life, including his running, and it has made me curious and wanting to read his books.
Books I’m reading:
- Dragons of Spring Dawning by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman – Just recently started so there’s not much to say yet. I just really want all my favorite characters to be okay!
Last Week on The Blog
Catching up on my reviews again!
- Top Ten Tuesday | Books With Occupations in the Title
- Book Review | Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang
- Book Review | Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
- Book Review | Dragons of Winter Night by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
- Book Review | Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa
- Book Review | Taste by Stanley Tucci
This Week
If I can, I’ll get the rest of the Dragonlance Chronicles finished this week. It’s been so many years, I just want to feel that resolution to the story. But I do have a couple of other series in the Dragonlance universe to read after this, though I will try to finish other series I’ve started before starting a new one!
How was your week? I hope you had a great week last week, and I hope you have a great one again this week!
It’s always overwhelming getting settled into things when starting a new course, but hopefully you’ll hit the ground running!
Hope you have a good week!
I know exactly how you must feel, Haze! My eldest grandson is just about to start his third year at uni and I’m always amazed at just how much is all now online and how much time he has to spend logging in for various assignments, etc. All the best for your studies – I hope this first term is a happy successful one:).
You know what they say about Karma hu? LOL But good luck with the courses you will master everything in no time I am sure!
LOL, as excited as you were it is too soon to start complaining! My son is starting classes this week and he was complaining about all the videos the school was making him watch just to be prepared for classes to start! I hate having to have a lot of apps, and learning them, so you can complain about that 😉 I hope you are able to get settled into your new routine this week. Good luck with your course work.
It’s always a little too much the first week or so getting settled in but taking one week at a time and things will do well. I hope you get a comfortable routine and get in some fun reading too.
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Yeah too many apps can be a lot. I hope your 2nd week of school goes smoothly. It’s crazy we’re already into September. Keep reading when you can, cheers!
Never too soon to start complaining 😉 My daughter said the professor had them get a site/app that was $40 for one class? Grr….
Technology was meant to make things more streamlined but instead it seems to create more clutter with everyone insistent on an app for everything!
Wishing you a happy reading week
Best of luck with the school apps! I haven’t had to work with any of them as a student, but I hear my family members talk about them sometimes and it sounds a lot more complicated than when I was in school.
Good luck with school, I can relate to hating having all sorts of apps for everything, it’s so annoying! But I hope you enjoy the semester amongst all the studying. I really want to get into Dragonlance!
Here’s what I’m reading: https://darkshelfofwonders.com/its-monday-lets-catch-up-%e2%94%828/
Good luck with week two of school.. sometimes it just talks a few days to get used to everything.