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 Need Some Sleep
This past week wasn’t a very good week for my runs. I only ran once!! Once!! The first half of the week I had a cold, and then I got better and went on that one run, then that night I had trouble sleeping and wasn’t able to wake up early the next day for my run. And it just happened that I had other stuff happening this week; my in-person bookclub meeting on Saturday, and as of this writing Sunday hasn’t happened yet, but I’m definitely planning to go on my run if I have anything to say about it!
Insomnia is the worst though. Having a cold is bad, but as long as I can sleep, it’s not too bad. Not being able to sleep is very bad. I don’t like it. Me brain no work when no sleep. 😭
In any case, both because of the cold and insomnia, I wasn’t very productive last week, but I did manage to read a lot of books at least.
All the happy things:
- I found more great books at the Little Free Library near me; Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale, and All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. Don’t worry, I made sure to put many books back too!
- This week we made blueberry milkshakes and I like them even more than last week’s avocado milkshakes!
- I’m up to date on my reviews again! No mean feat!
- Had a fun bookclub meeting with my bookclub friends! We had so much fun!
- I completed several buddy reads, and signed up for a couple more. 😅
The Books
Books I read last week:
- The Girl from the Other Side Volumes 4-7 by Nagabe – I’m enjoying this series. The story moves quite quickly but we don’t get a lot of concrete answers and each volume ends on a cliffhanger, which is so frustrating, but I’m still invested so far.
- Prose and Cons by Amanda Flower – The best things about it are still the cat, the crow, the magical books and bookstore. Funny enough, I love the secondary characters but I find the MC a little annoying.
- Murders and Metaphors by Amanda Flower – I still enjoyed this one but I’m starting to get more annoyed so I decided this will be the last one I’m reading for now. Quitting while I’m ahead.
- Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris – This was my in-person bookclub’s BOTM and we had such a fun time talking and laughing about the stories the author shares in the book. We all agree we love the way he tells stories about the people in his life, and I’m sure I’ll read more from him!
- Wordhunter by Stella Sands – I hate this book and I refuse to waste any more time on it so I won’t be writing a review for it. It sounds interesting but the execution is horrible and the writing is juvenile, so don’t fall for it. 1/5 stars.
- Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery – Anne and Gilbert; will they, won’t they? Still reading the Anne series and still loving it! In this book, we get Phil, Patty’s Place, Gog and Magog, and all the other good stuff.
- Anne’s House of Dreams by L.M. Montgomery – More Anne and Gilbert! In this book, we get Captain Jim and Leslie Moore. I got so invested in Leslie Moore’s story!
Book(s) I’m reading:
- After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid – I’m listening to this on audio narrated by Julia Whelan. I love TJR and I love Whelan, so win-win! I’m about 33% in and it’s quite emotionally intense so far.
Last Week on The Blog
- Top Ten Tuesday | Books That Give You the Best Glimpse of Me
- Book Review | Prose and Cons (Magical Bookshop #2) by Amanda Flower
- Book Review | Murders and Metaphors (Magical Bookshop #3) by Amanda Flower
- Book Review | Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
- Book Review | Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery
- Book Review | Anne’s House of Dreams by L.M. Montgomery
This Week
It’s a new month and I’m going to do my wrap-up post and write down my TBR intentions list. I have a lot of buddy reads and bookclub books to read, but I’ll toss in a couple of books that fit the rest of my challenges too.
The buddy reads I might be starting this week;
- Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
- Cujo by Stephen King
- Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
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 hope you’re able to get in your run for Sunday! I definitely don’t feel as good when I miss an exercise day, but this week I had bouts of insomnia as well.
I hope your running and the blueberry shakes help you relax and get more sleep! Must be that time of year when the weather starts turning and fall approaches.
I enjoyed Wordhunter as I love playing with words and their meanings too, as does quirky Maggie,the protagonist. Her private life got me sympathetic to her as she had a predatory boss and a not so great private life, which she managed to overcome later in the book. Hope you give it another try.
Oh no! I hope you have a better week this week! It is hard to function without sleep. 🙁
I hate insomnia ( i suppose most people do) but it makes the alarm clock very offensive, and leaves my personality lacking a lot of things.
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I hope you are feeling better and able to get back to things this week. At least you got to some reading! I don’t do well when I don’t sleep well either.
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I hope you get some good sleep this week. Not sleeping when you want and need to is the worst! How many times a week do you try to run?
Sleep is a definite must. Ugh I’m a basket case without 7 or 8 hours. Good luck getting back on track. I often make blueberry smoothies for lunch … with frozen blueberries, bananas, and almond milk and yogurt. They’re so good. Enjoy your reads.
Hmmm, I remember enjoying the first Magical Bookshop mystery, but being slightly annoyed by the MC also. Good to know it’s not just me, though it’s disappointing to hear that she doesn’t get less annoying.