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.
Spring Cleaning, Sorta
I cannot believe it’s the end of March already! Where did the month go? I feel like I didn’t get much done this month, and I didn’t get a lot of books read either.
It’s the first week of Spring Break, and I’ve been taking it as an opportunity to do a little spring cleaning. See, when I imagined it in my head, I was all super-powered and I was able to clean and organize the whole house to make it look like one of those model homes. The reality though… I cleaned my kitchen. Only the kitchen. Ah well, better than nothing.
In regards to the weather, since everyone’s invested now; the beginning of the week started out promising. There was still snow on the ground but it was melting and the weather was getting warmer. Cut to Friday, and it’s snowing again. A lot.
Sigh… I am resigned to my fate and I have decided to embrace it.
All the happy things:
- I got the kitchen cleaned and somewhat organized!
- I signed up for a few buddy reads on my online book club, and I’m excited about those books!
- A friend from the USA may be visiting for a couple of days in May, and I’m excited to see her!
- My in-person book club met for the second time, and we had a great discussion about our book of the month, The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell.
- We are talking about a road trip for the summer! Nothing’s confirmed, but it makes me happy to have that possibility.
The Books
Books I read last week:
- The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell – It took me the whole week to read this one. It’s dense, and a little bleak, but it’s really good and there’s so much to think about. This one took up a lot of my time and energy, so I didn’t get to read a lot of other books last week, but it’s for my book club and I’m glad I read it. I haven’t written a review because I wanted to have our book club discussion first, which happened this morning (at the time of writing). I’ll write a review soon!
- Bear by Marian Engel – This was a sort of gag buddy read for my online book club. It’s short and I managed to finish it in a couple of hours. It’s…interesting. Weird, confusing, and I’m still waiting on others to read it so we can talk about it.
Books I’m (still) reading:
- The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas – The readalong is ongoing and the next check-in is Saturday. We’re reading Chapters 60-86 for this check-in. I’m currently at Ch 78.
- Blitz by Daniel O’Malley – I stopped at Chapter 19 (of about 30?) because the audiobook had expired and had to be returned. I have the physical book, so I’ll probably continue with it instead of waiting for the audiobook.
- A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal – I just started this as a buddy read! I’m only a couple of chapters in.
Last Week on The Blog
- Top Ten Tuesday | Books Beginning with A
- Time Travel Thursday | March 28 | The Last Mile by David Baldacci
This Week
I’d like to finish Blitz and A Tempest of Tea this week. I’m losing a bit of momentum on Blitz to be honest, and I’m contemplating dnf-ing it. It’s not bad though, I’m enjoying the story, it’s just that I’m itching to read other lighter books at the moment, and there have been too many dense ones.
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 love The Sparrow, but it is a little bleak, yes. Have a great week!
Thank you! We had a really great discussion out of The Sparrow, so there’s that!
Enjoy your Spring Break filled with snow. 🙂 We’re having a winter rain storm in So Cal, so I feel your pain at being ready for spring weather.
Oh no! Why won’t the weather do what we want?! 😭
Urg – snow again!! So sorry to hear it:(. Congratulations on getting the kitchen cleaned and sorted – that’s always a huge task and have a great week.
Thank you! I hope you have a great one too!
I loved how you described spring cleaning because that’s exactly how I see it in my head and how it does end too LOL
Right? If only I could snap my fingers and have it all done exactly as imagined! 😂
Congrats on getting your kitchen cleaned! I tend to do a little bit of things every day. Maybe you just needed to relax for your spring break.
Anne – Books of My Heart This is my Sunday Post
I’m definitely feeling like I need a day to relax, but there’s so much to do! Doing a little at a time sounds good because then they don’t all pile up but it’s too late for me now. 😅
Warm /cold that’s how Spring works and indeed our Autumn too. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if our cleaning would take the track easily of what we imagine in our head. However completing the kitchen is really good. Enjoy your reading.
Thank you. I’ve cleaned a little more since then, but it’s definitely not what I imagined. 😅
Will need to check out The Sparrow! I love your photos. Hopefully the snow all melts soon!
The Sparrow is really good, I hope you’ll enjoy it!
Yay for a clean kitchen – my oven is still dirty!
A road trip sounds like fun.
Wishing you a wonderful reading week
My oven isn’t all that clean either! Shhh! 😂
A clean kitchen is an accomplishment!
I’d love to do a few buddy reads.
Thank you, I like a clean kitchen too! Buddy reads are so fun, I hope you find the ones that interest you!
My husband and I just moved and I feel the need to clean and organize everything but then in reality we do like one thing at a time so the house is still a mess of boxes and piles of things XD
I hope you enjoy A Tempest of Tea! I’m curious what you think of it 🙂
You get a pass for a messy house when you’ve only just moved in! I’m sure you’ll get it clean and organized soon.
I haven’t made a lot of progress with A Tempest of Tea. I should probably get started!
I’m late visiting blogs this week. Kitchen sounds like a great start!
Jill
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