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Weekly Recap~ 9/16/23

This is the post where I recap what I’ve been doing throughout the week and share what I plan to post about next week. I will be linking up Kim @ Caffeinated Reviewer and her weekly Sunday Post feature and Kathryn @ The Book Date for It’s Monday, What Are You Reading?

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This week I am also joining Marlene @ Reading Reality for Stacking the Shelves.  Due to my current circumstances, this will not be a regular addition at this time, but will pop in when I receive something new.

What Went Down This Week:

Notes from a Life:

This has been a weird and unproductive week. My sister-in-law’s car is in the shop, so she’s been taking my brother to work in the morning on the days she works, and I’ve been picking him up on my way home. His car also broke down this week, so we had to do a lot of juggling with just the one car to get all 3 of us where we needed to be. His car appears to be fixed now, so hopefully it will go back to what we’ve been doing until her car is finally fixed again and we are all driving ourselves.

The heat has picked up again, though not as bad as it was. It’s been in the mid to high 90’s most of the week.

I have been doing pretty much anything other than reading lately. I have been on Threads and Instagram, watching streaming (RWRB, GBBO & other random things). I am slowly getting through my 3rd re-read of RWRB, but I haven’t touched another book at all this week. I did, however, pick up another eARC since Jonny Garza Villa’s newest book is Read Now on Net Galley.

I got my first paycheck this week and was able to reactivate my phone and take care of a few other things. It is very nice to finally have some money coming in again.

Posts from the Week:

New Job Check In
Review~ Million Dollar Date
Top Ten Tuesday~ Favorite Relationships
Reassessing My Goals
Review~ Here to Stay
Friday Memes

Coming Next Week:

Current Obsessions
Showcasing: The Book Club Hotel
Top Ten Tuesday~ Fall 2023 TBR
New Goodreads Shelves
Review~ Close Enough to Touch
Friday Memes

Reading:

Current Books:

 

Early Departures by Jason Reynolds
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Breathless by Jennifer Niven
The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston

   

Close Enough to Touch by Colleen Oakley
The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman
The Passing Playbook by Isaac Fitzsimons
Always Never Yours by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka
November 9 by Colleen Hoover

I Spy the Boy Next Door by Samantha Armstrong
A Year By the Sea by Joan Anderson
Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness
Bonjour Shanghai by Isabelle LaFleche
The Truth Is by NoNieqa Ramos

Miss Mary’s Book of Dreams by Sophie Nicholls
You’ve Reached Sam by Dustin Thao
Glory in Death by Nora Roberts
Jay’s Gay Agenda by Jason June
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
The Book of Whispers by Kimberly Starr

Books Finished:

Absolutely nothing

Next Up:

The One by Kiera Cass
Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine
Of Silver and Shadow by Jennifer Gruenke

New Additions:

eARC:

Canto Cantigo by Jonny Garza Villa

From the Blogosphere:

Reviews:

Lattes, Lipstick & Literature reviews The Name Drop
Book Girl of Mur y Castell talks Fake it Till you Bake It
Chick Lit Central reviews Thank You for Sharing
Laurie is Reading shares Meet Me at the Lake

Discussions:

The Book Connection asks what type of content creator you are
The OmTimes wonders if you are living in survival mode
Tiny Buddha discusses when people we love shut us out

Covers link to Goodreads