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. Starting in January 2023, I will be linking up Kim @ Caffeinated Reviewer and her weekly Sunday Post feature.

What Went Down This Week:

Notes from a Life:

There’s a lot to talk about today, so here we go…

I have a hard time asking for help, and I’ve been working on doing better. In my Friday Fun 7/28/23 post (see below), I have links for wish lists for groceries and household things that we currently need. I’ve run through all of my savings and don’t qualify for unemployment, so anything helps. If you aren’t able to personally help, but are willing to share one of these posts, or links, that would be wonderful as well. Thank you in advance!

Moving on… you will probably notice a little change to the format again this week. I’ve added currently reading back in again, and am just highlighting my “main” book in each format. I’ve also added in some posts from other bloggers I enjoy. I’m really bad about commenting because I can never think of what to say most of the time, so in the past, I have shared posts on Twitter. But now, I’ll be sharing them here instead.

Which brings me to my next topic. I have deleted all of my social media aside from Instagram at this point. (Ok, that really means Facebook and Twitter). I haven’t been feeling Facebook for a while, and Twitter has been in a downward spiral since EM took over. The last straw came when he changed the name to “X”. I feel like this could be an entirely separate post, so I won’t go too far into it here, but I am still debating if I want to join one of the newer platforms that have started sprouting up.

And finally, I am considering adding some more memes back into my posts. For a long time I posted predominantly memes and link ups, but then I switched to more discussions. Now I feel like I’m running out of discussion topics. Plus I’ve recently discovered some new-to-me memes that sound like fun.

Posts from the Week:

A Plan for the Year Ahead
Dewey’s Reverse Readathon~ July 2023 Wrap  Up
Top Ten Tuesday~ Going Rogue
Will I Finish Them All?
Review~ Redesigning Happiness
Friday Fun~ 7/28/23

Coming Next Week:

August TBR
Beyond
Top Ten Tuesday~ Forgotten Backlist Titles
100 Book Progress
Review~ Ladies of the House
Friday Fun

Reading:

Current Books:

We Could Be Heroes by Mike Chen
Stay Sweet by Siobhan Vivian
Junk Music and Guitar Dreams by T. James Logan

Weekly Stats:

Audio Hours completed: 15
Physical Chapters completed: 26
eBook Chapters completed: 38

Books Finished:

Mr Lemoncello and the Titanium Ticket by Chris Grabenstein ****
The Mystery Woman by Amanda Quick ****
Whirlpool by Cherry Adair ****
American Betiya by Anuradha D. Rajurkar ***

From the Blogosphere:

Reviews:

Beware of the Reader reviews Hello Stranger by Katherine Center
Forever Young Adult shares Rachael Lynn Solomon’s Business or Pleasure
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree is discussed by both Bookshelf Fantasies and All the Books I Can Read
That Artsy Reader Girl talks about Something Wilder by Christina Lauren

Discussions:

Modern Mrs. Darcy talks about her recent trip to Paris
Perpetual Page-Turner shares her favorite books so far this year.
Epic Reads lists YA books with diverse disability rep
It Starts at Midnight discusses blog design updates

Linkups:

Notable TTT entries by A Dance with Books, Bookshelf Fantasies, The Book Duchesses and We Live and Breathe Books
Can’t Wait Wednesdays/Waiting on Wednesdays by A Kernel of Nonsense and Inkvotary are worth checking out.
WWW Wednesdays featured posts by Girl Plus Books, Lindsey Reads and The Staircase Reader

Covers link to Goodreads