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?

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:

As you saw above, I’ve added Stacking the Shelves into the mix this week because I got some new eARCs. While I am not actively seeking ARCs at this time, I am part of the Harlequin Blog Tours and will be participating again this Fall. I also received an email from the publisher offering me an eARC of an anticipated 2024 release that I couldn’t resist!

I decided to go ahead and just post all of the books I’m currently reading rather than just the first 3 (1 in each format). It may take a little longer to add the covers each week, but it’s more accurate. I have a system in place where I start with the lead book in each format on Saturday, then add a book in each format each day throughout the week.  I read as much as I want from the lead book every day, and a chapter of each of the rest of the books. As I finish a book, I do not add another one until the start of the next week, so by Friday, I might be reading 21 books (if I haven’t finished anything) or I may be reading less, depending on  how many I finish. It’s weird, but it works for me and my ADHD/OCD quirks.

In other bookish/bloggish news, I finally finished my blog roll page. Of course then I finally signed up with Feedly and found a few more blogs, so I need to update it already. I also completely redid my about me page. My current project is doing a physical inventory of all the books I own and comparing it to my Goodreads shelves. I’ve already found 35 books that were never added to Goodreads and I’m not even halfway with the physical shelves. Who knows how many books will still be listed on Goodreads that I’ve purged but didn’t remove. I’m also creating my own personal spreadsheet as well, because I like spreadsheets. I’ve decided that my next project will be creating a page for the blog dedicated to my 100 book project.

Speaking of Feedly, I’ve already reached the 100 blog limit for the free account. Since I obviously can’t upgrade, I’m also creating an Inoreader account for the overflow (their free limit is 150, so if I find more than 250 blogs to follow, you know I have a problem). Does anyone use Inoreader? I had never heard of them until I started researching for something to take the place of Bloglovin’.

I have already written a lot, so I’ll keep this last bit brief. I had a good week, very productive, decent mental health. I have an interview scheduled for next week. It’s for a part-time position, but anything is better than nothing. As promised last week, I finished several books this week and I have a few more that are almost done. After a long string of 3 star reads with a few scattered 4’s, I finally had two 5-star reads back to back that I loved and I am enjoying several more that are in progress.

Posts from the Week:

Mental Health Check-In
Review~ American Betiya
Top Ten Tuesday~ TTT Made Me Read It
The Next 100 Books
Review~ We Could be Heroes
Should I Join Tik Tok?

Coming Next Week:

Project Check-In
Review~ Wider Than the Sky
Top Ten Tuesday~ New Character Pairings
Slaying the Series
Review~ Second Acts
To Vlog?

Reading:

Current Books:

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
Champion by Marie Lu
Summoned to Thirteenth Grave by Darynda Jones
Early Departures by Jason Reynolds
Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare

Divergent by Veronica Roth
Here to Stay by Adriana Herrera
Breathless by Jennifer Niven
The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston
Close Enough to Touch by Colleen Oakley

The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman
Bookish and the Beast by Ashley Poston
The Passing Playbook by Isaac Fitzsimons

Weekly Stats:

Audio Hours completed: 19
Physical Chapters completed: 48
eBook Chapters completed: 54

Books Finished:

Stay Sweet by Siobhan Vivian ****
Second Acts by Teri Emory ***
Junk Music and Guitar Dreams by T. James Logan ***
The Geography of Lost Things by Jessica Brody *****
100 Days of Sunlight by Abbie Emmons *****

The Luster of Lost Things by Sophie Chen Keller ***
Wildfire by Carrie Mac ***
Million Dollar Date by Susan Hatler ***

Next Up:

Always Never Yours by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka
November 9 by Colleen Hoover
I Spy the Boy Next Door by Samantha Armstrong

New Additions:

eARCS:

Harlequin Tours:

Main Character Energy by Jamie Varon
The Book Club Hotel by Sarah Morgan
What You are Looking for is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama
A Dish Best Served Hot by Natalie Cana
The Wishing Bridge by Viola Shipman
Plot Twist by Erin La Rosa
Today Tonight Forever by Madeline Kay Sneed

Wednesday Books:

Even if it Breaks Your Heart by Erin Hahn

From the Blogosphere:

Reviews:

Caffeinated Reviewer reviews Lovelight Farms
Lola’s reviews shares Something Wild & Wonderful
Chick Lit Central is spotlighting Deja Glitch with a giveaway
Helen’s Book Blog talks Party of Two

Discussions:

My Head is Full of Books asks what to do about problematic behavior in classic authors
Tiny Buddha shares how to give the gift of joy

Covers link to Goodreads