Weekly Wrap-Up~ 8/16- 8/22/26
After doing monthly wrap-ups in 2025, I decided to go back to weekly wrap-ups for 2026. I’ll be linking up with The Sunday Post hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer, and Sunday Salon hosted by Readerbuzz. I’ll also be linking up with Stacking the Shelves hosted by Reading Reality, and with It’s Monday, What Are Your Reading? hosted by The Book Date.
Life
This was a weird week. I feel like I was able to be really productive in some ways, but not so much in other ways. I accomplished several things around the house, but I fell behind on the blog and reading. I only finished one book this week, but I did start quite a few, including one really long one (30 hours audio), and several others that are between 11-15 audio hours. The average length I read is usually between 8-10 hours. Hopefully I’ll clear through some more books this week and catch up on my posts.
Other than that, things are pretty good. Mom had a last minute appointment added this week to check her pacemaker because her monitor wasn’t working (everything’s fine, there was a code entered incorrectly in the monitor so it wasn’t reporting). I was a little crushed to discover I had lost more strength than I thought over the last few years when I could only do 5 modified push-ups, but hopefully I’ll be able to build some of that back. It seems like not that long ago I was walking 7 plus miles daily and doing P90X, but in reality it was around 10-ish years ago and a lot happens between 45 and 55.
Books
Finished
The Long Game by Elena Armas ****
In Progress
Out of Character by Annabeth Albert
This Cursed Crown by Alexandra Overy
The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman
Anita De Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez
Truth or Beard by Penny Reid
The Next Best Fling by Gabriella Gamez
The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan
Chasing the Ring by Lauren Rowe
Shapes of Love by L.V. Penalba
Oh My Affogato! by Daphne Ang
Pomona Afton Can Totally Catch a Killer by Bellamy Rose
13 Little Love Stories by Elise Bryant, et al
Seven Year Itch by Amy Daws
Chain of Thorns by Cassandra Clare
The Escape Game by Marissa Meyer & Tamara Moss
My Calamity Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, & Jodi Meadows
Savor It by Tarah DeWitt
Dawn of the Firebird by Sarah Mughal Rana
Beautiful by Christina Lauren (re-read)
Added to Shelves
Rising Thunder by Neal Shusterman
Trust Fall by Lynn Painter
We Were Supposed to Find This by Emily Snyder
Not My Type by Jayci Lee
Blog
Last Week
Jewelry Covers
The Allure of Boarding School Stories
Top Ten Tuesday~ Series in Progress
Review~ The Reality of Us
Review~ The Battle of the Bookshops
Review~ Main Character Energy
Food Titles
Friday Memes
This Week
Fence Covers
Just Use the Library
Top Ten Tuesday~ Bookish Places I’ve Visited
Review~ This Golden Flame
Review~ Scandal of the Summer
Review~ Joy to the Girls
Two Titles
Friday Memes
Challenges
A-Z Title: #, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, _
A-Z Author: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, _, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, _
A-Z Location: A, _, C, _, E, F, G, _, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, _, R, S, _, U, V, W, _, _, _
Audio: 167
Library: 158
Diverse: 68
Total Books Read: 169
TBR
Owned 1925 (-2)
Unowned 3148 (+11)
ARCs 239 (+3)
Total 5312 (+12)
1000 Books* 1688 (0)
Great book lists! Thanks for sharing.
My list isn’t as impressive. I won’t share it all, but I’m currently reading “Shelter” by Harlan Coben, and a Tarot guide book.
Stopping in from Sunday Salon: https://brewingcoffeetwistingwordsbreakingpencils.ca/2026/08/21/steam-scribbles/
I am glad that your mom’s appt was a no big deal one. 🙂
You have lots of good books upcoming! I have The Escape Game in my pile too!
What a relief to discover your mother’s pacemaker is working just fine. And you are in the middle of a host of interesting and enjoyable-looking books. I hope the coming week is a good one:).
That’s good news about your mom’s pacemaker. Whenever I get around my friends these days, we have what we call an “organ recital,” a listing of all the organs that are giving us problems!