Sundays with Sam - The Sunday Post

Sundays with Sam is a combination of Sunday Post hosted by Caffeinated Book Reviewer and Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga's Reviews.

My Week in Review

I think the most notable thing that happened this week, was that I confirmed the existence of the rooster! We were driving home from the train station the other day, and there he was, just walking the yard. He is brown and he is very real. I feel vindicated, since my daughter kept making me feel like I was experience auditory hallucinations.

Today, we are going to our first show of the season at Paper Mill. We are seeing Chasing Rainbows, which is based on Judy Garland's life. Really looking forward to that.

I will probably be MIA this upcoming week, as I will be aboard my Disney Halloween Cruise. I am very excited to be cruising again. It really is the most relaxing vacation, and I am going to nice, cool places. And, no plane! We are leaving out of the NYC for the very first time, so I am just taking the train to Penn and an Uber the last two miles to the port. I heard the waters are a little rougher up here, but I usually do well, because the boat is so large. Sloth is very excited for our trip to. He had Kiersten make him a tie with some leftover witchy fabric so that he is well dressed for the cruise.

TIL: It's almost impossible to get any watering done when there's a playful wombat around. pic.twitter.com/pjVXP2L1da

— Dick King-Smith HQ (@DickKingSmith) September 25, 2019

Doggo learning how to satisfy the cat🤗😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/vkWmGVh7C5

— Wildlife nature (@WILDLIFENATURE3) September 25, 2019

Hi there!! pic.twitter.com/ORtagZcw3Z

— God's Tiny Animals (@GodsTinyAnimals) September 21, 2019

Let's Discuss!

• Lory wonders if reading gets better as you age
• Lauren organized a #ReadFor Grace event
• The Orangutan Librarian comes to the defense of girly girl genres

On the Blog:

• Monday: #AmReading - Dear Sweet Pea, Roll with It
• Tuesday: TTT - My Fall TBR
• Wednesday: CWW/BFBL - Throw Like a Girl, Love Scene, Take Two
• Thursday: One Old, One New - Now Entering Addamsville, Made You Up
• Friday: Discussion - Trigger Warnings

STACKING THE SHELVES

I got a bunch of fabulous books this week, but my pièce de résistance is Four Days of You and Me. My squeal of joy was probably heard overseas, when I saw it for download on Edelweiss. It's been quite a while since Kenneally released a book, and this one sounds fantastic.

Edelweiss/NetGalley

• Four Days of You and Me by Miranda Kenneally
• Win Big by Kelly Jamieson
• I, Cosmo by Carlie Sorosiak
• Marriage on Madison Avenue by Lauren Layne
• The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa
• How to Speak Boy by Tiana Smith

What I Read Last Week

I feel very successful this week. I have zero DNFs, and I knocked out two more states for my reading challenge. I had two favorites this week - The Only Thing Worse Than Me is You and Our Year in Love and Parties. I found myself fully engrossed in both books and loved almost every second of both books, though then ending of Love and Parties was a bit too open for me.

Books

• Our Year in Love and Parties by Karen Hattrup - ★★★★ 1/2
• The Only Thing Worse Than Me Is You by Lily Anderson - ★★★★★ review
• In the Hall with the Knife by Diana Peterfreund - ★★★★
• The Library of Lost Things by Laura Taylor Namey - ★★★★
• Love Scene, Take Two by Alex Evansley - ★★★★

Audiobooks

• Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder - ★★★★ review
• Be With Me by J. Lynn - ★★★ 1/2 review

What I Am Currently Reading

It's amazing how Becky can still delight me after so many books. Watching her plan the Christmas holiday is like watching a train wreck, though way more humorous.

Rush has all that high drama and angst that I expect from Scott, though, I just realized this has a concluding novella, which is NOT available at Hoopla. --sigh--

• Christmas Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
• Rush by Emma Scott (audiobook)

What I Plan to Read

• The Paris Project by Donna Gephart
• Friend or Fiction by Abby Cooper
• Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren
• Always Never Yours by Emily Wibberley, Austin Siegemund-Broka 

How was your week?
Let us know in the comments!