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
Happy Sunday! October is off to a rather warm start, but I am going to let it slide. I will continue to dress for the 50s in the morning and 80s in the afternoon..for now, but I really despise false summer. Mother nature needs to pick a season and stick with it.
Work was work. I have been training the team that will take over our letter writing queue. It has been slower than I anticipated, but things were looking up on Thursday. I took off Friday to take care of a few things. My birthday was this weekend, so my driver's license had to be renewed. I am actually in my 30s on my license because I was allowed to renew without a new photo one extra time due to COVID. I had to go in person this time. I made an appointment for 11.20 am. I got there in line at 11.16 am. They verified my points of identification, gave me a number, and then I sat, and sat, and sat for 2 HOURS! When I was finally called to the window, they took my payment, snapped a terrible photo and sent me on my way WITHOUT a license. I have a paper temporary license until I get mine in the mail. Now, I know it's been a while, but I swear they used to give me my license at point of service.
Because my license was taking so long, I canceled my service appointment for my car. I made it for 1.30 pm thinking I would have enough time, but nope, the DMV continues to disappoint with its extreme inefficiency.
Yesterday, my parents took me out to eat for my birthday. It's the only time I can get them to drive far, so I always pick The Cracker Barrel. I love breakfast foods, and I love their breakfast. I am a simple girl. Today, we have a show at Paper Mill. It's Bull Durham The Musical. I am intrigued.
On the Blog
Stacking the Shelves
Don't judge me! There were a lot of great sales on Amazon, some were free too. I am excited about the new Garvin and West books, but even my invites look great this week.
Netgalley/Edelweiss
- Bumblebee Season by Eileen Garvin
- Stranger Things Have Happened by Kasie West
Purchased/Free
- Cast and Caught by Katharine Sadler
- Life, Loss, and Puffins by Catherine Ryan Hyde
- Meet Disaster by D.E. Haggerty
- Same Time Next Year by Tessa Bailey
- The Autumn of Ruth Winters by Marshall Fine
Invites
- Books & Bewitchment by Isla Jewell
- You & Me and You & Me and You & Me by Josie Lloyd and Emlyn Rees
Read Last Week
I know it looks like my reading week was great, but it was actually a rough one. I DNFed three books, two of which I was really excited about. Could be my mood, but one of them had too much casual drug use for me. I let it go when there was a whole chapter dedicated to teen pot smoking escapades. I cringed when the character again talked about popping mushrooms quaaludes, but then there was a whole chapter dedicated to a bag of every edible under the sun, and I just could not continue. I don' think drug use is amusing since I lost a family member to addiction. It was frustrating too because I read like half the book.
I did read some great books though. My favorite was Grace & Henry's Holiday Movie Marathon. I am really loving Matthew Norman's books. They have all been hits for me, and this was a wonderful story of two widowers and their healing journeys. There were sad moments, but it was packed with warmth and humor and even some holiday cheer. I really enjoyed it.
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Books
- Yours for the Season by Emily Stone - ★★★★ 1/2
- The Summer We Ran by Audrey Ingram - ★★★★ 1/2
- Trouble for Hire by Naima Simone - ★★★★
- Grace & Henry's Holiday Movie Marathon by Matthew Norman - ★★★★★
- Same Time Next Year by Tessa Bailey - ★★★★ 1/2
Currently Reading
Walsh is back in her sweet spot with Everything's Coming Up Rosie. She does stories of friendship and personal journeys so well. I love the retirement home setting, and I am really rooting for Rosie to succeed with this Senior production.
I didn't get to listen to Villain much this week, but the story is getting more dramatic, but it still makes me laugh plenty.
- Everything's Coming Up Rosie by Courtney Walsh
- The Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
To Be Read
- The Austen Affair by Madeline Bell
- Hot Mess by Amy Andrews
- Some Kind of Famous by Ava Wilder
- Anne of Avenue A by Audrey Bellezza, Emily Harding
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