We Live and Breathe Books: Sundays with Sam

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! I hope the week was kind to you. We did a little desk decorating/trick or treating thing at work. It was fun and festive, though I felt it was a bit early. I don't really eat candy, but I did enjoy a few pieces. All the participating teams went for the good stuff.

I had scheduled Friday off a long time ago for my 6 month dental visit. All went well, though my when I told my hygienist that I switched to a natural toothpaste, she did not mince words. Her exact words were that dental work is expensive, get the paste with fluoride. She did suggest some without the foaming agents. I was not happy with the natural stuff anyhow, so it wasn't a hard sell.

I also took care of rolling over my CD that matured at the bank. The rates were terrible. The highest was for a 3 month, so maybe the rates will be better in a few months. Finally got my car in for service too. They really try to up-sell you at the dealership. My car was in for its 18-month service and had less than 3,000 miles. They were trying to sell me $300 worth of engine oils and whatnot. I declined and all my car needed was an oil change. I am glad I finally got all that taken care of.

I got to visit the new supermarket as well. It's called Sprouts and was a new chain for me. I liked it. They had a beautiful veggies and fruit, and a great selection of organic and "clean" products. It's significantly smaller than where I normally shop, and I kind of liked that part. My township had a LOT of supermarkets. We have Wegmans, Shoprite, Pathmark, Lidl, Aldi's, and a Trader Joe's is set to open soon. Crazy. I live really close to all of them, so a lot of options for me. Plus, Target and Walmart both have supermarket sections too.

Speaking of Target, I happened to drop by after the market to see if they had my milk, and their new collaboration with Woolrich was out. I want you to understand that Target opens at 8 am. I walked in at 8.20 am, and the one item I liked was only available in large and extra large. When I got home, I tried to order online, but they wouldn't allow it because of "low stock". I was instructed to go to the store. I just wanted a sweater with sheep on it. My daughter had tried to place an order, had the sweater in her cart, but was too slow and lost it. I know they are trying to thwart resellers, but they tend to keep everyone else from getting the items and NOT the resellers. It was disappointing.

On the Blog

Monday: Reviews - The Secret of Orange Blossom Cake, Grace & Henry's Holiday Movie Marathon
Tuesday: TTT- For the Love of Austen
Wednesday: CWW- Such a Bad Influence, Branded
Thursday: Reviews - Everything's Coming Up Rosie, The Austen Affair
Friday: Captivating Characters - Nonna Bruna
Saturday: Sloth Goes Places - Nebraska

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Stacking the Shelves

I have had that Watson book on my wishlist and saw it drop to free. I could not resist one-clicking. I will probably download the new Shaffer book as well. I like her books.

Purchased/Free

Since We've No Place to Go by Kate Watson

Invites

Motor City Love Song by Lisa Peers
The Book Witch by Meg Schaffer

Read Last Week

I am happy to say, there were no DNFs this week. It was a rather good actually. Loved the new Webber and Bowen books. These are authors I always enjoy. Webber never fails to deliver a touching, feel-good story with a touch of magic. I can depend on Bowen to write a great sports romance, and this being second chance made it perfect for me. I was surprised but happy that there was no explicit sex. Maybe it's because this was put out by big press instead of her. I was never really into reading the explicit scenes, but I am even less interested now. To each their own, but I can tell you that my lowest rated books this week had more sex than story.

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