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.

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My Week in Review

Happy Sunday! If you are in the path of Fern, I hope you are safe and warm. We are still waiting for the storm to arrive by me, but the outlook is for quite a bit of snow. I hate winter. I know I am lucky that I can work from home if necessary, but I am not a fan of switching up my in-office days. I had to do that last week because of the holiday. The traffic driving on Tuesday is NOT the same as Mondays. It took me so long to get home compared to the previous two Mondays. --sigh--

As I said, we had a holiday on Monday. I got a haircut and saw the ophthalmologist to schedule my IPL (Intense Pulsed Light) therapy. I will have to switch my in-office days for that too. It's four treatments, and the doctor only does them on Thursdays. Fingers crossed it's money well spent and actually gives me some relief. 

Other than that, work, rinse, repeat. We had a nice warm day on Thursday which surprised me. The previous day had been 4°F, so I was bundled up when I left for the train station, but ended up leaving some outerwear in the car. I mean, it felt so warm (36°F). I was happy about it. 

On the Blog

• Monday: Reviews - The Calico Cat at the Chibinecko Kitchen, Honey Bee Mine
• Tuesday: TTT - Reading Goals
• Wednesday: CWW - Even After This, Playing for Keeps
• Thursday: Reviews - Twice, Checking It Twice
• Friday: Discussion - Challenge Accepted
• Saturday: Five on My TBR - The Cover Was Blue

Some Winter Storm Fern humor

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Stacking the Shelves

This was a good week for invites. I received a few for books that were on my TBR which made me happy. I will definitely be downloading Big Stick Energy (I love Bowen), and leaning yes on Destination Funeral, Fossil Feud, and Rewrite the Stars. Hot Chocolate was an auto-approval I had my eye on which I am reading this week. 

Purchased/Free

• Graham by Katharine Hamilton

Netgalley/Edelweiss

• Hot Chocolate on Thursday by Michiko Aoyama

Invites

• Destination Funeral by Paige Harbison
• Big Stick Energy by Sarina Bowen
• The Story of Us by Olivia Levin
• Fossil Feud by Maggie North
• Immersions by Kyle McCarthy
• Rewrite the Stars by Lindsay Hameroff
• The Twin Stars and the Soccer Superstar by Kristine Rudolph

Read Last Week

This was a good reading week. No Place Like You lived up to my expectations. It was warm and fun and wonderful. Loved it! I also really loved Rookie Season. I have enjoyed Brunner's DC Eagles series, and I was excited that this book aged up a character from that series. I love this trend. In the opening author note, they say this book is New Adult, but it wasn't set in college or all about sex. I KNOW! I am falling into THAT view of New Adult, but you know. It was very good, and I cannot wait for the next book. 

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Books

• Room to Breathe by Kasie West - ★★★★
• Playing for Keeps by Kendall Ryan - ★★★ 1/2
• Maybe This Once by Sophie Sullivan - ★★★★
• No Place Like You by Jillian Meadows - ★★★★ 1/2

Audiobooks

• North by Sawyer Bennett - ★★★★
• Rookie Season by Leah Brunner, Katie Bailey - ★★★★ 1/2

Currently Reading

• In Your Dreams by Sarah Adams
• A Holly Brown Christmas by Samantha Chase

To Be Read

• All the Perfect Days by Michael Thompson
• Hot Chocolate on Thursday by Michiko Aoyama
• Toe to Toe by Falon Ballard

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