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! Things are looking up here with some ok temperatures this week. Yesterday, we were at 46°F - amazing! It's supposed to be a bit cooler today, but still 40s!!! I am glad since I am heading the city to see a show. My daughter flew in on Thursday, and we are actually going out together today.

I am sitting here and thinking about last week makes me tired. They keep putting in changes at work and neglecting to tell us about them. My manager didn't even know about this tech thing they did until after the fact, and of course, it made a mess that we had to clean up. In the long run, it's automating something that is time consuming for people in my role, but a heads up would have been nice. My peers really had to do the lion's share of the fixing since I was reviewing the bank complaints this week. Needless to say, I was happy to log off on Friday.

On the Blog

Monday: Reviews - Once and Again, Toe to Toe
Tuesday: TTT - Books with "Heart"
Wednesday: CWW - The Book Tour, The Autumn of Ruth Winters
Thursday: Reviews - The Time Hop Coffee Shop, Summer After Summer
Friday: Discussion - Trope Talk - Age Gap Romance
Saturday: Sloth Goes Places - Rhode Island

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Stacking the Shelves

I downloaded a few freebies. One is set in Idaho, and that is not an easy state to find. The book sounded pretty good, so I clicked. Johnson's book was on sale, and I enjoy her books, again, I clicked. I got a bunch of invites. The Responsible Party is new to me and sounds good. I am also eyeing the Porter book since I enjoyed the author's previous release, as well as Second Chance Duet which sounds like a lot of fun.

Purchased/Free

Get a Room by Casey Dembowski
Other Voices by Lois Breedlove
Christmas Wishes & Irish Kisses by Debbie Johnson

Invites

The Responsible Party by Claire Carusillo
A Last Time For Everything by Evan S. Porter
Puck by Samantha Allen
Second Chance Duet by Ana Holguin
Love Song by Elle Kennedy
The Plans I Have For You by Lai Sanders

Read Last Week

My week was a good one. It started out with a 5-star book, and I never expected it. The reviews for Heart the Lover made me check this one out from my library, but literary fiction is hit or miss for me. The author did a few things that tend to annoy me with literary fiction, but I forgave it all because I really enjoyed this. It was very emotional and had things that I could relate to. Now I have to read Writers & Lovers by King.

Bastone's upcoming release was excellent. Very emotional but she did a great job tempering it with humor. This is author is new to me, but I loved Save the Date. It was fun, but that ending was so unexpected, wonderful, and very meaningful. I cried. Chasing Home was another standout for me. I want to go back and listen to all the books because I loved the family and setting so much.

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