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 and beware the Ides of March and all that. I will tell you, March has been wild so far. Wednesday, it was over 80, and the next day, we had a wintery mix. The weather seems to be back to normal right this second, but freezing temperatures are predicted for later this week. Layers are my friend. 

I felt all out of sorts this week. I had to work from home and use flex time on Monday to take my dad to the oncologist. I could not get over how many people were there for treatments. Made me sad. On Tuesday, I took the train, and for some reason that is unknown to anyone, it stopped right outside my station stop for over a half hour. I made my bus, so I am not going to be too salty about it. I am glad the cutover bridge work is done and schedules will be back to normal. I wasn't crazy about the time change because I got home later. 

On Wednesday, we found out they are moving us to a different floor in my building. We are at capacity, and they have been unable to hire new people for our location. This will give us space to grow. I will be back where I used to work, but now I have to figure out how long it will take me to get outside to the bus. I cannot miss it! 

Thursday, I had off for some appointments. I went and got my second dose of the shingles vaccine. This time I had the arm pain, but I was running a little fever on Friday and was achy. I was not pleased. I was supposed to get my second laser treatment for my eyes, but I had to cancel. My dad was not well, and I had to take him to the doctor. I was happy they didn't charge me for the late cancelation. 

Friday, I worked from home, and it was complete insanity. Friday the 13th really lived up to its name. Saturday, I got my hair done, and then just reading and blogging. My schedule was turned upside down and it really puts me off. 

Did anyone notice an uptick in spam? I am getting like 50 emails a day in my spam folder, and they are all garbage. Someone is going hard on trying to trick me into something. I never used to get that much. 

On the Blog

• Monday: Reviews - The Write Off, The Paris Match
• Tuesday: TTT - First Things First
• Wednesday: CWW - The Summer I Found You, When Cranes Fly South
• Thursday: Reviews - The Hotshot, The Friendship Fling
• Friday: Discussion - Does It Have to Be Important?
• Saturday: Sloth Goes Places - California

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Stacking the Shelves

I got a LOT of invites this week. I downloaded Die For Me. My daughter wants to read and review it. You can look forward to a post from her. I am probably going to download the Moore and Miller books. I have read and enjoyed their work in the past, and the books sound good to me. I have enjoyed a few books from Scotch, but this is a mystery-thriller which is not really something I read. I saw the Higgins book as "read now", and I could not resist. I love her books. Bickers new book looked good to me too, so I downloaded that. I am doing well with my ARCs and am already reading May releases, so why not?

I nabbed two freebies from Amazon. One is set in a hard state to check off in my reading the challenge. The other is about a farmer's wife, and I have thing for stories set on farms.

Netgalley/Edelweiss

• The Night Bus by Tessa Bickers
• The Me I Used to Be by Kristan Higgins

Purchased/Free

• The Farmer's Wife by Lori Handeland
• Hooked By Love by Katherine E. Hamilton

Invites

• Die For Me by Shirlene Obuobi
• The Insomniacs by Allison Winn Scotch
• Archangel's Eternity by Nalini Singh
• Murder at the Spirit Lounge by Jess Kidd
• Down with the Shipmans by Meg Mitchell Moore
• Don't Cross Mo Ellery by Birdie Horne
• Fall Into Place by Kristyn J. Miller

Read Last Week

My week started and ended with my highest rated books. After finishing Heart the Lover, I was eager to dive into Writers & Lovers. If you know, you know is all I will say here. I am, again, surprised how much I enjoyed the book. I saw people complaining about the ending being kind of happy/hopeful. I really cannot believe this disappoints people. This woman was put through the wringer. I was thrilled that things were looking up at the end. Maybe it's me? 

I also loved Atlas. It started with his best friends on hospice with lung cancer. That was too close to home, so I was a snotty mess. Then he died. Cue tears, but the story was a lot happier after that. The ending felt a bit rushed, but my final impression was a good one. 

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Books

• Writers & Lovers by Lily King - ★★★★ 1/2
• When Cranes Fly South by Lisa Ridzen - ★★★★
• Your Soul Mail Is Attached by Joan F. Smith - ★★★★
• Dog Person by Camille Pagán - ★★★★

Audiobooks

• The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang - ★★★★
• Atlas by Sawyer Bennett - ★★★★ 1/2

Currently Reading

• Lake Effect by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
• Meet Me at Sunset Cove by Sarah May Warren

To Be Read

• Good Company by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
• First and Forever by Lynn Painter
• The Night Bus by Tessa Bickers
  

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