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! I hope all is well. Another quiet week. I did have a day off. I got my serviced and went for what was SUPPOSED to be my third laser treatment. This treatment is exactly four passes across my face to try and reactivate my oil glands. The doctor did the first two passes, changed the probe, did the third pass, and then the laser stopped working. I sat there for a while with the goop on my face, and then they told me they would not be able to finish. Now, I still have two more treatments left. Fingers crossed the next two go off without a hitch. 

Otherwise, nothing new. Elevator is still broken, I am still working and still looking for a place to stay for my trip in October. I hate doing this. I will probably end up staying a week in NJ instead because I cannot make decisions. I also cannot find anything for my mother for mother's day. I only seem to have people in my family who buy themselves the stuff they want. I am the only cheap one who deprives myself things I would like to have. 

On the Blog

• Monday: Reviews - A Sprinkle of Sweet Serendipity, One & Only
• Tuesday: TTT - Bucket List Books
• Wednesday: Sloth Goes Places - New York
• Thursday: Reviews - The Paper Palace, Foster
• Friday: Discussion - Reading for the Season You Are In

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Stacking the Shelves

Things have been quiet on Netgalley which explains my ratio now hitting 98%. My ratio was never terrible, but I didn't think it would ever get this high. There were a few books from my TBR on sale for $1.99, so I one-clicked those, and the Jenshak book was a freebie. I got two invites. I may download the Christmas book because I adore holiday books and I have read and enjoyed almost all those authors. 

Purchased/Free

• Broken Hearts by Rebecca Jenshak
• We Loved to Run by Stephanie Reents
• A Midnight Pastry Shop Called Hwawoldang by Lee Onhwa

Invites

• Twelve Loves of Christmas by Alexandria Bellefleur, Elise Bryant, Olivia Dade, Alexis Daria, Sarah Hogle, Zakiya N. Jamal, Rebecca Jenshak, Jessica Joyce, Susan Lee, Joss Richard, M. A. Wardell, Rebekah Weatherspoon
• Infinite Shores by Pascale Lacelle

Read Last Week

I was very pleased with my reading this week as I had TWO five-star books. I never doubt that I will love a Jimenez book, but I was worried since the heroine was dating the hero's best friend for most of the book. The growing attraction between the two characters was done well, and I knew from the start that they belonged together. 

Katherine Center is another sure thing for me, and her upcoming release was fun and warm. It's interesting comparing her last few books to the ones I first read by her (Things You Save in a Fire, How to Walk Away). The last few releases have leaned way more rom-com. Not a bad thing because I love to laugh, just a difference. 

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Books

• The Night We Met by Abby Jimenez - ★★★★★
• Just Friends by Haley Pham - ★★★ 1/2
• The Shippers by Katherine Center - ★★★★★
• Before I Knew I Love You by Toshikazu Kawaguchi - ★★★★ 1/2
• Everybody's Favorite Guy by Katherine Center - ★★★★ 1/2

Audiobooks

• Breaking the Ice by Whitney Dineen - ★★★★
• Penn by Sawyer Bennett - ★★★★
• The Nest Before Christmas by Piper Rayne - ★★★★

Currently Reading

• Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett
• Snow Kissed by RayAnne Thayne

To Be Read

• Kindling Kissmas by Ellie Hall
• Dolly All the Time by Annabel Monaghan
• Down with the Shipmans by Meg Mitchell Moore

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