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 everyone is enjoying their day. 

I had a four day work week which was going normally until Thursday. I ran this report of web/app feedback that I have to review for complaints and the volume went from 15 -20 to over 200. I knew there must have been a problem on Wednesday. Sure enough, there was an outage. My work day begins at 7 am, and I had to work until 6 pm because of the complaints I had to file. I am sure people had some choice words for me on Friday, but I was on a plane. HA! 

Like the worry wart that I am, I got to the airport at 10:30 am for my 2:30 flight and got through TSA in 10 minutes. Great. Really. They changed my gate three times while I was waiting too. But, all went well. Yesterday, my daughter and I went to brunch at The Pierogi Kitchen. It was excellent! Then I watched my daughter dance, and after, we went to hot pot. I had never had that before. It was good and fun. This place had a conveyor belt for many items, and then a little train brought out the meat and cooked kitchen dishes. 

After, I made my way back to my daughter's place all on my own. I only really know how to get to and from the airport on the bus/train, and getting from Wicker Park back to Lakeview required two trains. I was stopped by this couple outside the Whole Foods asking for directions, and I actually knew where the place was (they were one block off). You don't understand, I am directionally challenged, so this was major. 

I don't what my daughter has planned for us today, but we are doing something. She gave me my mother's day gift - a Miffy purse and Monchhichi keychains. Everything is so cute. I LOVE IT!

On the Blog

• Monday: Reviews - Good Joy, Bad Joy, The Night Bus
• Tuesday: TTT - Highs and Lows
• Wednesday: Five on My TBR - Family
• Thursday: Reviews - The Night We Met, Once in a Blue Moon
• Friday: Five Star Friday - April 2026

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Stacking the Shelves

This was a good week. I was very excited when I saw that Jen DeLuca was returning to the Well Met world, and even more excited when I got approved for the new book. I look forward to Emily Stone's books every year. I adored Harding's cowrites and her last solo book, and therefore, thrilled to get her new book. I was just thinking about how nice it would be to read some new Sarah Addison Allen when I saw her book read-now on NG. Had to click, and I had the same instinct when I saw a new Betty Corrello on EW. Thrilled about all of these. 

Netgalley/Edelweiss

• Counting Down to You by Emily Stone
• Well Versed by Jen DeLuca
• Thank You For Remembering by Emily Harding
• Paper Ghosts by Sarah Addison Allen
• Back for Seconds by Betty Corrello

Purchased/Free

• Another Fish in the Sea by Amy Kelly
• The Darling Songbirds by Rachael Herron
• Save the Dance by Joanne Rock
• For Now and Forever by Sophie Love

Invites

• If Books Could Kill by Kate Eberle

Read Last Week

Emma Grey never fails to annihilate my heart, and she did so again with Start at the End. It was a sliding doors love story that was full of emotion and surprises. Greenwood's Romantic Hero was also fantastic. The concept was fun, and she did it so well. I loved the heroine's journey which I think other will too. 

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Books

• Start at the End by Emma Grey - ★★★★★
• American Fantasy by Emma Straub - ★★★ 1/2
• Romantic Hero by Kristy Greenwood - ★★★★★
• Abby Offsides by Anna McCallie - ★★★★ 1/2

Audiobooks

• It Doesn't Have To Be This Hard by Christina Hovland - ★★★★

Currently Reading

• Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall
• Love in Tandem by Becca Kinzer

To Be Read

• Another Fish in the Sea by Amy Kelly
• Big Stick Energy by Sarina Bowen
• The Top of the World by Ethan Joella

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