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! Hope everyone had a great week. The best thing that happened this week was that my daughter came to visit. She flew in on Tuesday, and she came bearing gifts for no reason. She got us matching Summer Cats print bags. I love it!!! And she brought me my favorite Hello Kitty ube mooncake. It's delicious. She also got me some macarons from Laduree when she was in the city the other day. Nothing like baked goods to win my heart. Today, we are heading to the city. We are going to do brunch and a show. It should be a good time. 

On the Blog

• Monday: Reviews - Not That Kind of Proposal, If Books Could Kill
• Tuesday: TTT - "Summer" Titles
• Wednesday: Sloth Goes Places - Wisconsin
• Thursday: Reviews - The Daisy Chain Flower Shop, Hart's Landing
• Friday: Discussion - Midyear Book Tag
  

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Stacking the Shelves

I added a few newbies this week. There were two read-now books on Netgalley that caught my eye. I was very excited to see a new book by Jen Doyle. It's been a long time since I read something by her, but I have always enjoyed her books. It's Hard to Be an Animal was on my TBR and on sale, so I one-clicked. I am hoping it lives up to the comps mentioned. I got an invite that I will most likely download, and the rest were freebies that appealed to me. 

Netgalley/Edelweiss

• Save a Horse by Jen Doyle
• A Pinch of Magic by Emily Heil

Purchased/Free

• It's Hard to Be an Animal by Robert Isaacs
• Almost Sure by Claire Cain
• The Bicycle Book Club by Jessie Newton
• All of Me by Leeanna Morgan
• Rebel Desire by L.K. Farlow

Invites

• Unapologetic Love Story by Elle McNicoll

Read Last Week

This was a decent reading week. No DNFs and everything 4 stars and above. My favorite of the week was Tropesick. I knew I would enjoy the book, but I LOVED it! The whole leaning into all the popular romance tropes was a lot of fun, but this was also a second chance romance between two people with a very emotional connection. The author did a great job keeping it balance, and the ending came out of nowhere. I would have never predicted that. This was a good time. 

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Books

• In Every Possible Way by Alicia Thompson - ★★★★
• Tropesick by Lauren Oakie - ★★★★★
• Off Course by Julie Cook - ★★★★
• Counting the Days by Laura Chin - ★★★★

Audiobooks

• How Not to Fall For Your Best Friend by Meg Easton - ★★★★

Currently Reading

• The Burning Side by Sarah Damoff
• The Wedding People by Alison Espach

To Be Read

• Chase Me If You Can by Heather Frances
• Lost and Found by Tarah DeWitt
• The Responsible Party by Claire Carusillo

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