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 is doing well and surviving the weather. 

I love when my daughter comes to visit, but I usually have to spend time catching up after she is gone. I was racing to finish my book last night and got so caught up in my book this morning sitting on the patio with the weather so nice that my post is late, but at least it's still Sunday, right? 

Last Sunday, my daughter and I sent to the city to see The Lost Boys. Every Tony they won was well earned. As a fan of the original movie, I think they did a magnificent job adapting it for the stage. I always love seeing shows with my daughter because it's where they BFA she earned comes into play. She give some interesting commentary and often has me looking at things in a different way. 

It's not summer without some poor air quality due to Canadian wildfires. I swear it was exactly this time last year that we had the same issue. I was sitting outside Wednesday evening when the wind picked up before the storm blew in, and right after the rain stopped, you could smell the smoke. By Thursday morning, everything was hazy. We were in the "unhealthy" zone, but out west, where my daughter is, they were in the hazardous area. I am enjoying a beautiful day today though. Glad it moved out quickly. 

On the Blog

• Monday: Reviews - The Romance Revival, Polo Fever
• Tuesday: TTT - New-to-Me on My TBR
• Wednesday: Five on My TBR - Animals on the Cover
• Thursday: Reviews - Whistler, The Someday Garden
• Friday: Captivating Characters - Kace Elliot

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Stacking the Shelves

I picked up some great books this week. Very excited to be approved for the new Jennifer E. Smith. I am fan of her adult and young adult work, and this one sounds great. My daughter wanted to get Cursed City and thought I would be approved faster (I was). I always love when she contributes to the blog, so keep an eye out for that review. A Fall to Remember caught my eye, so I downloaded it, and I wanted to earn my camp badge and downloaded The Christmas Yes List since it was already on my TBR. 

There were a bunch of fun looking freebies out there, and I got some invites too. I do usually read Macomber's holiday books, and You're the One That I Haunt looks good to me as well. 

Netgalley/Edelweiss

• Rabbit Rabbit by Jennifer E. Smith
• Cursed City by Kate Golden
• A Fall to Remember by Ellie Alexander
• The Christmas Yes List by Melissa Ferguson

Purchased/Free

• The Santa Rules by Mya More
• Clumsy in Love by Jamie Arras
• Fight for Me by Erin Chestnuts
• Unlucky in Love by Jill Sanders

Invites

• A Date with Santa by Debbie Macomber
• The Hearth Witch's Guide to Spite & Spellwork by Kiri Callaghan
• You're the One That I Haunt by Katie Jung
• Fetal Position by Carolyn Huynh

Read Last Week

My week started off amazing with five-stars for The Burning Side. This book had me in my feels, and Damoff did an incredible job capturing and conveying the emotional of everyone involved. I also loved Chase Me If You Can. It was a great rivals-to-lovers story elevated by all the storm chasing. That aspect of the story really grabbed me. As expected, Tarah DeWitt's upcoming release was wonderful. She never disappoints. 

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Books

• The Burning Side by Sarah Damoff - ★★★★★
• Chase Me If You Can by Heather Frances - ★★★★ 1/2
• Lost and Found by Tarah DeWitt - ★★★★ 1/2
• The Best I Never Had by Amy Buchanan - ★★★★

Audiobooks

• The Wedding People by Alison Espach - ★★★★
• The Enemy by Sarah Adams - ★★★★

Currently Reading

• Every Version of You by Natalie Messier
• The Rulebreaker by Piper Rayne

To Be Read

• Darling Daffodils Farms by Brittanee Nicole
• A Thousand Little Goodbyes by Lucy Gilmore
• Ideal Life by Evelyn Skye

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