Sundays with Sam is a combination of Sunday Post hosted by Caffeinated Book Reviewer and Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga's Reviews.
My Week in Review
Happy Sunday! I cannot believe March is almost over. My daughter flew in on Wednesday night. It's always nice having her here. Today, we are going to the city to see a show. The forecast is sunny skies and high 50s, so a beautiful day to be out and about.
I really thought I would have gotten more done this week since I had Thursday off for my eye treatment, but I cannot seem to get ahead. Since the elevator has been broken, I have to do the shopping for my parents. That means going to a third store, and it always takes me over an hour to get everything from my mother's list. I shop in under an hour even with going to two stores. Now, it's three. Not difficult work, but time consuming. I had to make four trips with the groceries too. Being on the third floor, I am getting some additional exercise.
On the Blog
- Monday: Reviews - Dog Person, Your Soulmail is Attached
- Tuesday: TTT - My Spring TBR
- Wednesday: CWW - American Fantasy, The Vanishing Cherry Blossom Bookshop
- Thursday: Reviews - The Time Hop Coffee Shop, Love Songs and Ferry Tales
- Friday: Six Degrees of Separation - Heart the Lover
- Saturday: Sloth Goes Places - Minnesota
Stacking the Shelves
I cannot express to you how fast I clicked that read-now email for the new Tarah DeWitt. I love her books and have not been able to get an approval for her last few releases. This was a wonderful surprise. I also got approved for O'Malley's next Scottish Charms book. I loved the first one and can't wait to return to that world. I clicked a bunch of free downloads and got a bunch of invites. I am not sure I will download any of the invites though To Vex & to Hex appeals to me.
Netgalley/Edelweiss
- Lost and Found by Tarah DeWitt
- A Taste of Magic by Tricia O'Malley
Purchased/Free
- Make Mine Sweet by Genny Carrick
- Against the Grain by Lainey Davis
- A Match Made in Montana by Elsa Winckler
- Take Me by Tawna Fenske
Invites
- Love Variations by Victoria Lee
- Please Enjoy Your Stay by Tara Goedjen
- To Vex & to Hex by Neena Noon
- Dangerland! by Erin Singer
- I Kissed Her First by Betty Cayouette
Read Last Week
Just when I thought I would go without a 5-star read, The Night Bus won my heart. This was a sweet story of two people who connected on a 4 am bus with the heroine offering to help the hero figure out how to win back his ex. This is a light on romance romance where most of the story is about their growing friendship and their personal growth, but final impressions like that last chapter mean a lot.
Find all my reviews on Goodreads
Books
- The Vanishing Cherry Blossom Bookshop by Takuya Asakura - ★★★★ 1/2
- One & Only by Maureen Goo - ★★★★ 1/2
- A Sprinkle of Sweet Serendipity by Rachel Linden - ★★★★ 1/2
- The Night Bus by Tessa Bickers - ★★★★★
Audiobooks
- Rebel Bride by Kate Meader - ★★★★
Currently Reading
- Picking Daisies on Sundays by Liana Cincotti
- Lucky by Sawyer Bennett
To Be Read
- So Old, So Young by Grant Ginder
- The Real Ones by J. Rose Black
- Good Joy, Bad Joy by Mikki Brammer
Let us know in the comments!
"I shop in under an hour even with going to two stores. Now, it's three. Not difficult work, but time consuming. I had to make four trips with the groceries too. Being on the third floor, I am getting some additional exercise."
ReplyDeleteOh gosh, I know what you mean (and for me it's not only time-consuming, it's body-wrecking). Going on foot to the third floor, too. My parents live on the same floor as you, but at least their elevator is working at the moment!
"I cannot express to you how fast I clicked that read-now email for the new Tarah DeWitt. I love her books and have not been able to get an approval for her last few releases."
I find it funny/unfunny how one can steadily get books from a publisher or by the same author only to be randomly rejected at times. Glad you got this one at least!
It is an odd feeling when you used to get approvals for an author and all of sudden you are persona non grata. I will admit, I stopped requesting a lot of books. I have some auto approvals and get a LOT of invites. My library is great too. I only requested about five or six books this year and got two rejections last week. It was a hit to my ego.
DeleteI do my mom's grocery too since I forbade her to drive! And yes it's not a difficult task but time consuming. Enjoy the show Sam! Also these puppy recruits are so cute!
ReplyDeleteBoth my parents can still drive themselves (thank goodness!). The problem is that the elevator has been out for over a month with no hope for it getting fixed anytime soon.
DeleteOMG, that's terrible about the elevator! That seems like a real problem. I would not enjoy lugging everything up all those stairs. I hope you had a good visit with your daughter - you definitely had a beautiful day for NYC yesterday!
ReplyDeleteThey started putting a chair lift on the other stairwell but didn't finish and it would still be hard for my mother. I would have to still carry her walker down and the groceries up. Soaking up this sun while the temps are nice.
DeleteI feel like I'm constantly shopping for groceries. I tried to stop at our local store last night only to find it almost completely empty of any meat. I even shot my husband a text to make sure I wasn't missing any world event that may have caused people to panic buy. I ended up having to go to another location to shop.
ReplyDeleteI shop once a week. My mother would go every day, but I have always done once a week. Unless I wanted fish or something that had to be fresh. Our market only really gets empty when there is a snowstorm coming. Odd that you found that. Maybe a supply chain issue??
DeleteI have walking over to the store next door and doing some shopping. I'm in and out fast.
ReplyDeleteI would love to be walkable, but we have to drive everywhere in the burbs.
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