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! June is coming on strong with these 90+ days. Well, we all know it's El Niño's fault. I am counting down to fall already and summer didn't even start. 

Last Sunday was the final show of the season at Paper Mill. It was West Side Story which always makes me cry. Paper Mill is a great regional theatre. They do wonderful shows with very talented casts, but the patrons are not the best. Their theatre etiquette leaves much to be desired. For example, Tony was dying on the stage and someone's cell phone starting playing a jaunty tune. They remind you at the beginning of the show to silence your phone. It's not that hard. Next season is getting a really late start because they are doing some renovations. Look, if they can solve the women's restroom problem, it will be worth it. 

I finally went for my last laser treatment this week. It's hard to tell if it's working because the pollen has been out of control. I go for a follow up in August with the doctor. Maybe the results will be more definitive at that time. 

I was pretty salty about having to go into to work on Friday to get my new laptop. They emphasized that it was important to be there because tech people would be available to help. I ran into issues and never found these tech people. I hope one will circle by my area on Monday because I am having Outlook issues and my inbox is important for my job function. 

I am struggling to keep up. I am behind on reviews, and I didn't even realize until SATURDAY that my Friday post wasn't finished. I thought I finished it. 

I got an email from my library the other day that the Hoopla borrows were being reduced from ten to five per month. Their reasoning was to cut down on the "over collective daily limit" message. The email said there are people doing their full number of borrows all at once. So, the solution is to give us less? I mostly use Hoopla for audiobooks, but I got a tablet just for the purpose of borrowing books, and now, I am not sure if that would be possible with the limited borrows. Oh, well! 

On the Blog

• Monday: Reviews - The Top of the Word, Arrivals and Departures
• Tuesday: TTT - Never Read It
• Wednesday: CWW - Star-Crossed Summer, Never Planned on You
• Thursday: Reviews - The Wild Card, Chasing Forever
• Saturday: Five Star Friday - May 2026

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Stacking the Shelves

I got some invites and downloaded some freebies this week. I am definitely downloading A Study in Sparkling because I loved the author's last book. Jury is still out on the others. 

Purchased/Free

• Playing for Keeps by Lainey Davis
• Hating the Chemistry Teacher by Holly Kerr
• Bookworm by Katana Collins

Invites

• The Wash-Ashores by Hannah McKinnon
• Lock Her Up by Elizabeth Searle
• A Study in Sparkling by Jodie McAlister
• The Treasure House by Amy Matthews

Read Last Week

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Books

• Never Planned on You by Lindsay Hammeroff - ★★★★ 1/4
• The Last Page by Katie Holt - ★★★★
• If Books Could Kill by Kate Eberle - ★★★★★
• The Romance Revival by Christina Lauren - ★★★★

Audiobooks

• Love Catch by Laura Langa - ★★★★

Currently Reading

• The Busy Body Book Club by Freya Sampson
• Cold by Max Monroe

To Be Read

• Days at the Torunka Cafe by SatoshiYagisawa
• Not that Kind of Proposal by Victoria Lavine
• Falling Into You by Jill Shalvis

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