Sunday Post #1 / one day at a time

Sunday Post #1 one day at a time

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted here @ Caffeinated Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news~ A post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received. Share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead.  See rules here: Sunday Post Meme

Sunday Post #1 one day at a time

Welcome to my first Sunday Post

I was looking for something to post on the weekends, and really like the idea of a weekly check in. I’ve seen these Sunday Posts on my reader for many years now, and finally made the jump.

If you have read my August Wrap-Up from last week, you know that August has been a rough month for me. But this week has been much better. I feel like as long as I take one day at a time, it’s doable.

Also, where has August gone? It seems we had 4th of July not long ago, and now it’s already Labor Day Weekend. 2020 is one strange year. It is especially obvious when it comes to holidays that are usually big family get togethers, vacation and camping weekends. It’s a very strange time and it feels a bit surreal.

But although August was gone in a blink of an eye, I’ve added tons of new books to my tbr last month, and I even took the time and wrote a blog post about all the books I added to my tbr.

BOOKS I READ

I listened to three audiobooks this week:

What Unbreakable Looks Like by Kate McLaughlin

The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed

The Switch by Beth O’Leary

And read the fifth book in one of my most highly anticipated UF MM books series:

On the Wings of War (Soulbound #5) by Hailey Turner

☞ it was SO GOOD!!!! As always, as soon as I was done with the book, I NEEDED the next one. And I just found out that there are only two more books in this series ?

And a hilarious and adorable rom-com:

Riley Thorn and the Dead Guy Next Door by Lucy Score

☞ My audiobooks are becoming increasingly more serious lately, so reading something fluffy and funny in between was just what the doctor ordered.

I’m also expecting some book mail this week. Yesterday arrived my copy of Heart Bones by Colleen Hoover, my ARC copy of In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren is on its way, same as Thick as Thieves by Sandra Brown. I’m excited!!! Because of the upcoming move I rarely buy books anymore and I stopped requesting review copies from the publishers. It’s been a boring year for my mailbox.

BLOG POSTS I LOVED

New-To-Me Author Summer Bingo Wrap-Up #nasbingo

Thanks to Ali’s successful and impressive New-To-Me Author Summer Bingo, I’m bummed out that I didn’t participate in it. I love finding new authors, and this year has definitely been a year where new authors compete with old and favorite authors. Never before have I read this many new authors. And this bingo would have been awesome to do. Maybe next year….

How to get out of a reading slump?

If you suffer from a book slump, Lainy over at Bookish Bits Blog has the perfect blog post for you. Her post covers everything you need to know, and number 2, 3 & 4 work like a charm for me. They are by far the biggest reasons why I haven’t experienced a major slump in years.

Why I Don’t Like Comment Back Culture Anymore 

Sumedha over at The Wordy Habitat wrote this fantastic discussion about Comment Back Culture. It’s such an interesting topic especially since it does feel more and more that most of social media has becoming very transactional. A comment for a comment. A follow for a follow. A like for a like.

BOOKS I WANT TO READ

Thanks to Daisy @ DG Book Blog I added the The Ravenhood Duet by Kate Stewart to my tbr.

Can you keep a secret?
⁣
I grew up sick.⁣
⁣
Let me clarify.⁣
⁣
I grew up believing that real love stories include a martyr or demand great sacrifice to be worthy.⁣
⁣
Because of that, I believed it, because I made myself believe it, and I bred the most masochistic of romantic hearts, which resulted in my illness.⁣
⁣
When I lived this story, my own twisted fairy tale, it was unbeknownst to me at the time because I was young and naïve. I gave into temptation and fed the beating beast, which grew thirstier with every slash, every strike, every blow.⁣
⁣
Triple Falls wasn’t at all what it seemed, nor were the men that swept me under their wing. But in order to keep them, I had to be in on their secrets.⁣
⁣
Secrets that cost us everything to keep.⁣
⁣
That’s the novelty of fiction versus reality. You can’t re-live your own love story, because by the time you’ve realized you’re living it, it’s over. At least that was the case for me and the men I trusted my foolish heart to.⁣
⁣
Looking back, I’m convinced I willed my story into existence due to my illness.⁣
⁣
And all were punished. 

And thanks to Deanna @anovelglimpse I found out about Nate by Tijan and immediately pre-ordered it.

Nate is going to be an enemies-to-lovers standalone from the Fallen Crest universe – WOOHOO!!!!

Tijan is one of my favorite indie authors, and almost always delivers an entertaining read. Her books are pure escapism.

No blurb available yet.

So, that’s it for this week. Wish you all a happy Sunday and until next week…

Sunday Post #1 one day at a time