The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly @ Caffeinated Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news~ A post to recap the past week, and showcase books and things we have received.
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Sunday, I got going on things pretty well. I had carrot cake muffins I made last night for breakfast. The wind left me more sticks and branches to pick up when Lulu and I went into the yard. I finished my audiobook and got the review written. My Sunday visiting was enjoyable. The FB chat for Hexed had some very good discussion. Lulu stayed with my daughter before dinner and I did some more visiting and wrote another review. Lulu jumped onto the couch when we weren’t looking and went right to sleep there.
Monday, the bathroom cabinet saga is frustrating me this morning. Luckily, I called to make sure the designer was in because she wasn’t and now not for another week! So I ended up going to a store farther away and I was grateful they were competent and honored the discount and even found another deal. While there, I got basil and oregano plants. I’m having to manually share my posts to facebook because there is a problem with my IFTTT app currently. I got out the new ramp for Lulu and it’s nice although we won’t use it until she’s through this restricted movement phase.
Tuesday, I got an email that IFTTT has the problem fixed and is posting to Facebook again. So that was only about a week, not too bad. I am doing my office work after breakfast and then I will put Lulu in the crate while I go outside. I pulled weeds, used the trimmer, the edger, mowed, and sprayed weed killer on the east side. I wielded the trimmer with effective skill but the edger, not so much. My daughter was back asleep until late afternoon since she was up until 5 am. I set up a personal Spoutible account to look at it. I also setup a series review post for the May SIAM (SeriesInAMonth) Challenge. After dinner, I started restoring backups to the repaired computer.
Wednesday, we are having a couple of hot days 85F / 30C before 3 days of rain over the weekend. In book news, I saw that Book Depository is closing at the end of the month. Also, Kobo will be available in the US for $7.95/month. We had our chiro appts in the afternoon with a stop at Harris Teeter for my daughter’s RX and a few sale items.
Thursday, I was lazy about getting up (after 3 am barking) but then got busy on things. I checked my restore to the repaired computer. It is restoring my iTunes directory – 23 hours left. yes I have a lot of audiobooks. Thankfully the backup computer is working fine. I changed our dentist appt in June as it conflicts with the dog walking gig. I wrote a review and finally got organized a bit more on upcoming Read-alongs.
Friday, a rainy day. I put together some herbs for neighbors to pickup. I went in another room to grab a dry shirt and Lulu ran up the stairs! Bad girl. She is not supposed to do stairs. She seems more energetic but she needs to rest to heal. I did some ruthless pruning of emails. I wrote a review. I continued restoring to the repaired computer. It seemed really slow and I figured out it was going into sleep mode a minute after I left it and wasn’t restoring! I got it restored but then had to do some deleting and reordering of the directories because everything is in the backup, even things I have deleted. The photo is of the $5.48 African violet.
Saturday, more rain all day. It’s great for the garden. But with the high only around 47F / 8C I had to turn the main floor from heat to AC. Lulu seems to be feeling better as she’s lying on her back for tummy rubs now which she didn’t do the last 2 weeks. I spent a lot of time deleting files that had been moved to OLD folders or deleted. Then I worked on reloading all the different software I use.
2024 Read-along– I decided to do a six month split. This will allow people to join in a shorter RA.
2024 White Trash Zombies by Diana Rowland: It’s urban fantasy with a female lead. The audio is Audible only. The ebooks seem to be at half my libraries I checked. It’s not at the Raleigh libraries in print or ebook. None of them are on Hoopla. This was a favorite selection of the COYER group though.
2024 – 2025 Harry Dresden by Jim Butcher: This is an urban fantasy with a male lead. My “good” libraries have it in both ebook / print. The later audios are on Hoopla. They used to all be available at my libraries in audio so I don’t know what has changed. I own them all on audio and the audio is fantastic. This is our 2025 Read-along but it is 17 books so we will take half of 2024 and all of 2025. I have read this whole series but there may be a new book in 2024!
2026 Edge / Innkeeper by Ilona Andrews: These are a Paranormal romance followed by a scifi urban fantasy . I have read these also.
This is the current plan. I also want to do the Jane Yellowrock series by Faith Hunter, the Guild Codex series by Annette Marie, Dannika Dark series, maybe October Daye series by Seanan McGuire, and many others. I’d like to venture into some mystery or historical mystery series but I’m not sure others would join me.
I like to announce future Read-alongs in advance so people can plan and also buy copies on sale if they want to buy them. I try to choose series which are available at the library and that I have good publisher or author relationships so I can give the best prizes. It has to be a series I am willing to read. I alternate between ones I haven’t read and those which I want to do a reread.
Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Reading Reality. These are the exciting ARCs I received this week (If you click on the cover, it will take you to the Goodreads entry):
Thank you so much to Penguin Audio, and Simon & Schuster Audio.
(If you click on the cover, it will take you to the Goodreads entry)
I purchased this Agatha Christie Collection for 66¢ (36 hours of stories).
Now the really scary one. This is all the Kindle and Audible freebies I grabbed this past week. You can see why I need to do Thrifty Thursday to be sure I read a few at least one each month.
I really meant to cut back on freebies BUT they are free so I guess that won’t be happening.
I’m not including things like reviews posted or upcoming as they are always in the right sidebar. And, my challenge status is also there.
Anne
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I saw that about Book Depository closing and was very disappointed. I don’t use them a lot but I have used them for UK editions and various European books that are otherwise hard to get.
The White Trash Zombie books look fun!
Thanks Greg. Yes I’m going to have to rework some giveaways. I’ve always wanted to read WTZ so finally I am doing a Read-along for it.
Book Depository closing made me so sad Anne!
yes me too. I need to look into alternatives to Book Depository.
Busy week for you IRL. Lots for freebies for me this last month as well. Happy reading.
Thank you Lyn. Real life never stops and I don’t share the half of it. I am happy to stay busy. I wish I could do more, read more. Motivation is not my problem and I’ve become very efficient over the years. I love my freebies. They let me explore new authors and genres.
I’m glad Lulu is feeling a little better. The African violet is pretty and your read-a-long sounds like fun. Hopefully you get the cabinets soon. Enjoy your week!
Thank you Naida. Lulu is getting better I think. She isn’t showing the signs of pain or anxiety. BUT now we have to keep her still which isn’t easy. If we would rub her belly all day – that would work. lol The cabinets are 5-7 weeks so they will arrive in May.
Lulu looks good in these photos😁 I love seeing your flowers. We have a lot of green rolling hills around us, and they are bursting with yellow and orange wildflowers!
Thank you Tammy. Lulu is feeling better and now it’s harder to keep her resting. I love the flowers and my garden. I planted perennials the first 2 years here and am now seeing the benefits. I’m thinking about adding a 4th food garden though. We’re eating broccoli and lettuces and soon will have chard and snow peas. We have our herbs year round.
Glad Lulu is better! The flowers look great! It has finally stopped raining here for a few so hopefully we can mow the grass which is getting a bit out of hand!
Thank you Samantha. Lulu is better and harder to keep resting now. It rained steady here the last 2 days and it doesn’t do that often. The ground is squishy when I took Lulu out and picked up sticks and branches that were down.
Ooh, The White Trash Zombies series is one I’ve wanted to read! I might have to join into that read-along next year. Silly Lulu! That’s why it’s so hard with the dogs to keep them still. They think they are okay so just go ahead and do things. What is Spoutible?
I hope you can join us. That’s why I did a shorter one. I’ve always wanted to read it. I own them all on audio so I hope I like them. yes it’s hard to keep them resting once they feel better. Spoutible is another thing like Twitter, Tribel, Mastodon, etc. The problem is Twitter is the one all connected into WordPress and Blogger and such. So we will see what happens.
Im glad to hear Lulu is feeling better.
I’m also disappointed about Book Depository closing, it was convenient for international competitions.
I have a paperback ARC of Drowning, Falling was a great read so I’m looking forward to it.
Wishing you a great reading week
Thank you Shelleyrae. I am SO sad about Book Depository. It made things easier. I LOVED Falling so I’m excited for Drowning too.
Your weather is up and down! Kind of like our I guess, but we aren’t hitting those super hot temps yet. We’re supposed to hit 70 (real feel 76) today with lots of sunshine! Your roses look beautiful! So does your African Violet. Glad to hear Lulu is feeling better. That ramp should help with her trying to access things. Remodels can be frustrating! Glad to hear you got some of the bathroom issues dealt with. I’ll have to look into the WTZ readalong. Don’t know much about it. What are you going to do for June-December?
yes we totally will have 35 and 85 temps this week. But oddly the total range of temps here is 30-100 with the extremes only happening about 2 months of the year. I’m glad Lulu is feeling better but it’s harder now to keep her still. I occasionally feel bad about her sleeping by my desk for hours but really that’s the point right now.
2024 WTZ I am mentioning early especially since the audios are Audible only. I have collected them awhile ago but not read them yet. I’ve heard great things.
2024-2025 is Harry Dresden by Jim Butcher there are 17 books plus novellas plus he is releasing more.
2026 is Edge / Innkeeper by Ilona Andrews.
My dog jumped off my bed a couple of months ago and slipped a disc in his back. I had to keep him from jumping, stairs, ect. It was hard. But he is all healed. Speedy recovery for her soon.
A very Happy Easter to you.
Thank you Mary. I’m so glad to hear that Falcor healed well. I hope once Lulu is healed she will be able to do normal other than the jumping. She is young. How long did it take for Falcor to get back to more normal?
Carrot cake muffins – yum! I saw the announcement from Book Depository and was surprised. What a loss of a great option for so many people. It was very warm here all week (high 80’s) until a nor’easter came through last night and today’s about is about 59. What a switch! No complaints from me, though. I love the cool, misty weather.
yes and I made cream cheese frosting to dribble on those muffins. We are having a big range of temps too. We are just finishing the cool, high of 45 and maybe freeze tonight and then going back to 80s this week. Rain every weekend this month so far. I am sad about Book Depository.
So glad poor Lulu is feeling better – but good luck with keeping her still! My daughter’s little dog has had a horrible injury and she is supposed to keep her crated, but the poor little thing is going crazy because she doesn’t understand. I love the pics of your garden – that red rose is beautiful. White Trash Zombies sounds like fun – I’ll check out the series. I hope the coming week is a good one for you, Anne:)).
Thank you Sarah. Lulu is doing pretty well because she wants to be by us all the time. It would be easy if we could pet her, rub her belly 24/7. She is getting more frisky though. I hope you will be able to join some of the Read-alongs. I thought the current one might work for you Iron Druid Chronicles but the shorter one next year will be good for people too. Some people are just too busy to make a definite commitment though.
Busy as always, Anne *smile* Sounds like Lulu is feeling much better, already. It is always a good sign, when they start moving around, although the doc says they shouldn´t. O, I didn´t know that Book Depository is closing. That is sad. This world is turning into something I start to dislike… _Happy Easter, Anne.
Thank you Vi. Lulu is doing better but we must keep her still. I am sad about Book Depository. Happy Easter.
Good news about LuLu feeling better. White Trash Zombies sounds hilarious. I hope you have a great new week.
Thank you Bonnie. WTZ is highly recommended to me and I haven’t read it. I DO own all the audios so I’m looking forward to it.
The flowers look wonderful and that’s great LuLu is feeling better. As always you are busy. I like the read-a-longs you picked for the coming years. I was bummed to hear about Book Depository too. I found Blackwells as an alternative for BD. https://blackwells.zendesk.com/hc/en-gb/articles/201188997-Shipping-and-delivery-information. Maybe their is something better, but so far that’s my replacement for outside US to ship to people.
Thanks Angela. I’ve been in a tizzy with Lulu and my crashed computer and now I must get to taxes. I did some research on options to replace Book Depository and looked at Blackwells but set up at BetterWorldBooks instead. See what you think of it https://www.betterworldbooks.com/ I need to put in some time for Library Love stuff too and plan to get on it once I’ve finished taxes. I hope you will join some of the Read-alongs.
I’ll look into BetterWorldBooks. Thanks for giving me the information. I hope to join your read-alongs again. My RL is changing and I haven’t been reading as much. Kids getting older and busier. ^_^
Sounds like a bunch got done and glad you were able to get your FB post link back going and so many of your audio library loaded. The blooms look good and glad Lulu is feeling a little better.
What a steal to get the Agatha Christie collection for pennies on the dollar.
Hope you had a happy Easter and wishing you a good week, Anne!
Happy Easter Sophia! I’m working though the issues I have with the reloaded computer this week. I started using it as the main desktop last night. I got the ebook of the Agatha Christie free and the audio for 66¢ !!! I love Agatha Christie so I thought it was a real deal.
Another busy week for you! Drowning is also on my TBR list and I’m excited to read it. I hope you have a great week ahead.
Thank you Jodie. I don’t mind busy when I’m making progress but when it’s just repairs to get to normal, that’s a bit frustrating.
Oh Lulu… You need to get better, little one! I hope she has a good week ahead.
I still haven’t done anything with my and social sharing. I’ve got your email flagged in my inbox, but it’s at the bottom of my priority list. I let jetpack share to Facebook when it’s free and then manually do it when it’s not. I stopped sharing to twitter, and have a plug in for Mastodon. Someday I’ll sit down and work on it again…
My son was home most of last week/this weekend, so that was nice to spend time with him. It was my daughter’s 17th birthday and we all went to dinner to celebrate. We also got together with cousins for Easter. This week, the weather is going to be in the 60s and I’m so excited!
Thank you Jen. Lulu may be bored with resting but she is getting lots of love.
It’s a mess with social sharing. Twitter is a mess and yet it’s the most integrated with everything. My stuff is all working for now. I love the apps I use which don’t require plugins.
It’s so great you are having that family time. Enjoy!
I have always wanted to read White Trash Zombies by Diana Rowland….but I can’t get myself too. I’m not crazy about zombie-like things
I rarely read zombie stuff but this one has come highly recommended. I hope I like it.
Oh that naughty LuLu. LOL It must be SO hard to keep that kind of a doggo quiet. They’re always so busy!
yes she is getting less willing to chill. She does listen when I tell her to do things but if I’m not paying attention she might do things which aren’t the best choice. But I can’t stand to have her in the crate too much.
It does seem that Lulu is a bit better now! I hope she continues to improve, even if she’s jumping on couches and zooming up stairs.
Thank you. Lulu needs to not do those things to make sure she heals well. I am trying to pay close attention. Give her plenty of love and get her back to more normal. I think big jumping is going to be very limited in her future.
So glad Lulu is feeling better! The African Violet is beautiful! I’m absolutely terrible with keeping anything flowering alive but luckily my husband is good at it. I hope you are having a wonderful week!
Thank you Katherine. Lulu is feeling better which counts for a lot. I hope she heals enough to get much closer to normal but we will have to protect her from big jumping. I used to be terrible but it seems to be going ok with the plants these days.
Your yard looks great. Hope you had a good week!
Jill
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Thank you. The flowers and garden are doing well. I have quite a bit of weed fighting to do yet in the lawn.