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Sunday, I slept well and am happy to be visiting blogs and doing chores today. I have one final ARC to read for 2023 and I’m reading it now. It’s a thrill to be a bit ahead. I tried to disconnect the hose from the faucet outside yesterday and even tried pliers and could not get it loose. I gave it one more try this morning and I got it! I was worried because it will be around freezing most nights this week. I can’t believe the leafsucker came today as it is Sunday. I made a long list before bedtime of all the things I want to do this week.
Monday, I worked on the usual stuff. I also scrubbed most of my daughter’s bathroom. I called Audible to ask some questions about giving gifts and also about a credit that says it doesn’t expire until 2041. I signed up for Hulu’s Cyber Monday deal for 99¢ a month (with ads) for a year. I want to watch the Olympics next year and probably Only Murders in the Building. I called and asked more questions about my daughter’s college registration. I took Lulu for a short walk. It was cold and it will be colder the next few days. I covered the new plants and some plants in the food garden. I went upstairs to do more work after dinner which I don’t do often.
Tuesday, it’s colder and windy but with the sunshine and good coat it felt fine when I walked the dogs. We went to our annual physicals this afternoon which was a big nothing burger. I started filling my cart with items in the Audible sale. There are a lot of really good deals.
Wednesday, my daughter went to bed at 6am and Lulu barked off and on from then until 8:30am, when I let her outside. My daughter let her outside at 6am also. This happens whenever my daughter goes to bed too late. I got up and went to walk the dogs. I brought Lulu across and attached her to their front porch. Kayla eventually saw her but got over it. I like that because I don’t have to go back across the street to get her. I thought it would be cold since it got down to 20F/ -7C last night but it was sunny and nice. I covered plants and that seems to have helped. Tonight and one day next week will freeze but otherwise warm enough to let them keep growing. I got through my Audible and Chirp selections. I wrote a few reviews. I made a batch of food for Lulu with ground turkey and spinach.. Luckily, I went back after dinner to finish up my Audible purchases because I realized it will bill me tomorrow for the membership. I went to cancel and they offered me a really good deal, so I have it another 6 months, then we will see. I just think they only offer deals to new subscribers.
Thursday, a very cold night but by the midday walk it was very nice. I managed to get up early and get a few things accomplished. The walk was pleasant and if Kayla saw Lulu she didn’t bark or huff at her. Lulu had her second round of canine flu vaccine. But my daughter’s chiro appt was cancelled. I covered the plants again as it will just be to freezing. I made another batch of food for Lulu with chicken thighs and green beans. I put together a shelf for my daughter’s bathroom. After dinner I went up to look at the 100 audiobook giveaway. There were a couple I really wanted and a bunch of others I might try. I got over 30 free audiobooks mostly on Chirp. The ones I really wanted were the Rachel Grant and Toni Anderson ones but there are others I’m sure I’ll want to read with more consideration.
Friday, another day with not too much sleep and lots to do. I put together the second shelf for my daughter’s bathroom and the handyman came to install them. Things went off a bit but I can finish up myself. Lulu and I took a walk on the longer route and saw 4 swans. They’re back! I started setting up the 2024 Library Love setup.
Saturday, I got a nice start on all the different fronts. I’m scrambling to get all my challenge posts set up for 2024. Lulu and I walked the longer route and this time I took some photos of the swans. I stopped to talk to a neighbor. Mom, Dad and 2 of the babies are back, no sign of the third baby. They were gone since around Halloween. I’m a little frustrated with all the big tasks on deck and they are all finished except for one final thing or piece of info I have to find. I just want to finish them! It’s warm today around 70F /21C and cloudy and humid. At least it’s not raining. No rain projected in the week ahead, sunny and 50-60sF.
So another week not looking at FS Poster. I manually shared friends’ reviews to Threads and Mastodon. I prefer those two for reading things myself.
I did mange to finish my series in the month buddy read with Berls @ Because Reading and Rachel @Waves of Fiction. We read the No Evil trilogy by Allison Brennan. It has a lot of background on the Kincaid family which leads up to her Lucy Kincaid series. I chose to do short Goodreads reviews.
November Reading: I had another good reading month. I managed to read 28 books. Audiobooks continue to help me read more. Some count for more than one challenge. I listened to 14 audiobooks, read 7 library books, 20 COYER reads, and 7 books which I already own.
All Library books (including ones not reviewed on the blog) 2023 Library Love Challenge
I did manage to read 7 books I own (goal is 3 per month):
- 🎧 Time and Tide by Peter Grainger
- 🎧 A Private Investigation by Peter Grainger
- 🎧 Scourged by Kevin Hearne
- 🎧 First Dangle & Other Stories by Kevin Hearne
- 🎧 Death & Honey by Kevin Hearne ( and others)
- Gladiator by Anna Hackett
- Alien Mate by Cara Bristol
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):
I am so thankful to the publishers – Tantor Audio.
(If you click on the cover, it will take you to the Goodreads entry)
The Audible Sale was huge. I also had four credits to use by the end of the week. I used my 4 credits for these.
I bought 26 titles in the Audible sale for about $83. I finished off a bunch of series: October Daye by Seanan MacGuire, Tracy Crosswhite by Robert Dugoni, Unwind series by Neal Shusterman, Shining Smith by Faith Hunter, and a few audiobooks in the Cavendish & Walker series by Sally Rigby, Chronicles of St. Mary’s by Jodi Taylor, Evidence series by Rachel Grant, Kara Gillian by Diana Rowland, Inspector Wexford series by Ruth Rendell, DC Smith series by Peter Grainger, and Paper & Blood by Kevin Hearne.
I got the Audible Daily Deal – Bitter Past by Bruce Borgos for $2.99 which I loved.
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
I read all types of books but my favorites are urban fantasy and romantic suspense.I like some romance and some action / adventure / mystery in everything.I like sex in my books but please, only between TWO people.Intimate conversation is equally important to the sex in a book.It lets me see the characters.The other thing I enjoy is humor.
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- 🎧 Red River Road by Anna Downes @whatannawrote @MaddyWithington @MinotaurBooks @MacmillanAudio #LoveAudiobooks - October 3, 2024
- A Grim Reaper’s Guide to Catching a Killer by Maxie Dara @MaxieDara @jaimebee @BerkleyPub @PRHAudio @sophiarose1816 #LoveAudiobooks - October 2, 2024
- 🎧 Candle & Crow by Kevin Hearne @KevinHearne @luckylukeekul @DelReyBooks @PRHAudio#LoveAudiobooks - October 1, 2024
Woo hoo! Thank you for a smorgasbord of sweet Lulu💜
That Audible sale was fantastic. Wonderful to see you scored so well. I made an agreement with myself that I’d get the books in my wishlist that were under $5. Later, I went back and got the books in the Fatal series that I was missing and narrated by Eva Kaminsky.
Have a great week!
Thank you Jonetta. Lulu is a star. I had a hard time not getting ones I wanted that were under $4. There’s one series which it’s the first time it’s been on sale but has like 20 titles which were $2.43 I just couldn’t do it. I tried to finish up series especially if they were Audible only.
I love Only Murders in the Building. I like Hulu because I can watch Dateline and binge older shows (currently doing an SVU rewatch).
I’m sure we will enjoy Hulu. My daughter will probably watch a bunch and me not so much.
Only Murders in the Building is a lot of fun – I hope you enjoy it. I bought a lot of books with the Audible sale, including for next year’s Read-Along. I really am going to work on my TBR next year – I swear! LOL. It got cold here this week: lows in the 20s and highs in the low 40s. I’ve been dealing with a health issue, and I’ve used it as an excuse not to walk.
Thankfully even though we had a couple nights in the 20s it warmed up in the daytime and I’ve been enjoying walking. I got a bunch of Audible only things and things in series.
Damn Anne, Lulu is so cute! And as far as barking is concerned, my dog is barking a lot more now that she is old and deaf!
Lulu is so good most of the time I can’t get mad at her. She only barks when we put her in the crate because she’d rather be out with us.
I hope you get those tasks done!
We still can’t legally access Hulu in Australia which is a shame, and $12 for a year is a bargain. It costs me that much for a month of Netflix with ads.
Wishing you a great reading week
Thank you Shelleyrae. I hope I can make headway on my tasks this week in a big way. We will see. Our Netflix just went up so it will also be $12. I asked my daughter if we really needed it or might pause it for awhile but she watches it alot too. I’m more likely to watch Discovery+
I’m looking forward to the Olympics. I guess I should start planning now how to watch them. I think I mostly streamed online coverage last time.
Love the pic.
70 sounds nice. It’s cold here.
Thanks Greg. It’s another nice day here. One of the few things I will spend large amounts of time watching is the Olympics.
Lulu is so adorable in all the pictures! I had to make myself stop adding to my cart on Audible because the sale items added up so quickly! Looks like you had a busy week though. Hope you are able to get some more that you want done this week.
Thanks Lisa. I know I had over $100 in my cart and knew I had to pare it down. I could get rid of things I can get at the library or aren’t Audible only.
What a nice week. I also picked up some free audiobooks from Chirp. ^_^ Our weather has started to cool and be rainy. Now I know it’s winter. I also signed up for an Audible 4 month deal they were offering, so I have it for 4 months now. Have a wonderful week and stay warm.
Thank you Angela. yes it’s only when you cancel that the good deals are available. Definitely I want to take advantage of more of the Audible Plus catalog than I have been also.
Lulu is just too cute.
It’s been really nice here too, about the same weather as you.
Lulu is the star. I think it’s pretty good weather.
Yeah, this past week has been a killer for the audio sales. So many good ones! Looks like your temps are balancing on that tricky spot that makes it hard to decide whether to prep for winter or let them flourish a bit longer. Glad you were able to get lots of work done and get out on your walks where you spotted the swans again. Super job on your monthly reading and challenge numbers.
Have a great week, Anne!
Thank you Sophia. Everything just came up on me this past week and it was time to get challenge and year end and month end stuff handled. I want to get into 2024 setups as much as I can in the next few weeks. I usually do this stuff in October.
Sounds like it was a busy week. I’m trying to figure out how to watch the Olympics too, and I didn’t know you could watch on Hulu. Congrats on finishing your 2023 review books!
Thanks Tammy. I think you can watch them on Hulu because it has all the live TV at least. There may be other, probably more expensive options which allow one to stream later. Sadly I took a couple more 2023 ARCs which will be easy to do this month but I hope to get a bit ahead on my 2024 titles now. Audios are never very far ahead usually.
It sounds like you had a busy week! I grabbed most of the freebie audiobooks. I will probably never listen to most of them but they won’t hurt a thing hanging out in my Google Play account. I tried to cancel my audible membership this week too and got an offer that I couldn’t refuse. I wonder if we got the same offer? Have a great week, Anne!
Thanks Carole. I have the same philosophy – those freebies don’t hurt anyone and I might read them. I got a deal that was $50 for 6 months – 6 credits which I liked.
Great deals. That is how I collected 99% of the October Daye series. I snagged a few bargains myself.
There are always some great deals I think I have to have although I try to stick more to Audible only things I can’t get elsewhere.
Busy week for you! I signed up for Hulu too. I couldn’t resist the 99 cent sale. I hope you have a great week!
Thanks Yvonne. I hope you enjoy the Hulu as much as my daughter is already.
Lulu is so darn cute!!
It sounds like you got a lot done this week – actually what you accomplish every week amazes me! Have a good one!
Thank you Erin. We know Lulu is extraordinary. I try to do as much as I can, all the time pretty much.
The Audible sale was good to you – I couldn’t find anything I wanted on the Canadian site. I hope you enjoy all of these books! Have a great week.
Thank you Jodie. yes it was a good sale for me. Better than with credits and half the price, mostly under $4
Congrats on getting so much done! I love reading about Lulu’s adventures – she is so cute. I an trying to figure out what challenges I want to do this year, I’m actually glad that I was able to start blogging again. I’ve backslid a bit with the new puppy but that’s to be expected and I’m still plugging along. Hope you guys have a great week!
Thank you Barb. I try not to choose too many challenges although I have my own challenges I host which are my personal goals. I try to spend my time reading but I do love the chats of the Read-along, that is something I don’t get with other challenges.
The swans are back! So pretty. You’ve been having cooler weather than us here. We had a few days where our low was below freezing, but our low is back in the 40s now. Highs in the 50s. I enjoyed our read-along! I meant to snag The Bitter Past, but forgot. I might have been in Austin. I never have a whole lot of time to myself when I’m with my daughter. We’re back home and I’m tired. Have to work more than usual this week and we’re meeting our son in Lake Isabella (central CA, in the Sequoia National Forrest) on Friday. Sad I missed out on the chat. How did it go?
Thank you Rachel. I think the chat went well. Jen was the voice of reason. Berls couldn’t go or we might have had a knock down drag out with Jen as referee. lol I feel more about it the way you do. You have a rough schedule between all the working and traveling. Take care of yourself!
Lol! Yes, Jen seems to look at both sides with Atticus. I think we do have the same opinion with the series. Thank you! I’ll be happy after this next Monday night, then I can have a little bit of relaxing!
We’ve had so much rain. It’s been freezing cold but not enough to really make snow.
We’ve had nights get down to 25-30F but our days are still generally 50-60. It hasn’t rained much even when it is projected.
That’s a fantastic deal with Hulu! It’s been cold here but thankfully not that cold! I’m not a fan of cold weather. The Audible sale sounds fantastic. I kept meaning to go through the books for sale but never did which is probably best considering how many books I I have that I haven’t listened to yet! Have a great week!
Thank you Katherine. I was happy with the deals I got like Hulu for Black Friday and the Audible items. I try not to get much most of the year. Certainly I have books to read.
Good gracious are the Olympics really next year?????