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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? – 15 July 2024 and WWW Wednesday – 17 July 2024

This week I’m linking up to It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? Hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date and WWW Wednesday hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words!

#IMWAYR is a weekly meme started on J Kaye’s blog and now hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date.

WWW Wednesday was created by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and was taken over by Sam at Taking on a World of Words. To participate answer the 3 W’s:

What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you’ll read next?

Last week was a busy reading week! I breezed through a bunch of audiobooks while also struggling with a few books I ended up DNFing.

Currently Reading:Two Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig

I’m just starting this one but I really enjoyed the first book!

The Wedding Party by L.R. Jones

I’m also just starting the audiobook of The Wedding Party. It was in my recommended for you section of Kindle Unlimited.

Recently Finished:Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn

Confession: I loved this book more than Season 3!

One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig

I really loved this one and immediately borrowed the second book in Kindle Unlimited.

Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay

I think I need to stop trying to read recent horror releases. I hated the writing style in this book!

Reading Next:The Woodkin by Alexander James

I can just picture myself listening to this one while I’m out hiking.

What are you reading and loving this week?

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Published on July 14, 2024 16:00

The Sunday Post: Will It Ever Stop Raining?

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 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.

Will It Ever Stop Raining?

Hey Book Blogger Friends! I hope you all had a great week!

It was a pretty bland week here. I mainly went to the gym, worked, and tried to catch up on sleep.

As I may have mentioned, I’ve been trying to get healthier and lose weight since I was diagnosed with my gallbladder issues in early April. (I had gallbladder removal surgery May 20.) I’m happy to report that as of yesterday when I weighed myself at the gym, I’ve lost 31 pounds since early April. I haven’t hit my summer goal yet but I’m close and I plan to keep going in the hopes of hitting my long term goal by next spring.

We’ve had yet another week of on and off rain, more flooding in areas, and high heat and humidity while the annual Iola Old Car Show was going on. I’m getting sick of the rain, I just want to enjoy summer! I’ve had to cancel plans I’ve had for my days off twice now with the unpredictable forecast and the fact that the places I want to go are flooded.

Last Week on the Blog:

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? – 8 July 2024 and WWW Wednesday – 10 July 2024

Can’t Wait Wednesday: So Thirsty by Rachel Harrison

This Week on the Blog:

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? – 15 July 2024

Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Things I Loved About Romancing Mister Bridgerton

WWW Wednesday – 17 July 2024

Can’t Wait Wednesday: The Crescent Moon Tearoom

New Book Mail on My Shelves:Library Borrow:

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Published on July 13, 2024 21:00

Can’t Wait Wednesday: So Thirsty by Rachel Harrison

Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have yet to be released.

So Thirsty by Rachel Harrison

Adult, Horror, Standalone

eBook, Hardcover, Audiobook, 304 Pages

September 10, 2024 by Berkley

Blurb:

A woman must learn to take life by the throat after a night out leads to irrevocable changes in this juicy, thrilling novel from the USA Today bestselling author of Such Sharp Teeth and Black Sheep.

Sloane Parker is dreading her birthday. She doesn’t need a reminder she’s getting older, or that she’s feeling indifferent about her own life. Her husband surprises her with a birthday-weekend getaway—not with him, but with Sloane’s longtime best friend, troublemaker extraordinaire Naomi. Sloane anticipates a weekend of wine tastings and cozy robes and strategic avoidance of issues she’d rather not confront, like her husband’s repeated infidelity.

But when they arrive at their rental cottage, it becomes clear Naomi has something else in mind. She wants Sloane to stop letting things happen to her, for Sloane to really live. So Naomi orchestrates a wild night out with a group of mysterious strangers, only for it to take a horrifying turn that changes Sloane’s and Naomi’s lives literally forever. The friends are forced to come to terms with some pretty eternal consequences in this bloody, seductive novel about how it’s never too late to find satisfaction, even though it might taste different than expected.

Why I Want to Read This Book:

Rachel Harrison is an auto-buy author for me, ever since I read her debut, The Return (which still remains my favorite). This book reminds me of the vampire equivalent of Such Sharp Teeth so I’m anticipating a similar-ish storyline.

Will you be checking this book out? What upcoming releases are you looking forward to?

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Published on July 09, 2024 21:00

Top Ten Tuesday: 10 Unique/Unusual Character Names

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and The Bookish and currently hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl.

Top Ten Tuesday: 10 Unique/Unusual Character Names

This week’s TTT is a freebie of past prompts and I decided to go with unusual/unique character names

1. Lieke (Until the Stars Fall)

2. Tempest Mortem (Corpse Queen)

3. Lune (Reactive)

4. Cozy (Last on the List)

5. Misery Lark (Bride)

6 & 7. Winnifred and Byron (Ten Trends to Seduce Your Best Friend)

(More old fashioned than unique/unusual which makes them so)8 & 9. Castor and Forge (Gravebriar)

10. Saint (Nash)

What did you choose for today’s freebie post? What unusual names have you found in books?

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Published on July 08, 2024 20:00

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? – 8 July 2024 and WWW Wednesday – 10 July 2024

This week I’m linking up to It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? Hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date and WWW Wednesday hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words!

#IMWAYR is a weekly meme started on J Kaye’s blog and now hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date.

WWW Wednesday was created by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and was taken over by Sam at Taking on a World of Words. To participate answer the 3 W’s:

What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you’ll read next?

Last week was a busy reading week! I breezed through a bunch of audiobooks while also struggling with a few books I ended up DNFing.

Currently Reading:The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley

I think it’s the setting but I’m not enjoying this one as much as the other books I’ve read by this author. It’s alright and I’m halfway through, I’m just waiting to see what the twist is.

One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig

I’ve been reading little bits of this one when I can. Lately I’m just getting through audiobooks faster. I do like the story so far.

Recently Finished:The Swell by Allie Reynolds

I thought this one was pretty good! I kept guessing who the killer was and was surprised at the end.

Only If You’re Lucky by Stacy Willingham

I also really enjoyed this one! The main character is a bit of an unreliable narrator and I loved how none of the characters were really innocent.

We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer

This book left me asking WTF did I just read? And sometimes that can be a good thing. But this? This was just confusing and unsatisfying.

Reading Next:The Girl Who Died by Ragnar Jónasson

I’ve had the audiobook of this one for a while and I’m finally getting ready to read it.

What are you reading and loving this week?

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Published on July 07, 2024 16:13

The Sunday Post: Fourth of July, Dam Breaks, and Yoga

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 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.

Fourth of July, Dam Breaks, and Yoga

Hey Book Blogger Friends! I hope you all had a great week!

The Fourth of July came and went. I was in the middle of my 60 hour work week and our fireworks always fall on the 3rd, which I was also working. A fight broke out in the park where they were holding the fireworks and it was all hands on deck to take care of it and I, as it is with our department, was the only dispatcher on duty. It was really stressful, worse than any other holiday I’ve worked.

We’ve also still been enduring at least half of the week plagued by rainy days. Yesterday I tried to drive to the grocery store in the next town over. The thunderstorm was so bad I felt like Janet Leigh’s character in Psycho. I could barely tell where I was on the road and was hydroplaning at times as the road flooded so I had to turn back. Meanwhile in another nearby town, the dam broke and the town is now flooded in places. I think it made CNN.

Since the gym was shut down for the holiday I tried Yoga for the first time at home. My knees hurt a lot afterwards but I’m hoping it will be an alternative when the gym is closed on Sundays if the weather is too bad to hike, like it’s supposed to be today.

Last Week on the Blog:

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? – 1 July 2024 and WWW Wednesday – 3 July 2024

Top Ten Tuesday: 10 Books with My Favorite Color on the Cover

Can’t Wait Wednesday: The Chamber by Will Dean

On the Travel Blog: Weekly Exploration Round Up June 23-29

On the Travel Blog: Spring 2024 Travel Catch-Up

This Week on the Blog:

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? – 8 July 2024 and WWW Wednesday – 10 July 2024

Top Ten Tuesday: 10 Unique/Unusual Character Names

Can’t Wait Wednesday: So Thirsty by Rachel Harrison

On the Travel Blog: Weekly Exploration Round Up June 30 – July 6

New Book Mail on My Shelves:Audiobook/Hoopla Borrow:

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Published on July 06, 2024 21:00

Can’t Wait Wednesday: The Chamber

Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have yet to be released.

The Chamber by Will Dean

Adult, Thriller, Standalone

eBook, Paperback, Audiobook, 352 Pages

August 6, 2024 by Atria/Emily Bestler Books

Blurb:

And Then There Were None meets The Last Breath in this tense and suspenseful locked-room thriller that takes place inside a hyperbaric chamber from the author of the “brilliant, twisted, and oh so clever” (Chris Whitaker, New York Times bestselling author) novel The Last Thing to Burn.

Six experienced saturation divers are locked inside a hyperbaric chamber. Calm and professional, they know that rapid decompression would be fatal and so they work in shifts, breathing helium, and surviving in hot, close quarters.

Then one of them is found dead in his bunk.

With four days of decompression to go before the locked hatch to the chamber can be safely opened, the group must watch one another’s backs at all times. And when another diver is discovered unresponsive, everyone is on edge. What…or who…is taking them out one by one? And will any of them still be alive by the time the four days is up or will paranoia, exhaustion, suspicion, and pressure destroy them all?

Why I Want to Read This Book:

I loved this author’s last book, The Last One. It was such a propulsive read, so intense I had to find out what was going to happen next. This one sounds like it’s going to be another tense thriller and I can’t wait!

Will you be checking this book out? What upcoming releases are you looking forward to?

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Published on July 02, 2024 21:00

Top Ten Tuesday: 10 Books with My Favorite Color on the Cover

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and The Bookish and currently hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl.

Top Ten Tuesday: 10 Books with My Favorite Color on the Cover

This week’s TTT is about books with our favorite colors on the cover. My current favorite colors are red and turquoise/light bright blue…

1. Anatomy by Dana Schwartz

2. Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six by Lisa Unger

3. Teen Hyde by Chandler Baker

4. The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill (I know this is more greenish…)

5. Monsters & Mayhem by Stacey Rourke

6. My Salty Mary by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows

7. So Thirsty by Rachel Harrison

8. A Ship of Bones and Teeth by Karina Halle

9. Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera

10. The Family Plot by Megan Collins

What is your favorite color(s)? What are some of your favorite books with that color on the cover?

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Published on July 01, 2024 21:00

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? – 1 July 2024 and WWW Wednesday – 3 July 2024

This week I’m linking up to It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? Hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date and WWW Wednesday hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words!

#IMWAYR is a weekly meme started on J Kaye’s blog and now hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date.

WWW Wednesday was created by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and was taken over by Sam at Taking on a World of Words. To participate answer the 3 W’s:

What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you’ll read next?

Last week was a busy reading week! I breezed through a bunch of audiobooks while also struggling with a few books I ended up DNFing.

Currently Reading:The Swell by Allie Reynolds

I started this audiobook over the weekend and I’m enjoying it so far. I love that this author writes thrillers involving athletes.

Only If You’re Lucky by Stacy Willingham

I’m a little over halfway through with this one and hoping to finish it up in the next couple days so I can get to my library book. It’s really good.

Recently Finished:Inheritance by Nora Roberts

I loved this one and I can’t wait for the second book!

This was an ARC I received releasing later in the summer. And it was… pretty bad.

Reading Next:We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer

I just got this one from the library and it’s due on July 10th.

What are you reading and loving this week?

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Published on June 30, 2024 16:00

The Sunday Post: Gorgeous Hikes, Passports, and Cover Reveals

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 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.

Gorgeous Hikes, Passports, and Cover Reveals

Hey Book Blogger Friends! Happy Sunday! I hope you all had a great week!

This week I took advantage of the break in rainstorms and went hiking at two of the state parks within an hours drive of my house. I enjoyed them both and I’m looking forward to my Sunday afternoon hike today.