Svetlana's Reads and Views

 The Sunday Post The Sunday Post is a blog news 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 your blog for the week ahead. Join in weekly, bi-weekly or for a monthly wrap up. See rules here:  Sunday Post Meme #41 A Good week? In some ways the week was good in my opinion, but yes, I tend to be nervous and uncomfortable when something goes well because the old saying about rising then falling. I got a lot of cool books, and have started to read and enjoy THE TRAITOR by Anthony Ryan. My son went to a birthday party at Chuck E Cheese, but lets say it wasn't willingly and he didn't want to go at all. Unfortunately the birthday party wasn't good for him. We also went to Cici's Pizza a week back I believe, and at long last I finally got time to myself few days ago at a Chinese Buffer place. Not sure how this week will be, but...

 The Sunday Post The Sunday Post is a blog news 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 your blog for the week ahead. Join in weekly, bi-weekly or for a monthly wrap up. See rules here:  Sunday Post Meme #40 RIP Doxie  On 29th of June, 2023, Doxie the Dachshund that has lived with us since March 2013 had to be put down. It is definitely on the weird side because I keep expecting her to appear or to see her lying down or whatnot. Doxie, I'd like to think, had a wonderful life, and she is strongly missed. We got her in 2013 as a rescue, and we don't know her true age, although the vet guessed she might have been four to five years old. She was homeless and we often thought she lived with an old woman and she didn't behave like one would expect a dog to behave.  She was very solitary and always was with my mom eve...

 The Sunday Post The Sunday Post is a blog news 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 your blog for the week ahead. Join in weekly, bi-weekly or for a monthly wrap up. See rules here:  Sunday Post Meme #39 Longing for what cannot happen Months ago, I read a recent Dogman book to my then six year old son where a character explained that by making others angry they are bringing happiness to them. I have to admit that was a bit mind-blowing, especially considering the addictive nature of anger. Reason I am bringing up is because, well, just as one situation is resolved for the better (yay!) there is always a reminder of lack of something within me. I long for moments of the past, when I was in my twenties, exploring what is long gone. I do my best to find happiness in my thirties, but at almost 38 years of age, there aren...