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 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...

  Name of Book: The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida  Author: Shehan Karunatilaka  ISBN: 978-1-324-06482-4 Publisher: W.W. Norton Type of book: Sri Lanka 1970s-1990s, homosexuality, photographer, atrocities, underworld, death, travel, relationships, powers, hierarchy, corruption, mystery  Year it was published: 2022  Summary: Colombo, 1990. Maali Almeida—war photographer, gambler, and closet queen—has woken up dead in what seems like a celestial visa office. His dismembered body is sinking in the serene Beira Lake and he has no idea who killed him. In a country where scores are settled by death squads, suicide bombers, and hired goons, the list of suspects is depressingly long, as the ghouls and ghosts with grudges who cluster round can attest. But even in the afterlife, time is running out for Maali. He has seven moons to contact the man and woman he loves most and lead them to the photos that will rock Sri Lanka. Ten years after his prize-winning novel Chinaman es...

  Name of Book: Girlfriend on Mars Author: Deborah Willis  ISBN: 978-0-393-28591-8 Publisher: W.W. Norton  Type of book: Canada, realistic science fiction, plants, marijuana, liberal values, religion, fight or flight or give up response, climate crisis, 2010s?, Mars, reality TV, cannabis, long term relationship rut, unhealed trauma, religion  Year it was published: 2023  Summary: Amber Kivinen is moving to Mars. Or at least, she will be if she wins a chance to join MarsNow. She and twenty-three reality TV contestants from around the world—including a hunky Israeli soldier, an endearing fellow Canadian, and an assortment of science nerds and wannabe influencers—are competing for two seats on the first human-led mission to Mars, sponsored by billionaire Geoff Task. Meanwhile Kevin, Amber’s boyfriend of fourteen years, was content going nowhere until Amber left him—and their hydroponic weed business—behind. As he tends to the plants growing in their absurdly overpr...

 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 #38 Still June Part Two Bad news: it's still June. Good news June is almost over. I am pretty sure that I spent the week inside just doing my usual of reading, playing games and trying to take care of my son. We did end up celebrating Father's Day on Saturday, which was fun, but other than that, the same in my opinion. More than likely this will be last time in a long time that I will get books. I am trying to prepare myself for acceptance of bad news for me, and I am not sure its working.  Last Week On The Blog This Week On The Blog New Arrivals At svetlana's reads and views     It's Monday! What Are You ...

 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 #37 Still June Took my son to a pedeatrician due to coughing as well as few times he complained about headache and earrache. Turns out he has bacterial infection therefore I had to pull him out of swimming. I also began to attend a meditation class of sorts which honestly helps me emotionally. We also went to the library where my son checked out twenty or so books. Other than that, everything seems to be the same.  Last Week On The Blog This Week On The Blog New Arrivals At svetlana's reads and views It's Monday! What Are You Reading?  (From The Book Date) It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? a place to meet up a...