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December 03, 2023

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

# 62 What is going on?

I have no idea what is gong on with a certain company. No November or, so far, December Reviewer list, and no inclination for sending things I have requested. However I am still continuing reading the books they have previously sent. Again I do wonder what is going on? I don't think I am kicked out or anything like that (cross my fingers that I am not... for I am truly addicted to books they send me...) but its still troubling. I have also began to do the last year thing where I will open my December reads on first of January.

My son has a best friend, another little boy who is few months younger than he, and already few times he and I went to the little boy's house. My son talks to the boy what seems to be all the time by calling and he and the boy also ride on the bus. Aside from being kind of concerned about the certain company, I would honestly say that nothing is new.

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 and share what you have been, and are about to be reading over the week. It’s a great post to organise yourself. It’s an opportunity to visit and comment and er… add to your groaning TBR pile! So welcome in everyone. This meme started on J Kaye’s blog and then was hosted by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn here at The Book Date.

Jen Vincent, Teach Mentor Texts, and Kellee of Unleashing Readers decided to give It’s Monday! a kidlit focus. If you read and review books in children’s literature – picture books, chapter books, middle grade novels, young adult novels or anything in those genres – join them.

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Much to mine shock, I honestly enjoyed reading ASHES OF THE SUN by Django Wexler. I'll be honest in saying that I liked the third book, but I didn't LOVE IT. However, first book, wow, its just amazing! I am still reading HOUSE OF ODYSSEUS and have begun reading SECOND BEST by David Foenkinos. My son has also done my reading pile, which means after the first two books will follow his selection of books. And yes, plenty, plenty of books to review, which I will start maybe this week or weekend. (And some are from few months ago...)

Current Reads:

148/420 10/215

Plans:

Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.

How it works:

I assign each Tuesday a topic and then post my top ten list that fits that topic. You’re more than welcome to join me and create your own top ten (or 2, 5, 20, etc.) list as well. Feel free to put a unique spin on the topic to make it work for you! Please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own post so that others know where to find more information.

You’ll find the schedule of upcoming TTT topics below so you can plan ahead. I’ll post a Linky here on the blog each week so you can link up your post (if you want). If you don’t have a blog, post your picks in the comment section below! Have tons of fun talking books and getting to know your fellow bloggers!

NOTE: If a weekly topic is listed as a “freebie”, you are invited to come up with your own topic. Sometimes I will give your topic a theme, such as “love”, a season, or an upcoming holiday. That just means that you can come up with any topic you want that fits under that umbrella.

You’re more than welcome to use the Top Ten Tuesday image I designed above (or any of my older/seasonal ones), or make your own that fits your site’s theme.

December 5: Freebie

Shelf Control

Welcome to Shelf Control — an original feature created and hosted by Bookshelf Fantasies.

Shelf Control is a weekly celebration of the unread books on our shelves. Pick a book you own but haven’t read, write a post about it (suggestions: include what it’s about, why you want to read it, and when you got it), and link up! For more info on what Shelf Control is all about, check out my introductory post, here.

Want to join in? Shelf Control posts go up every Wednesday. See the guidelines at the bottom of the post, and jump on board!

Title:

Author:

Published:

Length:

What it’s about (synopsis via Goodreads):

How and when I got it:

Why I want to read it:

What do you think? Would you read this book? And if you’ve read it, do you recommend it?

Please share your thoughts!

Books from Backlog

Books from the Backlog is a fun way to feature some of those neglected books sitting on your bookshelf unread. If you are anything like me, you might be surprised by some of the unread books hiding in your stacks.

If you would like to join in, please feel free to enter your link, link back to this post, and then spend some time visiting some of the other posts.

This week’s neglected book

Book Title:

Series:

Publisher:

Genres:

Pages:

Format:

Source:

Summary:

Why did I add <Book Title> to my bookshelf?

What are your thoughts? Have you read this book? Would you recommend it?

Let's Talk Bookish

December 8: Holiday Reading Plans (Jillian @ Jillian the Bookish Butterfly)

Prompts: It’s almost the end of 2023! Do you have any plans for the end of the year/the holiday season? What books do you want to read before the end of the year?

Stacking the Shelves