The Absolute Joy of Sleeping in on a Monday Morning. 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. you can write 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.

I am very excited that I don't have to get up and go to work tomorrow. I have no plans and am hoping to stay in my pajamas all day. Maybe I'll hit the Starbucks drive thru and get my first PSL of the season. I also like that Labor Day is on September first this year. 

I will be working on finishing my current audio read, Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall. I need to not go to Goodreads when I am double-checking the spelling of a book title. I think the blurb for this book gives too much away, and now I feel a little spoiled. 

Did I mention I set up a TikTok account? I think I did. But if you missed it, now you know.  It's an author account. I don't know what I am doing. Do use TikTok? 

If you are looking for some ideas on what to do with yourself this month here is a fun guide I saw posted. This weekend I'll be at a book signing in Galena, IL. It's a super cute town that is a popular Midwest weekend destination. I'm going to try and make sure I take some pictures. What are some of your September plans?

The Sunday Post --False Fall

  

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. you can write 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.

A big change in the weather arrived last night, because of Hurricaine Erin, the jetstream was pulled down and we are enjoying some nice temperate weather. It's delightful to have some low-humidity days where you can open the windows and enjoy fresh air!

I'm looking forward to fall so much that the book I am drafting accidentally changed from being a Christmas-themed book to being a fall book that ends Christmas Eve.  This week, the one and only PSL will be back. Do you like pumpkin spice lattes?  My local independent coffee shop has its own version that uses fresh pumpkin puree and contains much less sugar. 

Reading wise, I've been slacking! I did finish an audiobook. I joined TikTok and I'm trying to figure out what types of posts work and how to edit stuff. I'm only allowing myself less than an hour a day to work on it. I did find a good recipe and made it yesterday! 

Nom nom nom. It's 1 can chickpeas, 1 can black beans, 8oz mozarella pearls, 2 chopped cucumbers, 10 chopped cherry tomatoes, pickled banana peppers, couple tbsps of fresh basil, and then salad dressing made with olive oil, wine vinegar, dijon mustard, and a little honey.

I also went to a book signing with Brigid Kemmerer, who wrote the book (which I haven't read yet) "Warrior Princess Assassin" 

How was your week?  This was our first full week of school--174 days left til next summer break!

Need Some Witchy Goodness in Your Life? Tik Tok Should Be Talking About This Book!

 

This new release is the first book in the Bewitched Billionaires series. I don't care too much for the billionaire subgenre, but in this series, the women and the ones with the billions and this series takes place in a magic small town, so it's more aligned with the small-town genre than billionaires, which is great!

The romance at the center of the story is nice and pretty cozy. It one where you the reader are enjoying watching the couple be a little hard-headed and foolish on their way to their HEA. If you are looking for cozy witch vibes the town of Owl Cove delivers!  The magical world is very practical and magic is a help it's not a cure-all.  

Owl Cove has cute shops and delicious restaurants. Brigid Hunt provides some mouthwatering descriptions of dinners.  She also makes sure to have a town festival during the story.  The town side characters are developed well for our first introduction to them and I can't wait for the next book in this series--which I think will be set near Halloween (Samhain) 

This book is on Kindle and paperback and it was a five-star read for me! 

To kick off my birthday month I went to Lollapalooza with my youngest kiddo. It was very hot and I should have worn shorts and a different pair of shoes, but at least it didn't rain except a little at the very end. The music was excellent.  We saw Chappell Roan and she put on a great show.It was packed to see her! My favorite was the headliner Hoizer. I saw him at his first Lollapalooza back in 2014 and now I've seen him on the big stage! 

This is the crowd for Chappell Roan. I'm in there somewhere towards the back!

I love Chicago! Storm clouds rolled in as Hoizer took the stage but the rain held off except for a few minutes at the end. 

The In-Between, A Memoir by a Famous Tik-Tok person

 

I was scrolling through what books had audio versions available to borrow on my library app and I came across this book. I was hesitant, did I want to listen to a book about death, but I decided to give it a go.

The audio version is read by the author Hadley Vlahas who is a hospice nurse. Later I learned she is Tik-tok famous for her hospice-related Tik-toks.   She is young and after I was done with the book, I noticed that many of the less-than-positive reviews seemed to be bothered by her youth.  

I was a little put off when I started the book because I wasn't very interested in a religious-based book on life's final moments.  However, I listened a little bit longer and I found that Hadley Vlahos was pretty balanced. This book is a memoir of Hadley becoming a nurse and then a hospice nurse. She grows into full adulthood over the course of the book.  As the subtitle suggests she shares stories of the last moments of some of her patients over the years.  

Now I wonder, are these amalgamations of patients, or did she have the approval to share the actual details of her patients. I'm going to assume she had approval to share actual details because the stories are all lovely, so I assume these people (or their families) were OK with being included in her book. 

I walked away from this story with a book hangover, the book is hopeful, but sad too. I would actually like to read another book from a hospice nurse or doctor just to compare it to this one, so if anyone has a recommendation, please let me know. 

4 stars!

The Sunday Post- July is Winding Down

 

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 

This week was very busy, my parents came to visit, the hubs had a work event overnight downtown, we went to a concert at a new concert venue, and Saturday we had a graduation party. Busy in a good way. This upcoming week is looking busy as well, so I am really embracing audiobooks. How are things by you?  It has not been very, very hot here --but if the forecast is correct this week is going to be in the 90-100 (mid to high 30s for those of you that use Celcius) I will have to be mindful about whether or not it is safe to walk our dog.  How about you?  How is your weather? 

Books I'll be talking about: