Sunday News #50

Sunday Post and Sunday Salon are blog news memes hosted at Caffeinated Reviewer and Reader Buzz, respectively. It’s a chance to share news, recap the past week on your blog, and showcase books and other things.
Feeling

I’m feeling tired. Although I’m over my cold, I haven’t been sleeping very well. With the help of my doctor, I’m weaning myself off a problematic med that’s for depression. One of its main side effects is drowsiness so doctors often prescribe it to patients with a history of depression and sleeping difficulties. I’d stay on it if it didn’t make me so sleepy. I have a hard time getting out of bed before 11:00am most mornings because of the med.

Blogging

I had another really good blogging week.Here’s what I posted this week:

Reading

I’ll finish rereading THE STAR SCROLL by Melanie Rawn today. It’s even better than I remember. I’ve also listened to a couple of hours of THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS AND SNAKES audiobook.

Listening

Corey grew up on 60s and 70s rock so that’s what he listens to unless he’s in the mood for something more recent. Without fail, “Fortunate Son” by Creedence Clearwater Revival comes on every single time we get in the car. Things could be worse. At least it’s a good song.

Watching

Corey and I are in that bingeless state you get in after finishing a mind-blowing show. We’re currently trying to decide what to watch next.

We’ve been rewatching a few of our favorite shows, like BLUEY. (Yes, we watch BLUEY and no, we don’t have kids.)

We’ve also been watching a couple of favorite movies, like THE EMPEROR’S NEW GROOVE and NATIONAL TREASURE (1 and 2). We also watched Order of the Phoenix because my BFF’s daughter finished the book and hadn’t seen the movie yet.

Loving

I love when Corey goes out of town because I get to eat SUSHI!!!

For those of you who don’t know, Corey’s deathly allergic, and I mean deathly, to shellfish. He’s so allergic that he’ll have an anaphylactic reaction if I’ve eaten it and breathed on him or if he walks into a restaurant or grocery store with shellfish. Needless to say, I only get to eat sushi or shellfish when Corey’s away for at least 24 hours. Have I mentioned that shellfish is my favorite?

Wanting

I want to make some brownies or chocolate chip cookies. I’ve been in the mood to bake but haven’t really given in yet.

Needing

I need to eat some breakfast.

How was your week? Anything exciting happen?

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December Monthly Wrap-up

This year hasn’t been the best reading year. I did do more reading in December than anymore other month. though.

My favorite book this month was a reread of DRAGON PRINCE by Melanie Rawn. My least favorite read was THE CHRISTMAS MURDER GAME by Alexandra Benedict.

Books Read
Stats

December

Books Read: 2

Pages Read: 899

Average Rating: 3.75

Year-to-Date

Books Read: 12

Pages Read: 5,070

Average Rating: 4.13

January Plans

How did your December go? What are your plans for January?

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Top Ten Tuesday #43

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.
Favorite Books of 2023

Even though I didn’t read very much last year, I’m still really excited for today’s prompt. I always love sharing my favorite reads from the previous year. I’ve decided to exclude any rereads from my list. Here are my top ten eight favorite books from 2023:

  1. Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune
  2. Radical Love by Zachary Levi
  3. The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E Smith
  4. The Only Girl in Town by Ally Condie
  5. The Measure by Nikki Erlick
  6. Building a Life Worth Living by Marsha M. Linehan
  7. Atomic Habits by James Clear
  8. The It Girl by Ruth Ware

What about you? Which books were your favorite reads from 2023? Do we have any in common?

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Bout of Books 39 Progress

Bout of Books 39 is here! With everything that’s happened in the last 8 months, my reading has almost been non-existent. I’m really excited to get my reading on this week and hit 2024 running!

During the week as I participate in Bout of Books, I’ll keep track of my progress on this post. At the end of the week, I’ll post a wrap-up with my totals.

Progress

Monday

Pages Read: 56
Time Read: 2 hrs 17 min
Book Finished: –
Currently Reading: The Star Scroll
Comments: I’m not the fastest reader, but I enjoyed myself.

Tuesday

Pages Read: 104
Time Read: 4 hrs 21 min
Book Finished: –
Currently Reading: The Star Scroll
Comments: I’m glad I got to read as much as I did today.

Wednesday

Pages Read: 113
Time Read: 4 hrs 15 min
Book Finished: –
Currently Reading: The Star Scroll
Comments: I don’t want to stop reading, but I value my sleep too much.

Thursday

Pages Read: 33
Time Read: 55 min
Book Finished: –
Currently Reading: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Comments: I had a really busy day so I didn’t get to read as much.

Friday

Pages Read: 49 (SC), 33 (BSS)—82 total
Time Read: 2 hrs 29 min
Book Finished: –
Currently Reading: The Star Scroll, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Comments: Despite sleeping very poorly last night, I got quite a bit of reading in.

Saturday

Pages Read: 63
Time Read: 2 hrs 18 min
Book Finished: –
Currently Reading: The Star Scroll
Comments: I’m nearly done! Tomorrow!

Sunday

Pages Read: 146
Time Read: 5 hrs 9 min
Book Finished: The Star Scroll
Currently Reading: –
Comments: Yay! I finished a book this week.

Are you participating in Bout of Books 39? What do you plan to read this week? Let’s make this a great week!

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