The Sunday Post is hosted by Kimberly @ Caffeinated reviewer book blog, and is a post to recap my bookish and non-bookish things from the last week.
This is going up late as I was tired and slept in. We got back to Southern California after a little over a week of traveling all over Oregon and a bit of Washington yesterday. We hiked along the sea cliffs, and to several waterfalls. No water shortages or lack of rain there! We visited the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum, home of the Spruce Goose and so much more, we visited wineries and I stopped a several thrift stores, buying way too many books! I had to Media Mail them back to my self because I went a little overboard, lol! It was nice to shop without sales tax (in Oregon)!
I love the Pacific Northwest and was sad to leave its beauty, but it's nice to be home! Extra nice that we gained an hour with the time change! Not as thrilled to be going back to work tomorrow, but such is life.
Wahclella Falls at the Cascade Locks
Not my hat, was a prop. Supposed to be Howard Hughes' hat, lol.
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I had some really great reading this last week! Loved the two novella/short stories by Ilona Andrews! I read them one right after the other yesterday and now I can't wait to read Fated Blades. Archangel's Light was a lovely story of friendship blossoming into more. Hate Me Under the Mistletoe was another win from Kelly Jamieson. Hockey, unrequited love, forced proximity and enemies-to-lovers all combined into a steamy romance! Look What You Made Me Do was an exciting thriller! Didn't want to put it down!
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Thrift store finds
I bought a ton of books at thrift shops, but I mailed them back so I can't show them all here. I did take a photo of a few (above). I'm excited for all of the ARCs: An Unexpected Distraction, Finding Paradise, Someone Perfect and Once Upon a Cabin.
I read all the books above in my thrift store finds except for Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper Case Closed by Patricia Cornwell. Looking forward to reading it!
Instagram:
Posted some pictures of my vacation on Instagram. Pictured here is Heceta Head Lighthouse. This is the second time we've stayed there. Loved the stormy weather!
How was your week?
Great pics from the Pacific NW. I love it there. It's an area I considered when moving. I'm going to reread those first 2 Kinsmen books before I jump into Fated Blades this week.
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I've tossed around the PNW for an eventual move, too. Still kicking around a lot of locations. I hope to read Fated Blades tonight. The first two were so good!
DeleteYour pictures are amazing! PNW is somewhere I hope to visit some day. It's really beautiful there. I liked Jamieson's book too. All the holiday stuff was super cute.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I hope you get to visit someday. It's such a beautiful area! Yep, loved Hated Me Under the Mistletoe!
DeleteGreat pictures! I have the Oregon coast on my bucket list. I went to visit the Spruce Goose years ago when it was in Long Beach.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I hope you get out there someday! The Spruce Goose was huge! Bigger than I thought it would be.
DeleteShopping without sales tax makes such a difference. I wish we had that here haha And I just love your Lighthouse photo there. I have such a weakness for lighthouses. And yay for reading Archangel's Light, I truly adored that one there.
ReplyDeleteYes! They probably get you in other taxes, though. I love lighthouses, too! We did a lighthouse road trip all along the West Coast here a few years back and it was so neat.
DeleteSounds like a wonderful trip. I can only imagine how beautiful Oregon and Wash are. Love that pic of the falls... all the green moss and tumbling water.
ReplyDeleteLook What You Made Me do looks great! And I love that stormy weather around the lighthouse.
It was! Look What You Made Me Do was a great mystery/thriller! The stormy weather was so atmospheric! Great reading weather. :)
DeleteYour getaway sounds wonderful! Look What You Made Me Do sounds like an interesting read!
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That sounds like fun. Loved the pictures.
ReplyDeleteMy mom spent part of her growing up years in Oregon, but I've never been. So beautiful and sounds like you went to some fun places. The lighthouse in the storm is so cool.
ReplyDeleteLOL, way to go hitting the thrift shops and scoring a nice pile of books. I'm guilty of that, too.
I'm hoping to listen to Fated Blades this week. I got Someone Perfect, too.
Have a great week, Rachel!
Wow, I love that waterfall
ReplyDeleteYour trip sounds amazing. I'm glad you had such a good time. Plus, it came with new books...always a good thing. ;D
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you had a wonderful holiday. Loved your pictures. Hope today wasn't too shocking being back at work. 😁
ReplyDeleteSounds like a wonderful trip! And I really enjoyed seeing the lighthouse pics on Instagram. I love that you bought so many books you had to mail them home. Now that's a good trip! :)
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