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. I'm also linking up to The Sunday Salon hosted by Deb Nance @Readerbuzz.
Happy Sunday! I hope everyone who had the time off had a nice holiday weekend!
We had family and friends coming out from Idaho and Southern California with two days of fun planned. Lots of activity here! Cleaning both inside and outside, which was a project since the rains made a mess of the yard. Wine tasting on Friday in Amador County, which was fun and beautiful. Everyone came out to our place on Saturday and we went and toured Empire Mine, one of the gold mines that is now a state park with an estate and gardens. It was pretty even though the fall foliage is almost gone there were still a lot of golden and orange trees to see. Then downtown and back to our house for dinner. We had a crockpot roast going, so we didn't have to worry about doing too much when we got back. Mashed potatoes, gravy, carrots, salad, green bean casserole, and then apple pie.
Empire Mine Fall Colors
The kitties are doing really well. Peanut is still not completely sold, but he's not trying fight with them anymore. Thank goodness!
Smokey is super friendly!
Starla is a little more cautious with us, but loves to be social, too.
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Taken (Alex Verus #3) by Benedict Jacka-5 Stars
Chosen (Alex Verus #4) by Benedict Jacka-5 Stars
Constituent Service by John Scalzi-4 Stars
I've been hooked on the Alex Verus series by Benedict Jacka, listening to the excellent audios while I was cleaning and prepping this last week. I'm about halfway through the 5th installment. I hope to finish today while working a puzzle and relaxing! Constituent Service was a funny novella!
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Thank you to Berkley and Penguin Audio!
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How was your week?
Starla is a great name for a cat!
ReplyDeleteThanks! She's a cutie!
DeleteYou did so many fun things! Glad to hear the visit went well, and the cats are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Sam!
DeleteGlad you had a nice family get together!
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It was a great time!
DeleteWhat a pretty park. Sounds like you had a nice Thanksgiving weekend. And the kitties are adorable. They look healthy. I hope Peanut will give them a chance. Have a great week.
ReplyDeleteWe did! I hope he accepts them more as time goes on. He's so set in his ways, but I love him! You too, Susan!
DeleteI’m glad you had a fun Thanksgiving weekend.
ReplyDeleteIt’s good news that the cats are getting along better
I’m curious about the Alex versus series with such high praise, I’ll be checking them out.
Wishing you a happy reading week
The Alex Verus series is sooo good! I'll be working my way through it in between ARCs. Thank you! I hope you have a lovely week, too!
DeleteI'm glad your cats are adapting to their new lives. And it sounds like Thanksgiving was a wonderful affair. How perfect that you were able to find a good audio series while you were prepping for company.
ReplyDeleteI'm very curious about the gold mine that was made into a state park.
It was nice to have a great audio series to make all the work fly by. The Empire Mine site is a neat one! If you're ever in our area you should visit!
DeleteAwwww the cats are adorbs
ReplyDeleteThank you! They are so sweet!
DeleteJacka's Alex Verus series is the best! And your weekend sounds so lovely. And Starla is really a beautiful cat. I'm glad Peanut is starting to accept these cute intruders into his life. ;D
ReplyDeleteIt is so good! I've been meaning to read it for a while and happy that I've finally got to it! I hope they all end up liking each other. It's a stressful situation sometimes. :)
DeleteI love the Alex Verus series. I was hooked after the first book and that's why I chose it for a Read-along. I've collected them all on audio for a re-read again at some point, just because they are that good. Sounds like a fun holiday weekend.
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I've been enjoying it and I'm happy that the audios are at my library so far. It was a lot of fun!
DeleteGlad you had a lovely time with family for their visit. The golden light and tree colors on the Empire Mine path are pretty. Kittens are cuties. I need to get to that Benedict Jacka series eventually.
ReplyDeleteHave a good week, Rachel!
Thanks, Sophia! I think you'll love the Benedict Jacka series! You have a wonderful week, too!
DeleteSounds delicious! Glad you had a nice holiday. I think the Matthews books look like a lot of fun too.
ReplyDeleteKitties! You must have some new family members :)
Yes! New family members from the pack of feral cats we've had at our house. We've been taking a bunch of the ferals to the animal rescue to be spayed and neutered. We've taken back two feral mom cats that weren't adopted out and two of the kittens were tame enough to take into our house. :)
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