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.
I'm in Austin, Texas right now babysitting my two grandkids while my daughter and SIL are off for the weekend. It's been busy but fun. It's also been raining! It poured here yesterday (Saturday), but thankfully leveled down to a drizzle by the time I took the kids out. Went to Barnes & Noble and bought toys and books, went to lunch and then went and saw Moana 2.
Stayed up late watching True Spirit, the story of Australian teenager, Jessica Watson, the youngest person ever to sail solo nonstop around the world. It was inspirational and a little suspenseful!
Austin, Texas this morning. Cloudy and not as rainy as yesterday.
Read:
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Out in the Cold (Special Agent Alexandra Martel #2) by Steve Urszenyi-4 Stars
Hidden (Alex Verus #5) by Benedict Jacka-5 Stars
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Thank you to Tantor Audio, Dutton Books and Minotaur Books!
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How was your week?
It's nice you are having some time with the grandkids. Love seeing those 5 stars for Alex Verus!
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Yes! Had a good time. Just got home. I hope to read more Verus before the end of the year. So good!
DeleteHave fun with your grandchildren. It;s always a blast when we can visit ours. We are in Florida and the kiddos are in Nebraska so it isn't often enough.
ReplyDeleteI like your blog header - beautiful.
Thank you! Yes, we had a great time. Hope you get to see your grandkids more! Thank you! It's from a personal photo I took while hiking on the coast in Oregon. One of my favorite spots!
DeleteI need to check out your review of Under Loch and Key since I enjoyed it too! Sorry to hear the Her Knight at the Museum wasn't as good as it sounded, again, I hope to get to your review soon! Hope you have a good week!
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Nice to hear you loved it as well, Lisa! Yeah, I probably won't give it a full review here. I did jot down a few thoughts on Goodreads, though. Hope you do, too, Lisa!
DeleteHave fun with the grandkids.
ReplyDeleteYay watching the grankids. I wonder if I could get my kid to watch Moana. She has never been to the cinema
ReplyDeleteOh, wow! Well, nowadays watching on your home TV is a great way to watch it, too. I'd rather do it that way to be honest. The movie theatre is so expensive! Not only the tickets, the snacks and drinks are highway robbery!
DeleteWe just watched the first Moana yesterday. It's my g-granddaughter's favorite.
ReplyDeleteAustin is a great place to visit. Traffic's awful now, though. Hope you don't have to put up with too much of that.
I liked the first one, too. The chicken is my favorite character. So funny! They live in a suburb of Austin, but there's a lot of traffic there, too!
DeleteSounds like you are having a good time with grands. Your kids are lucky you can fly out there to help.
ReplyDeleteWe did have fun! I was happy to help. I wished we lived closer, but we do see them a lot considering.
DeleteTrue Spirit sounds good!
ReplyDeleteIt was good! I was telling my husband we need to watch it together.
DeleteI see a lot of good reviews for Under Lock and Key. I think I'll check that out.
ReplyDeleteYou should, Lux! I think you'd like it!
DeleteSweet of you to watch the kids so their folks could have some couple time plus bonus- grandkid time. :)
ReplyDeleteYou got through a good stack of books this week. And, ooo, you scored the next Orphan X.
Have a good week, Rachel!
Yes! I was happy on both accounts! I'm so excited for the newest Orphan X. I'll probably buy the audio too since I love the narration!
DeleteIt has been a rainy weekend here in the Houston area too! I've been on a bit of an unplanned hiatus with the business of Thanksgiving and Christmas preparations, but now I'm back to blogging again.
ReplyDeleteI think I'll be blogging sporadically, too, over the holidays. I haven't been posting that much the last couple of weeks either because we've been busy with family and trips and it'll continue like that until after New Year's. Busy times! Happy to see you back, Ethan! I'll swing by to see what you're up to. :)
DeleteLooks like you had a lovely time with the grands..they must have loved gettings toys, books and a movie!
ReplyDeleteYes! They did. We had a good time together!
DeleteSounds like a great time with grands! And it looks like you’ve got some good reading going on too.
ReplyDeleteHope you have fun on your visit. Have a wonderful week.
ReplyDeleteAre you back from Austin? Sounds like a wet but good trip. I like the female sailing movies too -- it seems I've watched a few. There's also one called Maiden and another new documentary called The Loneliest Race about Kirsten Neuschäfer - Wow, it's good! I think I've seen True Spirit but I will take a look to make sure. Hope your week is good.
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