Saturday, August 16, 2025

Sunday Post #305

 


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! 

It's been an uneventful week which was nice. I worked, gardened, made blackberry jam and got my hair cut. 

We went out to dinner last night (Friday) and the venue had live music. It was a fun mix of country and rock, old and new. We came home and watched one of my favorite suspenseful movies: What Lies Beneath with Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer. I gotta say I was a little spooked going to sleep after that!

Movie Poster: What Lies Beneath

I started a few varieties of sunflowers from seed earlier this year and they're blooming now. My favorite is Golden Honey Bear (middle and right):

Sunflowers
Sunflowers


Rose: Firefighter with lavender
Rose: Firefighter with lavender

Peanut my snuggle kitty!


This weeks puzzle:

1000 Piece Puzzle: Nantucket Breeze by Charles Wysocki, Milton Bradley 1989
 
Nantucket Breeze by Charles Wysocki, Milton Bradley 1989


Read:
(Click on cover for Goodreads description)
Knife in the Back (New Orleans #4) by Karen Rose
The Witch's Orchard by Archer Sullivan
Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries #0.5) by Martha Wells
Asylum Hotel by Juliet Blackwell

Asylum Hotel by Juliet Blackwell-4 Stars

Received:

The Vanishing Place by Zoe Rankin
The Storm by Rachel Hawkins
So My Ex-Boyfriend is a Serial Killer by Kylie Scott

Thank you to Berkley and St. Martin's Press! 
So My Ex-Boyfriend is a Serial Killer is available through the Audible Plus Catalog.

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How was your week?




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10 comments:

  1. sjhigbeeAugust 17, 2025 at 4:26 AM

    Love the sunflowers and glad you had a peaceful week. Gotta love Audible Plus! Have a great week, Rachel.

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  2. Deb Nance at ReaderbuzzAugust 17, 2025 at 4:27 AM

    I can't remember when we have eaten in a restaurant where there is live music. Now I want to look for a spot and try it.

    We started growing sunflowers two years ago, and now I see them on the roadsides everywhere around here. I wonder if I started something here.

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  3. bibliophilebreeAugust 17, 2025 at 6:36 AM

    Love to see the kitty picture! So cute.

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  4. crackercrumblifeAugust 17, 2025 at 8:23 AM

    Those fluffy sunflowers are so cute! And I have Asylum Hotel on my list!

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  5. NorthwomanAugust 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM

    Lovely photos. Great you had a quieter week! Thanks for the info that the Kylie Scott book is in Audible Plus. I like her books usually. Hope to see you this afternoon if you can.

    Anne - Books of My Heart This is my Sunday Post

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  6. StephAugust 17, 2025 at 9:08 AM

    I love a good puzzle! it is almost back to puzzling season for me.. I do a bunch in the Fall and Winter

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  7. Samantha@WLABBAugust 17, 2025 at 9:39 AM

    I don't know, Peanut looks a bit miffed in that picture. LOL! I like the honey bear sunflowers too. I don't think I have ever seen them before.

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  8. OliviaAugust 17, 2025 at 9:46 AM

    Love your sunflowers! Looks like a good reading week. Totally loving Murderbot myself. 😄

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  9. Sophia RoseAugust 17, 2025 at 10:18 AM

    Once in a while, one just needs an uneventful week to recharge the batteries. Lovely sunflowers- both species. The deer and squirrels always get mine. :( Love the puzzle and looks like a great reading week, too.

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  10. sherry fundinAugust 17, 2025 at 12:18 PM

    Knife in the Back sounds interesting. I read Witch's Orchard too. Have to pop over and see your review.
    sherry @ fundinmental

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