Sunday, October 5, 2025

Sunday Post #312

 


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 a rainy, cold week here perfect for reading, puzzling and having a fire! I had to work again today (Saturday) but it was a quiet day at the hospital. 

A field on my walk.

Starla napping

The cats weren't happy with the cold and rain!


Puzzle Completed: 1000 Piece-Eclectic Treasures from Galison

Puzzle Completed: 500 Piece Garden Party from Rifle Paper Co.


Our daughter invited us to Cancun over the coming holiday weekend, so we leave Thursday and come home Sunday. Just a short trip and I would've been okay staying at home, but I wanted to see them before our trip to Italy. We're going to be gone for a good portion of November. 

Read:

Ghost Business (Boneyard Key #2) by Jen DeLuca
Blind Date with a Werewolf by Patricia Briggs
A Moment's Shadow (Verity Kent Mysteries #8) by Anna Lee Huber

System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries #7) by Martha Wells
Hot For Slayer by Ali Hazelwood
Chaos Rising (Edge of Collapse #0.5) by Kyla Stone

Ghost Business (Boneyard Key #2) by Jen DeLuca-2 Stars
Blind Date with a Werewolf by Patricia Briggs-5 Stars
System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries #7) by Martha Wells-4 Stars
Hot For Slayer by Ali Hazelwood-4 Stars
Chaos Rising (Edge of Collapse #0.5) by Kyla Stone-4 Stars

My favorite read of the week was Blind Date with a Werewolf! Love Asil! I had two books that were disappointing. I was hoping to enjoy Ghost Business since I really liked the first book, Haunted Ever After, but I really didn't like the MMC. I was more disappointed over A Moment's Shadow because it's been a favorite historical mystery series from the beginning. The continuing story arc has been playing out for at least five books and IMO it was time to move on. I was hoping it would happen here. Instead, we got a cliffhanger. Not sure I'll continue the series. System Collapse was a little confusing at first because of the timeline, but with Murderbot it's bound to be fun and action-packed!
The novella Hot For Slayer was such fun! I recommend the audio which is part of Kindle Unlimited. Chaos Rising, another novella, was an exciting end-of-the-world type of scenario. The e-book is available through Kindle Unlimited but I borrowed the audio through Hoopla.

Received:


Two Kinds of Stranger (Eddie Flynn #9) by Steve Cavanagh
Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth

Thank you to Atria Books and St. Martin's Press! I actually won a print ARC copy of Two Kinds of Stranger on Instagram this week, too!

Instagram:

Thank you to @annaisalwaysreading !





How was your week?




Thursday, October 2, 2025

Giveaway: 2 Romance Books!

 My last giveaway ended, so here's a new one! I'm trying out Giveaway tools for the first time. 

Ride with Me by Simone Soltani & Mr. Nice Spy by Tiana Smith

Ride with Me by Simone Soltani  
Mr. Nice Spy by Tiana Smith

Fill in the Giveaway Tool below for a chance to win. Giveaway is open to US Residents only. Good luck!