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.
This last Wednesday marked 12 years of blogging here on Waves of Fiction. I forgot, of course until after the fact. Blogging continues to me my favorite way to talk about books and I really enjoy the little community of bloggers I keep up with! I'm not a socially outgoing person, I mostly do things with my family and on infrequent occasions do dinner with a couple of friends. I don't feel lonely at all and I think a lot of it has to do with my bloggy friends, so thanks to everyone who stops by and chats! No one gets a booklover like another booklover!
It's been a busy week around the house. My husband trenched 1,500 feet so we can lay out irrigation pipes so we'll be able to stop watering everything by hand! That will literally save me hours every week! We have 600 feet of hose so I can reach everything now.
My rose garden is doing really well!
Chicago Peace.
Savannah Sunbelt
Peanut the puzzle kitty
Read:
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The Nature of Disappearing by Kimi Cunningham Grant: 4.5 Stars
The Paris Widow by Kimberly Belle: 4 Stars
Into the Fire by Allison Brennan: 4 Stars
The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center: 5 Stars
As you can see I had a great reading week. I just finished The Nature of Disappearing yesterday and I was thinking of a way to describe it, and came up with quietly captivating. Into the Fire was a prequel to Brennan's upcoming: You'll Never Find Me. I'm even more excited to start it!
Received/Library Lend:
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Thank you to St. Martin's Press.
Unforgiven is a library lend. An Amish romantic suspense. Mud Season is a short story prequel to Agony Hill coming August 6th. It's currently free on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. The Mirror was a "read now for 2 days" on Netgalley, the second in The Lost Bride Trilogy series. I loved the first one!
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How was your week?
I'm glad you liked The Nature of Disappearing! Its coming up on my TBR (I have the audio). The flowers look beautiful!
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DeleteHappy Blogoversary! Like you, I'm not very social either, but I love being a part of the book blogging community. I'm hoping to read The Paris Widow very soon.
ReplyDeleteThank you! It is a small, but wonderful space! Hope you enjoy it, too!
Deleteoh that is so much watering! It's exciting that you have been blogging so long. I'm glad to have found you. I am waiting for Into the Fire on library hold but I finished You'll Never Find Me and I just really enjoy Allison Brennan.
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I forgot to say thanks for the heads up on Mud Season.
DeleteYes, it's a lot of watering! I'm happy to connect with you, too, Anne! We have such similar reading tastes and opinions! I started reading a little of You'll Never Find Me and I want to get back to it soon, but I had to finish a few books before diving in. You're welcome! I'm looking forward to her new series!
DeleteHooray for the husband getting that irrigation system going. It sounds like it will be such a blessing for you. Your flowers are lovely and the kitty is adorable. Center's book was great, as expected, and CONGRAUTIONS on 12 years of blogging here.
ReplyDeleteThank goodness for my husband, and thank you, Sam!
DeleteLove the kitty and the flowers. Congrats on 12 years of blogging!!
ReplyDeleteThank you Jinger!
DeleteCongrats on 12 years of blogging! I love the bookish community of bloggers we have. It's so great talking books with you, and getting your recommendations. Booklovers make the best kind of friends. :D
ReplyDeleteThank you, Lark! I love discussing books with you and catching up! Yes, there's no friend like a book friend! :)
DeleteHappy blogivesary. 12 years is good! I'm happy to have found your blog. & good news about your irrigation system. That'll be much easier. Such pretty roses. And I'm glad you liked the Grant novel. I read her first one ... and this one sounds like it's another isolated set place among nature right?
ReplyDeleteThank you, Susan! I've enjoyed connecting with you, too. Getting updates on your life and such! :) Yes, it's out in nature, but not as remote as the last one. There are definitely more people. Hope you love it as much as I did. Looking forward to your thoughts!
DeleteMy roses are looking lovely, too. My favorites are both blooming right now: Gourmet Popcorn and Pure Poetry. Neither are very good picking cutting and displaying in vases.
ReplyDeleteThis is a wonderful time of year for flowers! Happy to hear you're enjoying yours as well!
DeleteYou are right---no one gets a reader like another reader. We seem to be a unique species.
ReplyDeleteHappy blogoversary!
I'm delighted to see how much you enjoyed the new Katherine Center. Now if only my copy will arrive for me!
So true! Hope you love it as much as I did, Deb! I look forward to your thoughts. :)
DeleteCongrats on 12 years of blogging, Rachel! That's a real commitment/accomplishment! Looks like lots of good reads last week. I want to start that Nora Roberts trilogy.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Tanya! I've thought of quitting in the past, but can't imagine not blogging. The first book was really good! Hope you enjoy it, too, but be warned that it ends on a cliffhanger.
DeleteCongrats on 12 years! This is my 12th year too, and I'm grateful for our blogging friendship over the years.
ReplyDelete"Quietly captivating" is an apt description of The Nature of Disappearing. I just finished it this morning and posted my review. I felt like the discovery of the missing friend put the narrative at a bit of a pause in the momentum, but overall, it was a great read.
Congratulations to you, too, Ethan! I've enjoyed our blogging friendship over the years, as well! Yes, finding the friend gave it an unexpected turn, but I loved how it all turned out.
DeleteCongratulations to 12 years, that is awesome.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Mary!
DeleteTwelve years! Woohoo, Rachel! And, I feel the same about our wonderful book community of bloggers. Wishing you many more years to come.
ReplyDeleteYour husband was a trooper to get all that dug out for your watering line to go in. I spend a lot of time watering on days it doesn't rain so I know what you mean about the time factor.
Gorgeous blooms! And, yay for a great reading week.
Thank you, Sophia! There's no friend like a book friend! We rented a trencher, thank goodness. It made the job a lot easier. Still, it's a big undertaking, but it'll be worth it in the end.
DeleteCongrats on the blog birthday. I forgot about mine too. :-)
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Thank you! I forget just about every year!
DeleteHappy blogaversary!!
ReplyDeleteI need to convert that to meter cos sounds like a lot
Thank you!
DeleteHappy blogoversary! I think I'm very similar to you in not having a ton of friends outside the blogging world, at least not ones I can really talk about books like I do with all of you! I need to read your review of the Rom-Commers and read it myself. Love the roses and the always the kitty pictures! Have a great week!
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Thank you, Lisa! Hope you enjoy The Rom-Commers as much as I did!
DeleteWow, that is a long time blogging! I'm excited for The Mirror and Into the Fire. Hope you have a fabulous weekend!
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