Sunday Post 66

Hi everyone!

Through Monday, I am linking with the following: 

Reading Reality, who hosts Stacking the Shelves

Readerbuzz, who hosts Sunday Salon

Caffeinated Reviewer, who hosts Sunday Post

The Book Date, who hosts It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

On the above blogs you will be able to see links to the posts from others who are participating in these blog hops, and if you're a blogger, you can join too. 

We are currently around 50 degrees on Saturday afternoon with not a cloud in the sky and I believe it's supposed to stay this way through Thursday. I really need to make it a point to get out for my walks this week. The weather is just too beautiful not too. I'll try for early mornings before breakfast, which is my strong preference, but if not, there's no reason why I can't later in the morning.

Well, you don't have to deal with my Ravens talk anymore. Ugh. That was a painful loss last week. Oh, well. There's always next year. If the Washington Capitals ever get their act together, you'll "hear" me talk about them. Actually, you may literally hear me if they do really well because I'll be so excited for them. The Ravens and Caps are my two favorite professional sports teams. 

IN THE BOOKS

Click on 2024 Bookish Challenges on the right sidebar to see how I'm doing with this year's goals.

DID NOT FINISH

I listened to the first five minutes of Greenlights, by Matthew McConaughey, and promptly realized this book isn't for me. What a disappointment. I was really looking forward to it. As I've mentioned before, I don't like cursing and this one had a lot of it just in the first few minutes. If the first five minutes are like that, I figured the rest of the book would be too. So, this is going on my did-not-finish list and I'm moving on. I barely even started it, so I don't even know if I can classify it as did-not-finish.

RECENTLY FINISHED

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YAY! I finally finished The Mystery of Mrs. Christie, by Marie Benedict! I've been reading this book for two months off and on. I kept getting distracted by other books that were calling my name, but I really did want to finish it. I'm so glad I did. This book deserves it's own post, so I'll publish a full review. I'll plan to have it posted on Wednesday or Thursday this week. In the meantime, you can read some excerpts here.

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I listened to the audiobook ARC of Magic, Movies, and Murder (Bewitcher's Beach Mystery 1), by Emily Fluke, and I loved it! It is narrated by Madeline Mrozek. As I mentioned last week, I read an e-ARC of this book last year, so I had already posted my review. I wouldn't change a thing except to say the narrator does a great job bringing the characters to life. I recommend it if you enjoy paranormal cozies.

IN PROGRESS

I started reading an e-ARC from NetGalley for DM Me for Murder (Trending Topic 3), by Sarah E. Burr. I'm hoping to finish this by the end of the week and have my review posted next week when it's released. So far, I'm enjoying it. I've enjoyed all of the books I've read that are written by Sarah E. Burr, so that's no surprise.

UP NEXT

I really wanted to listen to a Valentine's Day romance this week and I've heard so many good things about My Phony Valentine (Holidays with Hart 1), by Courtney Walsh. The audiobook format was just recently released and I can't find it on Hoopla or Libby yet. So, I started a free trial with Audible just so I can get this audiobook. I've heard that it's clean, with no strong language, AND the male main character is a hockey player. It sounds like everything I would like in a romance.

ON TELEVISON

• Romance with a Twist - This was a Hallmark premiere and it was okay. Not the best, but not the worst.
• Barbie - I had been waiting for this to become available at the library and I was finally able to borrow it last week. I had a feeling I'd enjoy it, but it exceeded my expectations. I thought it was a little slow in the beginning, but once it got going it was so good. I enjoyed the plot, the cinematography, and the music.
• Swing Into Romance - This was on GAF. I liked it more than Romance with a Twist, but it was still just okay.
• Groundhog Day - I had seen this before, but didn't really appreciate it much the first time. Watching it again, I realized just how great it is. It was also fun to see Andie MacDowell in this role, as she's also in The Way Home. What a great actress.
• Friends - I'm in the middle of season 7. Nothing much has happened (nothing much that's new, anyway) since the last time I gave my update.
• The Way Home - WOW!! Episode 2 of season 2 was...ummm...interesting! It shed new light on a character who I now believe is a villain. I'm very interested in seeing where this is going.
• Murder, She Wrote - I watched episode 5 in season 3 and I really liked it. I thought I had the killer identified, but I was wrong. I have such a hard time figuring out the whodunits in this series. I guess that's a good thing! It was fun to see Richard Kline, who played Larry in Three's Company. I loved that he played a character named Larry in this episode of Murder, She Wrote. It made it easy for me to remember his name!

WEEKLY BLOG RECAP 

• Sunday Post 01/28 - Weekly Recap
• Top Ten Tuesday 01/30 - New-to-me Authors I Discovered in 2023
• Book Review 02/01 - Pride, Prejudice, and Poison (Jane Austen Society Mystery 1), by Elizabeth Blake
• Five for Friday 02/02 - A Book in a Day, Christie, and Back-to-back Cats
• Puzzle - 02/03 - Valentine Gnome

Have a great week!