Sunday Post 71

Happy Weekend, friends!

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. 

I started setting up my new desktop computer, keyboard, and monitor yesterday. I haven't transferred everything from the previous desktop yet, but I think I'm set with the internet. That's mostly what I use it for, so the other stuff can wait until tomorrow. 

When I set it up and logged on to the internet, I noticed my blog looked a little different. It makes me wonder how everyone else sees it. All of a sudden, I didn't like the layout. Especially for my reviews, the length of each line was too long. I did a little tweaking to make it more reader-friendly, at least on my end. I hope it's okay on your end, being the ones who read my blog!

With my previous monitor, there was a power switch in the front. I took me a long time to figure out how to power down the new one. (I didn't have to turn it on, as it automatically powered up when it was plugged in.) I ended up leaving it on overnight because I was tired of trying to figure it out. I finally did today. I don't turn my computer on everyday, so I needed to know how to do this. Gone are the days when there's a simple on/off button, I guess. Anyway, now I know.

It's also hard to get used to the new keyboard. The keys feel much more bouncy when I push them, which I like, but it's a little smaller than my previous keyboard. So it feels different. I find myself trying to find the F and J keys to get my index fingers situated and ready to type. They do have the raised lines on them, but my fingers don't land on them as easily. I'm sure I'll get used to it, though.

I feel like a huge weight has been lifted from me. My taxes are done, my new phone is all set up, and my new computer is mostly set up. The new computer is so slim and lightweight compared to my previous one (and that one wasn't very big either).  I have it under my computer desk and when I went to turn it on this morning, I had to do a little searching for it. Like, where did you go, little PC? Lol.

Now that most of this is behind me, I feel like it's going to be a good week. And I should sleep well tonight because I went to bed super late last night (2 a.m., which with the time change was actually 3 a.m.) and I'm tired today. What was I thinking picking last night of all nights to go to bed that late? My usual time to be in bed is between 9 and 9:30.

IN THE BOOKS

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

RECENTLY FINISHED

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I listened to Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde 1), by Heather Fawcett, and narrated by Ell Potter and Michael Dodds. I did enjoy it overall, but I thought the pacing was too slow and I found my mind drifting away from it quite a few times. I want to listen to it again or read it before reading the next one.

IN PROGRESS

I'm still reading Magus of the Library, Vol. 1, by Mitzu Izumi. I've been so distracted by other things lately, that I didn't read much of it. I am planning to read more this week. I am really enjoying it and I can see myself continuing the series.

I'm also still reading Four Leaf Felony (Holiday Cozy Mystery 1), by Tonya Kappes. I'm almost done, so I should finish today or tomorrow. Then I'm planning to post my review on Tuesday. If you're looking for a light-hearted and fun cozy mystery set around St. Patrick's Day, this is the book for you. The entire series is set around various holidays. I can see myself continuing this series.

UP NEXT

The Cozy Mystery Book Club pick for March is Murder in an Irish Village (Irish Village Mystery 1), by Carlene O'Connor, so that's what I'll be reading next. I've heard so many great things about this series, so I'm really looking forward to doing some armchair traveling to Ireland by way of this first book.

Sometimes I read or listen to self-help books, so I requested Atomic Habits, by James Clear, on Libby. I love the idea of making big changes with small habits. I've been waiting for this book for a while. It actually did become available for me last week, but since I was still listening to Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries, I chose the "deliver later" option. I think it will become available again for me this week.

ON TELEVISON

• Wedding March 4: Something Old, Something New - Okay, so when I first saw the titles of this series of movies, I thought they took place in March. Not so much. LOL. This was still a pretty good movie that I enjoyed, though.
• My Boyfriend's Back: Wedding March 5 - I enjoyed this one even more than the previous one in the series, so much so that I'd watch it again. I want to see the rest of the movies in the Wedding March series, but I don't think they air often and I haven't been able to record them yet.
• Guiding Emily - This was a 2023 movie that premiered on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries before it recently became Hallmark Mystery. I enjoyed it so much last year that I decided to record it and watch it again when it recently aired on the regular Hallmark Channel. I loved it even more than I did the first time and I highly recommend it. You can read my full review here.
• Royal Matchmaker - I'm not usually a fan of the royal movies on Hallmark, but I had heard this was one of the better ones. So when it aired recently, I recorded it and watched it. I did enjoy it and I agree it is one of the better royal movies.
• A Prince in Paradise - Keeping with royal theme, I decided to also watch this one that aired on GAF. I liked this movie a lot as well and I would watch it again. So now I have two royal romcoms I like.
• The Way Home - I enjoyed last Sunday's episode. It was definitely one of the darker ones, which I usually don't like as much, but I thought it was really well done. It had some spooky vibes and it was nicely tied in with season 1. We are now past the midpoint of the season, so hopefully we'll start to see more happening with some ongoing storylines.
• Friends - I'm a little past the midpoint of season 8 where Rachel's boss wants to buy her baby, or so Joey is led to believe. LOL. I think that was my favorite episode of season 8. 

WEEKLY BLOG RECAP 

• Sunday Post 03/02 - Weekly Recap
• Top Ten (and More) Tuesday 03/05- February Caboodle of Movies and Books
• Movie Review 03/07 - Guiding Emily (2023)
• Five for Friday 03/08 - Synopses, Four Leaf Felony, and Fairy Home
• Puzzle - 03/09 - Fairies and Leprechauns

Have a great week and Happy Ramadan to all who observe!