Sunday Post 89

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 those blog hops, and if you're a blogger, you can join too. 

What a difference a day makes! We had some unsettled weather last week, which culminated with the remnants of TS Debby on Friday. Thankfully, my area only got heavy rain. There were other areas that were hit much harder than mine was. I am glad that storm is history, but my heart goes out to everyone dealing with the aftermath. It was a pretty quiet week other than the weather.

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

🍄🍄🍄
I listened to A Train is Late for Christmas, written by C.P. Ward and narrated by Penny Wyatt-Gold. It was okay, but I found myself unfocused at times. As a result of her train trip being delayed due to a snowstorm, the protagonist spends time with other train passengers and with the people who live in a new town. This causes her to view life differently.

IN PROGRESS

I'm still reading The Summer of Yes, by Courtney Walsh. I got a little sidetracked this past week, so I'm not as far into it as I had hoped to be by now. I may switch to the audio after I finish my current listen. This is also a book about how the protagonist changes her perspective after a life-changing event. I'm excited to continue reading about her journey.

I hadn't planned on listening to The Widows of Malabar Hill (Perveen Mistry Mystery 1), written by Sujata Massey and narrated by Soneela Nankani, but here we are! A book club at an indie bookstore near me will be discussing this book next week, and the author will be there. I'm not sure if I'll be able to make it, but I wanted to listen to this book anyway. It's out of my comfort zone, but it's  good. It is set in two time periods - around 1916 and around 1921. Read more about it here.

UP NEXT

Crime and Parchment (Rare Books Mystery 1), by Daphne Silver, won the Agatha Award at Malice Domestic this year for Best First Mystery Novel (and I was there to see her win!). I've been wanting to read it ever since, so this is up next. Daphne Silver is also a local author to me. This book is set in my home state of Maryland.

I still have Claws of Death (Fatal Food Festival Mystery 1) on my calendar to read soon. Cathy Wiley is also a local author to me and ever since I heard about this cozy mystery series, I've been wanting to read it. I love the idea of a food festival theme. This first installment centers around a crab festival in Texas. Although it isn't set in my home state, Maryland is well-known for crabs. 

ON THE SCREEN

• Psych - I just started watching season 3. I've watched a few episodes throughout this season already, so now I'm filling in the gaps to complete the season.
• Monk - I'm still on season 1 because I haven't been watching this everyday. I watched and enjoyed one episode this past week.
• Junebug - This is a summer-themed Hallmark premiere, which based on the title perhaps should have aired in June. It isn't my favorite Autumn Reeser movie, but it was cute. It's not a new trope, but the execution was different.
• Jazz Ramsey: A K-9 Mystery - Yikes. This was bordering on disastrous. It is definitely the worst Hallmark Mystery movie this year. I like the idea of it, but the execution was not great. Let's see if I can have my act together to review it this upcoming week.
• Summer in the Vineyard - I have been looking forward to watching this Hallmark movie since I watched Autumn in the Vineyard in the fall. It was about average. Rachel Leigh Cook is such a great actress. She's better than this movie.

ON THE BLOG

• Sunday Post - 08/03 - Weekly Recap
• July Caboodle of Movies and Books - 08/07 - Movies watched and Books Finished in July
• The Friday Six - 08/09 - Bookish Response and Excerpts, Kitty News and Pic, Nature Pic
• Puzzle - 08/10 - Farmer's Market

Have a great week!