Sunday Post 117

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. 

A friend and I participated in a speed puzzling competition today at my local library. We didn't come in first, second, or third place, but Team Pixie Puzzlers (that was us) did NOT come in last place! The team who finished first had three people and they finished in about 15 minutes. We are not the same. Lol.

We had two hours to complete a standard 300-piece puzzle. We finished in 57:22. We have been practicing with 500-piece puzzles, so when we realized the one today would only be 300 pieces, we were pretty happy. It was so much fun and we're already planning to participate in the next one in February. That one will most likely be 500 pieces and we'll have three hours to complete it. This was my first time competing in speed puzzling. While I do prefer to take my time with puzzles, we enjoyed this new experience.

IN THE BOOKS

As many of you know, I usually have multiple books going at once. I don't read all of them every week, so from now on, I will only list the ones I made progress with the previous week.

RECENTLY FINISHED

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I finished listening to You Can't Candle the Truth (Glenmyre Whim Mystery 1), written by Sarah E. Burr and narrated by Melissa Green. I loved it just as much as I did the first time I listened to it. The virtual book club, hosted by Sarah herself, was so much fun. Click here to read the review I wrote two years ago.

IN PROGRESS

I'm making good progress with It's Not About the Food, by Mary Perry. I won't finish it by the end of September, but I'm well on track to finishing it before my next appointment with my dietitian. There is a lot of good "food" for thought in this book. :)

I'm about 30% into Murder Under the Marquee (Elmo Simpson Mystery 2), by J.C. Kenney, and not surprisingly, I'm loving it! It's quirky and fun, and has a compelling mystery.

I planned to listen to a different book this past week, but since I already listened to that one once, I decided to choose one I haven't listened to yet. Cold Clay, written by Juneau Black and narrated by Cassandra Campbell, is the second in the Shady Hollow series. I'm loving this one even more than I did the first one. I'm very close to finishing. To read some excerpts from it and to learn more about the book, click here.

UP NEXT

My next audiobook listen will be Secondhand Spirits (Witchcraft Mystery 1), by Juliet Blackwell. This is the October pick for The Cozy Mystery Book Club. It's perfect timing being Halloween month. I love witchy cozies, so I'm looking forward to it.

My next read will be Deck the Halls with Homicide (Killer Chocolate Mystery 3), by Christina Romeril. This is an eARC of a cozy set to release close to the end of October. I enjoyed the first two, so I'm looking forward to this third installment.

ON THE SCREEN

• The Toys that Built America - I'm about halfway through season 3. So much of what was invented and became popular was done by people who weren't even inventors as their full time jobs. They just came up with the ideas and took off with them. Then large companies bought their ideas and products.  I love how this show highlights the original inventors who often get overlooked or forgotten.
• My Summer Prince - This was the last summer movie I watched this year. It's a Hallmark movie from 2016. I thought it was one of the better royal movies. I'd probably watch it again sometime.
• Love at Look Lodge (also called Falling for Look Lodge) - I think this was the only truly fall-themed Hallmark movie I hadn't seen. It's from 2020. The best thing about it was the scenery. It was clearly filmed in the fall. I also loved the indoor fall decor. It wasn't too overdone like it is in some movies. The plot was okay, but the execution was a snoozefest. It aired just months after the pandemic started, but it was filmed the previous fall. Hallmark was probably looking to acquire movies in order to fill the schedule since filming didn't happen for a while that year.
• Murder, She Wrote - I have two more episodes left to watch in season 4, so I'll probably finish it next week. This hasn't been my favorite season, but I'm still enjoying it.

ON THE BLOG

• Sunday Post - 09/20 - Weekly Recap
• Book Review - 09/23 - Edam and Weep (Grilled Cheese Mystery 6), Linda Reilly
• Book Review - 09/25 - Fatal Sign-Off (Book Blogger Mystery 3), by Sarah E. Burr
• Friday Features - 09/26 Bookish response, featured book, featured feline, nature pic 
• Puzzle - 09/27 - Autumn Flowers, Apples, and Vegetables

Have a great week!