Sunday Post 133

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?

It's my birthday! Well, tomorrow, Sunday, is my birthday. It's also National Grilled Cheese Day, so I'll be having grilled cheese for lunch, but not before going to the local farm to play with the goats! I do this every year. Usually I go after my birthday so I can hold at least one baby goat that was born on my birthday (lots of them are born at this farm during April), but this year I decided to go on my birthday. It's supposed to be a picture perfect day with highs in the low 70s (even lower than that at the time I'll be going), with sunshine. I couldn't pass up this opportunity because I think next week is supposed to be hotter with a chance of rain. And the following week I won't be available. So it made sense to go on my birthday this year. Who knows. Maybe I'll be at the farm when a baby goat is born! The farm also has a fairy forest that I love to visit. I'm looking forward to a fun time in the great outdoors with the goats and fairy friends.

I'm intentionally not doing a lot of posting this month because of various birthday activities, several appointments, and a convention. It's a busy month! But I am finding time everyday to read. In fact, my birthday also happens to be D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything and Read) Day!

IN THE BOOKS

RECENTLY FINISHED

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I listened to The Jig Is Up (Irish Bed & Breakfast Mystery 1), written by Lisa Q. Matthews and narrated by Rebecca Gallagher. I had a difficult time connecting with the characters, but I loved the setting and the mystery was strong. I might give the the second book in the series a try.

IN PROGRESS

I'm on track with The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year, written by Margaret Renkl and illustrated by Billy Renkl, reading one chapter each week. I enjoy reading the authors thoughts throughout the year and seeing the illustrations.

Whiskey Business (Mixology Lounge Mystery 1), by Adrian Andover, is still my current read. I'm almost 70% done and I expect to finish this upcoming week. I am enjoying it. You can read some excerpts here.

UP NEXT

Spell to Pay (Spellbooked Mystery 2), by Elle Wren Burke, is still up next. I'm excited to read this eARC, especially since it has a cat plus a fairy theme. These are two of my favorite things!

My next audiobook listen will be Paris is Always a Good Idea, by Jenn McKinlay. It became available from Libby, but I wasn't quite ready. I should have borrowed it when it was available because even though I'm first in line again, I still have to wait until it's available. It says it will be less than two weeks, so it's not a long wait. Meanwhile, the online book club I'm reading it with is well into the book. Oh, well.

ON THE SCREEN

• The Way Home - Season 3 is on demand on frndly, so I'm rewatching it in preparation for season 4, which premieres on The Hallmark Channel next Sunday. I love this series so much and I'm sad this will be the final season. If you have Netflix, they have been rolling out each season there. It's also on Hallmark+.
• Gilligan's Island - Why do I even bother? This show is so silly, but I watched S1E2. It was okay, but I have so many questions!
• The Breakfast Club - After the Escape Room experience and the actual date that this movie is set being in March, I decided to re-watch it. I had it recorded from frndly. It was okay, but some movies just don't age well.
• A Royal Setting - This was Jen Lilly's return to Hallmark, which I was really looking forward to. Unfortunately, the movie was underwhelming. It's a pretty standard royal Hallmark movie. There was nothing unique about it. It had all the royal tropes, almost as if they had a checklist they needed to complete. It's not a bad movie, but it's nothing special either.
• A Season to Blossom - This is another pretty standard Hallmark plot, but I enjoyed it. I thought the second half was stronger and there was some uniqueness throughout the movie in how the story was told. I also adored the cat, of course.

ON THE BLOG

• Sunday Post - 03/28 - Weekly Recap
• Puzzle - 04/11 - Birthday Party Table

Have a great week!