Day: August 2, 2015

Sunday Post: Aug 2

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The Sunday Post is a meme hosted by Kimba at Caffeinated Book Reviewer.

I like this meme because it gives me an opportunity to take a look back at last week and forward to next week in both my personal life and my blog and book life! I also like to see what other people are doing and what books everyone is reading. This is a great meme to take part in every week and I thank Kimba for hosting it!

Last Week

I’ve spent some of the week getting blog posts ready for the time we are in northern Wisconsin since we won’t have internet service plus we won’t have any time! I should have had more posts done ahead, but I don’t. I’m going to get this post done as much as possible before we leave and then schedule it for Sunday morning. I won’t be able to add it to Kimba’s list. I also won’t be able to answer comments or visit other blogs, but I will do that once I return from the wilderness!

We hope to leave Friday around noon (it’s about a 9 hour drive) and return Monday evening. Lots of fun activities–lots of swimming and boating. Plus we have a wedding shower on Sunday. Everyone pitches in to help with one meal and my daughters and I are doing Sunday morning breakfast. We’re making Swedish Pancakes! They are yummy.

One of my nieces invited us to stay with her so I’m excited about that. (This is the niece who got married last March and she’s the reason we went to Ireland a couple of weeks later with 30 of our relatives!) So excited to see them again.

Home & blog

Blog posts

Books

What I’m reading

Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho

The Thorn of Dentonhill by Marshall Ryan Maresca

The Firebird by Susanna Kearsley (audiobook)

Tilt-A-Whirl by Chris Grabenstein (audiobook)

What I read last week

Armada by Ernest Cline (audiobook)

New–Books, E-books, NetGalley, Audiobooks–purchased or free or from library

NetGalley

A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn

An Ancient Peace by Tanya Huff (no cover yet on Goodreads)

Library Books

Armada by Ernest Cline (audiobook)

E-books

California Bones by Greg Van Eekhout

Earth 2788 – The Earth Girl Short Stories by Janet Edwards

Finch by Jeff VanderMeer

Audiobooks 

None

Around the Internet

Free Sync Audio books

Sync is back again for the summer (May 7 – Aug 14). Sync is a program which provides two free young adult audiobook downloads each week. One audiobook is a current audiobook and the other is a classic audiobook. Each set of two books are only available for one week.

To listen to these books you must download Overdrive Media Console. It is available free to download at the Sync site.

For the week of July 31 – August 6

Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles by Tanya Lee Stone

In the Heat of the Night by Matt Pelfrey

For the week of August 6 – August 13–The last week!

Under a War-Torn Sky by L.M. Elliott

The Old Brown Suitcase by Lillian Boraks-Nemetz

Next Week

Home & blog

We’re coming back home Monday evening. My daughter has meetings all the rest of the week at work including in the evenings so I will be here to take care of her dog. Can’t wait–Bailey is a sweetheart! And then I’m staying the next week so we can do some fun things together!

Blog Posts

  • Top Ten Tuesday
  • Waiting on Wednesday
  • Review: Rose Point by M.C.A. Hogarth
  • Review:The Siren Depths by Martha Wells
  • Review: Disturbed Earth by E.E. Richardson
  • Sunday Post

What did you do last week? What books did you collect? What are you planning?