Kimberly hosts the Sunday Post each week. I like to take part because it gives me an opportunity to look back at last week and forward to next week in both my personal life and my blog and book life! I also love to see what other people are doing and what books everyone is reading.
Home and Blog
We had a great visit with my sister-in-law last week. Lots of good time visiting. And we went to see Beauty and the Beast and loved it.
The weekend
My younger daughter–Jo–and I went on a road trip for a long weekend visit to my father-in-law and several other family members on Thursday and Friday and then to visit my older daughter–Ky–on Saturday and Sunday. Fun to visit everyone.
We found a bunch of old family photos which was exciting since I’m working on family trees for both my husband and me. I took a few pictures with my cell phones, but we plan to scan the photos and add names to the ones we know. It’s great to find the names on some of the photos and match them to people I have found on Ancestry or in family notes.
We brought Jo’s dog Bailey with us. She loves car rides as long as we keep the air conditioning running! When we got to Ky’s house she had bought a huge beanbag chair which Bailey chose as wonderful nap chair.
Blogging
I actually completed five posts this last week! Considering that I’ve managed only two posts for several weeks I’m very happy about that.
Blog posts
- Sunday Post: Memorial Day Weekend
- Anticipated books the last half of 2017
- WWW Wednesday: May 31
- June 2017 books on my list
- Watching the Detectives by Julie Mulhern
Blog posts planned
- Top Ten Tuesday
- WWW Wednesday
- Review: A Peace Divided by Tanya Huff
- Sunday Post
My books
What I’m reading
A Second Chance by Jody Taylor
Queen of Hearts by Rhys Bowen
What I’ve read
Hunting Hour by Margaret Mizushima
Some books I got recently
A Second Chance by Jodi Taylor
Dry Bones in the Valley by Tom Bouman
White Hot by Ilona Andrews
Crime on the Fens by Joy Ellis
Sync Audiobooks
Every week until August 16 two young adult audiobooks are free to download. These books are young adult titles so if that’s your favorite genre check them out.
Audiobooks available June 1 – 7
Beast by Donna Jo Napoli | Read by Robert Ramirez
Published by Recorded Books
Of Beast and Beauty by Stacey Jay | Read by Julia Whelan
Published by Tantor Media
It’s pointless. Hopeless. Even if she weren’t afraid of me, we’ll always be enemies at the core . . .
In the city of Yuan, the blind Princess Isra is raised to be a human sacrifice. Her death will ensure her city’s vitality.
In the desert, a mutant beast named Gem fights to save his people, known as the Monstrous, from starvation.
Neither dreams that, together, they can return balance to their worlds. When Gem is captured for trying to steal Yuan’s enchanted roses, he becomes a prisoner of the city. Isra enlists his help, and soon begins to care for him—and to question everything she has been brought up to believe.
She’s a queen; I’m her prisoner. I am her monster and she is mine.
Audiobooks available June 8 – 14
Plus One by Elizabeth Fama | Read by Julia Whelan
Published by Elizabeth Fama
If I Run by Terri Blackstock | Read by Nan Gurley
Published by Zondervan
What did you do last week? What did you read? What books did you collect? What are you planning?
I got those two audiobooks free last week too but I forgot to mention them. Hurray to audiobooks in the month of June!
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I so enjoy audiobooks and it’s great that June is the month to celebrate audiobooks.
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Sounds like you had a great week!I see you got Crime on the Fens, I hope you like it as that is one of my favorite series! 🙂
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Oh, good, Stormi…I’m glad you like Crime on the Fens and the series. I like getting personal recommendations. Thanks!
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I’m glad you enjoyed Beauty and the Beast so much – we also loved it when we went to see it. I hope you’re enjoying the Jodi Taylor books – I think this series is amazing. The family history project looks fascinating – we have a hefty collection of old photos in our family and I must get my mother to name all the folks she knows… Have a great week:)
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Yes, Beauty and the Beast was good. And I am enjoying the Jodi Taylor books plus I’ve gotten my husband reading them! He’s reading the second book now.
Having family photos is so wonderful–especially if you know who the people in the photos are…lol.
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Hi Jan! You had a busy week and weekend, those photos are great! I love looking at old photos of family members, I try to find a resemblances.
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Yes, so wonderful to find family photos and to have my father-in-law identify some of the people. I seldom can find resemblances though!
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