Sunday Post/Salon #3

 


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The Sunday Salon (hosted by ReaderBuzz) is a place to link up and share what we have been doing during the week. It's a great opportunity to visit other blogs and join in the conversations going on there. 

What I Did:

Outside of my day job, I had a fairly slow week. Monday was for grocery shopping and recycling all my bottles and cans. Tuesday, DnD got cancelled but a couple of us still got together to play a video game - PEAK for anyone that is into that kind of thing and it was nice because Tuesday was my dad's birthday -and it's a tough one because I am almost the same age that he was when I was born so I am catching up to him in age - so I needed the push to be social so I didn't spend too much time being sad. Wednesday, I took my weekly trip to my local library and checked out Love Is A War Song (an indigenous cowboy x pop star romance) by Danica Nava. Saturday, I mostly read and then played video games with some other friends. Today, I am heading to an 80% off moving sale at a local comics & graphic novels store and then I am going to head to Silent Book Club after that.

What I Read:

I started and finished Love Letters From Her Cowboy by Sasha Summers - a very sweet and soft cowboy romance. I started and finished Love Utley by SJ Tilley. I started and finished The Princess and The Grilled Cheese Sandwich - a graphic novel. I also finished by reread of Iron Widow and I will be starting the sequel, Heavenly Tyrant soon. I finished an ARC of Chapel At Enders Ridge by Beckett Kane (see below for the link to the review). I finished an audiobook for the first time ever, it was With Any Luck by Ashley Poston - it was only an hour and 11 minutes long but normally audiobooks don't hold my attention for very long so this one was the perfect length. Finally, I started 2 ARC's - Jeweler To The Blessed by Jillian Witt and Better Than Gelato by Libby Tanner.

Reading Goals Update:


I didn't make any progress on my alphabet challenge this week. 

Last week on the blog:

This week on the blog:

  • Top Ten Tuesday: Books with a high page count
  • Jeweler To The Blessed ARC Review
  • Better Than Gelato ARC Review
  • First Line Friday
  • Down The TBR Hole #3


Comments

  1. Celeste | A Literary EscapeAugust 17, 2025 at 10:19 AM

    Sorry your D&D time got cancelled! :( It sounds like you have some fun plans today, though. My bookish plan today is to pick up a library book. :-)

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  2. Deb Nance at ReaderbuzzAugust 17, 2025 at 1:49 PM

    It's good you found a way to distract yourself on your dad's birthday. And I've only gone one time to the Silent Book Club, but I would love to go again. Hope you are able to get in some reading today!

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  3. CindyAugust 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM

    It sounds like a great reading week! I would love to go to a silent book club, it sounds fun. have a great week!

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  4. Lisa MandinaAugust 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM

    I love the idea of a silent book club! I enjoyed Love is a War Song, so I hope you like it as well. those birthdays are rough, I get that for sure. It helps to have something to distract so you don't sit and let those thoughts overtake you. I hope you have a good week, thanks for visiting me at Lisa Loves Literature!

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  5. Rachel @Waves of FictionAugust 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM

    It's hard when you pass your parent in age when they're gone. I did that a while back now with my mom. Hope you can reflect on the good times together to distract from the loss! I'll look into that Ashley Poston novella. I love audiobooks!

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  6. Jen TwimomAugust 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM

    *HUGS* I was gone most of the week and I'm still trying to catch up. This coming week will be busy because my daughter moves back to college in a week - I will not be sad! I will need to carve out some time to read.

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  7. crackercrumblifeAugust 18, 2025 at 8:30 AM

    I was thinking about reading Love is a War Song! It sounds really cute.

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  8. Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction AddictionAugust 18, 2025 at 9:39 AM

    I've heard great things about The Princess and The Grilled Cheese Sandwich - I definitely want to read that one!

    Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction

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