The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s
a chance to share news ~ A post to recap the past week on your blog,
showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is
coming up on our blog for the week ahead. See rules here: Sunday Post Meme. I have several things coming up this week, so decided to do this plus Stacking the Shelves today.
Last week on the blog:
- Review: Perfection by J.L. Spelbring
- Top 10 Tuesday: Ten Authors I Own the Most Books From
- Review: Flawed (Perfection #2) by J.L. Spelbring
- Review: Velveteen by Daniel Marks
- Review: Let’s Get Lost by Adi Alsaid
- Review: Astray (Gated #2) by Amy Christine Parker
I did have one other post for a tour type entry as well. I’ve gotten so much reading done this summer while recovering from surgery that my reviews are having to be scheduled ahead of time, since I usually already have the day I finish them with a review post. I’m 15 books ahead of my schedule for my Goodreads goal of 125 books to read this year. I won’t bump it up though, as school is starting back up this week, I’m guessing my reading time will be going down. I did get released to go back to work from my surgery on Thursday, so that’s great. But had some issues at the dentist with an unexpected root canal, and then a temporary crown that I had to go back the next day and get fixed because it was causing way more pain than the tooth by itself had been.
This week on the blog:
Some big excitement this week! My 5 year blogoversary is coming up and I will have a pretty great giveaway going up in 6 days! So check back for that. Also, tomorrow I will be starting the sign up for the September is for Sequels Giveaway Hop that I’m doing together with I Am A Reader from September 2nd-9th. The sign ups for the challenge will be coming later this week as well probably. Like I said, I am required to be back at school on Tuesday, although I will probably go do some work in my library tomorrow before I HAVE to be there, so that I can get things I want to get done, instead of meetings and such. I’m excited to go back for my 2nd year as a high school librarian. I’m not nervous this year, I know what is expected, and know how things work, including my co-librarian. So I’m looking forward to a smoother year. I know I will have at least 2 reviews this week also, as was one of my main blog goals for the year. Then I will fill in with either a Top 10 Tuesday, or maybe a Waiting on Wednesday.
Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga’s Reviews.
It is a way for us to share the new books we have collected. I might have gone a little overboard at the library one day this week when I told myself to run in and grab a book really quickly so that I didn’t have to go by home to grab one when I finished my current read at the doctor’s office.
Checked out from Library:
Yeah, I went into the library for one book, and came out with 7. You see I just walked around the teen section at the local public library, and grabbed books out as I saw them. At first I kept looking because all the books I’d grabbed were like 400 pages, and I really had wanted to just find a short one, around 200 pages. Then as I grabbed books that I wanted, I didn’t want to put them back and so just kept piling them up. As you can see, other than 2 of those, the can all fit into my Prequels and Sequels challenge, as well as part of my September is for Sequels Challenge. So I’ll have to see which ones I can re-check out to read during September.
E-galleys from Edelweiss:
Very excited for another book in the Amanda Hocking Trylle series, Frostfire. Now, I wasn't perfectly thrilled with the first book in the Rule of Three series, but I'm hoping a sequel can satisfy a lot of the issues I had. I'll Have What She's Having reminds me of back when I was reading diet memoir after memoir, and I'm at a point in my life where I need that inspiration again, so I thought this one sounded hilarious. The final book is by the author of the Ruby Red trilogy that I loved, and while it doesn't come out until January, it still doesn't have a cover either, but I had to go ahead and download it.
E-galleys from Netgalley:
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Both of these are ones I need to finish or start reading the first book of. The first one I had an e-galley of the first one, but the formatting was too hard to read, so I got an ARC from YA Book Exchange, but haven't picked it back up yet. The 2nd book I won the first one in a giveaway a year or so ago. Still need to read it! Both of these come out next year, so I've got time, but still! Free e-books:
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The first two were free for my Kindle App, and I've been wanting to start that series by Jennifer L. Armentrout for a while. The last one was free for my Nook. 99 cent e-book:
Congrats on your coming blogoversary! 5 years is awesome. I see the next Rule of Three book in your e-galleys- hope it's good, I have to admit I'm curious to see where he goes w/ that story next.
Have a great week.
Yeah, I'm hoping it will go somewhere that will make me a little more satisfied with the story than I was after the first one. Thanks for stopping by!
Happy Blogoversary!! And wowzers! That's an epic book haul. I have an Edelweiss account, but have never used it. I'm bad enough on NetGalley. I shudder to think what I'll do on Edelweiss. 😀
Thanks! Yeah, Edelweiss is just as dangerous! Thanks for stopping by!
Wonderful haul this week! I would love to have the Vincent book! I hope you enjoy all your new reads =)
Thanks! I can't wait to read them.
Happy Blogoversary! Serious book haul! I'm addicted to NetGalley but have yet to join Edelweiss. From the sounds of it I should avoid it all costs. The library is a dangerous place for picking up one more and then just one more. Have a great week!
Thanks! I actually find a lot more on Edelweiss it seems. Not sure why, although it comes and goes between the two. Thanks for stopping by!
Gee whiz! Five years! Good for you.
Thanks! I love blogging about books and all the great people I get to talk to about books.
Tear You Apart looks wicked Lisa. Glad to hear you are recovering and a nice cushion on the blog is a good thing. I am working on reviews for late August, September and October.
Yeah, no cushion on all reviews. I have no posts waiting, but at least I'll make my goal for the year on Goodreads. Thanks for visiting!
Congrats on 5 years!! WOW!! And nice haul! That is a lot of books 🙂
Thanks! Blogging is so great for meeting people who are like-minded. I'm so excited about all the books this week too.
What an awesome blogging milestone! And I need to go to my library more. Like you, I generally wander around the teen section and come out with way more books then I should. And the cover for Tear You Apart is intense! Love it.
Have a good week and happy reading 🙂
The library is a dangerous place. I don't know if I'll get to all of them, but now I have them just in case! Thanks for stopping by!
As you know, I got Tear You Apart and Obsidian too. I am SUPER jealous that you got 5 to 1…. I really should check out Edelweiss, I've never used it. Congratulations on five bookish years! Thanks for stopping by my post and have a great week. 🙂
You should check out Edelweiss, a lot of times I can get books there that I don't find on Netgalley. Thanks for returning the visit.
These look awesome! And yeah, I usually can't get just 1 book from the library and end up coming out of it with hands full of books. I requested Tear You Apart as well so hopefully they approve it lol Happy Reading and thanks for stopping by
I hope you get Tear You Apart as well! It looks so good! Thanks for stopping by!
Great book haul! Those look really awesome, I'm going to have to look into some of them. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by my blog, have a great week.
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Glad you found some new ones! Thanks for visiting me as well!
I've got A Wicked Thing too.
Obsidian was not free for my country, but yay for you. 🙂
Didn't hear about 'Dream a Little Dream' before, off to investigate.
Great haul. Happy reading!
Hope you find some new ones that interest you! Thanks for stopping by!
Happy blogoversary!!! 🙂
These books look amazing, I want to read them all :3 Happy reading!
Lipstick and Mocha
I know! And the sad thing is I may not ever get around to all of them. I need a few more hours in the day. Thanks for visiting!