October 2nd's Sunday/Monday Post

Hello, and welcome to this week's Sunday/Monday post on my blog.  I will be linking up to:

Sunday Post
Sunday Salon
Stacking the Shelves
Mailbox Monday
It's Monday, What Are You Reading?

It's been a few weeks since I've done one of these posts.  But I have a good excuse - I was on vacation again.  And yes, I was cruising again.  This time, I went to Canada and New England.  Sadly, I was too early for fall foliage, but it was still beautiful up there.  We stopped at Quebec City, Prince Edward Island, Sydney, Halifax, and Boston.

Sadly, we had to skip our stop at Bar Harbor since Hurricane Fiona was in the area.  It hit the area in Canada we had visited just a couple of days after we were there.  I don't know what kind of damage was done, but it definitely made it more real to me since I'd just been there.

I was with a friend on this trip, and we spend some extra time in the Boston area after we got off the ship.  We explored Boston, and then went out to Lexington and Concord.  It was wonderful to see the area where so much history for our country took place.

This past week, I was back at work.  With month end close starting again (didn't we just do that?), it was a busy week.  Today, I was out on my paddle board again.  It was so nice and calm out there.

Shall we get to it?

Two Weeks Ago on the Blog:

Sunday - Disney Pin Review: Mad Tea Party - Cuckoo for Disney Pins
Monday - Book Review: Under Lock and Skeleton Key by Gigi Pandian
Tuesday - Movie Review: Tremors
Wednesday - Book Review: Deadly Director's Cut by Vicki Delany
Thursday - Ornament Review: Scrabble
Friday - Book Review: Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
Saturday - TV Show Review: Superman & Lois - Season 2

Last Week on the Blog:

Sunday - Disney Pin Review: Ralph Kent Collection - Windows of Main Street
Monday - Ornament Review: Lil' Lightning McQueen
Tuesday - Book Review: Seams Like Murder by Dorothy Howell
Wednesday - Movie Review: Total Recall (1990)
Thursday - Book Review: Mrs. Claus and the Evil Elves by Liz Ireland
Friday - Friday Post featuring Murder at the Mushroom Festival
Saturday - Weekly TV Thoughts

This Coming Week on the Blog:

Sunday - Book Review: Spy School Project X by Stuart Gibbs
Monday - September Reading Summary
Tuesday - Book Review: Staged 4 Murder by J. C. Eaton
Wednesday - Movie Review: Everything Everywhere All at Once
Thursday - Book Review: Murder at the Mushroom Festival by Janet Finsilver
Friday - Friday Post
Saturday - Weekly TV Thoughts

Book Haul

When the week started, I was planning to only have two books to talk about.  I've had two pre-orders arrive in the last two weeks, and I thought they would be the only books I have to talk about.  Last week, Tall Tales, the second in James Riley's Once Upon Another Time series came out on September 20th.  I'm anxious to dive in and find out what happens next to the characters in this fantasy series for middle graders.  This past Tuesday was the release day for Gone for Gouda by Korina Moss.  Again, I'm looking forward to visiting these characters again.

It would have been very impressive if I only had two books to talk about over three weeks, right?  Yet, that didn't happen.  While I was working on my review for Murder at the Mushroom Festival (coming up on Thursday), I discovered that the final two books in the series were on sale, so naturally, I snagged them.  That added Murder at the Marina and Murder in the Wine Country by Janet Finsilver to my book haul.

Then, just a little while ago, I discovered that A Dash of Death by Michelle Hillen Klump was on sale today.  Naturally, I snagged it since I'd had my eye on the book for a while.

At least the last three are Kindle books.

But I'm not done quite yet.  I also started an audio book this past week, which means I got an that from my local library.  I'm working on Deadly Valentine by Carolyn Hart.

What I'm Currently Reading

As I type this, I'm in that rare between books space.  Saturday afternoon, I finished up The Plot and the Pendulum, the thirteenth Library Lover's Mystery from Jenn McKinlay.  Yes, I was working on an ARC since the official release day is still just over a week away.  I'll be reviewing it next Monday, but I'll tease this now, I enjoyed it, which is no surprise since I generally enjoy Jenn's books.

That means next up will be another trip back to 1900 New York City with Murder on Pleasant Avenue by Victoria Thompson.  I'm getting very close to catching up on this series.  The target for catching up is next year.

Of course, that's the books I'm actually reading.  I am listening to Deadly Valentine by Carolyn Hart.  I'm just over half way through the book and really enjoying it.

I think that's it for this week.  Hope you have a wonderful week.