June 30th's Sunday/Monday Post

Welcome to the weekend.  It's time for the Sunday/Monday Post.  As usual, I will be linking up to:

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

It's been a quiet week.  I'm trying to relax as much as I can while still working (from home, at least) to get this cold to go away.  Sadly, it's holding on for dear life.  It might have helped if I'd gotten more sleep this week.  I had trouble falling asleep one night and then I woke up for no good reason two other mornings.  Hoping that taking it easy this weekend will help me shake it once and for all.

In other news, we had some unexpected "fun" on Thursday when a file I needed at work didn't process properly automatically overnight.  It took a lot of the day, but we got it figured out.  Fortunately, that is a rare thing to have happen, but it adds extra excitement when it does.

Joke of the Week:

I went to buy some camouflage trousers the other day but I couldn’t find any.

This Past Week on the Blog:

Sunday - Sunday/Monday Post

Monday - Movie Review: Mystery Woman - Redemption

Tuesday - Book Review: Requiem for a Mouse by Miranda James

Wednesday - Movie Review: Fast Five

Thursday - Book Review: Three Strikes - You're Dead by Various Authors

Friday - TV Show Review: Quantum Leap - Season 5

Saturday - Weekly TV Thoughts

This Coming Week on the Blog:

Sunday - Sunday/Monday Post

Monday - June Reading Summary

Tuesday - Book Review: Murder in Rose Hill by Victoria Thompson

Wednesday - Book Review: Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon

Thursday - Movie Review: Camp Nowhere

Friday - Friday Post featuring Murder on Devil's Pond

Saturday - Weekly TV Thoughts

Book Haul:

I had a plan this week.  It was only going to get two new books this week (one a pre-order).  And both are books I was planning to read in July.  What could go wrong with that?  Um, how about Kindle sales and freebees?  Yeah, I've got five new books this week.  Not super surprised.

The book I'd planned to buy was The Case of the Ghost of Christmas Morning by P.J. Fitzsimmons.  This is the second in a series.  I read the first in January and absolutely loved it.  I am very much looking forward to reading this one and didn't want to wait for Christmas.  But Christmas in July seemed like a great time to read it, right?  I got this one for Kindle.

The first of the Kindle sale books was Murder at Beechwood by Alyssa Maxwell.  Again, I read the first earlier this year and enjoyed it.  This is actually the third in the series, but the second was on sale a couple of months back, so I snagged it then.  Now, I just need to find the time to read them.

Then there was Brushed Up on Murder by Ruth J. Hartman.  The publisher was very smart.  They sent out an email about the publication of the second in the series.  Low a behold, the first in the series was on sale for 99 cents.  It sounds cute.  The series is about a mobile cat groomer.  And I that price, I couldn't afford not giving it a try, right?  This one is still on sale.

Thursday was the season finale of It's Bookish Time, a YouTube book show.  The guest was Jann Franklin, talking about her cozy mystery series set in a small Louisiana town.  It was sounding like a lot of fun.  Low and behold, the author had set the first book, Muffalettas and Murder, to free.  Can't pass that up, right?  Looks like it is still free if you want to check it out.

Finally, there's the preorder, I mentioned - Murder Buys a One-Way Ticket, the twentieth Jaine Austen Mystery from Laura Levin.  It's the only physical book on my list for the week.

What I'm Currently Reading:

Yes, I've been reading the Jaine Austen series since it first came out.  They are always light and fun books, and I can confirm that Murder Buys a One-Way Ticket is no exception.  It arrived just as I was finishing another book, so I dropped everything to read it.  And I finished it up Saturday before I started working on this post.  Full review coming on the tenth.

Up next will be Puzzle Me a Murder, the first in a new series from Roz Noonan.  I don't know much about it, but I decided to give it a try, so we'll see what I think.  I think the puzzle theme could be a fun one for a mystery series.  The author has written other mysteries; I just haven't gotten a chance to read them yet.

That's it for me.  Hopefully, between the holidays in Canada and the States, those living in North America have an extra special week.  And I hope those who don't live here have a great week, too.