June 23rd's Sunday/Monday Post

Hi all, and welcome to this week's 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?

I know, I know, I missed last week.  But I have a really good excuse.  I was out of state.  I was in Southern Illinois because I was in a college friend's wedding.  It was a really nice day.  How happy he and his bride were was heart warming.  Heck, how excited the rest of her family was to have them get married was just as great.

I got to play tourist a bit, too.  I flew in and out of St. Louis, so I got to see the Arch.  Finally.  I've always wanted to see it.  I wouldn't mind going back to really get to see the museum at the base.  Going up in the Arch itself was just okay.  I'm glad I did it, but I have no desire to do it again.  My friend and I also got to the fort where Lewis and Clark spent the winter before they took off exploring the west back in the early 1800's.

Unfortunately, I brought an unwanted souvenir back with me - a cold.  It's been pretty mild so far, but a bit annoying.  I cancelled a couple of things I was planning to do this weekend, including finally going back out on a paddle board after 13 months, because of it.  Oh well, there's next weekend, right?  I think I'll be better by then.

This Past Week on the Blog:

Sunday - Podcast Review: 1 Degree of Andy

Monday - Movie Review: Marry Me in Yosemite

Tuesday - Book Review: Warped on a Moon Trek by Diane Vallere

Wednesday - Movie Review: Kingsman - The Secret Service

Thursday - Book Review: Murder at an English Seance by Jessica Ellicott

Friday - Friday Post featuring Three Strikes - You're Dead

Saturday - Weekly TV Thoughts

This Coming 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

Book Haul:

It's been two weeks.  Of course I have six books to tell you about.

Let's start with a couple of ARCs I got.  Both are from Crooked Lane and come out in August.  In the Event of Murder is the second Starlight Bookshop Mystery from Cynthia Kuhn.  It's been a couple of years (at least) since the first came out, so I'm curious to see where the series goes.  And how much I remember the characters.

The other ARC is The Jig is Up by Lisa Q. Matthews.  I loved a three book series she wrote several years ago, so I'm quite anxious to dive into this new series set around a bed and breakfast in an Irish themed tourist town.

I also snagged a couple of Kindle sales over the last couple of weeks.  It looks like A Trace of Poison by Colleen Cambridge is no longer on sale.  This is the second book in her series about Agatha Christie's housekeeper.  I haven't read any of the books in the series yet, but I now have all three that have been published so far (book four is due out this fall).  I just need to find the time to read them.

Likewise, I snagged Double Exposure, the second in a series from Lori Roberts Herbst.  I have the first, and I haven't read it yet, but I couldn't pass up book two for 99 cents.  This one is still on sale as of my typing this Saturday night.

For better or worse, I decided to get an audio book from the library.  Not sure I really have the time to get it listened to before it is due back, but I have The Wrong Side of Goodbye by Michael Connelly.

I was surprised to find that my preorder of The Women of Wynton's by Donna Mumma shipped already.  I thought it was due out in a couple of weeks.  Not that I'm complaining.

What I'm Currently Reading:

Yes, I am working on The Wrong Side of Goodbye.  I've made it a quarter of the way through, so I suspect I will get through it before it is due back to the library.  I'm enjoying it and curious to see how the cases that Harry Bosch is working on are going to work out.

I'm also reading Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon.  I know, I know, I'm late to the party since everyone read it last year when it came out.  I'm enjoying it, although it is taking me longer to read it than I expected.  Since I'm reading a Kindle version, this tends to blindside me more than when I'm reading a print book.  I can general look at a print book and guess accurately how long it will take me to read it.  But  Kindle versions aren't always accurate with their page lengths, and print size in the physical copies is a factor as well.

That's it for me.  Have a great week.