Welcome to this week's Sunday/Monday Post, where I will be linking up to:
Sunday Post
Sunday Salon
Stacking the Shelves
It's Monday, What Are You Reading?
I went to visit my family in Northern California for Thanksgiving, which was why I didn't post last Sunday. Actually, I spent Sunday driving home again. I left early enough that traffic wasn't horrid, but I still hit a few slow spots. Anyway, I had a great time visiting them for the holiday and the couple of days after that. So much fun that I am going to do it again for Christmas.
This last week was crazy busy at work. As I've shared, we have a slightly off fiscal year, and our year end is November 30. Since I work in the accounting department, that meant this past week was super busy. But I think we closed and I got our extra reporting done - at least the extra reporting I'm responsible for. It feels nice to have that behind us. We'll still have a bit of work to do this coming week, but it should be more like normal.
That took most of my focus this week. I did get a lot of my Christmas shopping done Wednesday after work. I'm feeling like I have the month under control, which I didn't when the week began. Hopefully, I'm not forgetting anything. Or missing something. That's always the way, right?
Joke of the Week:
This Past Week on the Blog:
This Coming Week on the Blog:
Book Haul:
From one side of mystery to another, I also got Jekyll and Hyde: Consulting Detectives by Tim Major. I've been fascinated by Jekyll and Hyde since I read the book in high school, so this take on them really peaked my interest. I suspect it will be much darker than I usually read, so we'll see what I actually think of it. As of my typing this Saturday night, this one is still on sale.
Jumping back to the lighter side, I also snagged There's No Murder Like Show Murder by M. S. Greene. I do love theater, so a mystery series set in a community theater sounds like something I will enjoy.
Finally, I got a preorder this week. And we are changing genre up again, this time going to kid's fantasy. The newest Keeper of the Lost Cities book, Unraveled, arrived. I hadn't paid any attention, and I was surprised that it was only 400 pages. Shannon Messenger has written much longer books in the series recently, although this is really book 9.5, not an official/full novel in the series. Yes, you read that right, 400 pages isn't a full novel. Anyway, I'm looking forward to seeing what we learn in this book. I have a feeling it will be very different. I was hoping to knock it out this month, and, given the size, I think that's likely to happen.
What I'm Currently Reading:
As I'm typing this, I'm just over half way through Sleep in Heavenly Pizza by Mindy Quigly. Yep, I've started on my Christmas cozies. I'm enjoying this one. It's not unfolding like a cozy usually would, but I'm very hooked by everything going on. Got to make some time to get more of it read.
If my plan to finish that book up on Sunday works out, I'll start on Rockin' Around the Chickadee by Donna Andrews on Monday. It feels a little weird to be talking about reading this book so soon since I usually try to save her Christmas book until closer to Christmas, but that's how my reading is falling at the moment.
That's it for me. Hope you have a great week.
Love the joke. Your job sounds like a lot like my daughter's. For reasons I don't understand, she never gets the actual 4th of July off so they can do... accounting things. She loves it though. Glad your visit went well. Actually thought of you when I picked up a 2022 Hallmark snowflake ornament at the thrift store for 75 cents! Have a great week with your Messenger title.
ReplyDeleteI’m glad the drive wasn’t too onerous.
ReplyDeleteYay for finishing your Christmas shopping
Have a great reading week
I have not read Donna Andrews, but it seems like everyone else has, she must be a popular writer. Glad you didn't have too much trouble with Thanksgiving travel.
ReplyDeleteGood for you in gathering up some of the great deals on Black Friday/Cyber Monday. Enjoy those!
ReplyDeleteI hope work slows down for you.
Welcome back! So nice to visit over the holidays. I indulged in some book sales, too. Looks like you will have some good reading coming up. Hope you enjoy your week.
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You did find some good deals! I enjoyed both Sleep in Heavenly Pizza and Rockin' Around the Chickadee. I hope you do too. Come see me week here. Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteGlad you got through the work stuff okay. the books look good! I'm never sure about reading books that are darker than what I normally read. I've had so much stress lately that I have to read lighter things but if it's a good "lighter" murder mystery it's all good.
ReplyDeleteI didn't get my act together for any Black Friday shopping. Big mistake on my part, I am sure. We're only doing small gifts this year, which is a nice break from the craziness of most years.
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