January 12th's Sunday Post

Welcome to the weekend and another Sunday Post.  I will be linking up to:

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

It's been quite a week here in LA.  yes, I am safe.  The worst fires, the ones dominating the news coverage (as they should be) are quite a ways away from me.  There was a fire at the south end of town but I live a ways from that one.  The closest fire to me started Wednesday afternoon, but they had it under control before I went to bed.  And the wind has been blowing south, so all the smoke hasn't even been bothering me.

But this isn't to say I haven't been very distracted all week.  It's been a struggle to get anything done at work.  I have two book reviews to write, one of which I am planning to post on Thursday.  (Gulp).

Anyway, I have a few things packed and ready to load into the car if something near me starts and I do have to evacuate.  While the winds won't be as bad as they have been, we are still supposed to have windy conditions for the next few days.  And the air is so dry, at times it feels like moisture is being pulled out of my body.

Hopefully, my concentration can become a little better because I don't think things are going to change for at least another week.  And I have things I need to get done at work.

But enough of this.  Let's move on.

This Past Week on the Blog:

Sunday - Sunday/Monday Post

Monday - Favorite Books Read in 2024

Tuesday - Book Review: Hired Guns by Steve Hockensmith

Wednesday - The Traitors USA - Season 2

Thursday - Book Review: Rivers and Creaks by Marc Jedel

Friday - Friday Post featuring Welcome Home to Murder

Saturday - Weekly TV Thoughts

This Coming Week on the Blog:

Sunday - Sunday/Monday Post

Monday - Movie Review: Love in Glacier National

Tuesday - Book Review: The Sinister Sitcom Caper by Sally Carpenter

Wednesday - TV Show Review: Quantum Leap Reboot - Season 2

Thursday - Book Review: Welcome Home to Murder by Rosalie Spielman

Friday - Friday Post

Saturday - Weekly TV Thought

Book Haul:

I've got another six book haul to tell you about.  Some of these were bargain books I've gotten over the last few weeks and two were books I bought online that arrived this week.

Let's start with the bargain books.  First up was Killing Dylan by Alastair Puddick.  This book sounded funny.  It's been on my radar for a while, so when it was cheap right after Christmas, I snagged it.

The other sale book I got was Murder at Vinland by Alyssa Maxwell.  This is the most recent in her Gilded Newport series, and it went on sale for one day this last week.  I have a long ways to go before I will be ready for it, but naturally, I snagged it.

As the year was winding down, I got notified that I was about to lose some of my Kindle points, and I was so close to another reward.  I didn't have a choice but to buy a Kindle book and then immediately convert my points and redeem them for another book, right?  I got two books in series I've been reading this last year, Legally Blind Luck by James J. Cudney and The Tale of the Tenpenny Tontine by P.J. Fitzsimmons.

Which brings us to the two physical books I got this week.  Both are also in series I've already started.  They were on my Christmas list, but my family got me other books from my Christmas list instead.  (There are always lots of books on my list).

A Killing Way is the latest Nate Ross Mystery from J.R. Sanders.  These are set in LA in the 1930's, and I always enjoy them.

Then there's the second in the Turner and Mosely Files from LynDee Walker and Bruce Robert Coffin - The Cardinal's Curse.  I really enjoyed the first one and I'm looking forward to reading this one.

What I'm Currently Reading:

Friday night, I finished Murder at Mallowan Hall by Colleen Cambridge.  This is the first in her series that features the housekeeper for Agatha Christie.  In this book, she gets involved when a houseguest is found murdered in their library.  I enjoyed it, and I'm glad I have the next couple in the series already.

I've just barely started Stuff to Spy For by Don Bruns.  It's actually been a couple of years since I read book two, so I'm overdue to dive into book three.  This is about two friends in their twenties who managed to get into some pretty wild things.  The spying in this case looks like it might involve industrial spying, but we'll see.  I'm only a couple of chapters in, after all.

That's it for me.  Have a good week.