Welcome to this week's Sunday/Monday Post. I will be linking to:
Sunday Post
Sunday Salon
Stacking the Shelves
It's Monday, What Are You Reading?
It's been a week.
I think I mentioned last Sunday that everyone under my director was flying into town for a week of in person meetings and team building. That was nice, although it made for long days. Most of the time was spent in training, and my head was swimming from so much sitting and listening to people talk even if it was good information.
But it was made more "fun" by the Hughes fire, which started Wednesday. That was in an area north of me (actually near where I like to paddleboard when I was doing that a couple of years ago). It's on the other side of town from my condo, so I was never worried. But it was on the same side of town as my work. The office was never in any danger or even any of the evacuation zones or warning zones. But it still made for a distracted day. There were people who were evacuated, so that also meant some people weren't around suddenly, which was completely understandable. And everyone took off earlier Thursday than originally planned.
As I said, quite a week.
As I'm typing this, I'm listening to rain coming down. We should have more rain coming on Sunday, so hopefully that will help get the rest of the fires out and keep more from starting. Of course, after fires like this, we need to worry about mudslides and flooding. We'll see if we get enough rain for that to happen. I don't expect it to impact me, but it could impact those areas that were burned.
This Past Week on the Blog:
This Coming Week on the Blog:
Book Haul:
But let's start out with the ARCs I did get. Up first is Chocolate Can Be Deadly by Kim Davis. This is book seven in her Cupcake Catering Mysteries, and I'm looking forward to spending some more time with the characters. It's set around Valentine's Day, so the release is perfect. Even better, I will be reviewing it on Valentine's Day.
Moving ahead, I have an ARC of a March release as. I had given up on the Murder, She Wrote novels, but then I saw that Barbara Early was going to write some of them. I loved the cozies she wrote a few years ago, so I'm happy to see her writing something new. The first of those is Snowy with a Chance of Murder, and I'm looking forward to it.
Then we move along to April. Yes, I know, when I jumped in, I jumped in with both feet. I've got two in April. The first is Waters of Destruction by Leslie Karst. This is the second in her series set in Hawaii, and I'm really looking forward to going back to revisit the characters.
Coming out at the end of April is Murder Runs in the Family, the first in a new series from Tamara Berry. Considering how much I enjoyed another series I read from this author, I'm looking forward to this one.
Which leaves us with the two Kindle deals I snagged. The first was Big Shot, book fifteen in the Country Club Murders by Julie Mulhern. I see it is still 99 cents as of my typing this. I'm quite a ways behind on this series, so I won't get to this one for a bit, but I can't pass up a deal like that.
I also snagged Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson. Naturally, I've heard this book mentioned quite a bit. I'm not sure if I will like it or not since I often don't enjoy things that are well hyped. But for $1.99, I couldn't pass it up. This one is still on sale if you want to snag it, too (although that could change at any moment).
What I'm Currently Reading:
Hope your coworkers and yourself stay safe from that fire. Rain and more rain is needed snd I hope you get more of it soon. The air might be bad if not blown away by the winds right away.
ReplyDeleteHere we have cold and snow. Good luck to everyone in California.
I hope the rain puts out the fires and then moves on to dry areas where it is needed. What an awful experience for all of you in California!
ReplyDeleteI've heard lots of good things about Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone. Enjoy!
I’m glad you remain safe from the fires and I hope the rain puts them out without causing more mayhem.
ReplyDeleteWishing you a great week of reading
Sounds like a weird week -- which is always unsettling. Hope you've managed to have a relaxing weekend, and spend some time reading!
ReplyDeleteTraining sessions like that are intense - and having several days in a row must be exhausting. I hope the rain puts out the likelihood of fires without mudslides. We've gale force winds and torrential rain here at the moment with the second storm in under a week to hit the country. I hope the coming week is a more relaxing one!
ReplyDeleteGlad you were safe and not directly affected by the Hughes fire, but I can understand how it made for distraced meetings!
ReplyDeleteNicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction
I enjoyed Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone!
ReplyDeleteUp in Santa Barbara today we had pelting down rain and hail by my house (near the airport), so much so that there are tons of photos that look like it snowed here. My parents are at the other end of town and didn't even get a drop so I wonder if it made it down to LA