April 6th's Sunday/Monday Post

Welcome again to the weekend!  It's time for this week's Sunday/Monday Post.  As always, I will be linking up to:

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

Another month end close is in the books at work.  Things seemed to be well.  No real surprises, which is always a good thing.

I survived another year without anyone playing an April Fool's Day prank on me.  Didn't see too many online, either.  Might have had something to do with being busy at work.  You see or pull off any fun ones?

It was cool this week, especially for So Cal at the beginning of April.  We're talking upper 50's most of the week.  That's winter weather!  Fortunately, we are in the 70's today and it's supposed to climb a little more the next few days.  Sounds wonderful!

Saturday morning was my walking book club (a few people who meet at a localish library to talk about books we've been reading while walking the neighborhood).  It was nice to be outside, and we had someone new show up.  Hope she continues to keep coming.

Pun of the Week:

For several years, the young magician insisted on a trap-door trick in every show he did.  He was just going through a stage.

This Past Week on the Blog:

Sunday - Sunday/Monday Post

Monday - March Reading Summary

Tuesday - Book Review: People of Darkness by Tony Hillerman

Wednesday - Movie Review: Mame

Thursday - Book Review: Ranch Dressing by Diane Vallere

Friday - Friday Post featuring Egg Drop Dead

Saturday - Weekly TV Thoughts

This Coming Week on the Blog:

Sunday - Sunday/Monday Post

Monday - Movie Review: Signed, Sealed, Delivered - One in a Million

Tuesday - Book Review: Hounds of the Hollywood Baskervilles by Elizabeth Crowens

Wednesday - Movie Review: The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

Thursday - Egg Drop Dead by Vivien Chien

Friday - Friday Post

Saturday - Weekly TV Thoughts

Book Haul:

Would you believe I almost had nothing to talk about this week?  I know, shocking.  But then I got wind of an ebook deal I had to snag, which lead me to finding another one.

The deal I had heard about was Murderous Means, the sixth Southern California Mystery from Lida Sideris.  Have I read any of the books in the series?  No.  I do have a couple of the books, however.  And there was no way I was going to pass up the ebook for 99 cents.

While I was on Amazon buying that, I also stumbled on the fact that Death in Reel Time, the second Family History Mystery from Brynn Bonner, was on sale for $1.99.  Have I read the first, which I got a few months ago?  Of course not!  But did I let that stop me from going ahead and getting this one?  Of course not!

What I'm Currently Reading:

As I'm typing this on Saturday afternoon, I'm currently between books.  That's because, after walking book club, I stayed at the library and finished reading The Library Game by Gigi Pandian.  That's right, I decided to go ahead and read one of the books from last week's haul right away.  I'm shocked at myself as well.  I really enjoyed it.  Now, to write the review, although I have a little time since I won't be reviewing it for a week and a half.

Up next will be The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman.  This will be a reread for me (if you want to see my review, here it is).  I haven't read any of these books in years, so I'm looking forward to diving in again, especially since this first book in the series is one of my favorites.  I'm leading a discussion of it at Malice Domestic (a mystery convention) in just under three weeks, so this is a good time to refresh my memory of it.

That's it for me.  Have a great week!