It's that time of the week again. Time for this week's Sunday/Monday Post where I link up to:
Sunday Post
Sunday Salon
Stacking the Shelves
Mailbox Monday
It's Monday, What Are You Reading?
I think we're through the worst of quarter end close. Have I mentioned how much I hate the extra stress/work we have to do at quarter end? I have? Well, know that it is still true. But I finished my last extra report before I logged off work on Friday. It was a relief to have that behind me. Of course, Monday, I get to start working hard on the account reconciliations, something I would have started already in a normal month.
Saturday started with walking book club. (Localish library that hosts a group to walk and talk about whatever we've been reading recently.) First time we've met in a month since the librarian that leads it was on vacation when we would have normally met the second time.
Then in the afternoon, I headed over to a friend's for a house cooling party. She lives in Alta Dena, and was one of the lucky ones who didn't lose her house in the fires. However, there was still a lot of smoke damage, so she's spent the past five months redoing and replacing almost everything. She'd said months ago she didn't want to do a house warming when it was finished, but she wanted to have people over. I told her it needed to be a house cooling party, and that stuck. I actually have seen her in years, so it was nice to see her and a few mutual friends we have in the area. This is a friend I grew up with in Northern California who also moved down to Southern California.
Joke of the Week:
This Past Week on the Blog:
This Coming Week on the Blog:
Book Haul:
Having said that, we're going to start with Locked in Pursuit by Ashley Weaver, which was a preorder from months ago. The paperback edition came out this week, and it arrived. Which is funny since I'm reading book three in the series now (sorry for the spoiler for the next section).
I wound up getting books four through six in the Sparks and Bainbridge series by Allison Montclair as well. I found good deals on books five and six, which have only been released as hardcovers or ebooks. So I went ahead and got book four as well. The titles are The Unkept Woman, The Lady from Burma, and Murder at the White Palace.
I'm hoping to get to another book in the Noddle Shop series from Vivien Chien this year. At least. Maybe more since I'm so far behind. But to do that, I need to buy another book. I was in my local Barnes and Nobel buying a house cooling present for the party I went to today, and I saw they had Killer Kung Pao, the next one I needed, so I snagged it.
I'd also like to think I will get to another book in Liz Milliron's Laurel Highlands series this year. So I bought book two, Heaven Has No Rage. But first, the prequel short stories I bought a couple of weeks back.
Since I love mysteries and spoofs and satires, how I could I pass up How to Survive a Classic Crime Novel by Kate Jackson. I'm looking forward to it.
What I'm Currently Reading?
As I said above, I'm currently working on Playing It Safe, the third Electra McDonnell novel. Ellie is a safe cracker who has been recruited to help the British government during World War II. It's a bit slow, but I am making progress on it.
I've also started another audio book. This time, it's No Hallowed Ground by Steve Hockensmith. It's set in 1894 in Missouri, which is a bit far east for books I normally read from this author. He typically writes books set in the west during that time period.
That's it for me. Hope your week is great.
A walking book club sounds divine! Combines two really great things!
ReplyDeleteI can understand your friend's concern for hosting a house warming party after a fire.
ReplyDeleteMy dad was an accountant, and there were weeks where he had to work overtime when I was a child, though I didn't really understand why.
Wish we had a walking book club at our library. But then, we are being hit by the smoke from the Canadian wildfires and will have to endure bad air all summer. Today, the pollution is too h igh for a good walk.
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of a Library walk. How fun is that? Maybe I'll check to see if my Library has such a thing. I hope you enjoy reading this week. https://stuckinbooks.com/2025/06/07/stacking-the-shelves-6-7-25/
ReplyDeleteA walking book club sounds great, though we can’t really rely on the weather being fortuitous on a schedule. Walks need spontaneity. Maybe the library here should hold it at an indoor track.
ReplyDeleteSo glad your friend didn't lose her home. A house cooling party is a great idea. This week I'm going to something similar to your library's book talk, except that ours is seated and indoors (thankfully for me). :)
ReplyDeleteYou've got a good crop of books going there!
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of a house cooling party and am so glad that your friend didn't lose her house, that's so lucky!
I love the idea of a house cooling party!
ReplyDeleteHave a great week!
You got a great assortment of new books. Most are by authors I read too. A house cooling party sounds like a nice idea. Come see my week here. Happy reading!
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