It's that time of the week again. As usual, I will be linking up to:
Sunday Post
Sunday Salon
Stacking the Shelves
Mailbox Monday
It's Monday, What Are You Reading?
You'll notice I haven't had much exciting to talk about the last few weeks. That's changing this week.
Let's start with the frustrating. My Threads account was deactivated for me. Meta did nothing with my Facebook or Instagram profiles (fortunately). I tried appealing, and it was declined. No idea what I did since I'd been on it about an hour an a half before they took it down, and all seemed fine. And I can't seem to figure out how to get ahold of someone to talk to about it. Worse yet, they didn't really tell me what was going on/why they took it down, so I have no clue what I'd done.
Kind of reminds me of when my Google+ account was frozen. At least with them, I was able to get them to tell me it was because I was a "spammer." My crime? Sharing my latest review there once a day. Since I wasn't interacting enough with others, I was a spammer.
Anyway, everything I've tried with Threads has been a dead end. I guess I'm locked out of there permanently. Probably better for me overall, but it's so frustrating.
Now, for the fun news.
Tuesday, I finally made it to a sitcom taping! It's something I've wanted to do for years, and I tried once before, but I didn't make it in day of. I went to a taping of Happy's Place, which is Reba's new sitcom, and so much fun. Since the show hasn't come back for season two yet (coming in November!), I haven't watched it for a while, and I'd forgotten just how much I enjoy it.
They had pre-shot about half the episode, which I think I'm grateful for. The scenes they did shoot in front of us they shot two or three times each, and an entire episode would have taken so much longer. I was about ready to be done when we were let go.
But it was so much fun. I laughed a lot, and the general energy was great.
I was surprised to run into someone I know before the taping started. Turned out, his girlfriend, who works on the show, had written that episode. She did a good job, too. Complete coincidence, but a fun one.
Yes, I'd consider doing it again, but probably for a different show. I'd want to do it for a show I enjoy, however, since sitting that long watching something that wasn't that great would be boring.
My guess is this episode I saw won't air until sometime in January, but we'll see.
Joke of the Week:
This Past Week on the Blog:
This Coming Week on the Blog:
Book Haul:
I have three books to tell you about this week.
Up first, my pre-order of Lady Darling Inquires After a Killer by Colleen Gleason. It's the first in a new series set in England in the 1890's. I've generally enjoyed the books that she writes under the name Colleen Cambridge, so I'm looking forward to giving this a try.
It's been a while since my last audio book, so it was time to fix that. I grabbed Murder Walks the Plank by Carolyn Hart from the library. It's book fifteen in her Death on Demand series. Kind of hard to believe I'm so far into it.
Finally, I spotted a Kindle sale for My Father Always Finds Corpses, the first in a new series from Lee Hollis. I have so many first in series from them, it's time I actually read one, don't you think? Not that I think I will get to this one soon. Anyway, it is still on sale as of Saturday, so if you are interested, you can also snag it.
What I'm Currently Reading:
I almost could combine these two sections this week. I was so very close.
You see, I just finished O, Deadly Night, the eighth in Vicki Delany's Year-Round Christmas series. It was okay. I always enjoy the Christmas setting, but there were some things that bugged me with this one. But I'll get into that more when I write my review.
Meanwhile, I am already listening to Murder Walks the Plank. So far, I'm enjoying it and curious to see how it is going to all play out.
And I'm about to start Lady Darling Inquires After a Killer.
As you can see, lots of crossover this week between the two sections.
That's it for me. Hope you have a good week!
The taping sounds fun! Not something I get to experience in Missouri!
ReplyDeleteTrying to get something changed with social media is crazy. My dad, 98, has three FB accounts, and I've been trying for months to get rid of the two bogus ones. No luck!
ReplyDeleteI never did sign up for Threads. That is so frustrating and confusing. I have noticed lately some of my usual posts on social media are being flagged as potential spam, so something weird is going on.
ReplyDeleteSo cool that you got to see a live sitcom taping. I went to NBC studios years ago, but we just took a tour. We didn't see a taping. I don't have access to NBC now, so I can't watch Happy's Place, but since Reba airs a lot on Hallmark, I should check that out sometime.
My cats love that joke and thank you for it. :)
Funny...I'm planning to get my review of the second in the Shady Hollow series published on Thursday, too.
Have a great week! :)