Happy weekend! Time to dive into this week's Sunday/Monday Post. As usual, I will be linking up to:
Sunday Post
Sunday Salon
Stacking the Shelves
Mailbox Monday
It's Monday, What Are You Reading?
Since I didn't check in last weekend, I hope everyone in the States had a great Thanksgiving. And I hope everyone else had a great couple of weeks. I was home for the holiday with my family in Northern California. I came down with a slight cold at the beginning of the week, so I kept my distance from people, but I still enjoyed some great food, and we played quite a few fun games.
Unfortunately, I had to drive back on Sunday, although I left early enough I missed the worst of the traffic. Monday, I dove right back into fiscal year end at work. It was a crazy busy week, but I think we got everything done, including all our extra reporting. Not that things will slow down this week either, but we are in a good spot.
But you can see why I did so much decorating in November. The little bit more I wanted to do? Hasn't happened yet. We'll see if it does this weekend or I just call it good enough. If I did, it wouldn't be a big deal.
And Monday night, I got my Christmas shopping done. Okay, there's still one thing I need to go out and buy, but everything else is bought or at least ordered. That's always a huge relief for me. Now, to put on a Christmas movie or two and have a wrapping party.
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This Past Week on the Blog:
This Coming Week on the Blog:
Book Haul:
I only have three books to talk about this week. Pretty good since it's been two weeks, right?
I took advantage of a couple of ebook sales that popped up for Black Friday. Sadly, neither are still on sale.
The first was Knot Before You Enter by Tish Bouvier. This one crossed my radar recently and sounds like something I might enjoy. It's the first book in a new cozy series with a senior sleuth who used to work for a PI. Hopefully, it is fun.
The other book I snagged on sale is Seven Reasons to Murder You Dinner Guests by K.J. Whittle. This one sounds like a thriller and a take on Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None. I'm very intrigued by the premise. No idea when I will get to it, but I hope it is soon.
Finally, this week I got an ARC. The book actually just came out, but I'm reviewing it as part of the blog tour in January. Yep, my first ARC for 2026. It's A Spy in Saigon by Nancy Cole Silverman. It's the fourth in a series about a journalist turned undercover agent. I've enjoyed all of Nancy's books I've read (including another series), so I'm looking forward to diving into this one.
What I'm Currently Reading:
I'm about a third of the way into At Death's Dough by Mindy Quigley right now. This is book five in her Deep Dish Mysteries. I'm enjoying my time with the characters as always, although I feel like the book has had a lot of set up so far. Yes, we've found the body, but there's a lot else going on. I suspect all of that will come into play, but I'm ready for a few of the dots to start connecting. Anyway, I'm hoping to finish the book up on Monday. Then I can start on my two Christmas cozies for the month. But that's next week's post.
In the meantime, have a great week!
I'm glad you had a good Thanksgiving, and I definitely see why you do your decorating in November. My dad was an accountant, and I always remember how busy he was during what he called closeouts.
ReplyDeleteI am waiting to get holiday gifts until we get back from Dallas next week.