I am really excited to participate in The Sunday Post hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer and Stacking the Shelves hosted by Reading Reality.
My Life
What a week! I feel like I somehow did a lot and got nothing done all at once. We stayed home last Sunday and got caught up on some things around the house and relaxed a bit. It was wonderful. I can’t remember the last time I was actually able to spend an entire day at home. Since I have been working two jobs, I typically only get one day off per week and that day tends to be spent running around.
I worked the Iron Flame release party at my Barnes & Noble and had a blast. I actually can’t remember having that much fun while working before. We had some games and activities to keep everyone entertained before we sold the book at midnight. I ended up being the person behind the microphone during trivia and the contests. I guess it is a good thing that I am not shy!
Since Monday was such a late night, I took Tuesday off work. I couldn’t sleep Monday night so I felt a bit off all day but we were able to get our Driver’s Licenses renewed and had lunch with my mom. On Wednesday, I went to an author event to meet Ava Reid with my oldest daughter and was thrilled to get my books signed.
I had planned to spend Thursday evening on the computer writing reviews and visiting blogs but I just couldn’t get myself to do it. The 40 hours of computer time at my full-time job has been incredibly tedious with tons of data entry and I am just over staring at a screen. I actually took a step back from all social media this week to avoid Iron Flame spoilers and it felt great. I spent some time working on a puzzle while listening to Iron Flame this week which was the break that I needed.
How was your week?
What I’m Reading
I finished 4 books this week. I really liked To Kill a Shadow by Katherine Quinn and it felt good to sit down and actually read a book with my eyes. I should do that more often! I loved The Graham Effect by Elle Kennedy and even laughed out loud several times while listening. I started listening to Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros just as soon as it was available on my app. To say that I loved it is an understatement. I ended the week with The Fake Mate by Lana Ferguson which was the spicy werewolf romance that I didn’t know that I needed.
I have just started Bad Girls Break Bridges by S.L. Choi but have high hopes for it since I liked the first two books in the series quite a lot.
Books Added
Sanctuary of the Shadow by Aurora Ascher (Publisher); What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher (Publisher); Mister Lullaby by J.H. Markert (Publisher)
Favorite Instagram Post of the Week
What books do you add to your shelves this week?
I guess there are some great perks with that second job, though I couldn’t work an event that went that late. I am eyeing The Graham Effect, but you know me and long contemporaries. I have trust issues about why it’s so long. Glad Fake Mate was a good one. I am reading that later in the week.
Oh nice! I ended up not going to an Iron Flame release party. I am not much of a night owl anymore and struggle to even fall asleep most nights. Even weekends when I know I don’t have to get up and do stuff the next morning. It’s a struggle! I did take off Tuesday for a doctor appointment and to track down the holiday Fourth Wing edition! My B&N didn’t state that they had it with store inventory and I was worried about the release parties so I went to Target which was its own stressball! Lol. I was planning to go to the Ava Reid signing but after I finished A Study in Drowning, I couldn’t bring myself to go since I wasn’t really in love with the book. I did go to Tricia Levenseller’s signing Friday as I love her books and thought why not get my FL ones “officially” signed?! Plus her new one! Lol. Then Saturday, as you’ll see, I made the long haul drive to meet Rebecca Yarros! It was fun! I wish she could’ve done a talk and signing but I guess they decided an assembly signing line was better…? Oh well. It was still fun!
Nice new reads! I am trying to figure out when to read Iron Flame. With blogging being a dying breed, I don’t encounter spoilers as much. And if I see anything related to a book I want to read I usually skim past it…maybe give a picture a like if it’s Instagram, but no caption reading! Lol! I am excited for To Kill a Shadow! It’s such a pretty cover and it sounds incredible! I hope you enjoy it once you read it!
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It’s great you took a day off and sort of amazing you have finished Iron Flame. I’ve listened in bits and pieces all week. I can give it more attention this week. I hope you finish all that data entry part soon. I used to try to do errands / chores after work so I could have a day on the weekend to just do things I wanted to do. But sometimes that just doesn’t work out. Take care.
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SO I’m really late to the game with Rebecca Yarros and I just got the audiobook of Fourth Wing. Now I need to find time to listen – hopefully the beginning of 2024. Glad you loved the newest one!
How fun to get your books signed.
A good reading week
What a busy week. I’m really curious about Mister Lullaby. Hope you get to relax some this week
I have Iron Flame on hold at the library. I think it’s gonna take a long time before I can get my hands on it, but it’s not like I’m lacking in reading material until then. Looking forward to it.
Wow, fun that you got to work the Iron Flame release! That would definitely be a perk of working the second job. Glad you got a day to just do stuff at home and spend some time with your daughter at an author event.
Have a good week, Carole!
I have been avoiding reviews for Iron Flame until I can listen to it. Probably won’t get to it until this weekend, though. How fun that you helped run the event! Happy to hear you got a day to stay at home and re-charge! Love working puzzles while listening to audios! I hope you get some rest, Carole! 🙂
I haven’t went to a book signing in a long time. Most of the authors don’t come near my area. Looks like you had fun.
The Iron Flame party sounds fun! Not being shy is definitely a benefit though it does mean you end up getting volunteered to do anything involving public speaking – or at least that’s what happens to me! I love the puzzle! I’m torn between waiting out my library hold or going on and buying Iron Flame. It sounds like I need to just go on and get it! I hope you’re having a great week!
The Iron Flame release party does sound like a lot of fun even. I hope you have had a good week. I ended up having to take most of the week off for work because of this dang virus. I muddled through today, but I am glad I was able to work from home and didn’t have to go into the office. It sounds like you read quite a few good books. The Fake Mate sounds like such fun. I hope you have a great weekend, Carole.