The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer ~ It’s a chance to share news ~ A post to recap the past week on my blog and share news about what’s coming up in the week ahead.
What’s been happening since my last Sunday Post:
Danielle is off to Spain for her study abroad! She’s having a fantastic time already. There are two other girls staying with the host family, and she really likes both of them, which is a relief. They agreed to speak Spanish pretty much all the time (or at least as much as possible) to help them all be fluent, and apparently their host was super happy and impressed. She says she’s been hosting for sixteen years and has never had students do that before.
Noah is applying to some new jobs. Looks like I spoke a bit too soon about my son’s first job. Unfortunately, it didn’t work out. He’s disappointed, of course, but we’ve tried to help him understand that not every job is a good fit for every person. He really loves the idea of working, though, so we’re hoping he can find something else that will be right for him.
What I Read:
- I read Love That Dog by Sharon Creech, Ruptured by Joanne Rossmassler Fritz, A Work in Progress by Jarrett Lerner, Four Eyes by Rex Ogle, and The Swifts by Beth Lincoln. Then I started reading The Adventures of the Flash Gang: Exploding Experiment by M.M. Downing & S.J. Waugh.
- I finished listening to Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune. I really liked this one, though not quite as much as Cerulean Sea.
- Then I listened to Ellie Engle Saves Herself by Leah Johnson, which I was pleasantly surprised to realize is an LGBTQ+ book. (This should have been obvious–I just wasn’t paying attention when I got my review copy.)
- I started listening to Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister. Two adult titles! What’s gotten into me?
- I also started listening to Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig.
What I Watched:
- I watched the finale of American Idol.
Here’s what you may have missed on the blog since my last Sunday Post:
Book Blogger Birthdays and Blogoversaries:
Here are the birthdays and blogoversaries for this week! I hope you’ll go wish these bloggers well on their special days! Make sure you check out the calendar to see what you might have just missed or what’s coming up. (If you want to be added to the calendar, it’s easy! Just fill out the birthday/blogoversary form.
- 5/30 – LAUREN @ SHOOTINGSTARSMAG’S BIRTHDAY
- 6/2 – AUTHOR ERIN DEALEY’S BLOGOVERSARY
- 6/2 – (UN)CONVENTIONAL BOOKWORMS’ BLOGOVERSARY
- 6/3 – PAMELA @ REVERIE SOCIETY’S BIRTHDAY
NEW Pre-order Campaigns
Head over to my Pre-Order Campaigns Page to see ALL of the pre-order deals, including pictures!!
Here’s a list of the pre-order campaigns I added to the list this week:
Pre-order THOSE WE DROWN by Amy Goldsmith to receive two postcard size art prints, a signed/illustrated book plate sticker, a double-sided bookmark w/ tassle, and an EOS sticker! (INT) (Ends 6/30) CLICK FOR DETAILS
Pre-order THE PRINCE & THE APOCALYPSE by Kara McDowell to receive a sticker sheet, bookmark, and signed bookplate! (US/CAN) (Ends 7/10) CLICK FOR DETAILS
Pre-order DELIVER ME by Ashley Hawthorne to receive a signed bookplate, stickers, & a character art print! (Ends 7/17) CLICK FOR DETAILS
Lots of good stuff! Have any news? Feel free to share in the comments!
Glad that your kids are doing well!
Glad Danielle is having a good time in Spain. Wow, you’ve been reading a lot lately.
How exciting to go to Spain so early in her college work. My daughter is looking for her first job and so I understand Noah’s situation. She is a big fan of Sharon Creech books.
Good luck to Noah. I hope he finds something perfect for him. What an awesome experience for your daughter. It’s great that she is really immersing herself . Best way to learn a language.
Good luck to your kids o their endeavors! How fun to be overseas! And hope you have a nice holiday. 🙂
What a fantastic opportunity for your daughter! And I hope Noah is able to find a job that’s a better fit for him.
Also, that’s an impressive book total for this week. The Swifts looks like fun!
It’s mostly verse novels and graphic novels, but it’s still nice to be reading again!
Everyone’s kids are all grown up!!! I’m glad they are all finding their way in the world.
Karen @For What It’s Worth
I wish that I had thought ahead and looked into doing a semester abroad when I was in school! It sounds like such an amazing experience.
How fun to be studying abroad in Spain!! I hope she has an amazing time there!!
How is this new by Matt Haig?
I think this Matt Haig book is really good for helping people to understand how depression and anxiety feel so that they can understand it a bit more. I haven’t listened to it all yet, but I’m definitely liking it. Trying to get my daughter to listen to it with me, but she’s been sort of resistant, so we shall see.
As you can tell I’m so far behind on my commenting! Glad to hear that Danielle is having a good time in Spain. That’s so cool! And yeah, I remember one of my first jobs that didn’t work out well. I had told them I needed a certain weekend off right when I interviewed. It was a month into the job. I was a high school student at the time, so had no choice but to do what my parents wanted, so had to be gone that weekend. The week of the days I needed off, the owner of the little store came in and told me he wanted to say goodbye to me on my last day because they couldn’t give me those days off so they fired me. And then they took money out of my final paycheck because I hadn’t given them back the little booklet they gave me the first day of my job about what the job was. Suffice it to say I wasn’t sad to see when that store ended up going out of business. But that’s the world! Hope your son finds a better fit of a job!