The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba @ The Caffeinated Book Reviewer ~this meme was inspired in part by ~ In My Mailbox~
It's a chance to share News. A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up for the week on our blog.
Ok so my summary on last week's Sunday Post wasn't entirely accurate. I'd prepped it on Friday and didn't have a chance to update it before it went live. BUT my sweet Husband and family threw me a surprise birthday party for my 30th birthday on Saturday. Not only was the event a surprise, but several of the guests really surprised me as well--my nanny, a few friends from work, and even my aunt and uncle that I don't get to see very much any more. So yeah. Baby Girl turned 8 months on Monday. Tuesday was my actual birthday. Wednesday, I brought my nephew over to the house to pressure wash the concrete around our pool. We also had to get our pool pump replaced. And then Saturday my family came back over. This time we were celebrating my brother's birthday (which was this past Sunday) and Father's Day with my dad. So there's been a lot going on over the last week. And of course, since it was my birthday week, I actually have books to feature in my stacking the shelves section below.
THIS PAST WEEK:
Monday: Review of The 5 Love Languages of Children by Gary Chapman and Ross Campbell (4 Stars)
Tuesday: Top Ten Reads January - June 2016
Wednesday: Waiting on Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick
Saturday: 2016 Series Enders Reading Challenge - June Wrap Up
UPCOMING THIS WEEK:
Monday: Review of Defending Taylor (Hundred Oaks, # 7) by Miranda Kenneally
Tuesday: Top Ten Tuesday
Wednesday: Waiting on Wednesday
Don’t forget to sign up for the 2016 Series Enders Reading Challenge! You have until December 15, 2016 to sign up. Each month there will be a giveaway for those participating with an end of the year giveaway too! Click on the picture below or the link above to find out more!
Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga's Reviews.
How to Teach Your Baby to Swim
By: Douglas Doman
Published: June 18th 2006 by Square One Publishers
120 pages
Genre: Non-fiction, Self-Help, Parenting
Source: Personal Library
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Goodreads description--Teaching an infant or toddler to swim is not only a matter of safety, but also a great way to stimulate physical coordination, concentration, and intelligence all the while making your child happier, healthier, and more self-confident. Based on the revolutionary learning principles developed at The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential, "How To Teach Your Baby To Swim "pairs 160 photographs with detailed instructions for teaching your child to dive, float, and swim."
Racing Savannah (Hundred Oaks, # 4)
By: Miranda Kenneally
Published: December 3rd 2013 by Sourcebooks Fire
304 pages
Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Sports
Source: Borrowed from the Library
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Goodreads description--They’re from two different worlds.
He lives in the estate house, and she spends most of her time in the stables helping her father train horses. In fact, Savannah has always been much more comfortable around horses than boys. Especially boys like Jack Goodwin—cocky, popular and completely out of her league. She knows the rules: no mixing between the staff and the Goodwin family. But Jack has no such boundaries.
With her dream of becoming a horse jockey, Savannah isn’t exactly one to follow the rules either. She’s not going to let someone tell her a girl isn’t tough enough to race. Sure, it’s dangerous. Then again, so is dating Jack…
The Last Star (The 5th Wave, # 3)
By: Rick Yancey
Published: May 24th 2016 by G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
338 pages
Genre: Post Apocalyptic, Young Adult, Science Fiction
Source: Personal Library
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Goodreads description--We’re here, then we’re gone, and that was true before they came. That’s always been true. The Others didn’t invent death; they just perfected it. Gave death a face to put back in our face, because they knew that was the only way to crush us. It won’t end on any continent or ocean, no mountain or plain, jungle or desert. It will end where it began, where it had been from the beginning, on the battlefield of the last beating human heart.
Master storyteller Rick Yancey invokes triumph, loss, and unrelenting action as the fate of the planet is decided in the conclusion to this epic series.
The Raven King (The Raven Cycle, # 4)
By: Maggie Stiefvater
Published: April 26th 2016 by Scholastic Press
400 pages
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Paranormal, Magic, Supernatural
Source: Personal Kindle Library
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Goodreads description--The fourth and final installment in the spellbinding series from the irrepressible, #1 New York Times bestselling author Maggie Stiefvater.
All her life, Blue has been warned that she will cause her true love's death. She doesn't believe in true love and never thought this would be a problem, but as her life becomes caught up in the strange and sinister world of the Raven Boys, she's not so sure anymore.
In a starred review for Blue Lily, Lily Blue, Kirkus Reviews declared: "Expect this truly one-of-a-kind series to come to a thundering close."
The Glittering Court (The Glittering Court, # 1)
By: Richelle Mead
Published: April 5th 2016 by Razorbill
416 pages
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Paranormal
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Goodreads description--A dazzling new fantasy series set in a mix of Elizabethan and frontier worlds that’s dripping with romance from Richelle Mead, #1 internationally bestselling author of Vampire Academy.
Big and sweeping, spanning the refined palaces of Osfrid to the gold dust and untamed forests of Adoria, The Glittering Court tells the story of Adelaide, an Osfridian countess who poses as her servant to escape an arranged marriage and start a new life in Adoria, the New World. But to do that, she must join the Glittering Court.
Both a school and a business venture, the Glittering Court is designed to transform impoverished girls into upper-class ladies capable of arranging powerful and wealthy marriages in the New World. Adelaide naturally excels in her training and even makes a few friends: the fiery former laundress Tamsin and the beautiful Sirminican refugee Mira. She manages to keep her true identity hidden from all but one: the intriguing Cedric Thorn, son of the wealthy proprietor of the Glittering Court.
When Adelaide discovers that Cedric is hiding a dangerous secret of his own, together, they hatch a scheme to make the best of Adelaide’s deception. Complications soon arise—first, as they cross the treacherous seas from Osfrid to Adoria, and later, when Adelaide catches the attention of a powerful governor.
But no complication will prove quite as daunting as the potent attraction simmering between Adelaide and Cedric. An attraction that, if acted on, would scandalize the Glittering Court and make them both outcasts in wild, vastly uncharted lands. . . .
That's it for my shelves and recaps of my past and upcoming week. What did you add to your shelves this week? Any bookish news you want to talk about? Let me know!
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