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.
Monday was a normal school day. Big Girl had batting practice. Tuesday, we spent the day at my parent's house as normal. We got groceries. Big Kids had martial arts. Wednesday during on the kids' break from school, Big Girl injured her toe on the trampoline. Brother was chasing her and she caught her pinky toe on her right foot on the edge of the trampoline. She came in telling me that she thinks she broke it. It wasn't visibly displaced like last November when she broke her pinky toe on her left foot. It was visibly swollen and bruised already. I told her she's the only one who can determine had badly it is hurting. She said she didn't want to go to the doctor. I told her that we'd give it overnight and see how it felt in the morning. The closer we got to bedtime the more upset she got. I think it was anxiety. Her body was telling her that it was broken, but she was scared that she was going to have to miss out on all the fun things we do during October as a family. Specifically, we had a birthday party booked at the local trampoline park for her and her friends for her 10th birthday this year. Well, I called first thing Thursday morning to get an appointment, and sure enough, it is broken. She's in a post-op shoe for a month with no medical clearance to jump. So we had to go back to the drawing board for her birthday. We cancelled the trampoline party and will be having one at our house in two weeks. She was bummbed, but she's handled the disappointment well. While Big Boy went to martial arts, Big Girl, Little Boy, and I went to the trampoline park to pick up my refund for the deposit. Friday, we had a good school day. Saturday, we went to the pumpkin patch as a family. This is a tradition that we do every year. The weather was perfect. It was partly cloudy and windy. We even had a hint of fall in the air. Here in central Alabama, it doesn't get cool/cold until earliest late October usually, but more frequently late November. Today is the anniversary of getting our dog, Scout. In some ways it's hard to believe we've only had him for a year. In other ways, it's hard to believe he's already been with us this long.
Monday: Review of Winterset (Summerhaven # 2) by Tiffany Odekirk (3.5 Stars)
Tuesday: Top Ten Fall Covers from My TBR List
Wednesday: Can't Wait for Stranger Things Have Happened by Kasie West
Saturday: All Things Halloween Review - A Soul of Ash & Blood (3 Stars)
My annual "All Things Halloween" event is going on. This is my month-long event where I feature reviews from Halloween-y genres (fantasy, paranormal, supernatural, sci-fi, horror, mystery, thriller, and suspense). Over the last few years I've had mostly fantasy books as I just haven't been in the mood for much horror, but still...these are books that can get you in the mood for Halloween.
Monday: All Things Halloween Review of Kingdom of the Wicked (Kingdom of the Wicked, # 1) by Kerri Maniscalco
Tuesday: Top Ten Tuesday?
Wednesday: Can't Wait Wednesday?
Thursday: All Things Halloween Review of Metal Slinger (Fire & Metal, # 1) by Rachel Schneider
Friday: Homeschool Friday - I Really Like Slop
Saturday: All Things Halloween Review of A Scar in the Bone (A Fire in the Sky, # 2) by Sophie Jordan
Stranger Things Have Happened
By: Kasie West
Expected Publication: April 14, 2026 by Saturday Books
352 pages
Genre: Adult, Contemporary
Source: Publisher via NetGalley (Thank you!!)
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Goodreads description--Can fake dating lead to real love? In Kasie West's next sexy adult romcom two people must decide where the lie ends and the chemistry begins.Sutton knows she needs therapy. After all, she’s managing her newly opened restaurant remotely while taking care of her ungrateful sick mother. Plus, her boyfriend of two years just dumped her over the phone. But does therapy with a handsome stranger, who she has to pretend to be engaged to, in order to help her friend’s struggling relationship count? Probably not. Then why did she just agree to go? Because she’s had a few too many drinks? Because this stranger, Elijah, is smug and annoying and really, really handsome? Because she feels guilty that she abandoned her best friend, Tara, after high school and this might just make up for it? Whatever the reason, she has committed to this unhinged plan.
What [...] is Sutton doing?
Helping Tara prove a point: a good therapist can tell the difference between real love and fake love. That’s what she’s doing. But as they attend their sessions, Sutton and Elijah only seem to be proving one thing—the lines between pretend desire and real desire are very blurry. This true connection forming between them is threatening to unravel everything Sutton thought she knew about family, friendship, and her own heart.
Better Than the Movies
By: Lynn Painter
Publication: May 4, 2021 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
356 pages
Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary
Source: Borrowed from the e-library
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Goodreads description--In this rom-com about rom-coms, in the spirit of Kasie West and Jenn Bennett, a hopeless romantic teen attempts to secure a happily-ever-after moment with her forever crush, but finds herself reluctantly drawn to the boy next door.Perpetual daydreamer Liz Buxbaum gave her heart to Michael a long time ago. But her cool, aloof forever crush never really saw her before he moved away. Now that he’s back in town, Liz will do whatever it takes to get on his radar - and maybe snag him as a prom date - even befriend Wes Bennet.
The annoyingly attractive next-door neighbor might seem like a prime candidate for romantic-comedy fantasies, but Wes has only been a pain in Liz’s butt since they were kids. Pranks involving frogs and decapitated lawn gnomes do not a potential boyfriend make. Yet, somehow, Wes and Michael are hitting it off, which means Wes is Liz’s in.
But as Liz and Wes scheme to get Liz noticed by Michael so she can have her magical prom moment, she’s shocked to discover that she likes being around Wes. And as they continue to grow closer, she must reexamine everything she thought she knew about love - and rethink her own ideas of what happily ever after should look like.
Variation
By: Rebecca Yarros
Publication: November 19, 2024 by Montlake
464 pages
Genre: Adult, Contemporary
Source: Personal Kindle Library (was on sale this week)
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Goodreads description--From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Fourth Wing comes a new contemporary romance about the summer a celebrated dancer returns home and unearths years of family secrets with the Coast Guard rescue swimmer she never forgot.Elite ballerina Allie Rousseau is no stranger to pressure. With her mother’s eyes always watching, perfection was expected, no matter the cost. But when an injury jeopardizes all she’s sacrificed for, Allie returns to her summer home to heal and recover. But the memories she’s tried to forget rush in and threaten to take her under.
As a Coast Guard rescue swimmer, Hudson Ellis knows that hesitation can mean the difference between life and death. He’s always prided himself on being in the right place at the right time, especially when it came to Allie Rousseau…until the night he left for basic. After the biggest regret of his life, the secrets he keeps mean he can never be with the one woman he wants more than his next breath.
When Hudson’s niece shows up on Allie’s doorstep, desperate to find her birth mother, Allie finds herself in an unimaginable position. Allie and Hudson’s past and present might be endlessly complicated. The thread that tied them to each other all those years ago may have unraveled, but the truth could pull them back together, or drive them apart forever.
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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