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.
This week was our public school's spring break. I originally planned for us to take this week off school, but we had the flu a couple of weeks ago and didn't get much done, and we're going on a trip next month that will have us gone for a week. So I decided that we would push through and do school this week. It was still a slightly lighter week for us because we didn't have any baseball or softball games. So Monday was a normal day. Tuesday, the kids had hair appointments. I rarely take all three at one time to get cuts, but that's just how it worked out this week. Then we went to my parents' house. We got groceries on the way home. Tuesday night the Big Kids had martial arts. Belt testing is coming up this week so I'm looking forward to pausing for a month to just focus on baseball and softball. Wednesday was another normal day. Big Girl did have pitching lessons. Those were a little emotional. It's hard to explain why even when she throws a strike she might still get corrections on her form. It's necessary, and that's what lessons are for. Thursday, I had a hair appointment so the kids went to my mother-in-law's house. Then we had a friend's birthday party and Easter egg hunt we went to. And then the Big Kids had martial arts again. Friday, Big Boy had a doctor's appointment to have a wart frozen off his toe. He hasn't been handling the over the counter medicine well. Having it frozen off was more painful, but hopefully it is a one time thing versus daily treatments. I grabbed Chickfila on the way home for lunch. Saturday, I spent the day cleaning the pool again. I got all the leaves out from the winter last week, but the oak blooms have been falling now, and cleaning the pool is a weakly event when our robot cleaner isn't working.
Monday: Review of Firebird (The Fire that Binds, # 1) by Juliette Cross (4 Stars)
Tuesday: Top Ten Spring 2026 TBR List
Wednesday: Can't Wait for No Match Found by Martha Keyes
Friday: Homeschool Friday - Lucky Goes to School
Monday: Reivew of Firebird (Fire that Binds, # 1) by Juliette Cross
Tuesday: Top Ten Tuesday?
Wednesday: Can't Wait for Wednesday
Friday: Homeschool Friday - Lucky Goes to School
Soulgazer (The Magpie and the Wolf Duology, # 1)
By: Maggie Rapier
Publication: July 8, 2025 by Ace
451 pages
Genre: Adult, Fantasy, Pirates
Source: Publisher via NetGalley (Thank you!!)
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Goodreads description--Every legend has a beginning.With their freedom on the line, a young woman and a rakish pirate take their fate into their own hands as they attempt to find a lost mythical isle with the power to save their entire world.
Saoirse yearns to be powerless. Cursed from childhood with a volatile magic, she's managed to imprison it within, living under constant terror that one day it will break free. And it does, changing everything.
Horrified at her loss of control, Saoirse’s parents offer her hand to the cold and ruthless Stone King. Knowing she'll never survive such a cruel man, Saoirse realizes there is only one path forward…she must break her curse.
On the eve of her wedding, Saoirse seeks out the legendary Wolf of the Wild—Faolan, a feral, silver-tongued pirate. He swears to help rid her of the deadly magic, if she’ll use it to locate a lost mythical isle first. Crafted by the slaughtered gods, it’s the only land that could absorb her power.
But Saoirse knows better than to trust a pirate’s word. With the wrath of her disgraced father and scorned betrothed chasing them, Saoirse adds one last condition to protect if Faolan wants her on his ship, he'll have to marry her first.
Wolftamer (The Magpie and the Wolf Duology, # 2)
By: Maggie Rapier
Expected Publication: August 25, 2026 by Ace
448 pages
Genre: Adult, Fantasy, Pirates
Source: Publisher via NetGalley (Thank you!!)
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Goodreads description--Legends don't die.Saoirse and Foalan's quest for freedom turns into a battle for the fate of their entire world, in this aching and lush conclusion to the Magpie and the Wolf duology.
Faolan has escaped death. Twice.
After a lifetime chasing freedom and legends, he was finally on the brink of becoming one himself when it all went up in flames. Stranded on the Isle of Lost Souls, bound by an oath he did not make, Faolan is plagued by dreams of drowning and a past he swore never to revisit. The pirate in him wants nothing more than to raise hell and run away—but with no ship, and no way to untether his wife, Saoirse, from the land she’s pledged herself to, Faolan is trapped.
And everyone knows who tamed the Wolf.
When their sinister rival King Maccus unveils an ancient godly relic—one with the power to unbalance their entire world—Faolan knows the game has changed. There’s only one person who can hunt down the missing relics before Maccus can, and the Wolf of the Wild will do anything to protect his wife.
Even if that means leaving her behind.
The Matchmaker's Cottage
By: Kat Sloane
Expected Publication: August 11, 2026 by Berkley
400 pages
Genre: Adult, Contemporary
Source: Publisher via NetGalley (Thank you!!)
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Goodreads description--A cozy fall romance wrapped in small-town charm reunites the owner of a bed-and-breakfast with her childhood sweetheart for a celebrity matchmaking scheme which has them both seeing stars.Julia Schaeffer might run the most romantic little bed-and-breakfast in Upstate New York, but as far as that infuriating Ethan Duchamp is concerned, this older, wiser Julia has a strict “no vacancy” policy. Sure, she’s teetering on the edge of a financial cliff, and his half-baked plan to pair up his celebrity clients at her inn will undoubtedly be good for business…but how much forced proximity with the man who abandoned her is she supposed to take?
Ethan needs this to work. The dreamy, autumnal—and blissfully secluded—cottage from his childhood summers is the ideal setting for playing matchmaker to Hollywood’s next power couple. It’s the only way to save his PR career from the tabloid toilet. He knew that the inn and Julia’s warm, comforting homemade touch would inspire real feelings—he just didn’t expect them to be his. Again.
But as old wounds reopen, and their connection rekindles, Julia and Ethan are forced to confront the truths they’ve both tried to bury. In a town where nothing stays hidden for long, they’ll have to decide if they can rebuild what was lost—or if their second chance will be derailed by scars that have yet to heal.
Wild Reverence
By: Rebecca Ross
Publication: September 2, 2025 by Saturday Books
527 pages
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy
Source: Borrowed from the e-library
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Goodreads description--Dear Matilda, I wrote.
I let the words flow for her.
And when the ink dried,
I gave my very heart
to the fire.Born in the firelit domain of the under realm, Matilda is the youngest goddess of her clan, blessed with humble messenger magic she uses to carry words and letters through the realms. But the gods will kill for power, and Matilda holds a secret she must hide from even her dearest allies.
And there is a mortal who dreams of her, though they have never met in the waking world. Ten years ago, Vincent of Beckett wrote to Matilda on the darkest night of his life—begging the goddess he befriended in dreams to help him. His request went unanswered, and Vincent became a hardened, irreverent lord of the river who has long forgotten Matilda . . . until she comes tumbling into his bedroom window with a letter for him.
Matilda and Vincent were fated to find each other beyond dreams. But to rewrite the blood-soaked ways of the gods, Matilda will have to face something she fears even more than losing her magic: finally allowing herself to be loved.
Lost and Found
By: Tarah DeWitt
Publication: July 14, 2026 by St. Martin's Griffin
336 pages
Genre: Adult, Contemporary
Source: Publisher via NetGalley (Thank you!!)
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Goodreads description--A stunning novel of romance and redemption set in the Spunes, OR world, filled with heartbreak and hope from "master of emotion" (Rachel Lynn Solomon) USA Today bestselling author Tarah DeWitt.Bea always wanted to be a mom. But she never expected she’d have to lose her best friend to do it. Armed with nothing but her best friend’s eggs and a bucket list to complete, Bea’s world is a sea of changes.
When she needs a place to stay, her longtime friend Silas steps in to help. A firefighter grappling with the aftermath of an accident, Silas has his own challenges to work through that have left him cautious and vulnerable.
At first, they expect nothing. But as these two former sunshines knit together in a love that has been unfulfilled until now, a new beginning comes out of the ashes of the past—one that will lead to a love that can withstand all the slings and arrows, joys and triumphs, that life can throw.
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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