Weekly Rewind
The new books on my shelves and my week in a nutshell.
This post is linked to Stacking the Shelves over at Tynga’s Reviews and the Sunday Post over at Caffeinated Book Reviewer.
My Life and Blog
Life: Yesterday was Mr. Flix’s and I’s anniversary. We got some late lunch to go from a friend’s restaurant and just hung out. Our area rolled back on some restrictions, but I frankly don’t want to be around a lot of people anyway. This weekend I plan to resume my semi-annual closet purge. I went through my pants about a week ago and then lost all steam. I still need to do pretty much my entire closet. Clothes and books are definitely the two things I spend money on — although I mostly buy used for both. I love my local Goodwill.
Blog and reading: I posted my normal look at new book, movie, and streaming releases on Tues: What I’m Excited For and a WoW on Wed. I can’t believe a full week has gone by as I’m still reading both B*Witch and The Magpie Murders and haven’t made a whole lot of progress on either. I seriously don’t know what I even did this week.
What I’m watching: We continued our binge of Bosch, finishing the fourth and fifth seasons. We started the sixth, but the storyline is going off the rails and neither of us were into it. Time to find a new series.
New books: I have a handful of pretties to share with you this week. So without further ado, I hope you’re all safe and healthy and having fabulous weekends! Happy Fourth, American friends!
For Review
A novel set in a mall in NJ during the 90s. The Jessica Darling series is truly one of my all-time favorites, so I’m excited about this one.
The End of Her by Shari Lapena
A woman shows up making accusations about a woman’s husband’s late wife and her death. I’ve only read Someone We Know by this author, but I really enjoyed it.
Per GR: “Crossings is an unforgettable and explosive genre-bending debut–a novel in three parts, designed to be read in two different directions, spanning a hundred and fifty years and seven lifetimes.” Doesn’t this sound so intriguing? And that cover.
Another adult thriller with dual narration and unreliable narrators. I’m finding lately that darker thrillers are the ones most holding my attention.
What I snagged from the library
Two writers plagued by writer’s block (a man who writes literary fiction and a woman who writes romance) decide to trade genres. I’ve heard great things for this rom-com and am excited to start it.
The Lies That Bind by Emily Giffin
I was a huge fan of Emily Giffin’s first three books, but after The One and Only skeeved me out so much, I’ve had a hard time wanting to pick up her newer work.
Well that’s it for me this week. Feel free to leave a link to whatever weekend post you do (Stacking the Shelves, The Sunday Post, etc). I love to see what books people have recently snagged and especially enjoy hearing about my fellow bloggers’ weeks. I hope you are all having a fabulous weekend!
Happy anniversary!! And ooh a new Shari Lapena? I liked Someone We Know as well so will definitely have to get this one.
Have a great weekend!!!!!
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Happy Anniversary! Ours is next weekend. I hope you make good progress on yur closet. I need to work on cleaning out ours, but I keep putting it off. The more I hear about The Mall, the more I want to read it. I have a feeling it will be more of a nostalgic read for me. I keep hearing good things about Beach Read. I hope you enjoy all your new books when you read them! Have a great week. Stay safe and well.
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Happy Anniversary!! We did the same thing in April for ours. Our restaurants and bars are at 100% capacity but people can’t even follow social distancing rules at the food store, so nope we aren’t ready to face that either.
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Happy anniversary! Crossings sounds intriguing but possibly confusing! I’ll be curious to see what you think of it! Enjoy your week!
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Happy anniversary! I badly need to do a closet purge, but I put it off because it seems overwhelming. Have a great week!
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Happy Anniversary, hope you had a nice time. I keep cleaning out my wardrobe but then I go on eBay and buy something else to replace the items I’ve taken out!
Have a good week!
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The cover of Crossings is appealing but the premise not so much to me.
Happy purging, wishing you a great reading week
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Happy Anniversary!
I sorted through my closet during lockdown but I still have bags of stuff to take to charity or textile recycling just sitting there as places aren’t really accepting much. Sigh.
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