The Sunday Post #74

The Sunday Post is hosted by The Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to recap the past week, talk about next week, and share news. It’s Monday, What Are You Reading? is hosted by Book Date. I get to tell you what I’ve read recently.

On The Blog Last Week

• On Monday I reviewed Leaving Fishers by Margaret Peterson Haddix.
• On Tuesday I posted a bookish holiday gift guide.
• On Wednesday I reviewed The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell.
• On Thursday I wrapped up November.

On The Blog This Week

• On Monday I #ReadIndie review Anyone? by Angela Scott.
• On Tuesday I list some talented authors I read for the first time in 2016.
• On Wednesday I #ReadIndie review Bound by Duty by Stormy Smith.
• On Thursday I ponder what happens if you can’t comment back.
• On Saturday I have the short story edition of my giant Black Friday book haul.

In My Reading Life

The only book I finished last week is There Once Lived A Girl Who Seduced Her Sister's Husband, and He Hanged Himself: Love Stories by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya. I’m once again experimenting with book polygamy. I usually only read one book at a time, but I thought I’d shake things up. I’m still working my way through Haruki Murakami’s massive novel The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. Whenever I get tired of that one, I’m reading Children of the New World: Stories by Alexander Weinstein.

#ReadIndie is happening now!

For the next two weeks, I’m only going to be reviewing self-published books on this blog as part of the #ReadIndie challenge.

From Cornerfolds:

“Welcome to the first ever #ReadIndie challenge! This event was created to promote indie authors who we think are amazing! What is this challenge, you ask? #ReadIndie is a two week time span in December during which we will only be reviewing and promoting indie titles.  

So what is #ReadIndie all about? This isn't necessarily a read-a-thon. Instead, the challenge is simply to post indie reviews for two weeks in place of the reviews you would normally post. However, each review you post and link up will gain you an extra entry into an indie book giveaway! This is ALL about spreading the word about incredible authors who don't necessarily get the hype that they deserve.”

Head over to Cornerfolds to find out more.

In The Rest Of My Life

Five things that made me happy last week:

1. I got so much blogging done. I’m a blogging machine!
2. Christmas decorations.
3. I still have the bronchitis cough, but the other bronchitis symptoms are going away.
4. The Great American Baking Show. It’s not as good as the original British version, but whatever. Pretty food makes me happy.
5. Children of the New World by Alexander Weinstein is amazing so far. If you like sci-fi/dystopian short stories, you need to read this thing.

Take care of yourselves and be kind to each other. See you around the blogosphere!