Sunday, March 18, 2018

The Sunday Post #140



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.




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On The Blog Last Week







On The Blog This Week


  • On Monday I review The Shell Collector: Stories by Anthony Doerr.
  • On Tuesday I show you my disturbing Spring TBR.
  • On Wednesday I review Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi.
  • On Saturday there’s a book haul.





In My Reading Life


Last week, I finished Some Possible Solutions: Stories by Helen Phillips and Good Morning, Midnight by Lily Brooks-Dalton. Then I read Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson. Right now, I’m reading The Long Shadow of Small Ghosts by Laura Tillman.


 






In The Rest Of My Life


Five things that made me happy last week:

  1. Today is my birthday. If you want to celebrate with me, you could enter my giveaway. Please let me give you free stuff!
  2. Hamburgers!
  3. I participated in my first Twitter chat. It was intense. I can’t type that fast, people!
  4. I got new books. Not that I needed more books, but I got some, and I’m happy.
  5. The weather has been nice for running outside. It’s not snowing on me anymore.





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











43 comments:

  1. Happy Happy Birthday! Enjoy your day. Yay for new book and better weather. Have a great week!

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  2. Happy birthday! Hope you had a great celebration and enjoy your new books!

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  3. Happy birthday! Hope you have a beautiful day!

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  4. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!! I hope you have a great birthday week! Enjoy your day! Hamburgers are good =)
    Hope you enjoy your new books.

    Mary my #SundayRoundup #10

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  5. Happy Birthday! Hamburgers, yum! LOL Enjoy those new reads. The cover for Rabbit Hill is adorable.

    My Sunday Post

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  6. Happy Birthday! A good excuse to have more books!

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  7. Hey, happy birthday!! I hope the weather keeps being good then :) it's not good here yet xD

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  8. Ohhh I'd love to hear what you thought about Good Morning, Midnight! I had mixed feelings. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! And yay hamburgers!

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  9. Happy birthday!!
    It's been a while since I've done a Twitter chat. If you do one again, I highly recommend using http://tchat.io/ as your chatting platform. It goes off of the hashtag and acts as a chatroom. It also automatically includes the hashtag at the end of your tweet so you don't have to worry about it. ;)

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  10. Happy birthday! Enjoy those books...and I'm curious about Good Morning, Midnight.

    Thanks for visiting my blog, and have a great week!

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  11. Happy birthday! Yay for no more snow. :) Hope you enjoy your books and your birthday!

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  12. Happy birthday!!! Hope it's a great one! Filled with hamburgers maybe? :)

    Twitter chats kill me. Like my blood pressure probably spikes as I'm trying to reply to this tweet, but oh crap wait... that one too. Gah stop people lol.

    Good Morning, Midnight looks good, and I'm intrigued by the premise... plus that cover.

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  13. I wish you a veryy Happy Birthday and thank you for the giveaway! I hope you got good bookish birthday presents?!

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  14. Happy Birthday! I like hamburgers too and I don't think I'd survive a twitter chat. I like the cover for Good Morning Midnight and hope you have a great week!

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  15. Happy Birthday! I hope you had a great day. I love hamburgers too. Hope this is a great week for you!

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  16. First and foremost, I must wish you the happiest of happy birthdays! And now I want a hamburger. It's been a while, but I want a really good one. Congratulations on surviving the Twitter chat. That's just too much for this old woman.

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  17. Happy Birthday AJ!!! ♥ I hope you have a wonderful day celebrating :) New books and hamburgers are both excellent mood boosters. I'm happy you got both in the same week!

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  18. Happy Birthday AJ!! Yay for new books. They always make me happy too :) I hope you have a great week!

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  19. Funny, hamburgers made me happy this week too. :)

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  20. Happy Birthday!! New books are rarely needed, but always loved. :)
    Twitter chats are great but yes, they go so quick sometimes!!

    -Lauren
    www.shootingstarsmag.net

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  21. Happy birthday! I've never participated in a Twitter chat because they seem so intimidating and overwhelming like how do you even keep up or see everything that's going on???

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  22. Happy Birthday! :D I hope you had a fantastic day! I have never participated in a Twitter chat for exactly that reason--I get overwhelmed and just chicken out and watch instead. Also, we may not need new books, but they are always welcome. I loved Avi so much growing up, I look forward to seeing your review!

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  23. Aw happy little late birthday! Hope you had a good one :)

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  24. Happy Birthday! May your day be full of cake and books!

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  25. Happy Birthday. New books are always welcome. Have a great week

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  26. Happy birthday! Nice assortment of books. Come see my week here. Happy reading!

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  27. Happy birthday! I know what you mean about Twitter chats.

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  28. I loved Good Morning, Midnight! It left me with so many questions, though.

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  29. Happy Birthday!! Hamburgers make me happy, too. I have one every year at a place down here in FL called Ford's Garage... they are the best!

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  30. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! I have a love/hate relationship with twitter chats. They're so fun and intense, but at the same time they're intense. Haha. Which one did you do?

    And I'm interested in seeing your Spring TBR!

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  31. Happy Birthday. I'll check out your Spring TBR next week. Here's what I'm reading

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  32. A very happy birthday and thank you for your generosity.

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  33. Hope you had a great birthday weekend, AJ. And that you celebrated with a hamburger. Because why not. (And I’d rather have a hamburger over cake any day.)

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  34. Happy, happy birthday! Hope you celebrated with yummy hamburgers and yummier books. :)

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  35. Happy Birthday to You! Rabbit Hill looks different. Hope you are having a good week and Happy Reading!

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  36. Argh, I missed your birthday while in self-imposed exile. I hope you had a great one, and that getting Thunderhead happened close enough to the day that you could pretend it was a birthday gift.

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