The Sunday Post #156

Always a little off-kilter.

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.

Public Service Announcement

Read All The Things! now has a Pinterest account. I’m sharing posts from this blog, my bookish photography, and other interesting bookish things. I don’t quite know what I’m doing with that site yet, but I’m having fun learning. I’ll follow back book bloggers! (Please don’t let my mom be my only follower. . . )

On The Blog Last Week

• On Tuesday I blathered about my favorite short stories of all time.
• On Thursday I blathered about watery places and the afterlife.
• On Saturday I reviewed some Newbery winners.

On The Blog This Week

• On Tuesday I talk about all the weird places where I’ve read books.
• On Thursday I do the stressful edition of the This Or That Tag.
• On Saturday I mini review Blood Red, Snow White by Marcus Sedgwick and Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones.

In My Reading Life

I’m writing this on Friday because I’m currently participating in the #24in48 Readathon. I can’t tell you what I’ve read for that because I don’t know yet.

Last week, I finished We Are The Ants by Shaun David Huchinson. I loved it at first. It’s well-written, and funny, and I liked the whole teenager-gets-randomly-abducted-by-aliens plotline. As the story went along, the alien stuff got dropped, and it became a book about romantic angst. I had to force myself to finish it.

Then I read The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. I disliked it for the same reasons that I disliked A Wrinkle in Time. It’s weird and repetitive. The moral is the story rather than being in the background.

Right now, I’m reading Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys. Good news! I like it so far.

In My Internet Stalking Life

• Kate @ Mom's Radius watched Love, Simon with her 8-year-old, and it wasn't too awkward.
• Are you trying to grow you blog? Marie @ Drizzle & Hurricane Books and Krystianna @ Downright Dystopian have tips.
• Are you an American who's confused by all the weird desserts on The Great British Bake Off? I'm confused, too. This article attempts to explain the differences between British and American desserts and why we don't all eat the same things.

In The Rest Of My Life

Five things that made me happy last week:

1. I reached 1400 Twitter followers.
2. I’ve wasted a ton of time looking at random interesting stuff on Pinterest.
3. Bloggers are still posting lists of their favorite books of 2018 (so far). If I haven’t commented on yours yet, leave a link.
4. I actually have blog posts scheduled! For the past few months, I feel like I’ve been struggling to keep up.
5. It’s readathon time. If you’re participating, good luck. I hope you get lots of reading done.

Stalk Me Everywhere

Pinterest || Bloglovin’ || Goodreads || G+ || Instagram || Twitter || Donate

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