The Sunday Post #240

The Sunday Post is a chance to recap the past week, talk about next week, tell you what I’m reading, and share news. It’s hosted by The Caffeinated Book Reviewer, Readerbuzz, and Book Date.

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The Sunday Post #240

On The Blog Last Week

• On Tuesday I reviewed all the books I read in August.
• On Wednesday I featured the September new releases I’m excited to read.

On The Blog This Week

• I swear there will be a blog post. I haven’t finished it yet because I am struggling with the "new and improved" Blogger platform.

In My Reading Life

Last week, I finished a short story collection called The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen. The stories are set in the 1970s and feature characters who are Vietnam War refugees. The characters and writing are great. My favorite story is about a professor and his wife. The professor is losing his memory and starts calling his wife by a different name and talking about things she doesn’t remember. He thinks she’s a different woman. She wonders if her husband invented this woman or if she’s someone from his past who he never mentioned before. Like most short story collections, this one is a mixed bag. Some of the stories are entertaining, and some of the plots didn’t come together for me.

Then I reread Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins. This is the second book in The Hunger Games series. I love this series because it’s unpredictable and action-packed, but I don’t love the sequels as much as the first in the series. I think the beginning of the second book has too much summary. It feels a bit directionless. Once the characters get into the Hunger Games arena, the book becomes focused and brilliant. Now I really want to reread the third book.

I decided to give up on Bunk: The Rise Of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News by Kevin Young. I read 100-something pages. It’s a fascinating topic, but the writing style is too dry and academic for me. I need recommendations for similar books.

I seem to be in a rereading mood, so I’m currently rereading Number The Stars by Lois Lowry. This was one of my favorite books when I was a young teenager. I checked it out from my middle school's library a thousand times. It’s about two ten-year-old girls who live in Nazi-occupied Denmark. I haven’t reread this novel in years. I wonder if I’ll still like it.

In The Rest Of My Life

Five things that made me happy last week:

1. I have now done yoga every day for 7 months. I’m still terrible at it. I’m a lot more flexible than I was at the start of lockdown, though!
2. The weather was actually cold for a few days last week. It’s back to being 90 degrees, but the cold was nice while it lasted. Also, it’s supposed to snow on Tuesday. I don’t like summer, but I’m not ready for winter! I just want fall.
3. I’m watching a lot of hockey. The Avalanche got knocked out of the playoffs, which is disappointing, but with all of their injuries, I’m not surprised. I hope they’re able to do better next year. I guess I’m a Golden Knights fan now, so . . . go Vegas!
4. I sorted my bookshelf and picked out 22 books that I want to read before the end of 2020. Wish me luck. I’ve never been this organized.
5. I had to take a screenshot of my Pinterest stats because I don’t know if this will ever happen again. Can you believe that 2.5 million people looked at this blog’s Pinterest account last month? Who are all these people? If you want to be Pinterest friends, I follow back book blog accounts. Here’s my Pinterest.

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