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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.

 

 

 

The Sunday Post #252

 

 

 

 

Public Service Announcement

 

I love the holidays and want to spread holiday cheer. (We could all use some cheer in 2020, right?) I’m giving away a $100 Book Depository shopping spree. The winner can choose whichever books they want! The giveaway is open internationally, as long as Book Depository ships to your country for free.

Click here to enter the giveaway. Please enter! Entering is good for my self-esteem.

 

 

On The Blog Last Week

 

• On Tuesday I listed some books I can’t stop thinking about and desperately want to reread.
• On Friday I wrapped up November.

 

 

 

 

On The Blog This Week

 

• On Tuesday I share some books with winter vibes.
• On Wednesday I have my most-anticipated releases for December.

 

 

 

 

In My Reading Life

 

I finished Nonfiction November by completing American Radical: Inside The World Of An Undercover Muslim FBI Agent by Tamer Elnoury. It’s a memoir. The author is an Egyptian-American Muslim immigrant who speaks Arabic and was working as a detective. Then 9/11 happened, and the FBI recruited him to infiltrate a terrorist group. Scary stuff. This book is intense, like a real-life thriller novel. I love the insights into how undercover operations work. They’re exhausting for the detectives who have to stay in character for months, and there’s a ton of legal red tape, especially when law enforcement agencies from different countries are involved. Things get messy. I also liked learning about Islamic terrorist groups. They’re messy too. The terrorists come from different parts of the world and have different morals and grievances. It’s hard to get everybody to agree on a murder plan. The best part of the book is when the author talks about himself. He’s a Muslim who spends months with extremists who use his religion as an excuse to hurt people. He’s always tempted to “save” them or talk sense into them, but he can’t because he’ll blow his cover and possibly be killed. It’s exhausting for him and fascinating to read about. My only problem with the book is that I wanted more history. I wanted to know why the terrorist groups exist and what draws people to them. We don’t get much background information because the memoir is very action-focused. If you like thrillers, you’ll probably love it.

 

Now, I’m back to reading fiction. I’m reading Lady Audley’s Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon. It’s a slow-paced classic, so it took me a while to get invested in the plot, but now I’m hooked. It’s still taking forever to read, though! It’s about a lawyer who’s investigating his friend’s disappearance. I’m also reading Doctor Sleep by Stephen King. This is a sequel to The Shining. So far, I’m enjoying it immensely. It’s creepy. There are vampires. I’m eager to find out what happens next.

 

In The Rest Of My Life

 

Five things that made me happy last week:

 

1. Thanksgiving leftovers. I’m pretty sure I could eat turkey sandwiches every day for the rest of my life. I love them.
2. Speaking of food, my mom made snickerdoodle cookies. And I ate the cookies. These last two weeks have not been good for my diet.
3. Still speaking of food, holiday baking shows on the food channel. Those bakers have more patience than me. I don’t make food pretty. I just slop it on a plate and eat it. Also, my favorite contestant won The Great British Bake Off! My favorites never win.
4. I’ve now done yoga every day for 10 months. I’m still terrible at it. I still have flabby noodle arms. I should probably do more yoga to cancel out all the calories I’ve been eating.
5. I’m giving away a book shopping spree! Thank you to everybody who has already entered. Please enter, if you haven’t. Let me give you things!

 

 

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