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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 #261

 

 

 

 

On The Blog Last Week

 

• On Tuesday I talked about old books that don’t suck.
• On Wednesday I listed the February releases I’m excited to read.
• On Friday I wrapped up January.

 

 

 

 

On The Blog This Week

 

• On Thursday I make 5-star TBR predictions.

 

 

 

 

In My Reading Life

 

I got sick last week (no, not with that disease. I’m fine.) I spent a lot of time watching TV and feeling sorry for myself. I only finished one book.

That book was Things In Jars by Jess Kidd. It’s historical fantasy about a psychic detective and her ghost friend who are trying to solve the kidnapping of a (possible) mermaid. It’s frivolous and escapist. And gory. If you can’t handle body parts and fluids, you should probably stay away from this novel. It’s heavy on the descriptions of everything, including corpses. The missing-mermaid mystery is compelling. The characters are entertaining. There’s a mermaid child, a seven-foot-tall woman with excellent facial hair, and a ghost with a sense of humor. It’s definitely a strange cast of characters. I think there are a few too many characters, though. It took me a long time to remember who was who. And, I wanted to know more about the ghost. He has a huge personality and an amazing backstory. I wish he’d been a bigger part of the plot. It’s an unusual book. I enjoyed it enough that I will happily read the author’s other novels.

Right now, I’m reading two nonfiction books. They’re both super-interesting! The first is Ada Blackjack: A True Story Of Survival In The Arctic by Jennifer Niven. It’s about an Inuit woman in the 1920s who joined a team of Arctic explorers because they needed a seamstress/maid/cook for their expedition. Things went badly wrong in the Arctic. When a rescue ship finally reached the stranded explorers (two years after they left civilization), Ada was the only explorer still alive.

My other book is Talking To Strangers: What We Should Know About The People We Don’t Know by Malcolm Gladwell. So far, it’s mostly about lying and why it’s so hard to tell when someone is lying to us.

 

 

In The Rest Of My Life

 

Five things that made me happy last week:

 

1. Choosing my Super Bowl food. I don’t care about football, but I’m going to eat nachos and ice cream with all the toppings.
2. . . . I may have already broken into the M&Ms because I have no chill when it comes to snacks.
3. This weekend is 24 in 48 readathon. You’re supposed to read for 24 out of 48 hours. I’ve never been able to read for 24 hours, but that doesn’t stop me from trying.
4. My mom got her first COVID shot.
5. I did my 365^th day of yoga! I have now done yoga every day for a year.

 

 

 

 

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