It’s time for our Sunday morning chat. On Sundays, I ramble about what’s been going on, what the rest of the family and I have been reading and watching, and what I’ve been writing. Some weeks I share what I am listening to.
This week I’m joining up with Kimba at Caffeinated Reviewer, Deb at Readerbuzz, and Kathyrn at The Book Date.
What’s Been Occurring
Yesterday Little Miss had a friend over and it was a somewhat busy day of running through sprinklers, jumping on trampolines, and making snacks.
Today I am taking my time deciding what to do since I didn’t have a great night of sleep. Whatever I do I am grateful to have a nice, cool, and sunny day to do it in.
In my post yesterday I mentioned that I have started a YouTube Shorts channel and a paid Substack. Today I started thinking about how much of a bad idea that was. *snort laugh*. I hate social media. What was I thinking?!
So, they are there and I do plan to post some interesting stuff on Substack, but I do not plan to get obsessed with YouTube because I just don’t have time. I waste too much time on social media as it is.
What I/we’ve been Reading
Currently:
The Secret of Shadow Ranch by Carolyn Keene
The Women of Wyntons by Donna Muma
The Real James Herriott by Jim Wight
Just Finished:
The Fast Lane by Sharon Peterson (romantic comedy)
Up next:
The Sentence is Death by Anthony Horowitz
What We watched/are Watching
The kids have been making their way through all the Harry Potter films so I’ve been sort of watching with them even though I’m not that interested in Harry Potter. These last films are super depressing in parts with team members just dying left and right without much time to mourn them. My son says that is how the books were too.
Last night I watched Dead Reckoning with Humphrey Bogart and Lizabeth Scott with The Boy. We did not enjoy it.
Tonight The Husband and I are watching the season 4 premiere (finally) of The Chosen.
What I’m Writing
I am working on Gladwynn Grant Shakes the Family Tree and on edits for Cassie. Still. Yes.
Last week on the blog I shared:
- Saturday Afternoon Chat: Weird day, little libraries, and I started a YouTube shorts channel
- Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot!
- Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Was Super Excited to Get My Hands on But Still Haven’t Read
- Book recommendation: Apple Cider Slaying by Julie Anne Lindsey
What I’m Listening To
I am still listening to Around the World in 80 Days and I would love to finish it this week.
As for music, I am really enjoying Anne Wilson’s new album. Here is a sample of it:
Photos from Last Week
Blog Posts I Enjoyed This Past Week
I am behind on collecting blog posts for this feature but I plan to work on this this summer because I have been reading some really interesting blog posts lately.
Now it’s your turn
Now it’s your turn. What have you been doing, watching, reading, listening to or writing? Let me know in the comments or leave a blog post link if you also write a weekly update like this.
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we watched a classic movie while we were waiting for The Chosen (which I thought was worth waiting for!) You’ve probably seen this old one: Boris Karloff in “British Intelligence.” It was a fun movie!
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It looks like a fun weekend! I hope you enjoy Sentence of Death as much as I did. Happy reading. 💕📚
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I’m in the minority here, I guess. I really liked the Harry Potter books partly because they got my students reading…even those who struggled. They are dark, but I think that is a bit like life. We have dark moments, too. I did like how they ended, though.
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To clarify — I didn’t say I didn’t like the books. They just weren’t really “my thing.” Fantasy in general isn’t as interesting to me, but I do like some fantasy. I just not as interested in the movies as the kids are.
I agree they got kids reading – including my own when he read through the whole series but had never really read anything else before. I’ve also enjoyed J.K.’s C.B. Strike series (though I’ve only read the first book) even though they were dark. 🙂
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I haven’t regretted stepping back (a bit) from social media. I think I will always be in awe of the wonders of social media, connecting me to fantastic people I’d never have met in the days before I had the Internet. But I also want to spend time in real life!
I love that Little Free Library housed in an old telephone booth.
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That is exactly it – real life is so much more rewarding!
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I like Harry Potter but only up until a point. I definitely don’t like the last few books that get so dark. And movies too, I guess. Lol.
That LBL looks so cool that Little Miss is standing in!
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It is so cute! I really need to ask where they got the old phone booth.
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