The Sunday Post AKA What’s on my (Mostly Virtual) Nightstand 12-14-25

Tonight marks the first night of Hanukkah – which pretty much explains one of this week’s reviews. The Holly Jolly Giveaway Hop ends TOMORROW NIGHT, just in time for the Dashing December Giveaway Hop to dash in on the very last day of the 2025 Ho-Ho-Ho Readathon. It’s been fun being one of Caffeinated Reviewer‘s elves again this year, and I’m already looking forward to the next one!

This upcoming week’s reviews includes Edge, a book I have literally been waiting all year for, since last December’s marvelous Echo. Every book in this compelling mystery series has been a contender for my Best Books of the Year list, with the unannounced but already anticipated next book on my Anticipated Books list for the new year – and I do not expect this fourth book in the series to be an exception.

To the point that I’m holding off on my Best Books of 2025 list until next week so I can include this one if it earns the slot I expect it to. We’ll certainly see by the end of this week.

And speaking of anticipation, this week’s cat picture is Tuna, for this portrait of anticipation as his humans were busy wrapping holiday presents. He is certainly anticipating either getting something to play with out of the paper and the boxes and especially the ribbons – or if not just getting to slide across the table on wrapping paper. We were forced to disappoint him as ribbons are not good for kitty tummies and cat claws are not good for wrapping paper, but he tried. I love his single helicopter ear in this pic!