The Sunday Post AKA What’s on my (Mostly Virtual) Nightstand 2-4-24

Posted on February 4, 2024February 3, 2024 by Marlene Harris | Author : Marlene Harris | The Sunday Post> Winner announcement

Well, that old groundhog did not see his shadow on Friday, so he’s predicting an early spring. YAY! Not that it has been all that terribly wintry here in Atlanta, but my friends up in Anchorage have seen over 100 inches of snow – SO FAR! There’s plenty of winter left for more to fall. (If you are wondering, and I wouldn’t be AT ALL surprised if you were, Anchorage gets 75 inches of snow in an average winter. It’s plenty cold up there, but the air is often too dry AND COLD for actual snowfall.)

Also if you’re wondering, I miss my peeps up in Anchorage. The weather – not so much.

Speaking of chilly weather – or at least chilly enough for the leaves to fall, here’s a peek at the bare tree trunks in our backyard over Luna’s prettily posing purrson. Meanwhile, Hecate is in her favorite window perch, behind the probably empty can of sparkling water, looking on suspiciously and grumping at the world. As she does.

Coming This Week:

The Holy Terrors by Simon R. Green (#BookReview)
A Murder of Crows by Sarah Yarwood-Lovett (#BookReview)
The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett (#BookReview)
A Quantum Love Story by Mike Chen (#BookReview)
Love is in the Air Giveaway Hop (#BlogHop)

Stacking the Shelves (586)

Posted on February 3, 2024February 2, 2024 by Marlene Harris | Author : Marlene Harris | Stacking the Shelves

My murder-y mood continues – so when I saw book 5 in the Nell Ward series, A Trace of Hares, come up on Edelweiss I decided to just go for the whole series. I’ll be reading the first book in the series over the weekend, so hopefully I’ll have a chance to get caught up before the Hares hop out.

The most adorable cover in the bunch is the one for Chaos at the Lazy Bones Bookshop – although we’re back at murder again, aren’t we? My heart is divided on ‘pretty’ in this batch between We Speak Through the Mountain and The Doors of Midnight but that’s a bit like comparing apples and oranges, isn’t it?

generation of vipes by sarah yarwood lovett

mischief of rats by sarah yarwood lovett

we speak through the mountain by premee mohamed

chaos at the lazy bones bookshop by emmeline duncan

For Review:
Chaos at the Lazy Bones Bookshop (Halloween Bookshop #1) by Emmeline Duncan
The Doors of Midnight (Tales of Tremaine #2) by R.R. Virdi
Glass Houses by Madeline Ashby
Glory Be (Gloria Broussard #1) by Danielle Arceneaux (audio)
A Trace of Hares (Nell Ward #5) by Sarah Yarwood-Lovett
Unexploded Remnants by Elaine Gallagher
We Speak Through the Mountain by Premee Mohamed

Purchased from Amazon/Audible/Etc.:
A Cast of Falcons (Nell Ward #2) by Sarah Yarwood-Lovett
A Generation of Vipers (Nell Ward #4) by Sarah Yarwood-Lovett
A Mischief of Rats (Nell Ward #3) by Sarah Yarwood-Lovett
A Murder of Crows (Nell Ward #1) by Sarah Yarwood-Lovett

Borrowed from the Library:
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt (audio)

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The Sunday Post AKA What’s on my (Mostly Virtual) Nightstand 1-28-24

Posted on January 28, 2024January 27, 2024 by Marlene Harris | Author : Marlene Harris | The Sunday Post> Virtual Nightstand

This week’s cat picture is George, curled up into the tightest kitty-ball his long-legged self can manage. Which is surprisingly small for the size of the cat.

George squeezes himself into this position when the world gets overwhelming and he’s doing his best to cut off the ‘whelm’. It works for him. I wish I could join him but at the moment I can’t bend that way because of last week’s epic fall. My leg is the same color as my hair – which is PURPLE. It’s a great color for hair, not so good for human skin. It is getting better but it’s not been the best week, all things considered. I think my brain finally rebooted around Wednesday, so things are looking up!

This week’s reviews are going to be interesting – for select values of that word as well. I’ve been in a bit of a murder-y mystery mood this year so far, but this week’s reviews have turned out to be nearly all romances – going with the theme of Thursday’s Giveaway Hop and Valentine’s Day later in the month. Although I’m wondering if that will hold – because I’m really enjoying that story about the body at the seance so far. We’ll see as the week goes on.

One other thing to see, or I’m seeing, or however best to put that. I have a question for you all. I’ve started putting the review rating in the title of the post, which is great for Instagram as I work my way through that den of complexity. But I’m struck by how awkward it looks when a book gets a plain ‘A’, no pluses or minuses. Just typing ‘A #BookReview: Title by Author’ tho’ also looks weird because whatever grade it gets its always ‘a book review’ as that’s the whole point.

Anyone have any better ideas? Thanks for following and keeping up with the cat pictures!

Current Giveaways:

$10 Gift Card or $10 Book in the Winter Wishes Giveaway Hop
$10 Gift Card or $10 Book in the Winter 2024 Seasons of Books Giveaway Hop