Aloha friends!
Another week is over and here’s what happened:
+ We had a very scary tsunami scare earlier in the week. So glad nothing actually happened!
+ Our house painting is done – yay! One big ticket home item crossed off our list.
+ Went to meet my daughter’s 3rd grade teacher and see her new classroom. We brought all her supplies to class.
+ Kids go back to school this week – I can’t believe it!
Blog Posts:
- Give Me a Reason by. Jayci Lee | ARC Review ⭐️⭐️⭐️
- New Book Releases This Week | 7/29/25
- Beach/Beachy Reads | TTT | Top Ten Tuesday | 7/29/25
- Top 5 Tuesday | Top 5 books with a colour in the title | 7/29/25
- WWW Wednesday | 7/30/25
- Before I Let Go by. Kennedy Ryan | Audiobook Review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Monthly Wrap Up | July 2025
- Let’s Talk Bookish: Multiple Copies of Books | 8/1/25
- Birthstone Book Covers: August – Peridot
Books I Finished
- Before I Let Go by. Kennedy Ryan
- A Steeping of Blood by. Hafsah Faizal
- The Executioners Three by. Susan Dennard
- A Forbidden Alchemy by. Stacey McEwan
Currently Reading:
Roots of Darkness by. Demi Winters
Reckoning by. Gillian Eliza West
Broken Souls and Bones by. L.J. Andrews
Girl, Goddess, Queen by. Bea Fitzgerald
Shows/Movies/Music I Watched/Listened To:
- The Summer I Turned Pretty – Season 3 – this week’s episode was boring – I’m over Belly and Jeremiah. 🫠
- K-Pop Demon Hunters – Netflix – Had it one while I cleaned the family room.
- Lollapalooza 2025 – Hulu – streamed some of it: Tyler the Creator, Olivia Rodrigo, TWICE – gonna try to catch Katseye and Sabrina Carpenter today.
- Chief of War – Apple+ – Jason Momoa did really good with this one! The visuals are breathtaking and being born here (I’m not Hawaiian by blood though), I loved the stories we got in Hawaiiana class about the chiefs, the royals, the people, the mythology – so seeing this on screen made me emotional for Hawaiians! I also love that the whole cast and show is using the Hawaiian language. It’s a language everyone should hear. It’s pretty intense but glad that Hawaiian culture and history is getting a spotlight! My son actually watched the first episode with me and he likes it a lot so I think he’ll be watching the whole series with me. I love that my kids get Hawaiiana class every year in elementary school (we only had it in 4th grade and it was my favorite time of day in school!), I don’t remember having any Hawaiiana in middle school, and high school (not sure if they have it now). So I’m glad this show will be reaching a huge audience! 🥰.
Videos I Posted to Youtube:
How was your week? Did you get a lot done? Watch anything good? Read any amazing books or books you didn’t finish? What are you reading?…Leave me a comment below!
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