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WWW Wednesday | 10/16/24

WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam over on Taking on a World of Words.

The idea is pretty simple, every week you dedicate a post to the three W’s:

What are you currently reading?

What have you just finished reading?

What are you going to read next?

Well, Fall break has come and gone and oh it was nice to sleep in and just relax. Can you believe Halloween is in 2 weeks? Which means it’s almost November, which means it’s almost my birthday (which is right before election day – yay me – talk about anxiety for my birthday! lol). But that means it’s also almost Christmas – which means…my husband comes home for good! 😅 It’s been quite a 2 years of parenting alone but you know what? It’s also an accomplishment and I’m like, YEAH, I DID THAT! Yay for me! As I tell my kids all the time, you can do hard things and yes I tell myself this all the time when I’m feeling frustrated or discouraged.

Anyway…what have I been reading – take a look!

What are you currently reading?

Stranger Skies by. Pascale LaCelle – 8% – finally started back reading this one! Will be finished this week I hope.

The Games Gods Play by. Abigail Owen – 20% – I’ll get to this one when I finish some arcs.

The Whispering Night by. Susan Dennard – 11% – will be working on this one too this week!

Dating and Dragons by. Kristy Boyce – 6% – hoping to finish this one soon!

A Queen’s Game by. Katharine McGee – 2% – just started this one!

Dark Water Daughter by. H.M. Long – 7% – I’m determined to finish this one before I have to return it!

What have you just finished reading?

What are you going to read next?

What are you reading right now?

Weekly Wrap Up | 10/13/24

Aloha friends!

It was a much needed Fall break for me and the kids but it did start off so busy. We did a Halloween event, then we also went to Dave and Busters and a cat cafe. We went to watch The Wild Robot which was AMAZING, but my face hurt from crying lol. Then we did some shopping at Target and the rest of the week we stayed home and chilled. So it’s back to our weekend routines sigh…when is Thanksgiving break? Haha, I’ll be waiting for that!

Blog Posts:

Books I Read:

  • The Wren in the Holly Library by. K.A. Linde
  • Filthy Rich Fae by. Geneva Lee
  • Wisteria by. Adalyn Grace

Currently Reading:

  • The Games Gods Play by. Abigail Owen
  • The Whispering Night by. Susan Dennard
  • Stranger Skies by. Pascale Lacelle
  • Darkly by. Marisha Pessl

Shows/Movies/Music I Watched/Listened To:

  • Brat and it’s completely different but also still brat – I LOVE this Brat roll out, seriously, and this remix album, so good. It’s been on repeat! I guess it’s a Brat autumn for me lol. 🍎🍁

  • The Wild Robot – oh my heart…this movie gutted me! It’s SOOOOOOO beautifully done, the illustrations, the colors, the animations are just everything. And all that from the book cover design? Like they really looked at the cover of the book and was like ta-da, here’s a movie that captures all of that. I was floored. I cried so many times (ok I am pms-ing) but still…I almost sobbed at one point. My daughter had to kept rubbing my hand lol. My kids and I loved it – 5/5! I can’t wait to watch it again and again on streaming.

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!

WWW Wednesday | 10/9/24

WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam over on Taking on a World of Words.

The idea is pretty simple, every week you dedicate a post to the three W’s:

What are you currently reading?

What have you just finished reading?

What are you going to read next?

It is Fall Break for my kiddos and we had a busy weekend, and on Monday we went to see the movie The Wild Robot, based on the book by Peter Brown. And oh my did I cry 😭 so I’m glad it was just us in there with another family in the theater. My kids and I loved it! We loved the story and the art of the movie is just so beautiful. I can’t wait to rewatch it again when it is comes on streaming.

What are you currently reading?

Stranger Skies by. Pascale LaCelle – 4% – very little progress

The Games Gods Play by. Abigail Owen – 20% –

The Whispering Night by. Susan Dennard – 11%

What have you just finished reading?

What are you going to read next?

What are you reading right now?

Weekly Wrap Up | 10/6/24

Aloha friends!

How is everyone doing? Well, here we are in October!

The place where my son takes piano lessons, the Kroc Center Hawaii, had a Kroctoberfest and so I thought to take both my kids since I was going there with my son anyway. We actually went right at the time the event started and even found parking woohoo…and we got to enjoy some fun and games, but my daughter’s favorite was the butterfly tent. She got 2 butterflies on one stick – bugs love her and she loves them back!

My kids played tic tac toe and my daughter won – woohoo!
This is the butterfly my son caught – it’s loving that sugar water stick thingy!

The kids have a break from Sunday school today which is nice and I wasn’t planning on driving all the way into town but I told my daughter I’d bring her to Dave & Busters because she doesn’t remember the last time we did go (4 years ago LOL…and okay she was 3 years old). Also I told her there is this place that has crepes at the mall in town and now she wants to try it. So I guess we are going to have some fun in town today!

Tomorrow is Fall Break for my kiddos – we made it! 😅 Time to sleep in, maybe catch a movie (The Wild Robot), and just relax sigh…we totally deserve this break!

Anyway, I hope you all have a nice week!

Blog Posts:

Books I Read:

  • Eleven Houses by. Colleen Oakes
  • Love & Lattes by. Beth Reekles
  • Better Than Revenge by. Kasie West
  • Reckless by. Lauren Roberts

Currently Reading:

  • The Games Gods Play by. Abigail Owen
  • Wisteria by. Adalyn Grace
  • The Whispering Night by. Susan Dennard
  • Stranger Skies by. Pascale Lacelle
  • Darkly by. Marisha Pessl

Shows/Movies/Music I Watched/Listened To:

  • Football

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!

WWW Wednesday | 10/2/24

WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam over on Taking on a World of Words.

The idea is pretty simple, every week you dedicate a post to the three W’s:

What are you currently reading?

What have you just finished reading?

What are you going to read next?

Happy October everyone! How are we all doing? I’m happy knowing Fall break starts in 2 days for my kids…woohoo! I got to read more books this week which is good. I finished my October arcs woohoo…and let me tell you I had a lot. I think I had to post 8 or 9 book reviews on Amazon yesterday because that many of them were released yesterday! Anyway here is what I’m reading, just read and will read soon.

What are you currently reading?

Stranger Skies by. Pascale LaCelle – 3% – very little progress

The Games Gods Play by. Abigail Owen – 19% – some progress, yay! Sometimes I take so long with my Kindle Unlimited books because the borrow time is so long!

The Whispering Night by. Susan Dennard – 7%

Reckless by. Lauren Roberts – 4% just got this one yesterday!

What have you just finished reading?

Eleven Houses by. Colleen Oakes – ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Love & Lattes by. Beth Reekles – ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Fangs for Nothing by. Steffanie Holmes – ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

Quicksilver by. Callie Hart – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

The Road of Bones by. Demi Winters – ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

What are you going to read next?

What are you reading right now?

Weekly Wrap Up | 9/29/24

Aloha friends!

Here we are, the last few days of September and it is October in 2 days. Are we ready for Halloween? I think I will be once my kids have fall break which is NEXT WEEK! 🥳 You don’t understand how I need this break – they need the break but I mean, I do too. I’ve been driving all over the place, feeling the whole single-parent life (hubby comes back in December) on level 10 it seems this whole month. I’m like a train that keeps on chugging but I need to take a little break soon, so fall break is going to be divine. My kids wants to watch The Wild Robot, so we have a movie date planned. It’s still hot here so maybe we will go to the beach. And best of all we just get to sleep in. I really, really, REALLY can’t wait.

This past week was just filled with a booked weekend, doctor appointments, and my daughter’s school carnival (which is like walking around in a sauna). My son is practicing his Winter recital piece so even though it’s fall, I am hearing Christmas music being played on the piano every night LOL. 🎃🎄

Anyway, I hope you all have a nice week!

Blog Posts:

Books I Read:

  • Eleven Houses by. Colleen Oakes

Currently Reading:

  • The Games Gods Play by. Abigail Owen
  • Love & Lattes by. Beth Reekles
  • Wisteria by. Adalyn Grace
  • Fangs for Nothing by. Stefanie Holmes

Shows/Movies/Music I Watched/Listened To:

  • Football

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!

WWW Wednesday | 9/25/24

WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam over on Taking on a World of Words.

The idea is pretty simple, every week you dedicate a post to the three W’s:

What are you currently reading?

What have you just finished reading?

What are you going to read next?

It’s the last Wednesday in September and I’m having a tough time wrapping my head around it. I don’t think I AM ready for the holidays like I thought I was lol. I know it’s officially Fall, but the weather in Hawaii says nope, it’s not. I saw a house with Halloween decorations out already and I’m like…wait….it’s not even October. 😆 But I guess it’s close enough since October is next week. I had such a busy weekend that I didn’t really have time to read, but I’m hoping for some quiet time during the week so I can catch up on reading.

What are you currently reading?

Stranger Skies by. Pascale LaCelle – 1% – still no progress because I’m reading other things but I will be getting to this one very soon!

The Games Gods Play by. Abigail Owen – 9% – no progress

Worst in Show by. Anna E. Collins – 2% – because I always need something light to read lately along with my darker reads lol

Eleven Houses by. Colleen Oakes – 48% – picked this one up Sunday night and this was a quick read.

Love & Lattes by. Beth Reekles – 35% – this one is a very quick read.

Fangs for Nothing by. Steffanie Holmes – 37% – this one is cute but kind of long, I can’t believe I’m only at 37%!

What have you just finished reading?

Dishonestly Yours by. Krista & Becca Ritchie – ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

Zodiac Rising by. Katie Zhao – ⭐️⭐️⭐️

What are you going to read next?

What are you reading right now?

Weekly Wrap Up | 9/22/24

Aloha friends!

My kids had a 4 day school week, but we did have to go to their annual doctor appointment on their day off and get a flu shot. So it wasn’t all fun, but at least they had a day off of school and we got to meet up with a college buddy of mine who was stopping over in Hawaii from a trip to Japan! It was so much fun to see her again and catch up.

Fall break is in 2 weeks – but that means we are almost in October folks! 🤯 And that means the holidays are here and I am not ready. I should do my Xmas shopping now (which I saw every year and never follow through)…but can you believe how fast this year went by? I can’t!

Anyway, I hope you all have a nice week!

Blog Posts:

Books I Read:

  • Storm of Ink and Blood by. Nisha J. Tuli
  • Zodiac Rising by. Katie Zhao

Currently Reading:

  • The Games Gods Play by. Abigail Owen
  • Love & Lattes by. Beth Reekles
  • Wisteria by. Adalyn Grace
  • Fangs for Nothing by. Stefanie Holmes

Shows/Movies/Music I Watched/Listened To:

  • Some football

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!

WWW Wednesday | 9/18/24

WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam over on Taking on a World of Words.

The idea is pretty simple, every week you dedicate a post to the three W’s:

What are you currently reading?

What have you just finished reading?

What are you going to read next?

We are in MID-SEPTEMBER. Ugh…I am tired, but we are near Fall break so that’s something to look forward to and it’s not like we are going on vacation but sleeping in is like a vacation. 🤔 lol…so as if I’m not tired enough I was looking for something creative to do – I haven’t done resin art in awhile and my Etsy shop is pretty slow and something I might close since I haven’t posted new things there and I randomly came across reading journal videos on youtube. And so yeah…I found an extra composition notebook in my kids school supplies box and started one even though it’s almost the end of 2024 🤷🏻‍♀️. I’ll do a separate post about it and add pics.

What are you currently reading?

Stranger Skies by. Pascale LaCelle – 1% – still no progress because I’m reading other things but I will be getting to this one very soon!

Zodiac Rising by. Katie Zhao – 60% – lots more progress and I should be done this week!

The Games Gods Play by. Abigail Owen – 9%

Worst in Show by. Anna E. Collins – 2% – because I always need something light to read lately along with my darker reads lol

What have you just finished reading?

The Fate of Magic (#2) by. Sara Raasch and Beth Revis – ⭐️⭐️⭐️

It’s Not Me, It’s You by. Alex Light – ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Storm of Ink and Blood (The Nightfire Quartet, #3) by. Nisha J. Tuli – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

What are you going to read next?

What are you reading right now?

Weekly Wrap Up | 9/15/24

Aloha friends!

I’m tired. It’s 6 weeks into the school session and my kiddos just started Sunday school so that’s added to their schedule also which means a lot of driving and that exhausts me. 😅 It doesn’t help that the weather is hot also. 🥵 We are counting down the days until Fall Break.

I did manage to get some self-care and got a 30 minute massage, where the therapist worked on my neck and back. It was much needed but a painful recovery because it was a deep massage, so I wasn’t feeling so hot the next day and to that my daughter has another cold but it came with pink-eye. Both she and I are much better now but like a said, a break would be so nice.

Anyway, I hope all of you have a good week!

Blog Posts:

Books I Read:

  • It’s Not Me, It’s You by. Alex Light
  • The Fate of Magic by. Sara Raasch and Beth Revis

I also did a beta read for a book called A Desert of Bleeding Sand by. Lucia Damisa but I have no cover for it.

Currently Reading:

  • Storm of Ink and Blood by. Nisha J. Tuli
  • The Games Gods Play by. Abigail Owen
  • Love & Lattes by. Beth Reekles
  • Wisteria by. Adalyn Grace

Shows/Movies/Music I Watched/Listened To:

  • Some football
  • Emily in Paris Season 4 Part 2 (netflix) – I love when Emily travels and honestly I was rooting for her to be with Alfie (such a cutie) and that looks like a dead end. I don’t want her to go back to Gabriel, it was just so messy with Cami and everything. And I’m actually loving her in Rome with Marcello (another cutie!!! Emily really has had her fun in Europe!) . But what I really love about this series is Mindy and Emily’s friendship – they make me laugh all the time. And Sylvie is AMAZING – I wish I could be like her. I feel like Season 5 (if they have one because you never know with Netflix 🙄) will be the last one and I just don’t want her back with Gabriel. I like them as friends but we’ll see. I’m sure she will but I won’t love it.

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!