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Weekly Wrap Up | 9/1/24

Aloha friends!

Happy September everyone! Here we are in the start of the “Ber” months and it’s kind of exciting and kind of overwhelming thinking of the holidays coming up.

This week we had some tropical storms pass us by – so it was rainy, windy and humid (yuck). My son also turned 12 on Tuesday so we are going over to his grandparents house today to have a birthday lunch with family. He is in a Kirby (Nintendo game) era so all his gifts from me was Kirby themed like a keyboard, a Nintendo Switch case, a shirt, etc…

His school had an Open House on Friday so we went to check it out and I had fun meeting his teachers and seeing their classrooms. He has an elective class which is a Drones class and I was so impressed with their equipment in there and to learn how kids are learning how to build drones and code. The advanced drone team even competes nationally with high schoolers even though they are a middle school and then even won first place last year! I was like wow…my elective back in the 90’s that I picked was Calligraphy 😆. It was that or like sewing or something – I mean we also had home-ec in 8th where we learned to sew and cook but yeah…DRONES is his elective. He gets Woodshop (this seems to be a classic elective lol – I had woodshop), Video Production and some Nature elective in the next quarters.

Tomorrow is Labor Day here in the USA so it’ll be nice to sleep in!

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

Blog Posts:

Books I Read:

  • The Songbird & the Heart of Stone by. Carissa Broadbent
  • Truly, Madly, Deeply by. Alexandria Bellefleur

Currently Reading:

  • Fledgling by. S.K. Ali
  • Heir by. Sabaa Tahir
  • The Match by. Sarah Adams (audiobook)

Shows/Movies/Music I Watched/Listened To:

  • Sailor Moon Cosmos (Netflix) – my kids and I watched this one and it’s so wild lol…my favorite is one of the Three Lights Guardians and her saying “Gentle Uterus!” as her power 😂 It’s so ridiculous but we have so much fun watching Sailor Moon and I loved Chibi Chibi. Anyway, I WISH my uterus was gentle smh…😆
  • Die with a Smile – Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – on repeat – it’s so good!🥰

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 | 8/28/24

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?

I cannot believe this is the last week of August by the way and my son just turned 12 yesterday. 🥺 I’m kind of excited that September means we are in the “ber” months and holidays are coming – because that’s always fun but also that means I’ll be more broke LOL. 😆 Anyway I’m working away on arcs that I need to get done by October 😬. I hope you all are getting some good reading done!

What are you currently reading?

Fledgling by. S.K. Ali – 50% – some progress, halfway there but going kinda slow.

Stranger Skies by. Pascale LaCelle – 1% – just started this one.

Truly, Madly, Deeply by. Alexandria Bellefleur – 5% – just started this one.

Heir by. Sabaa Tahir – 15% – I didn’t get far last week but I hope to probably finish this one this week. Very interesting world building so far!

Zodiac Rising by. Katie Zhao – 12% – another arc I’m trying to finish

What have you just finished reading?

The House at Watch Hill by. Karen Marie Moning – ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

A Monsoon Rising by. Thea Guazon – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

What are you going to read next?

What are you reading right now?

Weekly Wrap Up | 8/25/24

Aloha friends!

I actually got some reading done, I’m proud of myself lol. It was an easy week, I’m just glad everything is going so well so far for both my kids in school. I cannot believe my son turns 12 on Tuesday and we are at the end of August! Where has the year gone? I’m working on arcs – but saw that most my arcs are fantasy books – so I’m in the search for more romance, maybe some fall vibey stuff and even some holiday romances since that’s coming up.

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

Blog Posts:

Books I Read:

  • The Hunted Heir by. Holly Renee
  • The Dagger and the Flame by. Catherine Doyle
  • When the World Tips Over by. Jandy Nelson
  • The House at Watch Hill by. Karen Marie Moning

Currently Reading:

  • Truly, Madly, Deeply by. Alexandria Bellefleur
  • Fledgling by. S.K. Ali
  • Heir by. Sabaa Tahir

Shows/Movies/Music I Watched/Listened To:

  • Emily in Paris Season 3, Part 1 – why are they splitting up the series into 2 parts lately?! So strange. I love Emily in Paris, it’s such an escape and it’s always fun.
  • Die with a Smile – Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – on repeat – it’s so good!🥰

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 | 8/21/24

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 my laptop is almost done for lol…but not quite dead – I was just being in denial for a little because I do not want to buy a new one yet. It just doesn’t like anything plugged into the usb ports but that’s fine, I’m gonna hang onto it until it really can’t power up anymore. 😅 So I’ll just keep chugging on with it! I noticed I have a lot of arcs that are publishing on October 1st! Must be a big publishing day but I’m trying my best to get to them!

What are you currently reading?

Fledgling by. S.K. Ali – 35% – some progress, hoping to finish it this week.

Stranger Skies by. Pascale LaCelle – 1% – just started this one.

Truly, Madly, Deeply by. Alexandria Bellefleur – 5% – just started this one.

Heir by. Sabaa Tahir – 10% – I’ll probably finish this one this week. Very interesting world building so far!

Zodiac Rising by. Katie Zhao – 6% – another arc I’m trying to finish.

What have you just finished reading?

Powerful by. Lauren Roberts – ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

A Novel Love Story by. Ashley Poston – ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

When the World Tips Over by. Jandy Nelson – ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

The Dagger and the Flame by. Catherine Doyle – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Hunted Heir by. Holly Renee – ⭐️⭐️⭐️

What are you going to read next?

What are you reading right now?

Weekly Wrap Up | 8/18/24

Aloha friends!

Second week of school is done and it’s been a pretty good transition for both kids! So my laptop is NOT broken – it just didn’t like a new cord that I had attached to it to connect to my phone. I’m just happy I didn’t have to buy a new laptop. Nothing else new to report. I feel like August is moving really fast now that school is in session – I saw Halloween candy already being sold at my grocery store!! Bonkers.

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

Blog Posts:

Books I Read:

  • Guava and Grudges by. Alexis Castellanos
  • The Blood Orchid by. Kylie Lee Baker
  • A Novel Love Story by. Ashely Poston
  • Powerful by. Lauren Roberts

Currently Reading:

  • The Dagger and the Flame by. Catherine Doyle
  • Fledgling by. S.K. Ali

Shows/Movies/Music I Watched/Listened To:

  • Chappell Roan
  • Die with a Smile – Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – it’s so good!🥰

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 | 8/14/24

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?

I thought my laptop was done for but it isn’t! Yay! Because I wasn’t about to drop money for a new one, in this economy lol. So I was struggling using my son’s PC which has the biggest screen and was giving me a headache and my ipad, which is small and was also a struggle to type a lot of things. So I, for some random reason, removed a usb/ubc cord that was plugged into my laptop and I started it up and that fixed it! I’m so happy and now I can go back to blogging. As for reading, it’s slow going still…sigh.

What are you currently reading?

Fledgling by. S.K. Ali – 17%

The Dagger and the Flame by. Catherine Doyle – 26%

When the World Tips Over by. Jandy Nelson – 4%

A Novel Love Story by. Ashley Poston – 16% – I have 3 days to finish this before it expires. I hope I get it done!

What have you just finished reading?

Guava and Grudges – Alexis Castellanos – ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

Shadows of Perl by. J. Elle – ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Fear the Flames by. Olivia Rose Darling – ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Butcher & Blackbird by. Brynne Weaver – ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

The Blood Orchid by. Kylie Lee Baker – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

What are you going to read next?

What are you reading right now?

Weekly Wrap Up | 8/11/24

Aloha friends!

What a week. My kids started school so there were first day jitters, especially for my new middle schooler but he has done SO good. He is walking home from school since it’s closer to our house and let me tell you the first 2 days I was nervous but tons of kids walk in this area, and now he has a cell phone I can track. But it’s HOT at 2pm – and can someone please tell me how kids walk in hoodies and jackets at 91 degrees out? But my son needs a neck fan, and an umbrella and lots of breaks when he walks? lol…I’m so proud of him. His school is about 1.4 miles away and we’ve finally figured out our schedule. I pick his sister up first and then on our way back I pick him up at our pool area parking lot because by the time he is there, we are driving by it. So yay – it took some trial and error this week but I think we figured it out. I’m proud of both of them for having a good week. Unfortunately, my daughter has her first school cold – it only took 2 days of school for her to catch something. Boo!

And of course with everything happening this week, my Macbook Pro of 11 years finally kicked the bucket! I noticed a strange white screen situation happening on Monday and I was like, eh, maybe it’s nothing. NOPE. Now it’s dead…so I had to do some posts from my ipad but typing a lot is so tedious so now I’m using my son’s desk PC and the screen he has is like 24 inches long and it strains my eyes and gives me a headache. So I ordered a new laptop because I can’t live like this lol.

Let’s hope my daughter’s cold goes away and doesn’t get worse and we have a good second week of school.

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

Blog Posts:

Books I Read:

  • Shadows of Perl by. J. Elle
  • Fear the Flames by. Olivia Rose Darling
  • Butcher & Blackbird by. Brynne Weaver
  • Happy Medium by. Sarah Adler

Currently Reading:

  • The Dagger and the Flame by. Catherine Doyle
  • Guava and Grudges by. Alexis Castellanos
  • Fledgling by. S.K. Ali

Shows/Movies/Music I Watched/Listened To:

  • House of Dragon – finished the last episode and honestly felt this whole season was a filler. There was one good episode I think. Anyway this last episode is a cliffhanger and I love the music that comes in at the end that foreshadows what is going to happen next. I hope the third season is filled with a lot more action.

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 | 8/7/24

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?

I think I’m in a struggle reading fantasy books right now which sucks because I have a lot of arcs that are fantasy. 🤔 It’s been slow going! I find myself grabbing a contemporary romance to just help myself finish one book and get my motivation.

What are you currently reading?

Shadows of Perl by. J. Elle – 56% – slow slow going and I didn’t finish it last week like I thought I would.

Guava and Grudges – Alexis Castellanos – 8% – a little progress

Fledgling by. S.K. Ali – 13%

Fear the Flames by. Olivia Rose Darling – 19%

The Dagger and the Flame by. Catherine Doyle – 26%

Butcher & Blackbird by. Brynne Weaver – on Chapter 7

What have you just finished reading?

Happy Medium by. Sarah Adler – ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

Nothing Like the Movies – Lynn Painter – ⭐️⭐️⭐️

What are you going to read next?

What are you reading right now?

Weekly Wrap Up | 8/4/24

Aloha friends!

This week was just us having some simple fun before school starts and to make sure I got all the school supplies. We went to my daughter’s meet and greet on Friday and dropped off all her school supplies. I have to remind the kids that it’s time to wake up early again lol…they don’t like that but at least it’s still August and not dark outside in the morning. So goodbye summer! Hello school days again.

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

Blog Posts:

Books I Read:

  • Can’t Help Falling in Love by. Sophie Sullivan
  • Nothing Like the Movies by. Lynn Painter

Currently Reading:

Why do I love this color combo right now in the titles I’m reading?! The pink and green? Love!🥰

  • Shadows of Perl by. J. Elle
  • Fear the Flames by. Olivia Rose Darling
  • Butcher & Blackbird by. Brynne Weaver
  • Isabel and the Rogue by. Liana De la Rosa
  • Happy Medium by. Sarah Adler

Shows/Movies/Music I Watched/Listened To:

  • House of Dragon –

  • Olivia Rodrigo Guts (Spilled) – I just added this vinyl album to my collection! 💜 I 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!

WWW Wednesday | 7/31/24

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?

This is the LAST day of July folks…I am so not looking forward to being back to school/activities schedule next week lol…I have loved just lounging around with my kids and just enjoying time together. I feel like when school kicks in the days fly by SO fast and then you know it’s Christmas. I’m trying my best to get through this arcs and borrowed books but I think I’m reading too many at one time. 😅

What are you currently reading?

Shadows of Perl by. J. Elle – 37% – this one is slow going I think because I don’t remember much from book one! lol…but I’ll probably finish it by the end of this week.

Guava and Grudges – Alexis Castellanos – 2% – no progress

Nothing Like the Movies – Lynn Painter – 31% – I don’t know why but this one is slow going for me!

Isabel and the Rogue by. Liana De la Rosa – 3% – I’m hoping to get moving on this one because it’s a library ebook and soon it will expire!

Fledgling by. S.K. Ali – 13%

What have you just finished reading?

The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by. Megan Bannen – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Can’t Help Falling in Love – Sophie Sullivan – ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

What are you going to read next?

What are you reading right now?