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Weekly Wrap Up | 8/6/23

Aloha friends!

This past week was about getting ready for back to school tomorrow! We had teacher meet and greets and got to drop off supplies. Also my daughter isn’t taking ballet this half of the year, she wants to try tap so we had to pick up her uniform and she starts Friday afternoon. We’ll see how she likes it.

I have a headache while writing this so I’ll cut this short but I hope you have a great week!

Blog Posts:

Books I Read:

Currently Reading:

**I am bummed because I was 70% done with Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute when my borrowed ebook stopped working and it’s not because it’s overdue yet!**

Shows/Movies I Watched:

  • The Summer I Turned Pretty
  • The Super Mario Bros. Movie

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 | 8/2/23

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 August. My kids go back to school on Monday, my daughter starts tap dancing classes next Friday, my son’s 11th birthday is at the end of this month…so much happening in August and I know it’s going to fly by. I’m almost done with Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute. I was about to finish but my kindle app was acting up and told me I couldn’t open it which is weird! I may have to re-download it – boo! Anyway I’m 60% done with it. I have to really work on Foul Heart Huntsman, I’ve been chipping at it little by little trying to get myself back into that world and be in the mood for it.

What are you currently reading?

What have you just finished reading?

Unholy Terrors by. Lyndall Clipstone ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Sign of the Slayer by. Sharina Harris ⭐️⭐️⭐️

What are you going to read next?

What are you reading right now?

Weekly Wrap Up | 7/30/23

Aloha friends!

I spent this week trying to plan a trip to Osaka, Japan for fall – and I really wasn’t planning on going since we went to Okinawa, Japan already. But my sister and her family are going in October, then my bestie’s sister is going in November so I was curious about airfare and when I saw they were almost half what I spent for Okinawa – I plan started to form in my mind. So I was obsessively checking potential trip dates in October. My kids want to go to Universal Studios and I haven’t brought them to any theme park yet, not even in the USA so, this one would be their first time and they REALLY REALLY REALLY want to go to Super Nintendo World at Universal so that’s on our list. But November had good prices on flights too so then I kept researching – EVERYTHING it seems lol. I finally narrowed it down to date, hotel and flight…I just have to buy our plane tickets. I guess I’ll be in Japan for Thanksgiving! 😁

That was my focus this week, it was even hard to read because I wanted to get the good deals before the prices go up. So I felt like I had no motivation to read.

Hope you all had a great week!

Blog Posts:

Books I Read:

Currently Reading:

Shows/Movies I Watched:

  • The Summer I Turned Pretty (ep.4 &5) – I still don’t love the love triangle, but I’m gonna see this through! lol

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 | 7/26/23

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’m trying to finish up some arcs, and online library books. I did pick up Divine Rivals on KU because I wanted to do a re-read. I’m going through that one slowly. But other than that I think I’ve been reading a variety of genres and it’s keeping me somewhat entertained! Hope you are reading something good!

What are you currently reading?
What have you just finished reading?

The Davenports by. Krystal Marquis ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Beach Read by. Emily Henry ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 💫

What are you going to read next?

What are you reading right now?

Weekly Wrap Up | 7/23/23

Aloha friends!

It was a fairly chill week as I was still healing from my biopsy but today I finally feel 100% pain free, so that’s awesome. I got a chance to read a few books, a few that I can finally knock off my TBR list! My kids have only 2 more weeks of summer vacation and that’s it. Oh how this summer flew by so fast!

Hope you all had a great week!

Blog Posts:

Books I Read:

Currently Reading:

I’ve kind of put The Davenports to the side – I’m halfway through, I’m just not in the mood.

I’m halfway through Sign of the Slayer and I had to put House of Striking Oaths to the side, because once more too much info-dumping in the beginning but I’ll come back to it. And Divine Rivals is on Kindle Unlimited! I don’t have a physical or ebook copy so I downloaded from KU and this is a re-read.

Shows/Movies I Watched:

  • Crazy Rich Asians (Prime Video) – that wedding ALWAYS gets me, it always makes me shed a tear…ugh…such a good movie and can we get the sequel already? It’ been 5 years! I want Astrid’s story!
  • A Walk to Remember (Prime Video) – talk about a blast from the past. I will ALWAYS love this movie. It brings back good memories going to the movies with my friends and also, I remember we were bawling our eyes out at the end of this movie! LOL…😭😆
  • Penelope (Prime Video) – another cute movie

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 | 7/19/23

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 had a lot of time to read because I had to rest and recover from my biopsy so I had a chance to catch up on some reading. I noticed I’ve been reading a lot of vampire and witch themed books lately! I feel like I’m already for fall lol.

What are you currently reading?
What have you just finished reading?

Twin Crowns by. Catherine Doyle & Katherine Webber ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Night of the Witch by. Sara Raasch & Beth Revis ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Fourth Wing by. Rebecca Yarros ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (this was a re-read since I was missing Xaden lol)

Zhara by. S. Jae-Jones ⭐️⭐️💫

Cursed Crowns by. Catherine Doyle & Katherine Webber ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

The True Love Experiment by. Christina Lauren ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

What are you going to read next?

What are you reading right now?

Weekly Wrap Up | 7/16/23

Aloha friends!

This week wasn’t fun. I had an MRI biopsy which was not fun, very uncomfortable and it’s painful when the lidocaine fades so I was sleeping weird. I mean there was pain during the biopsy also but I guess it was tolerable. I just hate when they tell you “don’t move” and psychologically it makes me WANT to move. Reverse psychology. I didn’t move but I always feel like doing an MRI is a big test of my mental patience – I can’t move, even when there is a loud beeping noise happening while the images are taken. And I asked for Taylor Swift to play in the headphones lol…so it was like Taylor Swift loud in my ears plus this mentally glaring loud beeping on top of it. UGH….BUT…my results came back benign. YAY! I am very happy I get to relax for another 6 months before another mammogram and MRI. 😒🙏🏼 I’ll take it…

Anyway the week was about taking it easy while I healed and I’m feeling so much better. So I have to continue back to school shopping, but I am 80% done. 💪🏾

Hope you all had a great week!

Blog Posts:

Books I Read:

I listened to Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries as an audiobook.

Currently Reading:

Shows/Movies I Watched:

That Summer I Turned Pretty (season 2, episode 1-3): omg…it’s so SAD because of the grief all over these first 3 episodes💔😢, but gawd I am still mad at Belly for hooking up with 2 brothers in the middle of their mom having cancer. I know, I know, she was in love and she’s young and making mistakes…but damn…it sucks. I didn’t love Belly in the book either, this is a love triangle I didn’t love at all. So I’m basically here for the friendship, the memories, Conrad (Jeremiah too lol), and the music. I mean…Taylor Swift? Olivia Rodrigo? One Direction?! Smashing Pumpkins?! Like what?! And “Kissing You”?!!!! I gasped. I played that song so much on my piano after Romeo+Juliet came out (Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes)…that songs always gives me goosebumps. All of it, 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 | 7/12/23

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?

Hi all! My week started with an MRI biopsy which was as uncomfortable as it sounds. But it had to be done, so I’m dealing with some tenderness on my right side and have to refrain from any strenuous activity or heavy lifting. I’m hoping for good results. In the meantime, I’m trying to finish some arcs and library books.

What are you currently reading?
What have you just finished reading?

Painted Devils by. Margaret Owen ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Seven Percent of Ro Devereux by. Ellen O’Clover ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

What are you going to read next?

What are you reading right now?

Weekly Wrap Up | 7/9/23

Aloha friends!

Well it was kind of a chill. My kids had a dental appointment (no cavities! Yay, I’m so surprised lol, especially with how my daughter loves treats) and I had my breast ultrasound and was hoping for a biopsy BUT, the doctor wasn’t 100% sure she caught the nodule on the screen and would rather me do the MRI biopsy. So I’m doing that tomorrow. 😕 I’m just hoping it’s a quick procedure and not too uncomfortable. And hope my results come back with good news.

I’ve been slowly working my way through Painted Devils by. Margaret Owen. I love Vanja and Emeric! Anyway I’ve been noticing I take awhile to finish hardcover books because I can only find time to read at night. Using my ipad to read is much easier to do that, but I have to finish 2 more library books before their due in 2 weeks! I’m almost finished with my August arcs, at least I only have 2!

Hope you all had a great week!

Blog Posts:

Books I Read:

Currently Reading:

Shows/Movies I Watched:

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 | 7/5/23

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 July everyone! The weather has gotten hotter, the days are longer and my kids have one month before school starts again so I’m starting to do back to school shopping. How is your week so far?

What are you currently reading?
What have you just finished reading?

Practice Makes Perfect by. Sarah Adams ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Those Summer Nights by. Laura Silverman ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Hunting Moon (#2) by. Susan Dennard ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

What are you going to read next?

What are you reading right now?