The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Caffeinated Book Reviewer.
It's a chance to share news - a post to recap the past week on your blog,
showcase books and things we have received, and share news about what is
coming up on your blog in the week ahead. You can find the info here:
- In case you missed Friday's post, I'm celebrating the 3rd anniversary of Girl Plus Books with a giveaway. Be sure to enter here!
- The Husband was out of town all day yesterday so I took the opportunity to go see Love, Simon again. It was just as wonderful the second time around. :) There was a group of young teenage girls in the row behind me and their laughter and clapping and quiet commentary made it quite the interactive experience. LOL Their reactions were priceless. :)
- My friend Carol has a new Facebook group dedicated to all things bookish. It's a great group, with author spotlights, fun polls, book talk and recommendations. I hope you'll check it out! Carol's Crazy Bookish World
- Riveted (Simon Teen) shared their picks of books to start a conversation about social change. In light of yesterday's March for Our Lives rally, it seemed worthy of sharing. (Graphic links to article.)
Tuesday, March 20
Top Ten Tuesday: Spring TBR
Wednesday, March 21
WWW Wednesday #1
Friday, March 23
Girl Plus Books Blogoversary Giveaway
WHAT I READ IN THE LAST WEEK:
Then She Was Gone - Lisa Jewell
Solid mystery/character study.
Royally Endowed - Emma Chase
Another solid entry in the Royally series.
WHAT I'M CURRENTLY READING:
Alex, Approximately - Jenn Bennett
Not very far into it but enjoying it.
WHAT I'M CURRENTLY LISTENING TO:
What Happened - Hillary Rodham Clinton
I actually started this back in December but my loan expired and I had to put my name back on the list. It finally became available again this week and I was happy to get back into it. It's fascinating listening.
PHYSICAL BOOKS:
From my March Bookworm Box:
Beauty in the Ashes - Micalea Smeltzer
From Entangled Teen:
Zombie Abbey - Lauren Baratz-Logsted
Purchased:
To Kill a Kingdom - Alexandra Christo
To Kill a Kingdom - Alexandra Christo
Y'all know I don't read a lot of fantasy, but
Aimee's review convinced me to buy it.
How was your week? Any new books? Any news to share?
I'd love to hear about it!
Happy 3rd blogoversary! Sounds like the interactive experience made the movie even more fun :-) Ooh pretty new books! I love the colors on Beauty in the Ashes!
ReplyDeleteBeauty in the Ashes has a totally gorgeous cover, but man is it a chunker! Over 600 pages!
DeleteI saw Love, Simon yesterday, and really enjoyed it. Have a great week :)
ReplyDeleteSo glad you enjoyed it, Maree! Such a great book to movie adaption - and just a really good movie in general. :)
DeleteI love the quote and Happy Blog-Anniversary!
ReplyDeleteYou got some awesome new books. Enjoy!
Thanks Andreea! Hope you have a wonderful week!
DeleteHappy 3rd blogoversary! That's totally cool and totally worth celebrating. Have a good week, and happy reading! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Anna! And I hope you have a wonderful week! :)
DeleteHappy anniversary! That's awesome. And Love, Simon sounds very good. Nice that you were able to enjoy the teenagers behind you. :) It is nice to see well mannered young people appreciate something and be reminded of the youthful perspective!
ReplyDeleteI think I want to read then She Was Gone. I've read two of her books now and liked them both. why stop I guess ha ha?
I knew I always liked Cookie Monster for a reason :)
Thanks Greg! Yeah, when those young girls first filed in and sat right behind I was like, "Ugh, just great." Shame on me for being so judgmental because they really were well-behaved/well-mannered girls. And, yes, getting to hear the perspective of young people was pretty cool. :)
DeleteI hope you'll enjoy Then She Was Gone. Considering you liked the others you read... I'd have high hopes.
Cookies really are the answer. Ha! I wonder if we were watching Simon simultaneously yesterday. I was really impressed with how far movie theaters have come since the last time I went to the movies. Glad your second Simon experience was so much fun, and happy blogoversiary!
ReplyDeleteThe wisdom of Cookie Monster. :)
DeleteHm, we must have been on the same wavelength yesterday! I was at the 11:30 showing... maybe we were watching at the same time. Can't wait to visit your Sunday Post and read your thoughts!
Love the quote!
ReplyDeleteHappy Blog-Anniversary :)
Awesome new books! Enjoy!
Weekly Wrap-Up
Thanks Astrid!
DeleteAnd you've gotta love the wisdom of Cookie Monster. LOL
That is some good wisdom from the cookie monster :)
ReplyDeleteRemember years ago there was The Tao of Pooh? Maybe Cookie Monster needs his own book of wisdom as well. :)
DeleteOh man I need to find a time to see Simon. I really enjoyed Then She Was Gone. Hope you wind up enjoying Alex, Approximately. Love that random. Have a great week!
ReplyDeleteI imagine your time is in short supply these days, Grace. :) I really enjoyed Then She Was Gone, too. But I have no idea how to review a mystery without a single spoiler. Gah!
DeleteI love the Cookie Monster meme! That should be my motto today! Hope you have a great week!
ReplyDeleteI vote for making that our motto all week! A cookie a day can't hurt, right? :)
DeleteI am looking forward to read Then She Was Gone, hope you enjoyed it. I bet the movie with all the teenagers being there was a blast! Have a great Tanya! Happy Blogersary too!!
ReplyDeleteThose teenage girls behind me in the theater totally added to the experience. :)
DeleteI really enjoyed Then She Was Gone!
AHH SO JEALOUS. Love, Simon doesn't come out until May here in my country. :( TAKE ME WITH YOU PLEASE.
ReplyDeleteNot until May??!! Gah! Come here quickly and we'll go see Simon together. And then we'll go to Disney. And then we'll buy books. How's that for a good weekend? :)
DeleteYAY, happy blogiversary! Here's to many more! I have not seen Love, Simon but I really want to. I usually wait till it comes out on DVD. Have a great week!
ReplyDeleteMary my #SundayRoundup
I very rarely go to the theater either, but I made an exception for Simon. :)
DeleteThat's right, Cookie Monster. ;) Yay for seeing Love, Simon again. I am SO ready to see it a second time...and a third...etc. lol
ReplyDelete-Lauren
www.shootingstarsmag.net
I mentioned to a coworker last week that I was excited to buy Love, Simon when it comes out on DVD. She looked at me like I was crazy and said, "You still buy DVDs?" I was thinking, what else would I buy? Are DVDs on the way out or something? I'm so out of touch. LOL
DeleteOh you bought To Kill a Kingdom! I can't wait to read that one! :)
ReplyDeleteSame here, Nicola! Aimee's review convinced me to pick it up.
DeleteHappy Anniversary!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Erica!
DeleteHappy blogiversary! I still need to see Love, Simon. One of my friends just saw it and loved it. Have a great week and enjoy your new books!
ReplyDeleteAj @ Read All The Things!
I hope you'll enjoy it when you see it, AJ!
DeleteHappy anniversary!
ReplyDeleteThanks Tiffany!
DeleteHappy 3rd Blogaversary! Time sure flies doesn't it:) Sounds like you had the perfect anonymous companions to enjoy the movie the second time around.
ReplyDeleteMy Sunday Post
LOL Great way to put it, Laura - I had perfect anonymous companions. Love that. :)
DeleteI really need to go see Love, Simon---maybe I'll manage it this week. Happy blogoversary (again!).
ReplyDeleteNicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction
Hope you get to see it soon, Nicole... and that you'll enjoy it!
DeleteGlad you enjoyed Love Simon! I really need to read Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda soon!
ReplyDeleteHere’s my Sunday Post!
Ronyell @ Rabbit Ears Book Blog and join in this week’s Book Photo Sundays
Thanks Ronyell.
DeleteCongrats on the blogoversary! I can't wait to go see Love, Simon myself. It comes out here SOOOON. After hearing so many awesome things about it, I have a strong need to see it.
ReplyDeleteI hope you'll love the movie as much as I did, Bee!
DeleteI keep forgetting that Simon rebranded themselves as Riveted Teen, I don't know why it's so hard for me to put the two together.
ReplyDeleteLove Simon sounds even better the second time around; I hope to get to see it again!
And To Kill a Kingdom was decent for me, I really hope you love it!
The reviews for To Kill a Kingdom seem to be all over the place so... *shrugs* Who knows. And I'm not sure I'm going to get to it right away, anyway. So many books!
DeleteI saw Love, Simon when my husband went out of town last week. I would love to see it again. It's the feel good movie I needed.
ReplyDeleteKaren @ For What It's Worth
Funny we both saw it when the husbands were out of town. LOL Although, I will say that Robert did go with me on opening day to see it the first time. He really enjoyed it but I knew he wouldn't want to see it again so soon. :)
DeleteZombie Abbey sounds intriguing :)
ReplyDeleteThat one was a total surprise (I hadn't even requested it) but it sounds like a lot of fun!
DeleteAlex, Approximately was a great read. Awesome that you had such a fun experience watching Love, Simon again :) sounds like a fun week overall
ReplyDeleteAfter reading Then She Was Gone I definitely needed something on the lighter side, and Alex Approximately is totally hitting the spot. :)
DeleteThe last interactive movie experience I saw was Rocky Horror Picture Show. The were playing it at a theater close to my college campus. Let's just say people started throwing popcorn in certain scenes and yelling. It was fun. :)
ReplyDeleteZombie Abbey looks like a fun read! Hope you enjoy it.
Have a great week!
Oh my goodness, I haven't seen Rocky Horror in a theater in sooo many years. I think some local theaters show it every year around Halloween but I just never think about going. That's always a unique experience! LOL
DeleteYAY we are three years old! two toddlers in a pod! :) Looking forward to many more years of us blogging! You make blogging fun friend! for example... I HAD to grin when I read to watched Love, Simon... again! :) AND I AM SO JEALOUS you get To Kill a Kingdom! I hope you love it as much as I did!
ReplyDeleteApparently my Simon Love had not been abated, hence the second viewing. What can I say... it was just one of *those* stories for me. :)
DeleteI’m excited for To Kill a Kingdom!!
I really enjoyed Hillary's book when I read it. It was interesting to hear her thoughts on everything that happened. She's so articulate.
ReplyDeleteI’ve found What Happened to be fascinating. And I agree, Hillary is very articulate and interesting.
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