The Sunday Post is hosted by Kimba Caffeinated Book Reviewer.
Christmas is only a couple weeks away! And then a new year … noooo!
I know I already mentioned this on Facebook, but I’m still so damn happy. My son was awarded All-American at the cross country banquet! It was his goal since freshman year, and he reached it. Now on to track season!
I read 16 books in November, but a couple of them were on the shorter side. So I’ll make my goal of 170 – I increased it from 95 in June.
Okay, while I was on Thanksgiving break, I binged on The 100. I watched 18 episodes in eight days. That’s totally healthy, right? It’s not the best, but it’s addictive as hell. Do you watch it?
On the Blog
- Nocte by Courtney Cole: Review – I liked this twisty thriller/mystery a lot.
- Sweet Damage by Rebecca James: Review – Another good psychological thriller.
- Under Different Stars by Amy A. Bartol: Review – A surprisingly good book.
Books Read
Maybe Not by Colleen Hoover – Loved it!
Under Different Stars by Amy A. Bartol
Magic Strikes by Ilona Andrews
Magic Mourns by Ilona Andrews – Loved it!
The Laws of Moses by Amy Harmon
Books Acquired
Covers link to Goodreads/Amazon
For review:
Purchased:
I actually got a lot more than this over the last two weeks, especially freebies, but I don’t feel like posting them all. I blame Jennifer for most of them, so you can find them here.
I remember when The DUFF first came out and it had such mixed reviews. The movies looks funny, though! So now I plan to read the book.
Have a great week!
GREAT HAUL!! hopy you enjoy all those AWESOME books 🙂 happy reads
Congrats to your son!
I feel like I am the only one who doesn’t watch 100. I need to try it out.
The DUFF looks AWESOME. I am so reading the book now.
And don’t blame me on the freebies, blame your impulse control!!!!! Bwahahaha.
Congrats to your son! He’s had a fantastic season from what it seems.
I’ve been curious about The 100, but I tend to shy away from tv so I haven’t watched any yet. We’re canceling our Netflix on the 21st, so binge watching is our way of life right now.
Great week, looks like you had some great weeks. I plan to start the Ilona Andrews series soon, probably on audio. I haven’t watched The 100 yet but I plan to. And binge watching series is the only way I do it! One weekend I haven’t seen any of it and by Monday morning, I’m on about series 3 of something. Hahaha. I don’t do it often but when I do, I love it!
I really like the look of The DUFF as well–mainly because it looks hella funny. I also do plan to read the book, though some said that the movie didn’t look like it was going to be that much like the book, so I dunno.
I also got Things We Know by Heart. I mean, JESSI KIRBY! She’s already on my auto read list even though I’ve only read one book by her.
Have a lovely week, Christy <33
I heard great things about the Brown series, I really need to try it. Happy reading!
Golden Son! Honestly, I don’t know why I’m excited to see it, when I haven’t even read Red Rising. What’s wrong with me? Lol. Congratulations again, proud mama. 🙂
Have a great week!
Woo hoo! Congrats to your son! That’s huge and awesome. You must be really proud! I’ve never watched The 100, but I’ve seen a lot of bloggers talking about it on Twitter. One of these days I’ll binge-watch it myself. 🙂 Nocte was great. I loved the book, but that might have been the hardest review I wrote in 2014. Of course I didn’t want to give anything away, but it was difficult to tell people WHY they should read the book… when I couldn’t tell them anything about it, really. 🙂 It was a glorious mindfuck. I loved Maybe Not and I have my eye on The Law of Moses. I look forward to your review for that one.
Have a great week!
I’m telling you now, go immediately and get The Law of Moses. Such a good book!
Congratulations to your son! That must have been quite a moment for you. It’s so fun to watch them accomplish their goals. I haven’t watched The 100 but I can relate to binge watching. It probably isn’t healthy but it’s definitely totally normal. Fantastic haul this week and have a great week!
Congrats to your son, that’s wonderful!
I can’t believe how soon Christmas is coming, it’s too fast. Eeep.
The Law of Moses looks interesting, I’m curious to see what you think of it.
Have a great week!
I’m excited about The Duff movie. I loved the book! But it’s been awhile.
Congrats on your sons success!
My husband binged on The 100 Thanksgiving weekend. He watched all of season one in 3 days.
Ha – He and I could’ve been binging buddies. I watched the 1st season on Netflix, and then caught up with this season so I’m current now.
Congratulations for your sons achievement!
And a nice book haul. See some lovely ones in there:)
I just binged on Saving Grace this week. Watched all three seasons. I couldn’t remember the end and discovered why. I must have missed it before. Cried like a baby. LOL
That’s totally something you can “proud mama” about on ALL media. Congrats again to your son. That’s wonderful 🙂
And I’m so with you! Only 3 more weeks in the month?! Holy cow!!
DUFF does look entertaining, I will watch it just for the laughs.
I got Golden Son this week too. Funny enough, I read Heat of the Moment this past week. I know it doesn’t release until May but I wanted to read it before the reviews started rolling in. I have Things We Know by Heart, and I hope to get Maybe Not soon too. Congrats to your son! Have a great week!
Sandy @ Somewhere Only We Know
Congrats to your son. That’s very exciting! I really liked The Duff as a book, so I’m excited for the film.
No… I haven’t watched THE 100, but glad you liked it 😉
I still have to read Maybe Someday, then I will get onto Maybe Not!
Huge congrats to your son Christy!! And congrats on all the great books, I am so excited for you that you got Golden Son!
That’s one proud Mama there! Congrats to your son! Your haul is awesome BTW 🙂
Congrats on your son’s award ! And I thought I would like to read Nocte too just before I remembered that’s because you reviewed it ! *aims for the coffee machine* Have a great week 😉
Yes, I saw your FB post. Big congrats to you and your son. I know the reason he is so wonderful is because of his mom….. See I can say something nice every once in awhile….I enjoyed Under Different Stars as well. Surprising. I am not going to meet my 200 goal for the year I will be about 8-10 short the first time I haven’t met my goal but that’s okay. I am so anxious to get to Kate Daniels. Those are my audibooks for new year.
Wahoo glad you got Golden Son. We started recording the 100 and never watched it, since early reviews were not good. Binges are good once in a while. Congrats to your son..what an accomplishment. You are a reading machine!
I can’t believe Christmas is only months away D:
And congrats to your son! That’s awesome (:
Great haul! I like the looks of Things We Know By Heart. Oh and I’m so tempted to check the Duff because of the movie trailer, haha. Have an awesome week!