The Sunday Post is hosted by Kimba Caffeinated Book Reviewer.
What a week. I had to do some more traveling, but the bubble tea and super cheap avocados I got along the way made it all okay. It’s the little things. I haven’t been around much on the blogosphere, but I tried to visit some blogs here and there when I had a chance. You should see my email; it’s a scary sight.
So, what did you all think of the first episode of Fear the Walking Dead last week? I liked it and thought it was a pretty good introduction. And the Talking Dead retweeted my tweet, which totally made my night! I’m still working on Supernatural, but at least I’m up to the 10th season.
On the Blog
- Sanctum by Sarah Fine (review) – Glad I finally tried this author.
- The Drafter by Kim Harrison (review) – An excellent start to a new series!
Books Read
Evening Storm by Anne Calhoun
Darken the Stars by Amy A. Bartol
Sustained by Emma Chase
Books Acquired
For Review:
A lot of books appeared on Edelweiss this week and they were all so tempting. I tried to pick the ones that I was especially interested in and sounded promising. Hopefully I chose wisely.
Purchased:
All of these were high on my wishlist, so I was excited to see they were only $1.99.
The Martian by Andy Weir is currently $1.99 too, if you’re interested.
What I’m Listening To
Have a great week!
Los of people got Sustained and I’m hearing good things about it. What is bubble tea?Good luck with your email!
Sustained was REALLY good. Oh my gosh, you’re breaking my heart … bubble tea is pure bliss in a cup. Do a search and try to find if any place near you sells it. STAT!
I enjoyed the first episode of Fear, it had it’s issues but it’s a good start. I’m ready to see how Johnny Depp…I mean Voldemort handles the upcoming crap storm and if he does it sober. Those are some awesome deals, I’ve read and enjoyed all four (five including The Martain), of them.
lol – I saw an article talking about him being a young Voldemort. What’s funny is, I haven’t watched an entire HP movie so I didn’t know. Yet, my mom knew immediately.
Sustained was so good..seriously I devoured it I hope you loved it and cannot wait to hear your thoughts. Bubble Tea sounds good, and yes we liked the show too.
I loved it too. Oh lordy, you have to try bubble tea.
I really want to read The Girl on the Train, as well as Ready Player One (that has been on my wish list for awhile now!).
The great Hunt sounds quite good, and I liked Girl on The Train- didn’t love it, but it was good. And yay for Game of Thrones… 🙂
The cover for Shallow Graves is great! Also, there is nothing better than cheap avocados- I totally agree with you there! I have’t heard that Lana Del Rey song yet, but I will have to give it a listen. Every once and a while I get in the mood for Lana’s dramatics.
Heck yes. I got 8 avocados for $1, and they’re really good. I love me some Lana. 🙂
Love avocado – yummy! You scored some good books. I listened to the audio of The Martian and really loved it, not sure if I’d have liked it if had just read it.
You got some great $1.99 bargains and you are not helping my resolve to stay away from EW at all 😀 Yay for cheap avocados!
Super cool on being retweeted by them! Awesome pickups for $1.99. I loved the Girl on the Train! I am going to be listening to Ready Player One soon. Hope you enjoy them all – Have a great week!!
I hope next week will let you have some more time at home, Christy 🙂 I’m glad you found some little things to make the traveling better!
Your new books look really good, I haven’t heard of Sustained before, but I’m going to check it out.
Have a fantastic week ahead and happy reading 🙂
Yummm, bubble tea and avocados are my favourite, what a winning combo! I haven’t watched Fear the Walking Dead yet because it isn’t available in my country, but keen to hear what everyone thought. You’re going to overtake me with supernatural soon!
I agree with you about Fear the Walking Dead. I loved it. I think it’s a really interesting look at how things got so bad. You picked up some great books I loved the Legend series. I just read The Martian and loved it.
I’m currently reading the Game of Thrones series. In the second book. It’s fantastic!
What IS Bubble Tea? I see it but I thought it was tea with tapioca in it. Is that what it is?
The Girl on the Train is getting huge press. I enjoyed it but didn’t love it as much as most. Glad you enjoyed Fear the Walking Dead. I suspect I won’t get to see it (on free-to-air TV here in Australia) until s1 is out on DVD!
I didn’t get a chance to watch the first episode so I recorded it. I’ve got so much to do right now that tv is having to take a back seat for a while!
Sanctum by Sarah Fine is one of my all time favs! It’s the one series that I push on everyone so I am happy to see you liked it! 🙂 AND, I adored Sustained! I hope you like it!
We got two of the same books this week. I enjoyed Fear the Walking Dead more than I expected to, but I’m ready for just The Walking Dead to come back on! Hope you have a great week!
Sandy @ Somewhere Only We Know
That’s what’s awesome about living where you do – fresh produce!!! Produce is disgusting here in MI after having lived in San Diego and making my own quac for years.
I haven’t been on the blogs this week, either. I’m not even sure what I was doing this week – paint vapor blur.
You’re so lucky to get Sustained!! I haven’t read any of Emma’s books yet – I own Tangled but I bought it like 6 months ago and forgot about it. Time to hit up Amazon!!!
Have good week next week – I’ll be back (said in best ‘Rnold voice)
Very nice books this week! I really enjoyed FTWD. Looks like it might me good and I’ll keep watching. I think I’m as excited to watch Talking Dead. Love that show. And bravo on the retweet! I’ve been trying to get mine retweeted and no joy so far. LOL
Hey now, traveling isn’t such a bad idea! You get to have a change of scenaries and maybe meet new friends ;D I hope you brought loads of books with you, though! I’ve yet to watch FEAR THE WALKING DEAD, but I may later tonight when I’m done with my commenting rounds! Can’t wait to see what you think of GIRL ON THE TRAIN! I actually loved that one despite the bleakness of it.
I liked Fear the Walking Dead. I’m looking forward to seeing more of it. How fun about getting retweeted on Talking Dead.
Have a great week!
I love Bubble Tea! The Vietnamese place down the street has amazing bubble tea and you’ve got me wanting some! I’ve got Fear the Walking Dead recorded for my husband who is a huge Walking Dead fan but he hasn’t watched it yet. I’ve heard great things about it though and that’s awesome that Talking Dead retweeted you! Have a great week!
Hubby, 16yo son and I are still doing a rewatch of Supernatural, but we stalled. I’ve been dying to get back to it, but for some reason we can’t get any momentum. *sigh* Well, maybe if we stall a bit more then Season 10 will be on Netflix by the time we get to it. 🙂 I hope you have a fantastic week!
I still haven’t tried bubble tea, there are several places around here that sell it. Need to do that. I also need to head to the Farmer’s Markets this week and get some fresh tomatoes and peppers. I read Sustained and liked it. Really fun. Here is to a good week coming up.
I like bubble tea, I once drank it when on vacation in germany and they had a store chain there which sold them and it was really good. But can’t stand the taste of advocado’s. Little things like that can really improve your day.
I don’t watch The Walking Death as I find zombies scary. I heard good things about Ready Player One, I might have to check if it’s discounted on Kobo too. I hope you’ll have a great week!
I have never tried bubble tea but it does look nice.
I am so looking forward to Fear the Walking Dead but unfortunately the channel that I get it on does not have a good strength so I can’t see it (literally), will wait for the DVD!
Enjoy Ready Player One, I loved it!
Have a good week!
I think I picked up all the same books you did but the Chase book, but only because I haven’t tried any of her other books yet. 😉
I didn’t watch the new tv show but I should. I’m such a chicken though, I’m afraid it will keep me up at night. How scary was it?
And yay for starting to catch up on Sup, I bet by October when the new season starts you will be all caught up. 😉 I freaking love that show and miss Sam and Dean when it isn’t on.
My girls just started watching it this summer (figured they were finally old enough) and they are hooked!
Ahhhhh! Sustained. I loved that book so very much. It’s my favorite of Emma’s. I, too, tried to be selective with the Harper titles on Edelweiss. I might’ve grabbed a couple more than I should’ve, but there were a few that sounded really good.
Hope you have a great week!
I gotta DL a sample of ECline’s book. It’s futuristic so that’s making me hedge a bit. Thanks for the head’s up though, if I like it I’ll be sure to grab a copy.
Don’t let the futuristic aspect scare you. It’s only Detroit 15 years from now. lol. It’s easy, so don’t worry.
I feel your pain with the high priced avocados. Gotta get them when you find them cheap, LOL. Happy Sunday!
Ready Player One sounds great. Hope that you enjoy and have a great upcoming week.
RPO is fantastic! I really hope you’ll enjoy it, Christy. I bought Sustained this week, and since I haven’t read a single Emma Chase book, I’m crossing my fingers that I’ll enjoy both books in the series. I do love me some lawyer romance. 🙂
Happy reading, C!
I’ve been wanting to try Sanctum too. Never enough time. Legend was pretty good. I still need to read the next two in that series. I also still want to read Girl on the Train. Thanks for stopping by!
I think my comment got eaten: I asked what bubble tea is.
Yum on the avocados. I wanted some this week but they were crazy freaking expensive at the grocery store. Boo!
I’ve seen Sustained a lot lately but it’s not up for requesting anymore 🙁 I’ll have to wait until release day then. I received TGotT last month I believe and I’ve been reading it, slowly but surely. I got confused and bothered a bunch of people haha but I’m liking it. It’s slow in the beginning, just in case but keep reading.
I really liked Fear the Walking Dead so far. And aren’t you loving Supernatural? I’ve been a fan since the first season, and can’t quit! Looks like a lot of us got the same egalleys this week. YOu can check out my post in the link below!
Yeah, last nights FearTWD really got the ball rolling. I love Supernatural. I started with the series when it first came out, but then just sort of lost track around the 7th season. So a couple months ago I started from the 6th season and have been working my way up.
It’s SO HARD to control myself when Harper does their mass uploads on EW! LOL Looks like you were very responsible and only chose the few you HAD to have. 🙂 I wish I could be that strong!! LOL Enjoy your new goodies! 🙂
I liked Fear the Walking dead. It was a bit slow but I can’t expect too much action in the beginning.
Mmm, Avocados. I have been grubbing on those all week.
You’re the first person I’ve seen mention Fear The Walking Dead and HOORAY! I really enjoyed it. I think people are comparing it to The Walking Dead now, not The Walking Dead from episode one, which was pretty terrible compared to season two onwards. The son in it is a tad creepy, being an addict, he walks like a walker himself. I watched the second episode this morning and I’m already hooked. We should have a weekly WD chatfest. Oh pleeeeeeeeeeease!
It kind of irritated me when I saw people complaining about how boring the first episode was and stuff. Um … can we get to know our characters and get an introduction to everything? Sheesh. Yeah, the 2nd episode really stepped it up in the excitement department though. I really liked it. And I wish people would stop wanting it to be like TWD as far as walkers go. Fear is looking at the beginning, the initial fall of society, and I love that. It makes it creepier too, because we know what their future holds.
The Great Hunt looks interesting.
I have no luck on Edelweiss! You go girl!
Legend looks good.
I am behind on Supernatural… Not sure when I can catch up!