The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer.
Itβs a chance to share News. A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up for the week on our blog.
What happened this week?
This was a pretty busy, but good week for the most part. I felt a bit tired a few days and hope I don’t get the flu that seems to be going around. I finished up the assistant work for my authors for this month and did some work for my new author. I also worked on a review opportunity that should be live next week and sent out the media kits for the blog tour starting next week.
My reading mood stayed a bit weird. I do think my current read will pull me out of it, even tough it’s probably going to end up as a 3 star read. I think I was just in the mood for a genre switch and reading a contemporary Romance seemed to help. On my Kobo I finished the third Imprints book and promptly picked up book 4. I am binging this series which is so strange as I never do that, but it’s so good and I didn’t feel like picking up another book. I am making good progress on my current puzzle as well. And as February has ended it’s time for my February reading stats.
February Reading Stats
February wasn’t the best reading month. It started of great and I had some good reads, but I landed in a weird reading mood halfway through and had some trouble deciding what to read and just ended up with books which weren’t quite what I wanted to read.
- Amount of Books Read: 10 (1 less than in January)
- Genres: 2 Paranormal Suspense, 2 Contemporary Romance, 2 Paranormal Romance, 1 Science Fiction Romance, 1 Cozy Mystery, 1 Romantic Suspense and 1 Urban Fantasy
- Favorite Book: On the Hunt by Teyla Branton
- Ratings: 5 books got a 4 star and 5 books got a 3 star
- Age Category: 7 Adult books and 3 New Adult books
- Book Length: 7 full length books and 3 novella’s
- Source: 6 books I got for reveiw and 4 I bought
- New to me Authors: 2 new to me authors: LJ Swallow and Dyan Chick
- Publisher: I read 8 self published and 2 from Kensington
- Type of Romance: 6 books had a FM romance, 3 had a RH (Reverse Harem) romance and 1 MM Romance
- Romance focus: 4 books had romance as a side plot line, 4 books had romance as the main focus and 3 had only a hint of romance
- Point of View: 6 Female main characters, 1 Male main character, 1 multiple point of view and 1 Dual Point of view
- Country:
8 book set in the USA, 1 in the fictional city The Edge and 1 in space
What did I read this week?
Magic Born fell a bit flat for me, lots of little things that didn’t work for me, but it wans’t a bad book per se. And I feel kinda bad that i was the first 3 star review for the book. Upstaged was a great read. I liked the mystery a bit less than in the first two books, but I liked how the mystery was pretty different again and I like seeing the romance change and progress.
What did I cook for dinner this week?
This week I blogged about:
– Review: Pawprints & Predicaments by Bethany Blake
– Review: Wriggle & Sparkle by Megan Derr
What to expect next week on the blog:
– Review: Magic Born by Dyan Chick
– Review: On the Hunt by Teyla Branton
Tours open for sign-up on Lola’s Blog Tours:
Review Opportunities:
– Sweet Hollow Women by Holly Tierney-Bedord
– Deck The Malls with Purple Peacocks by Amy Gettinger
– N. N. Lightβs Book of Daily Inspiration by N.N. Light
– Modern Persuasion by Sara Marks
– Raindrops on Roses by Millenia Black
Check the full list of open review opportunities here.
Cover Reveals:
There are no open cover reveal at the moment
Tours:
– Blog Tour: The Most Special Chosen by Rachel de la Fuente – 5 till 18 March
Book Haul:
The cover of Shoot the Messenger caught my attention, it’s a slow burn RH sci-fi book, the blurb sounded good and it was only 99 cents and by an author whose books I had on my wishlist, so I grabbed this one without a second though. Illegal Contact I had on my wishlist since reading a great review for it by one of my blogger friends and decided to buy it. Quinn’s Gambit I found somehow when browsing books and it sounded like a good book, so I bought that one too. Good Luck Charm sounded like a fun contemporary romance read focused on the luck theme and was only 99 cents.
Oh, that funky reading mood. I’m glad you’re working through it and going with the genre mood change. Yay, love reading your stats. Even for the weird mood, you got several four stars and a good amount of indies read this month. Looks like you’re still making your goal of doing more variety in your romance type, too.
I’m a little envious that you are binging a series. I do alright binging two in a row, but I start to have issues if I keep going and don’t take a break from the series. Unfortunately, it doesn’t matter who the author or what genre; I’m not a true binger I guess. LOL
Nice haul. I hope you like Illegal Contact. That’s the only one if read in your haul, but I thought it was pretty good.
Enjoy your next week, Lola!
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Yes I still had some good reads and I am glad I am getting some MM and Rh romance types read every month so far.
I am not a true binger either, which is why I am so surprised that I am binging this series. I usually read at least a book in between. For this series I read book 2 and 3 in a row and am now reading book 4. As I feel like if I do pick up another book I’ll be only thinking of this series instead, so I felt just continuing was better for now, until I get enough of it.
I bought Illegal Contact because of your review for it. I think I will enjoy that one π
I’m guessing that you being so tired and a bit run down is probably impacting on your reading. I have found over the years that when that happens, I step RIGHT outside my comfort zone – read a non-fiction travel book, or a contemporary literary read, or a poetry book… It mostly works, too.
No, I don’t binge-read a series or author if I can avoid it, because I find I pick up the author’s writing tics which, otherwise, I don’t notice and it REALLY impacts on my reading enjoyment. Have a great week and maybe take a bit of a break and look after yourself, Lola:)
I am trying to get some extra rest and that seems to be helping so far. I also managed to get out of that weird reading mood this week, yay! I decided to switch things up and read a very different genre, which worked.
Same here. I usually get enough of a series if I binge read, so I always try and read another book in between. But with this series I’ve been enjoying binge reading a few books in a row.
Reading slumps are never fun! I’m glad you’ve been able to get out of yours.
I actually binge-read sometimes, especially for series that I pick up when there are already several books released. If I enjoy the world where the characters live, I just want to stay there with them π
I hope you will have more energy this week, Lola, but I’m glad you had some needed rest last week.
Have a wonderful week ahead and happy reading.
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It seems a genre switch worked this time to pull me out of the reading slump π
I rarely binge read, but I’ve been enjoying this series so much I didn’t feel ready to pick up something else. I might take a short break after I finish this book.
Lots of awesome reads. I have Witch Born too and I can’t wait to sink my teeth into it! I am riding out the storm that took out our power at a friends. So surreal looking at all the downed trees and power lines cut in half. Have a good Sunday!
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You did a lot better than me when it comes to reading. I only read one book this month. I just can’t seem to find the time and I don’t know what I am even doing that is taking up all of my time. lol Maybe a few quick reads will help the slump.
I hope this week is awesome for you Lola! Happy Reading!
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I am sorry to hear that you can’t seem to find the time to read :(. I picked up a genre I hand’t read in a while and that seemed to help.
10 books read and 4 books in your haul! Not bad at all for February π
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It was a good reading month. Although those 4 books were only from this week, I got some books in the previous weeks as well.
Hope you enjoy your book haul. Have a great week and happy reading!
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Thanks! I already read one of the new books I got this week π
I love binge reading a series that has all the books out. I think it’s fun to read them all instead of having to wait months in between them.
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Not all the books are out yet, but the author was publishing about one book a month for the first 5 books. So I managed to binge read book 2-4. I might take a short break after book 4 tough.
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Isn’t if funny how even a book you don’t love can pull you out of a reading funk. I hope you don’t get that flu that is going around either. It is pretty scary. I hope you have a great week.
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It ended up being a 3 star read, but it totally worked to get me out of my reading funk. That doesn’t happen often that a book I don’t love pulls me out of slump. So far a bit fo extra sleep seems to help, so I hope I don’t catch the flu.
I feel like everyone is fighting something flu like π I hope you’re not getting it either – I had it and it was no fun. I’m still fighting post-flu symptoms. I love finding a series that I like so much that I binge read it – doesn’t happen often, but it’s fun when it does. I’m glad you’re enjoying Imprints. Sounds like you’re off to a good start for March. Hope you have a great week!
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I managed to avoid it so far. I am trying to get a bit more sleep and that seems to have helped so far. I almost never binge read and always read a book in between, but I am enjoying doing a bit of binge reading with this series.
I need to start this new series by Santino Hassell (Illegal Contact, etc.) because I love all the books I’ve read by him so far. Sorry Feb. wasn’t a great reading month – I hope March is better!
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That’s good to know you enjoyed the book you read by that author so far. Illegal Contact sounds really good, so I hope I can read it soon.
I also got Shoot the Messenger this past week and I hope to read it soon once my alpha-reading obligations are done. You asked me about my puzzle and I forgot to respond! I haven’t started it yet because we were using the main table for other things, but I hope to start it this week. π
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I have a bunch of review copies to get through first, but I hope to get to it soon. let me know what you think of it once you got the chance to read it! I hope you got to start your puzzle this week. My current puzzle is almost finished.
You did really good for February reading! Congrats! I’m not familiar with most of your books, but that’s okay. I’ve been sticking mostly to authors I know that I like recently since I have so little reading time right now. Hope you have a great week!
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It was a pretty decent reading month. I like to mix up authors I already know and ones I don’t know yet.
Ah, come on, series binges are the best π Sorry about your weird reading mood. My reading mood has been all out of wack since this eye strain started and I had to start reading more print and audio books. Hopefully you won’t get sick, feel better soon!
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I basically never binge read, even if it’s two books in the same series I read another one in between from another author. But it’s been fun binge reading this series for a bit, although I think I’ll take a short break after this one and read something else in between. I got out of my weird reading mood this week. I hope your reading mood gets better soon too.