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So it was the American Presidential Election this week... all I'm going to say is that I'm in a state of disbelief. Period.
Anyway on to happier news... We had visitors all the way from Australia on Wednesday night. They're old friends of my parents and they were home for a family wedding so, of course, they popped in to see how we were all doing. It was a great catch-up as we haven't seen them in over 3 years. And to save my mum from cooking, we treated ourselves to Chinese takeaway on a weeknight!
And then on Friday, I had a wine night with my sister-in-law and one of our closest friends. It was a great wee catch-up where we cleaned off three bottles of wine and watched the McBusted Tour DVD from a few years back.
Anyway on to happier news... We had visitors all the way from Australia on Wednesday night. They're old friends of my parents and they were home for a family wedding so, of course, they popped in to see how we were all doing. It was a great catch-up as we haven't seen them in over 3 years. And to save my mum from cooking, we treated ourselves to Chinese takeaway on a weeknight!
And then on Friday, I had a wine night with my sister-in-law and one of our closest friends. It was a great wee catch-up where we cleaned off three bottles of wine and watched the McBusted Tour DVD from a few years back.
Last Week on the Blog
Monday - ARC Review: What Light, Jay Asher
This Week on the Blog
Monday - Book Review: The Rose Petal Beach, Dorothy Koomson
Tuesday - Top Ten Tuesday: All-Time Favourite Movies
Thursday - ARC Review: Battle for Cymmera (Kingdom of Cymmera #3), Dani-Lyn Alexander
Around the Blogosphere
Ashley @ Nose Graze discusses BookExpo America Followup – It’s not all doom and gloom.
Ashleigh @ A Frolic Through Fiction discusses The stages of our reading lives – your reading story.
Jeann @ Happy Indulgence disusses Why We Need Culturally Diverse Books.
What I Read Last Week
Battle for Cymmera (Kingdom of Cymmera #3), Dani-Lyn Alexander / Pivotal Moments (In Time Series #1), Trinity Hanrahan / Macbeth, William Shakespeare
Currently Reading
What I Plan to Read This Week
Did I Mention I Miss You? (The DIMILY Trilogy #3), Estelle Maskame / The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, Joanna Bolouri
Book Haul
Nothing this week! Which is great cause I'm really trying to work on my Netgalley ratio.
I used to be a big fan of Chinese curries (especially prawn!0 because it was mild and tasty, but all the local takeaways seem determined to make those curries so hot that I can't eat them! *grumps* Yeah a lot of people were surprised by the election result...guess we'll just have to wait and see how it plays out now. The UK really need a good relationship with Trump to get trade deals so I hope he does a good job.
ReplyDeleteAww! That sucks that the takeaways are all to hot for you now! I was definitely surprised by the election result and I'm just going to keep watching through my fingers now I think.
DeleteHow's Anna Karenina going? I loved the book myself. I spent the majority disliking one character or another, but it was crafty, because just when I thought I had my mind made up, they won me over, and I would go on to disliking someone else. Anna though... Just wow!
ReplyDeleteAnna Karenina is definitely interesting to say the least! I'm not too far into it yet (only about 11% I think) because I'm only listening to it on the commute to work. I'm so glad I've taken the plunge with it though!
DeleteI've loved seeing how stunned everyone in the community has been with the election results...and encouraged by the feeling of support.
ReplyDeleteI guess we'll all have to wait and see, but I'm not holding my breath.
Enjoy your week, and it's been a long time since I read Anna Karenina. Loved it back then....
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I loved Anna Karenina and have reread it a couple of times. Hope you are enjoying it too.
ReplyDeletesherry @ fundinmental My Sunday Memes
Yeah I'm liking it so far, but I'm not too far into it yet. I am finding all the names a bit confusing though.
DeleteIt sounds like you had a good week! I haven't had chinese take out in a long time but I've been craving some for a while now. I ended up cancelling my preorder for Fantastic Beasts but I plan to get it later on. Will you be reviewing it?
ReplyDeleteTina @ As Told By Tina
Oh I definitely think you should feed that craving! I think I will be reviewing Fantastic Beasts at some point, it all depends when I can read it though.
DeleteLooks like you had a pretty awesome week overall, and read/are planning on reading several awesome-sounding books! Here's hoping you enjoy the books in your very near future!
ReplyDeleteHere's my Sunday Post, if you're interested in checking it out. No pressure or worries if you're not, though! Happy Sunday, and happy book-ing to you in the coming future! <3
Yeah it was a good week! I'm managing to read such a variety of books just now which is great.
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