Skip to main content

The Sunday Post (18 July 2021)

   

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly of Caffeinated Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news. A post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received. Share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead.

Another quiet week this week. It's been really nice weather here so I've spent a lot of time in the garden trying to tidy it up a bit. I went to the pub quiz with my dad again and we got 25/40. I also spent Saturday babysitting my baby nephew. We had a lot of fun going to the park, watching motorbikes and reading his books.

Last Week on the Blog

Top Ten Tuesday: Book Titles That Are Questions
Book Review: The Gathering Light, Jennifer Donnelly

This Week on the Blog

I'm just going to post as and when I can for the moment.

What I Read Last Week

My Outdoor Life, Ray Mears

Currently Reading


The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood / The Monster Collection, Robert Louis Stevenson, Mary Shelley & Bram Stoker

What I Plan to Read This Week

 Oh Myyy! (There Goes the Internet): Life, the Internet and Everything, George Takei

Book Haul


A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens / Ulysses, James Joyce / David Copperfield, Charles Dickens / The Iliad, Homer / Royally Screwed (Royally #1), Emma Chase

Currently Watching

The Italian Job was on TV last Sunday. My dad used to watch this all the time when I was growing up, so I felt I had to give it another watch.

Currently Listening To

My nephew loves Harry Styles so I've spent a lot of time listening to him this weekend and watching the videos. He particularly likes the fish in the Adore You video.


Follow me via Goodreads, Twitter, Bloglovin, and Instagram.

Feel free to leave a comment.
Labels:

Comments

  1. Diana18 July 2021 at 14:52

    Glad you had fun with your nephew! The George Takei book sounds good. He's so funny. Enjoy your week!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Lauren19 July 2021 at 19:48

      We had such a fab day! George Takei is so witty isn't he? I can't wait to get to that book.

      Delete
  2. Greg18 July 2021 at 20:05

    Pub quizzes are fun! and you guys did pretty good!!!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Lauren19 July 2021 at 19:51

      They're so much fun, and the people that go to this one are the same each week so it's always a laugh. We're actually getting better at it too!

      Delete
  3. Ronyell (a.k.a. Rabbitearsblog)18 July 2021 at 21:37

    Glad you had a quiet week!

    Here’s my Sunday Post!

    Ronyell @ Rabbit Ears Book Blog

    ReplyDelete
  4. vvb32 reads19 July 2021 at 05:16

    The Handmaid's Tale - such a good dystopian novel. Love that Adore You video. Happy reading.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Lauren19 July 2021 at 19:53

      I'm not sure if enjoying it is the right word to use, but I'm definitely finding I can't put The Handmaid's Tale down. The Adore You video is just so fabulously strange - I love it!

      Delete
  5. Tanya @ Girl Plus Books19 July 2021 at 20:29

    Sounds like you had a lovely weekend. I always used to enjoy watching my nephews. (Of course they are 22 and 25 now so that was years ago. LOL) I like that song by Harry Styles.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Lauren20 July 2021 at 08:22

      It was such a nice weekend, and I loved getting the one-to-one time with my nephew. With various lockdowns, it's not something we had managed before.

      Delete
  6. Nicci20 July 2021 at 17:12

    Quiet weeks are good and I love pub quizzes!
    Fingers crossed this week is another good one.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Lauren20 July 2021 at 21:09

      I agree! They're so nice. And pub quizzes are so much fun. I love learning the random facts.

      Delete
  7. B.J. Burgess22 July 2021 at 22:27

    I believe I have one of George Takei's other books on my Kindle, but I cannot recall the title.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Lauren24 July 2021 at 20:45

      I've started this one, and it's quite good. All I can hear is his voice in my head though.

      Delete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Book Beginnnings, The Friday 56 and Feature and Follow (15 May)

Book Beginnings is a meme hosted every Friday by  Rose City Reader  where you share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires.  Please remember to include the title of the book and the author’s name.
22 comments
Read more

Top Ten Tuesday: Characters I'd Love to Check in With

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by  The Broke and The Bookish .  This week's topic is the top ten characters you'd like to check in with.  I really struggled with this one, my brain just went blank and I couldn't really think of anyone besides pretty obvious choices.
22 comments
Read more

Discussion: The Problem With My Local Library

I used to use my local library all the time when I was in school.  Source I even spent every lunchtime in my school's library. My friends and I were pupil librarians and we practically had the run of the whole library. And then, when I started University, the only library I had time for was the University library. And that wasn't an enjoyable experience. However, last summer I started going to my local library again. (I then had to stop again when I got my job.) And unfortunately, I was pretty disappointed.  Source The availability sucks. I can deal with books I want that are already out on loan. It's the complete lack of decent books the library has on its system that gets to me. All those months I went to the library last year and I never left with a book that was already on my TBR. I walked around that place looking at my Goodreads trying to find any book on that list. And I couldn't find any at all (except for the Classics). To be honest, I ...
20 comments
Read more