The Sunday Post AKA What’s on my (Mostly Virtual) Nightstand 11-21-21

Posted on November 21, 2021November 19, 2021 by Marlene Harris | Author : Marlene Harris | The Sunday Post> Virtual Nightstand> Winner announcement

There’s a fine line between being happily busy enough and enjoying the sound of deadlines as they go whizzing by. A line I usually discover right after I’ve crossed it. And that would sum up things this weekend, as it seems like everything in the universe is due today or tomorrow. And the bathroom remodeling project isn’t quite done, although progress has certainly been made.

The cats have mostly hidden themselves whenever they hear the remodelers coming through the door. I think this picture sums up George’s opinion of the whole thing. He seems to be covering his face with at least two paws and a tail in a vain attempt to make the world go away.

Stacking the Shelves (471)

Posted on November 20, 2021November 19, 2021 by Marlene Harris | Author : Marlene Harris | Stacking the Shelves

This has not been the greatest reading week, so I’m happy that the new stack isn’t huge. Not that I didn’t have good books this week, just that this week has been a bit fraught with the bathroom remodeling – which is still is progress at least through Monday. It’s hard to read – it’s hard to even think! – when someone is pounding or sawing right above your head!

But pretty book covers are still pretty, and some of these are gorgeous!

these impossible things by salma el wardany

secret life of albert entwistle by matt cain

For Review:
The Blue Diamond (Daughter of Sherlock Holmes #6) by Leonard Goldberg
The Circus Infinite by Khan Wong
The Destiny of the Dead (Shroud of Prophecy #2) by Kel Kade
Die Around Sundown by Mark Pryor
Elektra by Jennifer Saint
Gouda Friends (Ponto Beach Reunion #2) by Cathy Yardley
The House of Cats and Gulls (Dominion #2) by Stephen Deas
If You Ask Me by Libby Hubscher
Mad Girls of New York (Nellie Bly #1) by Maya Rodale
Rosebud by Paul Cornell
The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle by Matt Cain
The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah
Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
These Impossible Things by Salma El-Wardany
Walk the Vanished Earth by Erin Swan

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The Sunday Post AKA What’s on my (Mostly Virtual) Nightstand 11-14-21

Posted on November 14, 2021November 13, 2021 by Marlene Harris | Author : Marlene Harris | The Sunday Post> Virtual Nightstand

There is a certain amount of trepidation at Chez Reading Reality this weekend. The bathroom remodelers are supposed to be here Monday morning to start a job that we signed up for SIX months ago. The supply chain snafu snafus everything. We are looking forward to getting the work done, because we haven’t been able to use the master bathroom shower for six months. BUT this project has been on hold for so long neither of us is going to believe it until we see them arrive.

The thing we’re not looking forward to is several mornings of “All Star Cat Wrangling”. We have a room we can keep them in all day that will have food, water, litter boxes, a big cat tree and a great window for watching the birds and the squirrels. The trick – probably at least a trick and a half – will be getting them all into it. Not that they don’t all spend plenty of time in a room we honestly refer to as “the cats’ room”. But they’re cats. If that’s where we WANT them to be it will be the last place they’ll be interesting in going!

Current Giveaways:

$10 Gift Card or $10 Book in the Thanks a Latte Giveaway Hop (ENDS TOMORROW!!!!!)
$10 Gift Card or $10 Book in the Super Stocking Stuffer Giveaway Hop

Blog Recap:

A- Review: Miss Moriarty, I Presume? by Sherry Thomas
Super Stocking Stuffer Giveaway Hop
B+ Review: The Powerbroker by Anna Hackett
A Review: Band of Sisters by Lauren Willig
A- Review: A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske
Stacking the Shelves (470)

Coming This Week:

The Cartographer’s Secret by Tea Cooper (blog tour review)
In All Things Give Thanks Giveaway Hop
Noor by Nnedi Okorafor (review)
A Secret Never Told by Shelly Noble (blog tour review)
Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky (review)

Stacking the Shelves (470)

Posted on November 13, 2021November 12, 2021 by Marlene Harris | Author : Marlene Harris | Stacking the Shelves

Is anyone else having trouble believing that it’s November already? This year has whipped by so fast I think I have whiplash. That Thanksgiving is less than two weeks away feels a bit unreal. But I’m starting to see books on NetGalley and Edelweiss that won’t be out until August of 2022. That’s just WRONG. Not that I haven’t picked up more than a few already. Like Lucy Checks In. Because irresistible.

But it still feels like someone should be getting a 10-yard penalty for rushing the season. Somewhere.

silver bullets of annie oakley by mercedes lackey

never tell by stacey abrams as selena montgomery

department of rare books and special collections by eva jurczyk

For Review:
Bad Actors (Slough House #8) by Mick Herron
The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach
The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections by Eva Jurczyk
Engines of Empire (Age of Uprising #1) by R.S. Ford
Flint and Mirror by John Crowley
Go Hex Yourself by Jessica Clare
The Justice of Kings (Empire of the Wolf #1) by Richard Swan
Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Lucy Checks In by Dee Ernst
Never Tell by Stacey Abrams writing as Selena Montgomery
Ordinary Monsters (Talents #1) by J.M. Miro
Sari, Not Sari by Sonya Singh
The Silver Bullets of Annie Oakley (Elemental Masters#16) by Mercedes Lackey
Siren Queen by Nghi Vo
Temple of No God (Hall of Smoke #2) by H.M. Long

Purchased from Amazon/Audible:
Knot of Shadows (Penric & Desdemona #11) by Lois McMaster Bujold

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The Sunday Post AKA What’s on my (Mostly Virtual) Nightstand 11-7-21

Posted on November 7, 2021November 5, 2021 by Marlene Harris | Author : Marlene Harris | The Sunday Post> Virtual Nightstand

Did you remember to “fall back” last night or this morning? And does this make sense to anyone anymore? Really?

It was a GREAT reading week. I loved every single book. Isolate and The Riverwoman’s Dragon were both wonderful, but that was to be expected. They are both by authors that I read regularly because they are always guaranteed to give me a great reading time. But Day Zero blew me away. Not only because it’s so good itself, but also because the only other book by this author I’ve read I didn’t really like all that much. That Day Zero was SO GOOD was just a gift.

Day Zero and its hero nannybot Pounce lead me directly to a cat picture, even if George isn’t being terribly heroic here. But George is a ginger, which is as close as I can get to Pounce’s tiger stripes.