Weekly Me #6

 What I've been Writing: 

Nothing.  This week has been insanely busy at the day job, which has left me brain-dead after I clock out.  I'm pretty scatterbrained at the moment with an overload of things to do. So yeah, no writing updates.  Sorry.

What I've been Reading:

So I haven't been reading much either.  I finished the last Knockemout book by Lucy Score, which was my favorite.  Lucian was very yummy. And I've started on the Flesh and Fire series by Jennifer L. Armentrout. Book 1 - A Shadow in the Ember.  

What I've been Buying: 

So I went to my local bookstore last Saturday and got a couple of things I hadn't heard of before. Hopefully, I like them!

• The Lost Apothecary
• The Spell Shop
• Her Soul to Take
• Blood on her Tongue

Weekly Me #5

 What I’ve Been Writing:

 Dearest Thief: Did lots of thinking about this one and a little writing on it. It’s at 20,500 words now.

 

What I’ve been Reading:

I finished reading Things We Hide from the Light by Lucy Score (loved the proposal during the shootout; so fun). And now I’m over halfway through the last book in the Knockemout series, called Things We Left Behind. Wow. I think I need to read more enemies-to-lovers stories because the tension between these two…When they finally act, things explode.

 

What I’ve been Buying:

Got lots of new pretties! I once again received the wrong items, this time when I ordered the Never List and Repeat After Me.  They sent Harry Potter and a Dog Man graphic novel instead. I know! So weird. So now we're up to three instances in one month that I've had to return stuff.  I'm like an old pro at it now! Fingers crossed that no more orders get messed up. 

Meanwhile, here's what is new on my shelves.

• The Stars are Dying,  
• The Poppy Wars, 
• The Last One, 
• Sanctuary of Shadows, 
• The Never List, and 
• Repeat After Me. 

Weekly Me #4

 WHAT I'VE BEEN WRITING:

Zero Chance - I haven't gotten much done in the writing world this week. Real life has been distracting me with life stuff. Ugh. I'm still trying to make it through the read-through that I started last week. Word count is at 149,815.

WHAT I'VE BEEN READING:

The Twisted Throne by Danielle Jensen - Oh my goodness. OH MY GOODNESS.  I loved it. The ending was so intense. The cliffhanger sooo traumatic. The wait for the next book just might kill me. Mmm. So good. This story is still haunting me.

Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score - Slowly making my way through it. I'll probably finish this weekend. The third-act breakup (is that what they're called?) is enraging me at the moment, so I'll be happy to move past that part. Excited to read the next two books in the series after it. The author's got me all intrigued about Lucien and Sloane's story.

WHAT I'VE BEEN BUYING:

My sprayed-edge obsession is still going strong. Maybe a little too strong. But I only got one new book this week. The Night is Defying! (That's actually the name of the book I got, not what I'm calling my recent buying addiction, by the way.)

The first book in that series is still on its way.  I also ordered another this week, but it came--gasp!--without sprayed edges, which was the only reason I ordered it. So, yep, I had to return it and order it again from a different place. Fingers crossed this one comes with those fancy edges. This was, like, the second thing I've returned lately (got my kiddo an Easter dress, but it was too big, so we took that back too), and I pretty much never return stuff. They usually just waste away in the back of my closet, but I have now returned two things in the past month alone.  What is happening to me!!!?

Anyway, I'm hearing some scandal gossip about one of the books I bought last week. Must be pretty big if it reached my ears. This should probably teach me to stop buying books because of their edges, but I don't know if I can. I may need an intervention. But if you could wait until I at least have enough to fill one bookcase, that'd be great.  Thanks!