What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you’ll read next?
Personal:
I got my 2nd Covid shot. Talk about a huge relief. Once I got my shot, I felt a thousand pounds lighter and I am start living again!!
My health issues have gone away (knock on wood). My only issues are allergies. Here in NC, we are in the middle of what we call “The Pollinating.” Our cars are covered in an inch thick green pollen. And it is wreaking havoc with my allergies.
Miss R is enjoying being back in school. She got her 1st in school progress report and she is at grade level for everything except….writing. I wasn’t surprised by this and they are working with her to catch her up. She is loving being around other kids her age and going to her special classes in person (PE, Guidance, Library, and Art).
Miss B is also back in school full time. The district made the decision last month to send grades 6-12 back to school 4 days a week. She is loving it. She also had her first Beta Club meeting this week. She told me that there was only one other freshman invited to this group. I told her that was amazing and she should feel special!! Now, we are waiting for an invite to the induction ceremony (should be in a couple of weeks).
Mr. Z is still at home. I gave him the option of going back to school or remaining virtual and he chose virtual. Since he is straight As, I allowed it. But, he will be going back in the fall. He needs to person to person interaction.
BK is back to traveling for work. Since the end of March, he has been to Florida, Missouri, and Michigan. It was weird, at first, him being gone. But I have gotten used to it and I am enjoying the quiet (well relative quiet).
I haven’t been watching that much TV lately. If I do turn it on, its to watch Jeopardy and Wheel ofFortune and then it goes off.
I have been playing a lot of Black Desert Online. I also have been playing BitLife on my phone. Along with those, I have been using color by number apps.
I made Slow-Cooker Smothered Beef Brisket in the crockpot for supper tonight. Not sure how it is going to taste or if the minions will like it but we’ll see. It does smell delicious!!
Blog
I started back on going over my posts and fixing things. But, with the changes WordPress did, finding those posts are next to impossible. But I’m determined to do it!!!
I noticed that I am getting tagged in a lot of meme posts. To the people who are tagging me: I will get to them. I am just terrible at doing that stuff.
Reading
I haven’t been reading that much lately. I am too tired at night to pick up my Kindle. But that did change on Monday. Between Monday and today, I have read 3 books. Yes, you saw that right. 3 books. I am hoping to have at least 2 more finished by the end of the week (maybe more if I keep up streak!!)
I am failing miserably in my reading challenges. I am 18 books behind on my Goodreads 2021 ReadingChallenge. As for the challenges on The StoryGraph…here they are:
Reading Writers of Color—I have 20% done. I have finished 3 prompts out of the 15 listed. In my defense, I have been waiting on a particular book to come off hold (I have had it on hold since the beginning of December). Once its off hold and read, then I can start knocking off the other prompts.
Clear Those Shelves 2021—I have 31% done. I have finished 16 prompts out of the 52 listed (I did finish all of the bonus prompts).
Book Riot’s 2021 Read Harder Challenge—I have 13% done. I have finished 3 prompts out of the 24 listed.
Tropes in Romance—I have 0% done. I have finished 0 out of 15 prompts. Whoopsie. I need to work on that.
Beat the Backlist 2021—I have completed 15% of the bonus prompts. All of the prompts are bonus prompts, so yeah.
TBR and Beyond – 2021—-I have 18% done. I have completed 5 out of the 28 prompts.
Popsugar Reading Challenge 2021—I have 8% done. I have completed 3 out of the 40 prompts (I have also completed 50% of the bonus prompts)
Exploring New Horizons-Reading Challenge 2021—I have 8% done. I have completed 1 out of 12prompts.
ReadWhatYouOwn2021—I have 40% done. I have completed 20 out of the 50 prompts.
The StoryGraph’s Genre Challenge 2021—I have 10% done. I have completed 1 out of 10 prompts.
The Booklist Queen Reading Challenge 2021—I have 10% done. I have completed 5 out of 52 prompts.
21 Books for 2021—I have 0% done. I have completed 0 out of 21 prompts.
The Unread Shelf Project—I have 0% done. I have completed 0 out of 12 prompts.
AtoZ Reading Challenge—I have 0% done. I have completed 0 out of 26 prompts.
What I Recently Finished Reading:
I really enjoyed reading Marked in Flesh. Anne Bishop is one of my favorite authors, so me liking any of her works are a given. But this book gave me chills. The build up to when The Elders destroyed the human cities was amazing. I was at the edge of my seat the entire time. And the end of the book left so many questions. Thankfully, I do have book 5 and will be reading it!!
What I am currently reading:
I read only a chapter or so last night but what I read has made me want to devour this book!! The only thing I am hoping for is that there is no romance. It would ruin the vibe this whole series has.
What books I think I’ll read next:
The first two books, I will definitely read. They are on loan from the library and I have a limited time to read them. The third is an ARC that I need to get read. I have a review due for it in 2 weeks. I am hoping to get to the last 2 books. They have been sitting on my currently reading list for a few weeks. Me reading them hinges on if any books come off hold from the library. The last time I checked, I have one that should be coming off hold soon. If it doesn’t, then I am good to go. If it does, then I read that one first.
I love to read. My favorite genres are women's fiction, romance, psychological thrillers, fantasy, young adult, steampunk, dystopian, LGBTQIA, and paranormal.
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5 thoughts on “WWW Wednesday: April 21st 2021”
So glad that The Others series has sucked you back into reading! I haven’t picked up Lake Silence yet. I knew the characters would be different, so I didn’t binge it along with the rest of the series. I’m curious to see what you think of it, though!
So glad that The Others series has sucked you back into reading! I haven’t picked up Lake Silence yet. I knew the characters would be different, so I didn’t binge it along with the rest of the series. I’m curious to see what you think of it, though!
:)!! I will try and write a review on it!!
If not, if you remember, just reply to my comment here. 🙂
I will 🙂
I just finished Lake Silence. I absolutely loved it!! You need to read it 🙂