The Sunday post is a weekly blog hop of weekly wrap-ups hosted by Kimberly @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer!

Other than my first day of school, which was yesterday, my week was pretty uneventful and actually pretty boring. I just worked, read, cleaned and walked my dog everyday. I actually had a couple of pretty bad headaches after work this week and I wasn't able to post as many reviews as I usually do. I had my first day of school yesterday and it was amazing! Other than the fact that there is a ton about special education that I don't know, I'm really excited to learn everything I need to know to get through my first year of teaching. I can't wait for the rest of my program!

Read Last Week:

The Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

The Girl from Everywhere by Heidi Heilig

The Accident Season by Moira Fowley-Doyle

Currently Reading:

Witch Slapped by Dakota Cassidy: I'm listening to Witch Slapped on audio book and it's really funny! I think this is going to be a really enjoyable series.

It's Always the Husband by Michele Campbell: It's Always the Husband is our August book club pick and I have to say, I'm really into the story! It's pretty mysterious and it goes back and forth from the past to the present. I'm interested to see what the big reveal is! 

Last Week on the Blog:

Wednesday: Anticipating There's Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins

Thursday: Discussing why I love non-fiction

Friday: Book Review of Mosquitoland by David Arnold

I hope everyone else had a great week especially since a lot of schools start back in this past week. School start as made me so excited for fall and really excited for fall and Halloween reads! Happy reading friends! 

Sunday Post #4: I Can't Make Any Decisions

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme of weekly updates hosted by Kimberly @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer! 

I'm pretty sure I've said this before but I am more than ready for summer to be over. I'm sick of the heat (Vegas heat), I'm ready for school to start and I'm ready for some cooler weather. I'm also ready for Halloween; I LOVE Halloween! I'm just getting really bored with all the sameness. So, to try to switch things up, I went on my OverDrive app to find something fun to listen to. I started listening to The Queen of the Tearling and after a few hours, I just could not get into it, so I returned it. Then I started listening to Strange the Dreamer and I have to say, it was just a little too strange for my liking. I also returned it. So I then downloaded The Girl from Everywhere and I'm pleased to say that I'm highly enjoying the story!

Read Last Week:

The Stranger Game by Cylin Busby

Forever, Interrupted by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Thanks Angela @ Musings of a Literary Wanderer for the awesome recommendation! 

Currently Reading:

The Girl from Everywhere by Heidi Heilig: Like I said before, I'm listening to this on audio and I'm really enjoying it right now!

A Tale of Highly Unusual Magic by Lisa Papademetriou: I'm just in the very beginning of this book but so far it's really cute!

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen: I'm reading Hatchet because I tutor a sixth grader and this was her summer reading. I'm catching up so we can work on her reading comprehension.

Last Week on the Blog:

Monday- Book Review of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughty

Wednesday- Anticipating From Here to Eternity by Caitlin Doughty

Thursday- Discussing Book Buying Habits

Friday- Book Review of The Light We Lost by Jill Santopolo

Coming up this Week:

Monday- Audio Book Review of I See You by Clare Mackintosh

Tuesday- Let's Discuss: TBD

Wednesday- Can't Wait Wednesday: TBD

Friday- Book Review of Bittersweet by Sarah Ockler

I'm so excited for school to start this coming up week! I don't have any kids but school start for me as well and I'm ready to get into the swing of things. I'm also hoping to finish a few books this week, especially the audio book of The Girl from Everywhere because I'm really enjoying the story. I hope all you bookworms and readers have a great week as well! 

Sunday Post #3: This Week Flew By!

The Sunday Post is hosted by Kimberly @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer. 

Last week went by super slow but this past week just flew right past me. A lot of things were going on in regular life and I didn't get a whole lot of reading done. I only finished one book and that's only because I was already at the very end! That's very unusual for me lately as I'm been reading a least two books a week. 

We also had some family come in from out of town and they stayed with us so I literally got no reading done. We went to a buffet, we played some bingo, my brother-in-law gambled a lot and all around we just had a good time hanging out with family that we hadn't seen in a long time. Basically, whenever family comes into town, this is what we do:

I feel like I ate way too much but all in all we had a good time.

Read Last Week:

All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastri

Currently Reading:

The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen: I've had this book since forever and I still haven't picked it up yet. Since I decided that for the next week or so I wanted to read books on my Kindle, I found the audio of The Queen of the Tearling on Overdrive and thought, why not?

The Stranger Game by Cylin Busby: I found a really old eARC on my Kindle of The Stranger Game and for some reason it just really piqued my interest. I'm really loving the mystery of it and the amount of questions it's going to have to answer by the end.

Last Week on the Blog:

Monday- Book review of Party Girls Die in Pearls by Plum Sykes

Tuesday- Discussing Seasonal Reading

Wednesday- Anticipating The Rattled Bones by S.M. Parker

Thursday- July Wrap-Up

Friday- Book review of Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine

Coming up this Week:

Monday- Audio book review of Smoke Gets in your Eyes by Caitlin Doughty

Tuesday- Let's Discuss: TBD

Wednesday- Can't Wait Wednesday: TBD

Friday- Book Review of The Light We Lost by Jill Santopolo

Book Haul:

Paper and Fire by Rachel Caine

Ash and Quill by Rachel Caine

The Lying Game by Ruth Ware

As I said, this week just flew by and I just didn't get to dedicate the time to reading that I usually do. I'm really hoping to get some major reading in this coming up week. I'm also hoping that I have some extra time to relax as well as time to clean up my house. I'm ready to get back to peace and quiet! 

I hope everyone else has a great week and everyone has all the time in the world to read!

Sunday Post #2: Work Sucks

The Sunday Post is hosted by Kimberly @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer. 

It's been a long week at work and I'm so glad the week is over. It's so exhausting to work at a hotel that is literally fully occupied (to the point of being over sold) and every guest is just complaining about something. I am burnt out, ready for the summer to be over and ready to go back to school.

In other news, I'll be starting a new job as a private tutor which will allow me to cut my hours even more at the hotel. I'm really lucky this job fell into my lap because it will allow me to be really flexible with my schedule as I start my teaching program.

Currently Reading:

All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai: I just start this book the other day and I haven't had all that much time to read. I'm only about 100 pages in but it's pretty good so far and definitely a unique novel.

The Monet Murders by Terry Mort: I'm listening to this really fun murder mystery on audio book. It's an old Hollywood private eye story that takes place in 1934 that's pretty funny and engrossing.

Read Last Week:

Last Week on the Blog:

Monday- Book Review: Dear Daughter by Elizabeth Little

Tuesday- Let's Discuss: Reading Multiple Books at Once

Wednesday- Can't Wait Wednesday: This Darkness Mine

Friday- Book Review: The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis

Coming up This Week:

Monday- Book Review: Party Girls Die in Pearls by Plum Sykes

Tuesday- Let's Discuss: TBD

Wednesday- Can't Wait Wednesday: TBD

Friday- Book Review: Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine

Book Haul:

Purchased:

When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee

The Leaving by Tara Alterbrando

The Farm by Tom Rob Smith

Library:

Forever, Interrupted by Taylor Jenkins Reid

After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid

I picked up these two books at the library after Angela @ Musings of a Literary Wanderer recommended Taylor Jenkins Reid. Since I didn't know where to start, she recommended that I start with her first novel, Forever, Interrupted. 

Won in a Giveaway:

How to Make a Wish by Ashley Herring Blake

Like I said, I am so glad this week is over. Since I'm taking two paid days off next week and we have some family coming into town, I'm hoping it's going to be a lot less stressful! Happy reading!

Sunday Post #1: Look Who's Going Back to School!

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly @ The Caffeinated Book Reviewer! 

Hi readers! Welcome to my very first Sunday Post! This week has been a pretty slow week for me at home. Which is nice because it means I can read and blog and comment back to everyone. It felt like work was really busy everyday and I am just wiped out. I'm looking forward to a long weekend of just reading, blogging, cleaning and relaxing. 

My most exciting news this week is that I've been accepted into an accelerated program with my local school district in the hopes of finally becoming a special education teacher! It's a ten week program that starts in August and at the end, I will be eligible to be hired with the school district almost immediately afterward as a regular, full-time teacher! It's going to be a lot of work for the next three years or so, but once I earn my standard teaching licence, I know it will all be worth it!

Currently Reading:

I'm currently reading The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden. I just started it but since I have a long weekend I hoping I can knock it out and move on to P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han. I'm also currently listening to If I Can't Have You by Gregg Olson. I have a little bit of a thing with true crime and this book is pretty crazy because it's obvious that her husband killed her. I'm really interested to see where this is going because apparently something happens to the children as well. 

Last Week on the Blog:

Book Review of I'll Meet You There by Heather Demetrios

Discussion of posting negative reviews on your blog

Can't Wait Wednesday: Strange Practice by Vivian Shaw

Book Review of Perfect Nightmare by John Saul

This Week on the Blog:

Book Review of Dear Daughter by Elizabeth Little

Discussing how many books I read at one time!

Book Review of The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis

Book Haul:

Clearly, I did a thing, I went to my local library because they were having a sale. This isn't even half of the books I picked up! They do a bag sale where you can fill a whole bag and it's only $5. So I stuffed my bag full. Here's what I got:

The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd

The Appearance of Annie Van Sinderen by Katherine Howe

The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri

Armada by Ernest Cline

The Distant Hours by Kate Morton

Shopgirl by Steve Martin

That's all for me this week. I hope everyone had a great week and that we all have all the time in the world to read what we want. Happy reading friends!