Coming back from vacation sucks. Coming back from the beach to cold weather and disasters at work sucks even worse. I did get some writing done this week, in the form of three book reviews: Persephone’s Curse, by Katrina Leno, The Italian Secret, by Tara Moss, and The Rebel and the Rose, by Catherine Doyle. The middle book was just meh, but the first and last ones were pretty fantastic.
This week, I did zero writing. I worked Monday and Tuesday, then left for vacation, so….priorities. I hope you got some writing in! I’m hopeful maybe some beach time will inspire me as far as fiction-writing is concerned.
I only wrote one book review this week, The Memory Gardener, by Meg Donohue, but it was a fantastic read! The rest of the week was busy with work and getting ready for vacation this week–so don’t expect much writing!
This was a busy week. I only got two book reviews written: Break Wide the Sea, by Sara Holland and Evil Bones, by Kathy Reichs. Hopefully I’ll get more written this week, but I’m getting ready for vacation next week, so who knows?
I only wrote one book review, The Cathedral of Lost Souls, by Paula Brackston. It’s been a crazy-busy week: quick weekend trip to the coast to see my family (Yay for beach time!) for less than 48 hours, small surgery on Tuesday, busiest day of the month at work on Wednesday, Thursday was…eventful at work. I’m exhausted. I barely have the energy to read.
This was a much better writing week! I wrote four book reviews: The White Octopus Hotel, by Alexandra Bell, Final Cut, by Olivia Worley, The Dagger in Vichy, by Alastair Reynolds, and Introducing Mrs. Collins, by Rachel Parris. I highly recommend the first and last ones, but I’d skip the middle two if I were you.
I only wrote one book review, A Curious Kind of Magic, by Mara Rutherford, because I just did not have time to read this week. I was still too tired from all the nonsense last week. Hopefully, this next week will be better.
This has been a very rough week at work. I wrote three book reviews, Overdue, by Stephanie Perkins (This was the slowest of slow burns and ended up being kind meh for me.), Higher Magic, by Courtney Floyd (I DNFed this, but it’s for a blog tour, so I had to write a review.), and Mint to Be, by Katie Cicatelli-Kuc (Not bad, very cute, but predictable.).
I haven’t gotten much reading done this week, but Labor Day Weekend did give me time for reading and writing blog posts and book reviews: What I Read in August (2025), The Best Books I Read in August (2025), Charlie Quinn Lets Go, by Jamie Varon, Christmas People, by Iva-Marie Palmer, and Kitty St. Clair’s Last Dance, by Kate Robb.