Sunday Wrap-up: July 9, 2017

Hello everyone,

I'm racing to get this posted before midnight, as I have another one already lined up to be published. I try to spread out my posts throughout the week. But because I've made some good reading progress lately and I'm reading two different books, I thought I'd do this Sunday wrap-up.

My Reading Progress:

I have completed 2 books since my last update.

The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen

My Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟

I listened to this contemporary fiction in audio format via the Overdrive app. I enjoyed it and hope to read more from this author. 

The Day the Falls Stood Still by Cathy Marie Buchanan

My Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

I really liked this historical fiction set in Niagara Falls. Not only was it a great history lesson on my own province, but it is set in a location I've been several times. 

Currently Reading

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. 

Happy reading! 

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Currently Reading: June 19, 2017

Quick update: I meant to do a Sunday wrap-up yesterday, but due to the rainstorms we were having my internet was down.

My Reading Progress

I recently completed 2 books since my last update.

I found Marina Endicott's The Little Shadows to be beautifully written, but I had a hard time connecting with the characters. I gave this book 2.5-3 stars. 

If You're Gone by Brittany Goodwin is a book I was sent for review and centers around a young woman whose boyfriend goes missing. It was a quick read that I enjoyed. I gave it a 3.5 star rating.

Currently Reading:

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Sunday Wrap-up: June 4, 2017

Hello everyone,

Just a quick update today as I am quite tired. Charles is currently passed out on my arm (which is fall asleep itself) so I'm typing this post with one hand. Multitasking is definitely a huge part of parenthood, ha. Things are going well on my end though. I'm feeling good and keeping very busy. Thankfully I've been finding some time to read. Even sitting down and reading a couple of pages here and there is better than not reading at all. I especially like to have an eBook open on my Kindle for PC, during feedings. It seems that I've been doing most of my progress that way, which is fine because I have quite a few books downloaded in that app.

Problem with Blogger?
To those of you who use Blogger, have you noticed any trouble publishing and saving lately? I have been trying to update my pages, but my updates don't seem to save. Instead I keep getting a "Revert to Draft" option. I sent in feedback on this problem to Blogger, but have yet to hear back from them. Could it possibly be that the pages I am trying to update are at their maxim limit? If any of you could give me some advice on how to remedy this, I would greatly appreciate it.

My Reading Progress:

I completed The Littlest Cowboy this week. Thankfully it wasn't a long novel, as it wasn't really my cup of tea, but I hate not finishing a book that I've started so I read to the end. 

Currently Reading

Yes, I'm still plugging away at The Little Shadows. I'm determined to finish it this week though. 

This morning I began reading If You're Gone, a book that I was sent for review months ago, but haven't been able to get to until now. 

And that's all for now. I hope you all have a wonderful week.

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Sunday Wrap-up: May 14, 2017

Is wishing all the Mommy's out there a very Happy Mother's Day! 

Every year on Mother's Day my family and I go out for a special brunch. So earlier this week I called the restaurant to reserve our table, the man asked me how many mothers will be in our party. I went to respond with "one", but had to do a double take and correct myself. There are two mommy's now! Baby Charles will be a month old on Wednesday and I still find it surreal that he is mine. 

My Reading Progress:

I finished reading No Safe Harbor (Edge of Freedom, #1) by Elizabeth Ludwig, earlier this week. I read the second book in this series a couple of years ago and enjoyed that book more than this one. Still it was a decent story and I gave it 3.5 stars. 

Currently Reading

I have been working on reading The Little Shadows by Marina Endicott, for a while now. Its a longer book and moving along slowly. 

The Littlest Cowboy (The Texas Brands #1) by Maggie Shayne has been on my Kindle for PC TBR for quite a while now. I was just in the mood for an easy contemporary and this one seems to fit that bill. 

And that is all for now. 

Happy reading everyone! 

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Currently Reading: March 13, 2017

I didn't really have much of an update to do yesterday for a Sunday Wrap-up, so I decided to do a Currently Reading post instead..

Currently Reading

I'm still chipping away at The Empress Holds the Key. I'm currently at 72%, so hopefully it won't take me too much longer to complete. 

I also started reading A Man Called Ove, this past week. I am considering joined a local book club and this is the first book chosen. I'm not sure how much I will be able to commit to the club, or if I will even be able to attend the monthly meet-ups, but I like the idea of connecting with other book lovers in my community. 

Have you ever read A Man Called Ove? If so what did you think of it?

Hope you all have a wonderful week. 

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Sunday Wrap-up (On a Monday): February 20, 2017

Would like to wish everyone a very happy Family Day! And what a beautiful long weekend it was. The weather was almost spring like and the snow took a major hit. It was perfect for all the winter carnivals that were being held. I know we haven't seen the last of winter yet though as it is only late February.

I managed to be somewhat productive this weekend with my household chores, but I mostly just rested as friday's doctors appointments really wore me out.

About 8 more weeks left to go! Ahhh!

My Reading Progress:

Today I finally finished listening to the 4th Percy Jackson on audio via the Overdrive app.

Thankfully I was able to enjoy it a bit more, during the last half of the book. I gave it 3 stars and my review is scheduled for March 8.

Currently Reading

I'm slowly making progress with The Empress Holds the Key and I hope to complete Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet before the end of the month.

Hope you all have a wonderful week!

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Sunday Wrap-up: January 22, 2017

It's been a while since I last did a Sunday Wrap-up. I've been meaning to do one for the past couple of weeks, but we were having problems with our internet connection. I'm glad to be back online again.

What have I been up to? Doctors appointments and more doctors appointments. This past week has been especially busy, I was very thankful to be able to get some much needed sleep yesterday. We are all settled into our new apartment, but I'm not even half unpacked yet. Hopefully I can make a dent in the boxes this week. *Fingers crossed*.

I am now just over 27 weeks along in my pregnancy. Time is just flying by! I've been feeling great and looking forward to starting to set up my little guy's nursery.

My Reading Progress:

I am quite pleased with my reading progress lately. I've read more in the past several weeks than I have in months. It feels so good to be back on track.

I recently finished these two books:

• Skeletons in the Attic by Judy Penz Sheluk is a mystery novel. (Click the link to read my review)
• Highly Illogical Behavior by John Corey Whaley is a young adult contemporary. My review for this book will be posted this week. 

Currently Reading

• A Race to Splendor by Ciji Ware is a historical fiction set after the great San Francisco earthquake in 1906. I've had this one on my shelf for a long time now. Glad to finally be reading it. 
• The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4) by Rick Riordan. I'm listening to this on audio via my library's OverDrive app. 

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Sunday Wrap-up: October 30, 2016

Offline Ramblings:

Hello everyone,

Can you believe this is the last weekend in October? Tomorrow evening all the kiddos will be out in full force trick or treating. Next Halloween I will have my own little one to dress up. Although he or she will be still too little to go door to door. 

In baby news.. I'm finally starting to feel a bit better. The nausea isn't nearly as bad (thank God!) and I'm starting to have a bit more energy. We hope to find out the gender of our baby sometime in November. 

Last night (Saturday) was date night. We haven't gone out in quite a while, so it was long overdue. We went and did an Escape Room Adventure. Unfortunately we didn't complete the mission (we were so close), but we sure had a lot of fun. It was a great challenge and I'm looking forward to do another one sometime soon. 

Have you ever done an Escape Room before? If so did you complete the challenge before time ran out?

 My Reading Progress

I actually finished a book this week! I know its been a while since I've made any progress. 

It took me a lot longer than I anticipated, but I finally finished reading The Whiskey Sea by Ann Howard Creel. I rated this one 3 stars, as I had a bit of trouble connecting to the main character. I will be posting more of my thoughts on this book in an upcoming review. 

Next up in my TBR pile...

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Sunday Wrap-up: August 28, 2016

Offline Ramblings:

Hello everyone, 

I hope you are enjoying the last weekend of August. Where has the summer gone? I am really looking forward to the fall and cooler weather though.

I had so much to say in my last Sunday Wrap-up that I forgot to talk about the garden. We harvested all the beats and did we ever get a lot! The picture below shows only half of what was picked.

A bucket 'o beets. This is only half of what we harvested. #homegrownveggies #homegrown #ontarioproduce

A photo posted by Melissa Lee (@melissaleesmanyreads) on Aug 21, 2016 at 2:34pm PDT

It was enough to can 29 bottles. By the time we go through that lot we won’t want to see another beet again, haha. Next up is to bottle some carrots and then finally the pears, once they are ready. I’ve discovered that I enjoy working in the garden, watching it grow and harvesting all the vegetables. Unfortunately the raspberries didn’t turn out for some reason. I wonder if it was due in part to the very dry summer we’ve had. Ah well there is always next year.

My Reading Progress

This week I have been participating in the Bout of Book Read-a-thon and failing miserably. I was so excited to be participating at first. I made good progress for the first day or so, then it was like I just didn’t feel like reading. What a terrible time to fall into a reading slump, eh?

My Reading Progress

I did manage to finish 2 short books though. One of which has been on my TBR since before I began blogging, so I am happy to have finally gotten to it.

The Hidden Staircase (Nancy Drew, #2) by Carolyn Keene

This book was enjoyable, but not amazing. I decided on a 3/5 rating.

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

Such a wonderful story, but far shorter than I expected. I gave it a 4/5 rating. 

Currently Reading

I’m still working on the same books I was reading in my last Sunday Wrap-up.

On the Blog

Recent Posts

Monday: Bout of Books 17 Read-a-thon Master Post
Tuesday: Top 10 Tuesday: Top 10 Books That Have Been on My TBR Since 2013
Thursday: Book Review: The One Who Sees Me by Kandi J. Wyatt RATING: 2.5/5

Upcoming Posts

Tuesday: Book Review: The Obituary Society (The Obituary Society, #1) by Jessica L. Randall RATING: 3.5/5
Thursday: Monthly Wrap-up: August, 2016

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