THE SUNDAY POST is a weekly feature hosted by Kimba at The Caffinated Book Reviewer. It is a chance to recap the previous week, share news, showcase books and/or bookish things we have received, and tell about what is coming up on our blog in the next week. You can view the rules, HERE.
I am listening to the BROWN GIRL DREAMING audio book and I LOVE IT! My first audio book! I had some hand mending to do, so I started the book and couldn't stop listening. After I finished sewing, I did my nails and cut coupons. I ended up listening to 75% of the story!
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I got a few things in the mail and bought some ebooks (most of them were free). I didn't request or download anything from Netgalley or Edelweiss because I am still making my way throught several cookbooks I downloaded last week. I did however get the wonderful hardcover book I traded for...
ORLEANS was a standalone Dystopian my sister picked out for me from the library about three years ago, I think, and it was brilliant! No romance and a true friendship between a guy and a girl, with zero sexual tension, and no unrequited love. Priceless! The MC is of color as well as the author. This is one of those books I would give six stars to if I could. I have not reviewed it on the blog yet because, as with so many books I read before blogging, it slips my mind. The paperbacks are dirt cheap at Book Outlet right now, so I might buy a couple and have a little giveaway with a review soon. I am going to contact the author to see if she has some bookmarks she can throw in.
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I posted a TELL ME TUESDAY
And I finished reading The Sin Eater's Daughter. It started out around a four, went down to three stars, then down to 2.5 stars, but after an exciting ending went back up to three on Goodreads. All in all a disappointment. It ended in a cliffhanger of sorts, so I will be reading at least the beginning of the next book. Ha ha! I bought it for a special $2.99 ebook pre-order price. If I had paid full price, I would have been sad.
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UPCOMING WEEK
I have a stop on THE INFINITE tour on the 17th. I will have an interview with Lori M. Lee. I asked her questions from the Vanity Fair version of the famous Proust Questionnaire. You can see David Bowies's Vanity Fair interview, HERE. This is going to be my "thing" from now on for both author and character interviews. There is a nice giveaway included, so I hope you will stop by. I will be linking the interview to my review on the same day.
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I am going to start posting my favorite gif I have seen in my travels of the blogosphere every Sunday. At the end of the year I am going to do a post of my top ten gifs chosen from these weekly winners. Of course the first one would be from the ever so "gif-ted" Cait at PAPER FURY.
Thanks for the giggle, Cait!
Have a wonderful week!
Sad to hear The Sin Eater's Daughter was such a disappointment for you, La!
ReplyDeleteOrleans sounds like a very interesting book and I don't think it was in my radar before! I'm adding it to my GR list for sure!
I loved the beginning and the end of the book, but too many things in the middle took too much artistic license, in my opinion. I did like the plot though. :)
DeleteI've seen quite a few negative reviews about The Sin Eater's Daughter, I don't think I am going to read this one. I hope you enjoy your books this week! :)
ReplyDeleteCheck out my StS and The Sunday Post here!
If you do end up reading The Sin Eater's Daughter make sure to read it to the end because the last 20% is fab. I am hoping that is a good sign for the next book. It isn't difficult to keep reading, I was just rolling my eyes and clucking my tongue at tje story way too much!
DeleteYippee! I am so excited to hear your first audio was a success. I do mundane activity and even food shop with my headphones on. Now I am curious about Brown Girl.
ReplyDeleteYes! I am so happy I audio de-virginized myself. I can get much more done and much more "read"! Listening while grocery shopping is a great idea. :)
DeleteI've seen some pretty mixed reviews for Sin Eater's Daughter but I'm glad to hear you're enjoying Brown Girl. I've been playing around with audios for the last 6 months or so and am liking them. Weirdly I find it takes me longer to recover from an audio book than a print book. I need a few days in between audios for some reason. I love your background! Have a great week!
ReplyDeleteI don't think I have anything emotional in my audio library, so I can't test that on myself. I'll have to look for some audio tear jerkers and see what happens. I hope I can get back to my feather background quicker and more easily than what happened trying to change back from my Valentine's background!
DeleteOrleans went straight on my to-read list, thanks for telling us about it :) That chimpanzee is having a blast in the bath tub, lol ! By the way, your own Bloglovin widget is a lot prettier than Bloglovin's. Have a great week ;)
ReplyDeleteOrleans is definitely a book I am certain to reread more than once. I always look at bad reviews of books I loved on Goodreads before I review them, so I can refute them in my review, and most of the lower ratings (and even the 4 stars) cited the no romance for their reason for not liking the book.
ReplyDeleteI'm not familiar with Orleans! And unfortunately, I'm a bit of a black sheep and didn't like The Sin Eater's Daughter... like, at all. But that's okay. I hope you enjoy all of your new books!
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting my blog! Have a fabulous week :)
Alyssa @ The Eater of Books!
Ha ha! I enjoyed your review of Sin Eater's! YOU MUST READ ORLEANS! It is my number one YA recomendation. :)
ReplyDeleteBahahaa, that monkey gif is bloody hilarious! I ended up watching it several times XDD And thank you for reminding me about Orleans! I read a positive review about it and have wanted to give it a try, but haven't had time and consequently forgot about it o_O This must be amended ASAP!
ReplyDeleteFaye at The Social Potato
Yes, yes, yes! I will be so excited to know what you think of it. The MC, Fen, is wonderful. :D
DeleteYay for your first audiobook! I go through phases where I can't listen to one because it takes too much 'effort', but I'm thinking I'm going to pick one up this week and get back into it. I love that last gif, it's too good. I hope you have an awesome week Lala!
ReplyDeleteI cannot believe I have put off the audiobooks for as long as I have! I do a alot of bus riding and it will be a great break from listening to music all the time. Cait uses somwe crazy gifs. :)
DeleteI'm a multi-tasker so audible books are great for me. Glad you enjoyed your first one!
ReplyDeleteI'm going to check out Orleans. Looks great!
My Sunday Post - http://fuonlyknew.com/2015/03/15/whats-new-on-my-bookshelf-101-and-the-sunday-post/
Yes, Orleans is always my top recommendation. :)
DeleteOhh Orleans sounds super awesome! Go diversity. ^_^ Sorry you didn't love The Sin Eater's Daughter a bit more, though. Love that monkey GIF. ;)
ReplyDeleteAimee @ Deadly Darlings
The author of The Sin Eater's Daughter took way to many artistic license wanderings. Even Fantasy has to stick to the world's physics. Yes, yes, please read Orleans!
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