The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news~ A post to recap the past week on your blog, showcase books and things we have received. Share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead.
Got a three-day leave from work and guess what I did. Vacation? No. I slept all day and tried out recipes I found on Google. Fortunately, they turned out OKAY. Not really perfect, but tolerable. LOL! It was a nice feeling to finally have the time to rummaged the kitchen and threw away things that got spoiled and organized everything again.
It was just so refreshing having to wake up in the morning without worrying about work for a change. Not setting the alarm before I sleep and just snuggle up in bed as long as I want the next morning. A break I really needed. I have also tweaked the format of my blog. Not the entire blog really, but how I post each. Like a post layout. Got a refresher for my rusty HTML skills. If you are a long time reader of this blog, you’ll notice the difference. 😀
Last Week On The Blog
- Currently Reading #21: Gates of Thread and Stone
- Teaser Tuesday #12: Gates of Thread and Stone
- Waiting on Wednesday #18 + First Two Chapters: Chasing Power
- Book Review: Gates of Thread and Stone
- Currently Reading #22: Winterspell
- Excerpt: Stone Cold Touch (The Dark Elements #2)
Next Week On The Blog
- Will check for recent updates for books I want
- Teaser Tuesday #12: Winterspell
- Waiting on Wednesday #18: I’m still torn between two books
- Book Review: Winterspell (If work will be tolerable and I’ll be able to finish this in a snap. Fingers crossed)
- Hopefully starts a new read 🙂
Currently Reading #22
Name: Winterspell
Author: Claire LeGrand
Number of Pages: 464 in Hardcover
Published: September 30th 2014 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult, Romance, Retellings, Historical Fiction, Paranormal
The clock chimes midnight, a curse breaks, and a girl meets a prince . . . but what follows is not all sweetness and sugarplums. New York City, 1899. Clara Stole, the mayor’s ever-proper daughter, leads a double life. Since her mother’s murder, she has secretly trained in self-defense with the mysterious Drosselmeyer. Then, on Christmas Eve, disaster strikes. Her home is destroyed, her father abducted–by beings distinctly not human. To find him, Clara journeys to the war-ravaged land of Cane. Her only companion is the dethroned prince Nicholas, bound by a wicked curse. If they’re to survive, Clara has no choice but to trust him, but his haunted eyes burn with secrets–and a need she can’t define. With the dangerous, seductive faery queen Anise hunting them, Clara soon realizes she won’t leave Cane unscathed–if she leaves at all. Inspired by The Nutcracker, Winterspell is a dark, timeless fairy tale about love and war, longing and loneliness, and a girl who must learn to live without fear.
Around the Blogosphere
I want to have this part dedicated to book lovers I’m following 🙂
- We Interrupt Our Regularly Scheduled Programming by BooksBonesBuffy
- Sunday Say-Again by BookW0rmTales
- [Rezension] Bound by Blood Von Cynthia Eden by BookGatherer
- September Book Haul 2014 by WordsWeHeart
- Fictional Bucket List #15 by TheRoamingLibrarian
Newly Owned to Read #4
I’ve sworn not to acquire new books because I have a LOT lined up to read and I’m really having trouble squeezing my Me Time aka time to read on my hectic work schedule, but these are gorgeous. I can’t help it. Sorry, I’m not sorry 😀
Do you have a Sunday Post too? Please leave your links on the comment box. I’ll check them out 😀
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EverythingNyze 
Oh yay City of Stairs! Hey those books all look really good together:-)
I’m so happy with my new books. So excited! Thanks! ♥
Nyze..that three day leave sounds wonderful. Our house guest leave on the 7th and I am hoping next weekend we can just sleep in and watch tv and read 🙂 Have a wonderful week!
Oh! Hoping you’ll have the rest you needed. Have a wonderful week too! ♥
You are exactly like me. I had four days off this week and all I did was waking up late and reading books lol but we have to face usual Monday after all *sigh*
hope you enjoy your week!
I couldn’t agree more. Sigh. LOL! Have a nice week too! Thanks for dropping by 🙂
Hi. Lovely blog you have here. I love your addition to the Sunday post where you add some posts from blogs you have been reading and loving. It’s a nice touch. The Woman on the cover of Winterspell looks really like Emma Watson don’t you think?
Oh my! Thanks! That’s basically letting my friends know that I’m reading their blog and not just following them for the sake of them following me too 🙂
You’re right. They somehow look alike. Thanks for dropping by! ♥
I really want to read Illusions of Fate and Trial By Fire! They seem so interesting! Here’s mine http://ofbooksandbookthoughts.blogspot.com/2014/10/sunday-post-october-5.html 🙂
I’ll post reviews as soon as I finished reading. Thanks! ♥
Glad you had some time off to just relax! There’s nothing better than not having to set your alarm clock 😀
Definitely! Thanks for dropping by ♥
Hope you enjoyed your mini vacation! I love trying new recipes 🙂 Also those books look great! Especially Shannon Messenger’s I love those covers! Have a great week!
Thanks Dear! Perhaps you have a recipe to share. Have a great week too ♥
Those are some lovely covers. Looks like happy reading for you. I have a 3 day weekend coming up this next week and look forward to it. Now I just need to get through til Friday. LOL
Here is my Sunday Post – http://fuonlyknew.com/2014/10/05/whats-new-on-my-bookshelf-81-and-the-sunday-post/
Hope you’ll enjoy your long weekend this week. Thanks! ♥
Oh your break sounds amazing! I love experimenting with new recipes as well. Always a lot of fun – especially if it goes well. Have a great week and enjoy your new books!
Do you have recipes to share? LOL! Have a great weekend too! ♥
It is wonderful having a break and organizing things, too. And now you can read your lovely new books…I am curious about Illusions of Fate.
Thanks for visiting my blog…enjoy your week!
Everything in the kitchen is tidier now than usual. LOL! I’ll post book reviews as soon as I can 🙂 Thanks!
Ooo City of Stars sounds so good! Hope you enjoy 🙂
A lot are talking about it. Really hoping it’s great 🙂
even though these are not genres I read, the covers look great, enjoy!
Thanks! What genres do you usually read? 🙂
as you an see on my blog, my favorite genre is historical fiction; then literary fiction
Then I recommend The Winner’s Curse. You might like it 🙂
hmm, the synopsis seems to be pointing more towards the fantasy genre. Historical fiction refers to a very specific time in history, with real characters and historical facts in the background. I don’t see any of this in the synopsis
Oh believe me, I read it. It’s not fantasy. It was misleading. Perhaps, you could give me suggestions so I could try reading historical fiction too 🙂
Ooooh how is Winterspell??? Love the cover, the fact that it takes place in 1890s NYC and is about characters we already know. I hope it’s great!
Have a great week. Here’s my The Sunday Post
It’s too early to tell, but I’ll post my book review as soon as I’m finished. Have a great week too! ♥
Hey, I would totally consider that a vacation. lol. Ooooh hope you enjoy Illusions of Fate.
A vacation. Indeed. LOL! Thanks! ♥
I keep telling myself I am not going to get any more books and then I go check out what everyone is reading and getting and there goes the TBR pile…lol. 🙂 Hope you enjoy all your new reads! Thanks for stopping by my blog.
I really can’t help it. I got tons now, plus the trouble of getting more time to read. I am posting ONE review per week these past couple of months and that’s lame! I hate it. LOL. Have a great week ahead! ♥
Time off from work is always nice. Glad you enjoyed your break… Winterspell looks interesting, and your new ones look good too. I like the cover of Illusions of Fate.
I like that one too! Really gorgeous. I’ll post the review as soon as I can. Thanks for dropping by. ♥
Sleeping is awesome, and cooking, gotta eat when you get up from sleeping!
Enjoy your new reads, a few of them I want to get my hands on!
Thanx for visiting My Weekly Wrap-Up!
Naomi @ Nomi’s Paranormal Palace
I love that combination. Sleep, eat, eat and sleep. LOL! Perhaps we could share thoughts on those books 🙂 Thank you too ♥
Winterspell! I’ve seen that book on a few blogs now and think the cover art is just beautiful. I hope you’re enjoying the story, it’s one I might check out myself some time.
It’s too early to tell but I’ll post the review as soon as I can. Thanks! ♥
Three days off from work sounds great! Glad you enjoyed it. Your books look wonderful. Have a great week!
Thanks! Have a great week too 🙂
You have some amazing books there! I’m really curious about Messenger of Fear but I think you’re right to be sorry, not sorry! I want those too! Have a great week!
Haha! I totally agree. I’ll post reviews as soon as I can 🙂
Sleeping and cooking sounds a great way to spend a couple of days, so I hope you enjoyed yourself! Love the covers of your new books – they all look absolutely gorgeous! I hope you enjoy them and that you have a good week.
I did, thanks! Have a great week too 🙂
Sounds like a lovely break! Your new books look beautiful together. And thanks for the reminder – I need to read Winterspell.
Oh thank you! Yeah, you might want to try reading it 🙂
Trying out recipes sounds like a great way to spend your vacation! I lvoe trying out new recipes, although it’s a bit disapointing when they turn out bad. Glad to hear yours turned out okay.
Yeah, it is disappointing. Especially if my son prefers ordering take outs than trying out one of my experiments. LOL!
Wow seems like you had a refreshing week!
I really want to read Let The Sky fall because I absolutely adore that authors other series!
Thanks for stopping by The Story Goes and have a lovely week!
What else did she write? I would want to check them too 🙂 Have a lovely week as well! 🙂
Yay for 3-day weekends! I love no alarm days! My daughter and I are trying some new dishes out and they didn’t turn out too bad. The boys don’t like to try new foods though. Party poopers.
Oh my son didn’t want to try it too. LOL! Thanks for dropping by! ♥
Aw, it’s great you got a relaxing break. 🙂 Wow, those books are completely gorgeous! Gorgeous covers are such a weakness. I’ve been looking forward to Illusions of Fate and Trial by Fire. Hopefully you’ll be able to review and read more this week. 🙂
I’m so eyeing those two. I’m also a sucker for gorgeous covers! 🙂 I’ll post reviews as soon as I can. Thanks!
Congrats on trying some recipes and sorting your kitchen, it’s something I know I really know I need to do as my fridge is a nightmare. Happy reading.
Would you believe? I found stuff from 2 tears back. LOL! Thanks for visiting! ♥
City Stairs looks good, hope you enjoy!
It really looks amazing. Thanks! ♥
Glad you enjoyed your time off work to relax. Hope you have a great week.
Thanks Babe! Have a wonderful week ahead too ♥
Is that Kristen Stewart?
I don’t think so, but a lot are asking about it. Some even said it’s Emma Watson.
I’m really intrigued by Winterspell, so I’ll be looking forward to the review! And that totally looks like a mashup of Emma Watson and Kristen Stewart on the cover.
Oh sorry. Ive set this aside to read Blood of Olympus. I agree with the mashup though 🙂
Lovely covers on all your new books, and I’m really curious about Winterspell. Thanks for visiting my Sunday/Monday post.
Thank you too ♡
Time off from work is really nice and so it’s good you were able to relax and do things you enjoy. I loved Trial by Fire so I hope you like it. And I can’t wait to read Winterspell and Illusions of Fate! Thanks for stopping by my blog and have a great week!!
Oh really? Do you have a review that I can read? Thank you too! Have a wonderful week.
So glad you enjoyed your days off! So important to do those.
The new haul looks AWESOME.
Thanks sweetheart! ♥
I really can’t blame you for those books you grabbed. 🙂 I hope you enjoy/ed Winterkill. Definitely a unique setting and story. I should be posting my review this weekend or next week. Thanks for stopping by earlier in the week!
I’ll be waiting for your review. Thank you too 🙂