Welcome to this week’s Sunday Post. This feature is brought to you by The Caffeinated Book Reviewer, so swing by after you are done here and get the full list of participants!
What I Reviewed:
- [3 Nov] #SundayPost: Yay for November
- [4 Nov] Leave Me Breathless by Jodi Ellen Malpas ★★★★½
- [5 Nov] The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams ★★★★½
- [6 Nov] WWW Wednesday!
- [8 Nov] #FreebieFriday: November 8th
What’s Coming Up:
- Restless Rancher by Jennifer Ryan
- Twist of Fate by Jill Shalvis
This Week’s New Releases:
Open Giveaways:
- Book of your choice from my October reads!
What I Found Online:
I’m not saying teacher in services are like this, but it certainly is what I imagine one of the circles of Hell is like…
This Week’s Book Haul:
From Berkley:
Non-Bookish News:
Happy Veteran’s Day tomorrow to all the Vets out there! To celebrate, I had a nice lunch with my Dad on Friday. We usually go out for lunch once a month when I’m off in the summer, so it was nice to sneak in a day during the school year.
Last week I had parent teacher conferences. Those always make for a LONG day. Full day of work then conferences from 3-8. This week I have a meeting every day after school so its another week of long days. But, Thanksgiving it coming soon and with it almost a week off.
I haven’t been reading as much. Most of the reviews I’ve shared recently are books I read a while back. Now I have reached the point where I have nothing read for upcoming reviews and I can’t seem to get into the headspace to read. I think its stress related. I have been clenching my jaw so hard I get terrible headaches. I don’t even realize I’m doing it until my head is pounding and my jaw feels like I spent the day chewing rubber non stop. I have an appointment with my shrink on Tuesday so I am hoping maybe she has some ideas on how I can stop. Seriously, I’m afraid I’m going to break my jaw.
I am finding myself branching out from romances. I have been listening to some thrillers and suspense audios. I have listened to The Guardians, Private, and Invisible by James Patterson and they were great. Now I’m listening to Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware and so far, its pretty great too! So, hit me up with your recs if you have books similar to these. I love legal thrillers!
So, whats new with you this week? Did you read any of the same books I did? Did you find any great book deals I need to grab ASAP? Let me know in the comments!
Sorry to hear you are so stressed out. Sounds like you have a lot going on at work. I hope the upcoming break and your doctor’s appointment can bring you some relief. Look at you reading outside romance, and enjoying it. That’s great!
I’m proud of myself for branching out. I hope that by branching out, I can reach some other readers and maybe get them to try a romance!
I used to wake up with an aching jaw from clenching my teeth and it was definitely stress related. I started thinking of happy memories while going to sleep and it seemed to help. I’m seriously wanting to read the Ninth House!
I seem to clench mine all day long!! At night its not as bad. I’m excited for the Ninth House!
Samantha I hope your shrink will be able to ease your stress! But you have long days and busy weeks! Plus with your hearing problems and all maybe now is a little bit too much!
Yes, my life is a bit of a dumpster fire right ow that I am sure is NOT healthy.
OMG I listened to the TUrn of the Key by Ruth Ware a few weeks ago and it was SO GOOD! I hope you love it as much as I did. Sorry about the headaches and jaw-clenching. I hope the shrink is able to help 🙂
And your previous and current week teaching is exactly why I’ve decided I have to make a career switch. It’s so many late nights and bringing work home – I don’t know how to balance it and being a good mom, or at least the mom I want to be. No judgement on those moms who work those hours, it’s just not for me anymore! I hope this week is the last of long hours before your holiday break. Have a good one 🙂
Yeah, teaching has certainly NOT been kind to me. But, honestly, I don’t know what else I could do. I mean, I graduated in 2003 with my BA and the economy was getting crappy and by the time I got my teaching license in 2007 it was in the tank. Now I have a BA in History, MEd in Middle Childhood education, and licenure in k-12 special ed, TESOL, and Reading along with my 4-9 Social Studies and Science.
Having lunch with your dad sounds nice. My husband will drag me out tomorrow to get free meals using my ID tomorrow. XD I’ve been enjoying some thrillers lately too. I’ll have to get back to you with some recs!
Yes, give me all the recs!!! Enjoy your free meals tomorrow!! You have earned it!
I hope things improve for you and your stress is less. I’m a big fan of thrillers / mysteries. The ones which come to mind are Karin Slaughter, William Kent Krueger, David Baldacci, and Kelly Armstrong’s Rockton series. Oddly, I have listened to all of these on audio. It’s a favorite genre so I am sure I can think of more. Take a moment for yourself and dream of the Thanksgiving break!
Anne – Books of My Heart
Thanks for the support and the recs. I have seen several Karin Slaughter books so I might grab one of those. Or David Baldacci-hes an icon!
Sorry to hear you’re suffering stress related physical pains. Hope you get some relief!
Glad to see you loved The Bromance Book Club, too! When I read a lot of romances and need a change thrillers are a great change of pace. The Girl in Red was a fun end-of-the-world sort of read. The audio was wonderful!
Soul Crushing Meeting lol. So true!!!
Hope you have a good week in spite of the long conference days! That sounds exhausting.
I like a good thriller. It’s funny I never used to read ’em and now I read a ton of them, seems like!
I hope you find a way to reduce your stress levels.
There are a lot of great Romantic suspense series you might like to try, like Laura Griffin’s Tracer series, and of course JD Robbs In Death series
Wishing you a great reading week
I know exactly what you mean about not wanting to read and thinking it’s stress-related. Hopefully, you’ll speak to your therapist and find a good way to let go of the stress and the tension you’re carrying. As for some good thrillers, I just read My Sister’s Grave by Robert Dugoni, it was good and it sucked me in pretty quick.
good thing you got a week off coming up. i have issues with headaches and grinding teeth. i find myself with my shoulders up to my ears. i have some physical therapy exercises i try to do every day. it’s one of those things i just have to learn to live with. hope you have some great holidays
Sounds like work has been extra busy… and stressful. I hope you can find some relief from the stress (and all the jaw clenching and headaches). Sometimes branching out from the usual genre is fun. I don’t do it often but once in a while I pick a (light) fantasy or a domestic drama and it’s a nice switch-up from the norm. I think we’re both counting the days until the Thanksgiving break!