The Sunday Post


Happy Sunday! I hope you're all having a great weekend!

The Sunday Post is a weekly news meme hosted by The Caffeinated Reviewer. I'll be posting on the first Sunday of each month and I hope you'll join me.

I swear it has rained every weekend since my last Sunday Post. I couldn't hold off working on my garden any longer, so I worked outside in the wet and dreary weather when I usually spend those days in my rocking chair with a book.

But it's the first day in June and June is a very busy month (and usually beautiful, so here's hoping). Father's Day is headed our way, as is mine and my brother's birthdays, and the annual family vacation. Hopefully the vacation is rain free because I don't want to be trapped in a hotel room for the better part of a week.

It does look like I'm reducing my reading time to one book a month right now, having taken most of May to finish Circe by Madeline Miller, which wasn't that big a book. I've stopped working the OT to make some time for my horsey and my side gig (and for some reading of course). I just finished a thriller called The Whisper Man by Alex North and that will be my first post of June so check back tomorrow if mysery/thriller is your cup of tea.

My reviews for the month of May included:

I do need to get out to the bookstore with my Barnes&Noble gift card to pick up some beach reading, most of my current reads are e-books and I'm not taking my reader to a sandy beach, no way. So my long Currently-Reading list will get longer, but my To-Be-Read list will get shorter. But two of my most recent Currently Reading e-books are Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and 1984 by George Orwell. They're controversial classics that I've always wanted to make time to read and I thought I ought to get a move on it before Trump decides to ban them. I try to avoid political posts because they can offend half your readers, but there I said it anyway.

How are things in your neck of the woods?

Comments

  1. Live and LearnJune 1, 2025 at 7:37 AM

    There's wait list for Circe at the library, but I put a hold on it from your recommendation.

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  2. HarveeJune 1, 2025 at 10:22 AM

    I remember loving Circe when I read it some time ago. She's a great writer, the author!

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    1. Idea-ist @ GetLostinLitJune 7, 2025 at 9:55 AM

      I liked the ending didn't leave me as wrecked as Song of Achilles, even though I think SoA is probably the stronger book. I agree, she's a great author.

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  3. Al PenwasserJune 1, 2025 at 1:46 PM

    Fathers Day. Cool. I need a tie. Okay, not really.

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  4. Literary FelineJune 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM

    I hope the weather improves for you and that it is perfect for your upcoming vacation. Happy early birthday to you and your brother! My husband's birthday is this month too. I need to read The Book of Lost Things. It's been on my TBR for quite a while. Then I can get to The Land of Lost Things. I am so glad you enjoyed Circe. Romanticized as it may be, I loved Miller's version of Circe. I hope you have a great week and month of June!

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    1. Idea-ist @ GetLostinLitJune 7, 2025 at 9:56 AM

      I had never heard of Circe before, but I always found Greek mythology to be interesting subject and was excited to get a copy of it.

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  5. YvonneJune 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM

    June sounds like a busy month for you. I do hope your vacation is rain free. Hope you have a great week!

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    1. Idea-ist @ GetLostinLitJune 7, 2025 at 9:57 AM

      I want it to be rain free so badly. no sense in taking a beachside vacation if all its going to do is rain :-(

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  6. NickyJune 2, 2025 at 4:48 AM

    Hope you find some good reads for the beach, and some good weather for it too!

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    1. Idea-ist @ GetLostinLitJune 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM

      I'm pretty excited about my upcoming visit to the bookstore, even if my vacation becomes a washout.

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  7. Deb Nance at ReaderbuzzJune 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM

    Sorry it has been so rainy! Glad you were able to spend some time in your garden nevertheless!

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