The Sunday Post/It's Monday, What Are You Reading?

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The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news. A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead. It's Monday, What Are You Reading is a fun weekly meme hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date where we share what we've read and reviewed over the past week and what we plan to read next.


It's been something of a mixed week for me, with some serious fun and some serious anxiety. I do have anxiety and while I usually manage it well with the right environment, diet, exercise and mindset, sometimes it just overwhelms me and leaves me a nervous wreck.
On top of that, my poor dog is sick. She picked up some kind of bacteria tthatgrows on the plant life here and now has an infection. She's on a cocktail of antibiotics and seems to be on the mend, but poor girl.

 A working vacation (emphasis on working) at a beach house definitely helped (though of course, the vacation was when my pup got sick) combat the anxiety and I'm feeling more myself now.

My yoga studio for the week: the third floor outdoor living room!
And yes, my yoga mat is in rough shape. :p

The rest of the view!

Fitness

I kept up with yoga, walking, and even did a 2 mile bike ride each night!

Steps

Sunday - 19,236 

Monday - 11,347

Tuesday - 12,877

Wednesday - 15,353

Thursday - 15,974

Friday - 7,759

Saturday -  11,345

Total - 93,891

This Week's Recap

Book Haul

Top Ten Tuesday: Unique Books

Waiting on Wednesday

TBR Thursday

Cover Lust, No. 60

Coming Up

Childhood Books

Top Ten Tuesday: Things That Make Me Want to Read  a Book

Waiting on Wednesday

TBR Thursday

Cover Lust, No. 61

Read This Week

4 stars!
It's one of those series that isn't the best but is still somehow ridiculously entertaining. 

3.75-4 stars!
Fun, kinda dumb in parts, but fun none the less!

4.5 stars! Audiobook
I could reread this series every month and not get tired of it. Because Bones. 

Currently Reading

It's not bad but it really needs to start wrapping up soon... .

About 15% into it and I'm enjoying it so far. Having a bit of trouble caring about the heroine, though!

What Will I Read Next?

Not sure...gimme some suggestions!

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Cover Lust, No. 55

Ever since she used the Firebird, her parents' invention, to cross into alternate dimensions, Marguerite has caught the attention of enemies who will do anything to force her into helping them dominate the multiverse—even hurting the people she loves. She resists until her boyfriend, Paul, is attacked and his consciousness scattered across multiple dimensions. 

Marguerite has no choice but to search for each splinter of Paul’s soul. The hunt sends her racing through a war-torn San Francisco, the criminal underworld of New York City, and a glittering Paris where another Marguerite hides a shocking secret. Each world brings Marguerite one step closer to rescuing Paul. But with each trial she faces, she begins to question the destiny she thought they shared. 

The second book in the Firebird trilogy, Ten Thousand Skies Above You features Claudia Gray’s lush, romantic language and smart, exciting action, and will have readers clamoring for the next book.

It's just so pretty!

Cover Lust, No. 54

This morning, Kady thought breaking up with Ezra was the hardest thing she’d have to do.

This afternoon, her planet was invaded.

The year is 2575, and two rival megacorporations are at war over a planet that’s little more than an ice-covered speck at the edge of the universe. Too bad nobody thought to warn the people living on it. With enemy fire raining down on them, Kady and Ezra—who are barely even talking to each other—are forced to fight their way onto an evacuating fleet, with an enemy warship in hot pursuit.

But their problems are just getting started. A deadly plague has broken out and is mutating, with terrifying results; the fleet's AI, which should be protecting them, may actually be their enemy; and nobody in charge will say what’s really going on. As Kady hacks into a tangled web of data to find the truth, it's clear only one person can help her bring it all to light: the ex-boyfriend she swore she'd never speak to again.

Told through a fascinating dossier of hacked documents—including emails, schematics, military files, IMs, medical reports, interviews, and more—Illuminae is the first book in a heart-stopping, high-octane trilogy about lives interrupted, the price of truth, and the courage of everyday heroes. 

I can't say I have much desire to read this book, but I just adore the cover. <3

Cover Lust, No. 46

Cloud Atlas meets Orphan Black in this epic dimension-bending trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Claudia Gray about a girl who must chase her father's killer through multiple dimensions.

Marguerite Caine's physicist parents are known for their groundbreaking achievements. Their most astonishing invention, called the Firebird, allows users to jump into multiple universes—and promises to revolutionize science forever. But then Marguerite's father is murdered, and the killer—her parent's handsome, enigmatic assistant Paul— escapes into another dimension before the law can touch him.

Marguerite refuses to let the man who destroyed her family go free. So she races after Paul through different universes, always leaping into another version of herself. But she also meets alternate versions of the people she knows—including Paul, whose life entangles with hers in increasingly familiar ways. Before long she begins to question Paul's guilt—as well as her own heart. And soon she discovers the truth behind her father's death is far more sinister than she expected.

A Thousand Pieces of You explores an amazingly intricate multi-universe where fate is unavoidable, the truth elusive, and love the greatest mystery of all.

This series has some of the most gorgeous covers I've ever seen!

Weekly Wrap Up

Hey, everyone! Hope y'all are having a good weekend. :) I've read a total of five books this week, which is pretty average for me while being as busy I am with my work and running my other blog.

Two new releases, a series conclusion, a series start, and a deliciously smutty (and currently free on Amazon!!!) compilation marks this week. Check em out below!

Never Never (Never Never #2) - Colleen Hoover and Tarryn Fisher
New adult, contemporary, romantic suspense
5 stars! Review to come within the next three days.

Maximum Ride Forever (Maximum Ride #9) - James Patterson
Young adult, adventure, romance, science fiction
2.5 stars. Review coming soon. This is one of the series that really got me into reading, and I'm so torn on the conclusion. 

Taste Me - A Collection of 27 Scenes from 2015
Adult, erotica and erotic romance
4 stars! I really enjoyed this deliciously dirty read. Review coming this coming week!
Free link!

The Retribution of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer #3) - Michelle Hodkin
Young adult, paranormal romance
3.5 stars. An enjoyable conclusion with one of the best sex scenes I've ever seen in YA, but left lots of questions unanswered. 

Life Blood (Cora's Choice #1) - V. M. Black
Adult, paranormal romance
3 stars.
Free on Amazon!