Week in Review #120

How was your week? What did you get? The Week in Review is where I combine Stacking the Shelves, The Sunday Post and It's Monday! What are you reading?  If you have never joined in on these meme's you can check them out by clicking on the meme and it will take you to the host blog.

Hi everyone! Hope everyone has been having a great weekend. Staying dry if possible. It's nice and rainy here with an added storm now and then and I am really over the rain. They might grow May flowers but I am done...lol. Hope everyone has a happy Easter!

I had a fun time with my Aunt on Monday but all the walking got my bad knee flaring up and with the dampness of the weather it is really hurting, so haven't done a lot after that. I hate that my body keeps me from having fun. :(

Watched some fun movies this week. Watched the original Fright Night, Critters and The Octagon, all older movies and fun.

Have a great week!

Books I have added

Nothing!

Books I Read

• The Haunted Cave - Fun little Middle Grade spooky book. It's the third book in the Spooksville series.
• Cinderella After Midnight - Fun vintage romance though the female MC kind of annoyed me at times.
• The Dead Beat - From the author of Psycho and a bit more boring than Psycho. :( 
• Tripwire - I enjoyed it but I think I am getting spoiled by all the shorter books I have been reading lately as this felt like it dragged on a bit.
• Lair - Sequel to Rats and not much plot but lots of fun killer rats action. :) 

Currently Reading

• The Opec Objective - One of my Youtube subscribers sent this to me and it goes great for Old School April and so far lots of action and I am liking it. 
• Murder by Lamplight - So far I am enjoying this historical mystery about a lady doctor.
• Murder on the Ghost Walk - Cozy mystery from the early 2000s and it's not bad but just a little different.

How did your week go? Hope you had a great week!

Week in Review #119

How was your week? What did you get? The Week in Review is where I combine Stacking the Shelves, The Sunday Post and It's Monday! What are you reading?  If you have never joined in on these meme's you can check them out by clicking on the meme and it will take you to the host blog.

Hi everyone! Hope you all having a great day! Things are pretty good here. I love that it's starting to act more like spring should and not be FREEZING lol. Hope it's getting warmer for everyone else!

Watched a lot of fun old school movies this week. Life of a single lady with no kids, my time is my own...lol. I watched Flight of the Navigator, E.T., Gremlins, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Alligator, and a few more.

Books I have added

Nothing!

Books I Read

• Encyclopedia Brown Tracks Them Down - Reading for the nostalgia vibes as I read these as a kid.
• Welcome to Camp Nightmare - Working my way through the Goosebump books and this was fun.
• Say My Name, Say My Name - Fourth book in the House of Shivers series and it wasn't to bad.
• Taking the Fifth - The fourth book in the JP Beaumont series and it was good. These are fun and so old school.
• Once Upon a Hallow's Eve - It was a fun paranormal romance.
• Dial M for Mousse - Reread for a readalong and finding out I don't like this trilogy as much as I did when I first read it. Glad this was the last one. 
• Around the World in 80 Days - This was a lot of fun! I wasn't sure of it as it depends on the classic but it so fun.
• Ghostbusters - This was a little golden book and so cute! 

Currently Reading

• The Haunted Cave - Starting this one today.
• The Dead Beat - It's a bit slow, so wish it had an audiobook. On page 69 of 144.
• Cinderella After Midnight - This one is fun, I just haven't had a lot of time for eyeball reading. I am on page 85 of 192.

Have a great week and happy reading!

Week in Review #118

How was your week? What did you get? The Week in Review is where I combine Stacking the Shelves, The Sunday Post and It's Monday! What are you reading?  If you have never joined in on these meme's you can check them out by clicking on the meme and it will take you to the host blog.

I am so tired of the storms and rain and being COLD! It's spring, did Mother Nature not get the memo!?

So on Youtube there is a big event called Old School April and I am participating in it. I am on team Scoobies! So you will be seeing lots of old school reads this month (I mean you see a lot anyway, but maybe way more than normal...lol) It's a fun event so go check out Kelsi at Slime and Slashers!

You can also watch old school movies, so I went to the library and so far I have watched The Last Starfighter, Lake Placid and Rocky. :) Having so much fun!

Have a great week and happy reading!

What you might have missed on my blog

Review of Small Favors

Review of The Secret Detective Agency

Books I have added

• The Seaside Murders - I enjoyed The Secret Detective Agency, so was happy to receive the second book from Netgalley and Bookouture. :)

Books I Read

• The Secret Detective Agency - Finally finished up the eARC that I had been reading for a while. I enjoyed it, just a slow eyeball reader...lol.
• Small Favors - Loving my reread of The Dresden Files. 
• Rebecca - I have conflicted feelings about this book, I was really enjoying it up till the last 30% and it took a turn I wasn't expecting. 
• Throwback - Time Traveling kid and it wasn't bad but not exactly what I thought it was going to be.
• Queste - Well, I am sorry to say that even though I finished this book I think I am DNFing the series I just don't care and the books are getting larger and larger and nothing is happening. 
• Welcome to Smellville - A book about the Garbage Pail Kids and it was a bit to dumb for me.

Currently Reading

• Taking the Fifth - The fourth book in the JP Beaumont series and I am just really liking this series. 
• The Dead Beat - I have liked Psycho by this author so I am curious about this one from him.
• Cinderella After Midnight - This is not the cover I have (was to lazy to take a pic), but love my old harlequins! :)

How did your week go? Hope you had a great week!

Two Bloggers, One Series ~ Small Favors by Jim Butcher (Dresden Files #10)

Continuing out read of the Dresden Files. This is a reread for me and I am enjoying reading it again. I think by the time we catch up to the latest one an new one will be coming out first month of next year so that is cool and about time! After you read my review go on over and check out what Barb thought at Booker T's Review.

 Harry Dresden's life finally seems to be calming down -- until a shadow from the past returns. Mab, monarch of the Sidhe Winter Court, calls in an old favor from Harry -- one small favor that will trap him between a nightmarish foe and an equally deadly ally, and that will strain his skills -- and loyalties -- to their very limits.

Thoughts:

Poor Harry can never catch a break. Marcone has gone missing and Mab calls in a favor, one small favor, from Harry that probably test all his strengths and skills.

Mobster kingpin Marcone has been kidnapped by some supernaturals and Mabs wants him found, but it's not that simple. He ends up having to enlist his friends, Murphy, Molly, Thomas and even the Knights of the Cross. You know things are not going to go well! As with any of these books there is always way more at stake then what is stated at the beginning. Someone want the Archive (which is a person) so they must keep her from harm as well! Just loads of humor and action!

I love that this one involves a lot of my favorite characters. There is a lot going on but this far into the series I feel that they get harder to review, but I loved it as always! 

5 stars