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I cannot believe that 2014 will be over in 3 days!!!! How is that possible?! I feel like the older I get, the faster time flies, and oh how true that is!
Christmas this week was absolutely wonderful! My hubby had the week off and we headed home to spend the entire week with our extended families. On Christmas we spent the day with my in-laws and I got the wonderful news that I will be an aunt again x2!!!!!
I’m so excited!! I can’t wait to spoil them rotten 😀 The day after Christmas was spent with my family. I’m an only child so it’s a lot calmer than at my in-laws. Liam is the only grandbaby and the rest of the people that come are over 60 (minus my parents 😉 They haven’t hit that milestone yet!) so Liam gets super-spoiled by two great-grandmothers who love him dearly and will do ANYTHING he asks them to do…including playing monsters and hide-and-seek 😉 It was so cute!
However as I write this I’m trying to figure out how to get all of Liam’s spoils home. Our car was full coming down here and well…he got a LOT of toys this Christmas from two doting grandparents. One is that giant space rover that Imaginext has been advertising…yeah it’s a lot bigger than it looks in the commercial. The other gifts he got includes a lot of TMNT toys, one his uncle got is a blimp that is 30 inches in length….
How was your week? I really enjoyed it! Tonight (or rather last night now, as I’m writing this early on Saturday) the hubby and I are heading out with his brother and sister and their spouses for a kids-free night. I’m excited! Can’t wait to have some grown-up fun, which for me will probably consist of just eating a meal and seeing a grown-up movie in the theaters 😉
Currently Reading
Yes, I know…it’s the same book as last week, but this week has been SO busy I haven’t really had the chance to read. I’m a little over halfway though so I expect to finish it quickly.
Last Week on the Blog
- Merry Mondays #4 – Every Time a Bell Rings…
- Top Ten Tuesday #20 – What to Get a Bookworm for Christmas
- My Own Mr. Darcy by Karey White ★★★★
- Tim Cratchit's Christmas Carol by Jim Piecuch ★★★★★
- Sunday Post #14 – Christmas is Over, Time for the New Year
Coming Up this Week
- Merry Mondays | New Year’s Resolutions
- Lost Energy by Lynn Vroman – cover reveal 😀
- Top Ten Tuesday | “Top Ten Goals/Resolutions For 2015 — bookish, blogging or otherwise!” via Broke and Bookish
- Suspicion by Alexandra Monir – review
- Marked by Sarah Fine – review
- Ice Country by David Estes – review
- December ’14 in Review – monthly rewind
- Saturday Shorts | Spearwood Academy Vol. 3 & 4 by A.S. Oren – reviews
- 2014’s a Wrap! – yearly recap
On The Blog
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This Week’s Book Fix
I was a good girl despite the severe temptation with my Kindle and all the books that were on sale and free this week 😉 Still I came away with a good haul of books! As always, covers link to Goodreads.
Kindle Freebies
- Swan Song & Knockout by Tracey Ward
- Queen of Someday by Sherry Ficklin
- Aftermath by Sandy Goldsworthy
- Love is a Verb: 365 Daily Inspirations to Bring Love Alive by Gary Chapman
Purchased
- Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter
For Review
- Spearwood Academy Vol. 4 by A.S. Oren – this was a complete surprise and awesome Christmas present for me when I found it sitting in my email on Christmas Eve! Thanks A.S.!!!
- The Vanishing Girl by Laura Thalassa – Thank you Amazon publishing (Netgalley)! I technically already own this book, but it is being re-released (?) I believe and I’ve yet to read it. Now I have an excuse 😉
What are you reading this week?
With the year coming to a close, I’ve been doing a lot of reflecting on what I have read this year and what I want to read next year. This week will be packed with putting up the Christmas decorations and showing Liam the gift of giving as we go through some old toys for donation. But really, I can’t wait to see what this year brings 😀
I downloaded Alice in Zombieland earlier this year. I think it was free on iBooks one week.
I hope you enjoy your date night. Happy New Year!
Terri M., the Director
Second Run Reviews
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I’m looking forward to reading it. It was on sale cheap on Amazon this week and I couldn’t pass it up 🙂 Happy New Year!
I do enjoy all things Alice in Wonderland…so even though I have mixed feelings about zombies, I am definitely curious about Alice in Zombieland. Enjoy!
Thanks for sharing your Christmas and “auntie” news. Grown-up nights out are always a wonderful break, so enjoy them when you can.
Enjoy the New Year…and here are MY WEEKLY UPDATES
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Thank you! I can’t wait to spoil them rotten. They are due two weeks apart this summer!
Hope you enjoyed your Christmas! Happy New Year!
Sounds like a wild and crazy Christmas..mine is much calmer..I have no kids and I just go to my aunts house. 🙂
I hope you enjoy your new reads!
Happy New Year!
Stormi
Stormi recently posted…Out With The Old/In With the New: July 2014
It was crazy but I wouldn’t want it any other way 😀
Happy New Year!
Congrats on becoming an aunt again! Sounds like you had a fun if crazy Christmas. I have to go see if Queen of Someday is still on sale. It’s been on my TBR for awhile. Have a great week and a happy New Year!
Katherine @ I Wish I Lived in a Library recently posted…This Week in Reading – December 28
Sounds like you had a wonderful Christmas! Congratulations on your upcoming niece or nephew. And I hope you have a terrific week, including your grown-up night.
Lark @ The Bookwyrm’s Hoard recently posted…Sunday Post – 12/28/14
Thank you! We had a wonderful crazy week. Hope you have a good one 🙂
I don’t do zombies. But I would love my own space rover. And it is great you had a nice time.
steph at fangswandsandfairydust recently posted…In Between: The Sunday Post
I’m still new to zombies but they’ve kinda become a guilty pleasure 😉 Happy New Year!
I’m in David Estes’s Goodreads group but I still have to read his books (embarrassing).
Enjoy the books!
Constanze recently posted…Top 14 of 2014
I’m in his group too 🙂 Love him! I hadn’t read any of his books until this year and he is now one of my favorites! Start with the Dwellers series. Awesome YA dystopian 😀
Glad you had a fantastic Christmas, and congrats on being an aunt again (x2- even better!!) I’m currently (finally!!) reading Cinder by Marissa Meyer which is really good.
ShootingStarsMag recently posted…Batman Detective Comics: Faces of Death + iZombie Series
Nice to hear that you had a blast celebrating Christmas! Alice in Zombieland looks amazing and nice haul BTW. Happy New Year babe ♥
PS: I love your new layout 🙂
Nyze recently posted…My Week in a Wrapped #14
I just can’t stop myself with these one-click Amazon freebies!! 😆 Thank you! Happy New Year!