Welcome to my feature Chuckles Weekend Roundup where I will be looking at what books I've received, anything interesting I've done or bought or watched and other random stuff. I'll be taking a look back at what happened in my blogging world too, sort of like The Sunday Post that some of you do!
Please note that I'll be visiting your STS/SP as normal, but I don't follow or leave comments on blogs run by Google Plus, or DISQUS as I refuse to join something just to leave comments, and I won't allow DISQUS to follow new people, update my profile or post tweets 'on my behalf'. I am the only one who does that on my social media! I won't comment on any blog that makes me sign in using another account. Sometimes, I have problems leaving messages on blogs hosted by Wordpress-they try to block me because I deleted my account with them but I will persevere as it only happens the odd time!
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Another week has gone by and I must admit I'm tired. We're working on getting the kitchen reorganised and turning a junk cupboard into a shelved food storage cupboard. All food will be at a good height rather than crawling around on the floor to see into the back of the old one! I got most of it done yesterday and it wasn't as bad as I feared. We'll use the old cupboard to store things like my dad's bird food, bottled drinks and cans of juice and cleaning products. I've cooked a bit more, made soup and smoothies which is part of the healthier eating without starving regime for this year!
I did a bit of reading this week and I only have two of my required reads for the month ready to go, and then I can get on with mood reading until the month ends. My challenges are going well, the TBR is reducing, I'm fitting in good TV to watch and getting a few pesky tasks done on the computer. Very productive week! I am a little behind on my regular posts but I'll catch up with that at the weekend, and I'm motoring through the book reviews!
DOWNLOADS:
I picked up Into the Sounds, the sequel to Into the Mist and I'm reading both for my World Reads post next month which features New Zealand. I also found a short story featuring the same characters on an adventure in France. Nice!
PAPERBACKS
I snagged books 12 and 13 in a spin-off series from the Bug Out books by Robert Boren which I loved. As I've been pretty good overall I treated myself to a new-to-me author and zombie series book one!
Chuckles Blogging World
I've got a few things to catch up with but I should get that done this weekend. I need to go through my Kindle and note down every book I have on it, as I've already done with the Kobo. I then need to mark off which books on those lists have already been added to Goodreads and which still need to be added and get them uploaded. Ugh. Another job for this weekend!
Book Reviews
I got a few more off the review backlog done so I'm doing well with that. I'm still aiming to get all or most of last year's books reviewed by the end of this month.
Carrie Vaughn-Kitty in the Underworld #12
Carrie Vaughn-Low Midnight
Carrie Vaughn-Kitty Saves The World
Carrie Vaughn-Kitty's Greatest Hits
Martha Wells-Rogue Protocol #3
Martha Wells-Exit Strategy #4
Regular Posts
I went Around The Blogs to find the latest posts to share from all the blogs I visit. Cover Love looked at Elizabeth Briggs, Top Ten Tuesday was great new authors I tried last year and Books From The Backlog featured Haunted House.
Chuckles Cover Love
Around The Blogs With Chuckles
Top Ten Tuesday
Books From The Backlog
Discussion Posts
Chuckles Chuntering
Book Challenges
Reading Challenges Update 2
Book Review Backlog Challenge Update 2
Tackling the TBR
Special Posts
none this week
Book Tags/Blog Awards
Greek Gods Book Tag
Currently Reading/Up Next
I've been busier around the house this week so not as much reading time. I did read The Chalk Man and The Farm as planned, DNFed Alpha Farm which was poor and started on Into the Mists which I'll get stuck into tonight. I plan to read Into the Mist, a sequel to it and a short story with the same character. After that it is mood reading for the month so I'm still deciding what to read!
Reorganizing around the house can be so tiring! Especially the kitchen! So many things we keep there. Yay for cooking healthy foods Chuckles! I love soups in the winter :) good for the body and soul :)
ReplyDeleteSoup on a cold day is great to warm the bones but I hate getting all the cutting and blending done for it!
DeleteGood luck with the cleaning and reading!
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Thanks! My back is complaining about it!
DeleteQuite the busy week you have had again. I should reorganize some things around here also, but then I decide to read instead ;)
ReplyDeleteI was doing really well before my personal blackout hit! This week has been a bust but there is always next week!
DeleteCongrats on getting your kitchen organised. I had to do ours when we moved into the static last year and just deciding where everything should go is exhausting!
ReplyDeleteHappy to spot Tipping Point up there. Hope you enjoy it!
I'm pretty much on the last leg of the kitchen. I just need to get the floor deep cleaned then rearrange one more cupboard and the worst is over! It'll be great when it's all done! It sounds like you had a lot of work with your kitchen too!
DeleteRe-organizing feeds my soul in a good way. I just like having everything neat and tidy, and putting the time into it is very rewarding for me. Good luck with all your tidying up.
ReplyDeleteI like to have things tidied and my dad is more like a Tazmanian Devil leaving chaos in his wake! It drives me crazy!
DeleteOoh Into the Sounds sounds good! New Zealand is such an awesome setting. Glad the challenges are going well too! I'm looking forward to a nice relaxing weekend- hope yours is too!
ReplyDeleteIt was a decent book but it went too much into conspiracy and legends for my personal taste. The monster was fun though! This weekend I hope will be stress free!
DeleteI love weeks where you feel like you are getting a lot done. Glad the kitchen task went quicker than you thought it would. I am working to get all of the books I own in Goodreads but it is turning out to be a huge job. I hope you have a great week and enjoy your new books!
ReplyDeleteI'm getting there with getting the house up to scratch but all the recent stress has brought work to a halt along with a minor shoulder injury for my dad!
DeleteI can see why you're tired. Kitchens are a handful to reorganize. Into The Mist was a good one and I have the second book too. Thanks for the heads up on the short story that goes with the series. I snagged it!
ReplyDeleteOur kitchen is so small and awkward shaped that it has been a headache my whole life! It'll be improved when the work is finished next week! Into the Mist was decent enough but I didn't love it enough to read the second one.
DeleteGlad the cleaning/sorting/healthy eating is going well!
ReplyDeleteHopefully, you'll get some more time to yourself for reading this week.
I ruined that plan with a big cheese pizza tonight!
DeleteHave a good weekend! :)
ReplyDeleteLast weekend was stressful but this one should be better now most things are fixed!
DeleteI'm jealous of your productivity this week! Whoa! :D Go you.
ReplyDeleteThat was a pretty good week!
DeleteI've heard great things about Into the Mist!
ReplyDeleteInto the Mist was ok-good monster but a lot of legend stuff that wasn't quite my thing!
DeleteHow bad are your winters there? Seems like you have to do a lot of prep or are you just doing a seasonal overhaul like I do? lol
ReplyDeleteOur winters in my part of Scotland are pretty mild. December was cold but ok if you wrap up warm and we've had one snow day all winter. The northern US and Canada get it worse than Central Scotland. Up in the north and east of the country gets a lot more snow. We also get a few storms but nothing like the hurricanes.
DeleteI like to stock up my food and freezer during October so I don't have to go near the supermarkets through December and January when the Christmas shoppers are out! I hate shopping so living off what I store lets me go a couple of months without huge shopping trips!
You are always busy! You are great at getting through the books and reviews up. And I'm with you on not having to crawl on the floor for items in the kitchen. I spend a lot of time bent over trying to find stuff in the cabinets. lol. It would be nice to reorganize...I should make time to do that. :)
ReplyDeleteIt's a horrible job trying to organise a kitchen but it is worth it when the changes are done!
DeleteYou are doing amazing on your book challenges. I have to get my butt in gear with it and put it in some order. Order - that's a start.
ReplyDeleteMary
It's been so busy that I haven't got book reviews done since I got back online. Ugh this work on the kitchen is really tiring!
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