Weekly Mewsings: My Recent Reading Frenzy & Remember to Spring Forward

I am linking up to the Sunday Post hosted by Kim of Caffeinated Book Reviewer and The Sunday Salon (TSS) hosted by Deb Nance of Readerbuzz  where participants recap our week, talk about what we are reading, share any new books that have come our way, and whatever else we want to talk about. I am also linking It's Monday! What Are you Reading? hosted by Kathryn of Book Date where readers talk about what they have been, are and will be reading.

Hello! It was quite a week here with band performances, rainy days and sunny days, school, work, visits with friends, and all the usual. I need to remember to set my clocks ahead this weekend. I hope your week has been going well. I have not been sleeping well, although that is nothing new. It just seems worse than before. I just cannot seem to shake this exhaustion I feel. We finally took down our Christmas tree and the cats are happy to have the couch back under the window so they can sit on the back of it and look out during the day. 

On the health front, my Great Aunt is back home after her brief hospital stay and even briefer stay in a rehab facility. She seems to be doing better and is being set up with in-home services. Thank you for all of the well wishes! My mom is hoping to return to California from Washington sometime this next week if everything works out. One of my uncles and aunts here in California recently came down with COVID, and my aunt hospitalized for a short time. While there, the doctors discovered a severe obstruction in an aortic artery valve, which will require surgery. She will likely have surgery soon after she recovers from COVID. We are all hoping for the best. 

What have you been up to this weekend and past week?  

This week I finished three books. One of which was a re-read for my upcoming Diverse Romance Book Club: The Truth According to Ember by Danica Nava. I decided to try the audio version this time around since my library had a copy on CloudLibrary. I originally had read it in print last summer and it was among my favorite 2025 reads. The other two I read were Fate's Edge (The Edge #3) by Ilona Andrews and Haunting and Homicide (A Ghost Tour Mystery #1) by Ava Burke. I plan to post my thoughts on all three soon, but the short version: The Truth According to Ember was just as good the second time around; Fate's Edge is my favorite in the urban fantasy/romance Edge series so far; and I really enjoyed Haunting and Homicide--especially after just having gone on a real ghost tour this past weekend (my only regret is it wasn't in New Orleans where the book takes place)!

I am still reading Ida, In Love and In Trouble by Veronica Chambers. It took me a little bit to get into it, but I am enjoying it. It is a YA historical fiction novel about the great Ida B. Wells, and is the March selection for my Historical Mystery Book Club which meets in a couple of weeks. I also recently started Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott, a modern day re-imagining of Baga Yaga steeped in Jewish lore. 

What are you reading right now?

My TBR List was the idea of Michelle at Because Reading, and while Michelle has not been hosting this monthly event for some time now, it's one of my favorite traditions that I cannot bring myself to give up. It's just too much fun! The 1st Saturday of every month, I will list 3 books from my TBR pile I am considering reading and let you vote for my next read during that month. My review will follow (unfortunately, not likely in the same month, but eventually--that's all I can promise).

Thank you to everyone who voted in this month's TBR List Poll! The approaching spring has put me in the mood for fantasy and all of this month's choices reflected that. 

This will not be the month I finally read my first T. Kingfisher book, which is okay. It's time will come. A Sorceress Comes to Call came received four (4) only four votes. The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love (Love's Academic #1) by India Holton came in second with ten (10 votes). The winner this month is The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst, earning twelve (12) votes. The Spellshop made many people's favorites list last year and I am eager to read it finally!

Thank you  again to everyone for voting in this month's TBR List poll! 

What are you reading next? 

Following in the footsteps of Deb of Readerbuzz, who shares three good things in her Sunday Salon posts, I thought I would try to do the same. With all the worries and stressors in life, I want to highlight some of the good, even the seemingly small stuff. 

1. Seeing Mouse perform is always a joy. She plays the flute in her middle school band. They put on a good show for family and friends, showing off what they would be performing in an upcoming competition. 

2.  We had a fun time on the ghost tour last weekend, learning a little about the city's history and legends of haunts. We went out for a late night dinner after, which was a nice way to top off the night.

3. My cuddle buddy and shadow. She likes to follow me everywhere just about. Our morning routine recently has included her wanting me to pick her up and cuddle her to my chest as soon as I get out of bed. 

I hope you have a great week! Let me know what you have been reading!

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