Weekly Update | 12-4-22

December 4, 2022 ~ Joanna @ TheGeekishBrunette ~ 11 Comments

Hello Lovely Bookworms!

This week was pretty slow so there isn’t much to report, lol. I’ve just been reading and playing the new expansion for World of Warcraft!

Death Checked Out by Leah Dobrinska (arc) ⭐⭐⭐
Pride and Protest by Nikki Payne (🎧) ⭐⭐⭐✨
A Fire Endless by Rebecca Ross (arc) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

HOW WAS YOUR WEEK? DID YOU DO ANYTHING FUN OVER THE WEEKEND? READ ANYTHING GOOD THIS WEEK? LET ME KNOW IN THE COMMENTS!

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Weekly Update |10-30-22

October 30, 2022October 30, 2022 ~ Joanna @ TheGeekishBrunette ~ 12 Comments

Hello Lovely Bookworms!

This week was pretty slow but also felt like it went by fast. Yesterday we went to get pizza since it’s what we usually do as a family around Halloween. It’s a holiday we don’t celebrate and so we do something together so my daughter doesn’t feel like she is being left out of something. It’s now going on as a 6 year tradition, haha.

We went to the library and I picked up some books as well. They have been two I have been eyeing so we will see if I like them!

No reading has been had this weekend but with 40 books under my belt for the month (manga included) I don’t feel bad, lol.

I hope you all have been having a great weekend! Enjoy the photos of my pumpkin and an amradillo!

Empire of Exiles by Erin M. Evans (arc) ⭐⭐⭐
Buried in a Good Book by Tamara Berry ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Crown of Bones by A.K. Wilder (🎧) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Deadly Summer Nights by Vicki Delany (🎧) ⭐⭐
The Frost Goblin by Abi Elphinstone (🎧) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Blackmail and Bibingka by Mia P. Manansala ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Riley’s Ghost by John David Anderson (🎧) ⭐⭐
The Poison Season by Mara Rutherford (arc) ⭐⭐

HOW WAS YOUR WEEK? DID YOU DO ANYTHING FUN OVER THE WEEKEND? READ ANYTHING GOOD THIS WEEK? LET ME KNOW IN THE COMMENTS!

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Weekly Update | 10-23-22

October 23, 2022 ~ Joanna @ TheGeekishBrunette ~ 15 Comments

Hello Lovely Bookworms!

This week has been pretty busy but we got to see family yesterday so that was nice! We also ate a lot because one side took us out for breakfast and the other for lunch, ha. I won’t complain though because free food!

I haven’t read anything over the weekend but that usually happens and it’s nice to get to spend time with people. Plus, I had to go admire the chickens as it was so nice outside! I even have them carving my pumpkin for me.

Other than that, everything is about the same.

I hope you all have been enjoying your weekend!

Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter (KU) ⭐⭐⭐
The Secrets We Keep by Cassie Gustafson (arc) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (🎧) ⭐⭐⭐
Two Wrongs Make a Right by Chloe Liese (arc) ⭐⭐⭐
A Wilderness of Stars by Shea Ernshaw (arc) ⭐⭐
The Apothecary Diaries Vol. 1-6 by Natsu Hyuuga (manga) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Holiday Swap by Maggie Knox (🎧) ⭐⭐⭐✨
Out of My League by Sarah Sutton (KU) ⭐⭐⭐✨

HOW WAS YOUR WEEK? DID YOU DO ANYTHING FUN OVER THE WEEKEND? READ ANYTHING GOOD THIS WEEK? LET ME KNOW IN THE COMMENTS!

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Weekly Update | 8-21-22

August 21, 2022 ~ Joanna @ TheGeekishBrunette ~ 13 Comments

Hello Lovely Bookworms!

This week was filled with school and chickens!

School has been going great for my first grader. I think we are finding our groove for the homeschooling program and she seems to be enjoying it. She still isn’t a fan of language arts but I told her she can’t be a good reader like me without it. 😂

The chicken coop got cleaned out yesterday and their run is now mowed. It’s a lot of work! But, they bring joy and I could sit out there for an hour and just watch them. It’s the simple things isn’t it?

Other than that, reading has been going well. I’m not quite where I wanted to be with my September arcs though. I still have six left but at least they are for the last half of the month.

I hope you all have been having a great weekend!

Funny Feelings by Tarah Dewitt ⭐⭐
I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy (🎧) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Defend the Dawn (Defy the Night #2) by Brigid Kemmerer (arc) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
In the Weeds (Lovelight #2) by B.K. Borison (arc/🎧) ⭐⭐
Wild is the Witch by Rachel Griffin (🎧) ⭐⭐
The Ballad of Never After (Once Upon a Broken Heart #2) by Stephanie Garber (arc) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Empty Smiles (Small Spaces #4) by Katherine Arden (🎧) ⭐⭐⭐⭐

HOW WAS YOUR WEEK? DID YOU DO ANYTHING FUN OVER THE WEEKEND? READ ANYTHING GOOD THIS WEEK? LET ME KNOW IN THE COMMENTS!

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Weekly Update | 8-14-22

August 13, 2022August 13, 2022 ~ Joanna @ TheGeekishBrunette ~ 14 Comments

Hello Lovely Bookworms!

This week has been very busy between car problems/getting them fixed and taking my daughter to the doctor for a tick bite. It’s been a wild ride.

Today and tomorrow we will be spending time with family which means it will be a slower couple days and that is fine with me!

I hope you all will be having a lovely weekend as well! ❤

Monsters Born and Made by Tanvi Berwah (arc) ⭐⭐
The Make-Up Test by Jenny Howe (arc) ⭐⭐✨
The Second Blind Son by Amy Harmon (🎧) ⭐⭐⭐⭐

HOW WAS YOUR WEEK? DID YOU DO ANYTHING FUN OVER THE WEEKEND? READ ANYTHING GOOD THIS WEEK? LET ME KNOW IN THE COMMENTS!

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Weekly Update | 8-7-22

August 7, 2022 ~ Joanna @ TheGeekishBrunette ~ 15 Comments

Hello Lovely Bookworms!

This week has been pretty slow which is a good change of pace. This coming week? Not so much, ha. I need to get my car fixed and homeschooling starts. It’s that time of year again and I am not ready! I have at least looked through her new online school and I think I will like it more so that is good.

Other than that, I have been reading a lot. I have 11 arcs left for September and I want to get through them all before September starts. I think I can do it but I just need to push!

Audiobooks have been going well so far this month as well. I am kind of wanting to relisten to Twilight at the moment. It’s an itch that just keeps coming back.

I hope you all have been doing well this weekend. ❤❤

The Darkening by Sunya Mara (audio) ⭐⭐⭐✨
Terrible Typhoid Mary: A True Story of the Deadliest Cook in America by Susan Campbell Bartoletti (audio)
Belladonna by Adalyn Grace (arc) ⭐⭐⭐⭐✨
The First Girl Child by Amy Harmon (audio) ⭐⭐⭐⭐✨
A Dreadful Splendor by B.R. Myers (arc) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Kit McBride Gets a Wife by Amy Barry (arc) ⭐⭐⭐
The First Binding by R.R. Virdi (arc) ⭐⭐✨
Long Live the Pumpkin Queen by Shea Ernshaw (audio) ⭐⭐⭐
Falling for Korea by Piper Jean (arc) ⭐
Ghostlight by Kenneth Oppel (arc) ⭐⭐⭐⭐

HOW WAS YOUR WEEK? DID YOU DO ANYTHING FUN OVER THE WEEKEND? READ ANYTHING GOOD THIS WEEK? LET ME KNOW IN THE COMMENTS!

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Weekly Update | 7-30-22

July 30, 2022July 30, 2022 ~ Joanna @ TheGeekishBrunette ~ 12 Comments

Hello Lovely Bookworms!

My life has been very busy since moving and so I am moving my weekly update to Saturday because it just will never get done on Sundays anymore at this point, lol.

I have been gardening a lot and raising baby chicks! It’s all been a new experience and I am enjoying it. I’m sure once school starts in a couple weeks I will be even busier and most of my free time will be for reading.

I hope you all have been doing well! ❤

**My two new kitties: Peppa (black and white) and Shadow (black)**

Bronze Drum by Phong Nguyen (arc audiobook) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
To Get to the Other Side by Kelly Ohlert (arc) ⭐⭐
Just Another Love Song by Kerry Winfrey (arc) ⭐⭐
Lovelight Farms by B.K. Borison (kindle unlimited) ⭐⭐⭐

How was your week? Did you do anything fun over the weekend? Read anything good this week? Let me know in the comments!

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Weekly Update | 7-3-22

July 3, 2022 ~ Joanna @ TheGeekishBrunette ~ 12 Comments

Hello Lovely Bookworms!

This week has been very busy!

I took the kittens to the vet on Monday, my daughter’s birthday was on Thursday but celebrated yesterday, and just doing a lot of gardening inbetween.

Today and tomorrow will just be days for relaxing. I need to finish bringing some things up from the garage that haven’t been moved up since we moved. I do want to get some reading done since I have time. Other than that, it’s just the usual around here lol.

Days of Infamy: How a Century of Bigotry Led to Japanese American Internment by Lawrence Goldstone ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Tough: My Journey to True Power by Terry Crews ⭐⭐⭐⭐
When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon ⭐⭐⭐

The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen (arc)
Nick and Noel’s Christmas Playlist by Codi Hall
All Downhill With You by Julie Olivia

How was your week? Did you do anything fun over the weekend? Read anything good this week? Let me know in the comments!

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Weekly Update | 5-15-22

May 15, 2022 ~ Joanna @ TheGeekishBrunette ~ 7 Comments

Hello Lovely Bookworms!

This week has been very busy!

My daughter is practically finished with school as she has finished all of her main classes and just has a side class to do for a couple more days. My husband had his graduation ceremony yesterday. It was nice to be able to celebrate him with family after. Now I feel even more emotional with all of the changes that are continually happening and it’s definitely taken a toll on my emotions, lol.

I have tried to read as much as I can this week through it all, mostly audiobooks. I would say my reading has definitely improved the last couple of weeks.

I hope you all have been having a great weekend. ❤

The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik ⭐⭐⭐✨
The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah ⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill (arc) ⭐⭐
Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Duke and I by Julia Quinn ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Wind Daughter by Joanna Ruth Meyer (arc)
Some Mistakes Were Made by Kristin Dwyer
Babel by R.F. Kuang (arc)

How was your week? Did you do anything fun over the weekend? Read anything good this week? Let me know in the comments!

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Weekly Update | 5-1-22

May 1, 2022 ~ Joanna @ TheGeekishBrunette ~ 15 Comments

Hello Lovely Bookworms!

This week has been pretty decent. I managed to get quite a lot of reading done in the last couple of weeks after being sick. I am feeling like I am back at 100% while my daughter still kind of coughs a bit. I’m just glad it wasn’t as bad as it was.

My husband finished up finals and will have his graduation in two weeks. I am so nervous for everything that is about to come. He has already been applying for jobs in his new field and we are set to move out in like 3 weeks and live with his mom and stepdad for awhile (as we are moving closer to his family and where he is applying for jobs). It’s going to be chaotic this month and I am not ready, lol. Also, how is it May??

I am hoping I will find time for reading through all of the chaos but if I don’t read as much as I want it will be okay!

I hope you all have been having a great weekend. ❤