Showing posts with label #IMWAYR. Show all posts
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Monday, November 4, 2019

It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by The Book Date.

It's been a very busy morning for me. I had every intention of getting up bright and early so I could write a few review posts. However, that didn't occur. Instead, I ended up cleaning out a closet full of books. It's been something I've been wanting to do for awhile now. 

As many of you probably already know, I have a big collection of books. Due to limited space and my change in genre reads, I've decided to get rid of many of my books. It took me over three hours to go through all the books and put the ones I don't want anymore in boxes. 13 boxes and 1 bag to be precise. As soon as I get this post published, I'm going to have to put all the boxes in the car so I can donate them at the local Salvation Army Thrift Store. 

FYI: This was just one closet. I have another closet, five bookshelves, and four shelves on a corner desk filled with books.

 

What Am I Currently Reading?


Today, I'll be rereading The Shining by Stephen King. Then, hopefully, I'll be rereading the sequel Doctor Sleep on Wednesday. The movie adaptation is coming out at the end week, which I highly doubt if I'll see it in theatres. There's only a one-screen theatre in my town and it's currently not playing movies because this time of year their hosting high school plays and musicals.

Monday, October 28, 2019

It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by The Book Date.

What Am I Currently Reading?



Starting early tomorrow morning, I'll be reading The Bad Place by Dean Koontz and I'll be posting the review for it sometime in the evening hours as the 11th book in my 13 Reads of Halloween! event, which involves me reading & reviewing 13 horror books in 13 days. The 12th and 13th titles are Hell-O-Ween by David Robins and Halloween II by Jack Martin.

Monday, August 19, 2019

Sunday Post & It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly @  Caffeinated Book Reviewer!


It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by The Book Date.

Good Morning, Everyone!



I can't believe I'm writing a post early on a Monday morning!

FYI: I'm kinda like Garfield - I hate Mondays!

Anyway, as you can tell I'm back to combining my Sunday Post with my It's Monday! What Are You Reading? post. Why is this? Well, last week I didn't get around to posting my Sunday Post and yesterday I was just to lazy to do anything. Therefore, this week I'm shoving two posts into one.

What Am I Currently Reading?

How did my reading go last week? To tell you the truth - not very good. Did I finish reading IT? Nope!

However, I did read a few pages over the weekend and I'm now on page 535. As you can probably tell, I'm in no hurry to read IT. It's not like I have a review deadline for it, though I would like to post a review sometime during the first week of September.

Additionally, I did listen to an audiobook Wake the Dead by Stacey Rourke yesterday afternoon.

I'll be reviewing it sometime this week. Maybe even today! My reading agenda for this week is to once again finish reading IT. Plus, I'll be listening to the audiobook The Unlucky Ones by Stacey Marie Brown.


Recent Reviews

 

The Maine Nemesis
(Summer Reads)

Lonesome Dove
(Blu-ray Steelbook Review)

Goosebumps SlappyWorld: The Dummy Meets The Mummy!
(Back To School Reads)

The New Kids
(Midnight Horror Review)

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Trilogy
(Rereads)

New in the Mail

 

Books

Nearly two weeks ago, I received the novella The Witch Port Video Game by Leonard Bassed. I will be reviewing the title in September for a book tour. On the exact same day, I received The Inn by James Patterson & Candice Fox. Now the latter isn't for review purposes as I had pre-ordered a few days prior to its release. However, whenever I get around to reading it, I'll most likely post a review for it.

DVDs/Blu-rays

Monday, August 12, 2019

It's Monday! What Are You Reading?


It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by The Book Date.



My agenda this week is to finish reading IT by Stephen King.

Monday, August 5, 2019

It's Monday! What Are You Reading?


It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by The Book Date.



My agenda for the next few days is to read Scary Stories to Tell in The Dark, More Scary Stories to Tell in The Dark, and Scary Stories 3: More Stories to Chill Your Bones by Alvin Schwartz. 

I bet there isn't one '80s kid who doesn't remember reading Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark! I was either in the second or third grade when I first read the original book. My mom bought the books for me though a Scholastic book flyer. I have no idea what happened to those books because they're long gone. I probably let someone borrow them and they never returned them. It doesn't matter as I bought all three titles several years ago at thrift store. I've been meaning to rereading them for along time but I've just never gotten around to it. With the feature film adaptation coming out at the end of the week, I thought this would be a great time for me to finally reread them. Then I'm going to put my full attention on Stephen King's IT, which I'm currently on page 383.

Sunday, July 7, 2019

Sunday Post / It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly @  Caffeinated Book Reviewer!

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by The Book Date.


Good Morning, Everyone!


How was everyone's 4th of July?

I'm not into fireworks, so I spent the 4th watching the third season of Stranger Things on Netflix. Plus, my town had their fireworks event on June 28th.

It wasn't a great week for me. The central air (a.k.a. the air conditioning) kept shutting itself off every 20 seconds on Monday night, so a repairman had to come in on Tuesday afternoon to fix it. Let's just say it was really hot in the house by the time he showed up. The good news is that the broken part only cost $10, but with labor it was over $100. At least the central air unit didn't have to be replaced, unlike what happened with the hot water heater the previous week.

I guess bad luck comes in threes!

The washing machine drainage pipe goes through the bottom of the east wall, turns into the garage, and eventually turns again and goes in between the two concrete blocks that the hot water heater sits on. Then it goes straight down into the garage floor. Thanks to the hot water that leaked out of the old water heater last week, the seal for the PVC slip union that connects two of the pipes together had broke; which basically means when the washing machine drains the water leaks from the where the two pipes are connected. Luckily, I do know a thing or two about plumbing, so I was able to fix it myself.

FYI: My sore throat was gone by my midweek, but I currently have three canker sores! Yay, me!



What Am I Currently Reading?

I flew through Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty. I'll post a review for it sometime this week. I took a short break from reading on the 4th to watch the new season of Stranger Things. My next read will be 1,000+ horror epic "IT" by Stephen King. I've owned an IT paperback for many years but I've never gotten up the nerve to read it. The 1989 miniseries scared me to death when I was a kid and I never got the courage to watch the second part of it until I was a teenager. I had rewatched the miniseries a couple of years ago and it's not as scary as I remember it to be. And, of course, I've seen the 2018's IT movie. This will be the first time I have read IT. I'm in a horror mood as of late, so it might not take me too long to read the novel.

   

New Blog

Speaking of horror, I made decision to give my post series "Midnight Horror Review" its very own blog  https://midnighthorrorreview.blogspot.com/. I'm not for sure if I'll get a domain for it. Currently, I'm posting snippets of the original Midnight Horror Review's posts from this blog, so I'll have enough content for about three weeks. The blog doesn't have any followers yet! 

UPDATE:
I've decided to delete the new blog because maintaining one blog is enough "work" for one person. Therefore, I'll just continue posting Midnight Horror Review posts right here on this blog.

  

Recent Reviews

The Rundown
(Blu-ray Review)

The Big C: The Complete Series
(Blu-ray Review)

In the Mail

Monday, July 1, 2019

Sunday Post / It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly @  Caffeinated Book Reviewer!

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by The Book Date.


Good Afternoon, Everyone!


How is everyone doing on this Monday afternoon?

I'm doing alright for the most part. I spent the majority of Sunday sleeping as I was under the weather with a sore a throat. Thanks to several Halls cough drops, I'm feeling a lot better today!

After receiving three inches rain last weekend, it hasn't rained a drop since, which isn't a good thing as the temperature with humidity has been 100+ for several days.

Reading wasn't much of a priority for me last week. Several things came up (like always), such as the the water heater which had to be replaced. I had stepped into the downstairs laundry room/bathroom to find the floor flooded. My first thought was the washer machine was leaking, but I was wrong. Then I went into the garage and witnessed water shooting out the bottom of the nearly seven-year-old water heater. The replacement cost nearly $900.

What Am I Currently Reading?

I only read about 40% of Ring of Roses by Sara Clancy on my Kindle last week. To be completely honest, I had just forgotten about the eBook until this morning. Prior to watching Fear the Walking Dead last night, I started reading a few pages of Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty. If you don't know, the television adaptation's second season is currently airing HBO. I haven't watch last night's episode yet. I'll watch it On Demand tonight. I read a few more pages early this morning. I'm currently on page 181.

 

  Recent Reviews

The Son by Philipp Meyer
(Summer Reads)

Dumbo (2019)
(Blu-ray Review)

Jury Duty
(Blu-ray Review)

In the Mail

Monday, June 24, 2019

Sunday Post / It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly @  Caffeinated Book Reviewer!

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by The Book Date.


Good Morning, Everyone!


Yep! I'm well aware today is not Sunday. I just didn't feel like posting a Sunday Post / It's Monday! What Are You Reading? yesterday, so you're getting it today!

After having a slight drought for nearly two weeks, it finally rained over the weekend! Over 3 inches to be exact. I thought about mowing the yard early this morning but decided against it. I'll give the yard a day to dry out. Plus, I just don't feel like mowing!

Besides from posting three movie reviews, my plans of catching up on reviews didn't pan out. I'm going to attempt to get a few things done today, including working on a sponsored project for this blog.

What Am I Currently Reading?

I finished reading The Son by Philipp Meyer early yesterday morning after reading more than half the book on Saturday. My review will be coming soon! I had won four eBooks from two LibraryThing giveaways last month and the publishing company finally sent me the books last week. One of those books happens to be Ring of Roses by Sara Clancy. It'll probably be my main read for the wee,k followed by the sequels Pocket of Posies and Ashes to Ashes, which came together as one giveaway prize. The other book I'd won is the anthology Terror in the Shadows: Volume 2.

 

  Recent Reviews

Double Team
(Blu-ray Review)

The Haunting of Sharon Tate
(Midnight Horror Review)

Cinderella: Anniversary Edition
(Blu-ray Review)

In the Mail

Sunday, June 16, 2019

Sunday Post / It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly @  Caffeinated Book Reviewer!

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by The Book Date.


Good Morning, Everyone!


It seems the Spring rainy weather isn't going to stop when Summer officially gets here on the 21st. The weird weather has made my sinuses and allergies go bonkers! I spent the first half of last week ill. I was so sick that I couldn't get anything done that I had planned. Thankfully, I was feeling better by Thursday, but a few things came up in my life that had to get done, so I had to put all my reviewing on this blog on the back burner for a few days. This week, I'm hoping to write two book reviews and several movie reviews. (Fingers Crossed!)

What Am I Currently Reading?

At long last, I've finally started reading The Son by Philipp Meyer. My goal is to finish reading it before the television series ends on June 29th. The pages are made from extremely thin paper and there are a total of 561 pages with really small lettering!

 

  Recent Reviews

Captain Marvel
(Digital Review)

Star Trek: Captain's Oath
(Summer Reads)

In the Mail

Monday, June 10, 2019

Sunday Post / It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly @  Caffeinated Book Reviewer!

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by The Book Date.


Good Morning, Everyone!


What Am I Currently Reading?

Here's a little fun fact for everyone: I used to be a Trekker! I grew up watching reruns of the original series, The Next Generation, and Deep Space Nine. Then I quickly left the franchise right after the campy Voyager series debuted in the mid-1990s. While I would no longer consider myself a Trekker by any means, I do occasionally watch an episode or two of the old series on Netflix. This year, I've found myself in a Star Trek mood after watching the first season of Star Trek: Discovery (I don't recommend it to anyone!), which resulted in me buying a few $.99 old Star Trek tie-in eBook. As you can see from the photo above I'm going to be reading Star Trek: The Captain's Oath by Christopher L. Bennett, which I'd received a review copy from Gallery Books just a few days ago. Pockets Books used to publish the Star Trek books, but this year Gallery Books took over the franchise. "The Captain's Oath" looks like a fun read.

Next, I'm planning on reading The Son by Philip Meyer, which is a title I'd mentioned about in last week's post. Originally, I wanted to read it at the end of last week, but I ended up reading an eBook instead.

 

  Recent Reviews

Trading Paint
(Blu-ray Review)

A Justified Murder
(Summer Reads)

 Leprechaun Returns
(Midnight Horror Review)

In the Mail

Sunday, June 2, 2019

Sunday Post / It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly @  Caffeinated Book Reviewer!

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by The Book Date.


Good Morning, Everyone!


Well, there were a few scares this week beginning with a EF4 tornado that tragically hit Kansas and then touched down in a neighboring county here in Missouri. The tornado sirens were a blazing in my town nearly ten minutes after the tornado warning was issued by the National Weather Service. Yeah, I believe my town has a communication problem! Luckily, the storm skipped over my town. It didn't even rain!

The second scare came yesterday when my mother found my grandmother unresponsive at the nursing home. She called for a nurse, who believed my grandmother had a stroke. 

It turns out my grandmother did have a very light stroke and she was life-flighted to St. Luke's Hospital in the city. She's recovering just fine; talking and acting like her normal self. She's expected to be released from the hospital sometime today.

Update: My grandmother hasn't been released from the hospital yet. The doctors ran a few more tests on her yesterday. They're trying to figure out why she had the stroke. 

What Am I Currently Reading?

No, you're not seeing déjà vu! And, yes, I've already featured A Justified Murder by Jude Deveraux on this blog several weeks ago, but I got slightly distracted and I had to put the book aside for a bit. Since I've finally finished reading NOS4A2, I now have time to read A Justified Murder, which I'm going to pick up exactly where I stopped on page 35. 

 

  Recent Reviews

NOS4A2 by Joe Hill
(Midnight Horror Review)

The Lost Night by Andrea Bartz
(Spring Reads)

 Jackie Chan Adventures: The Demon Portals Saga
(Saturday Morning Nostalgia)

A Vigilante
(Blu-Ray Review)

Mindwarp & Brainscan
Sci-Fi Double Feature
(Midnight Horror Review)

How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
(Blu-ray Review)

In the Mail

Sunday, May 26, 2019

Sunday Post / It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly @  Caffeinated Book Reviewer!

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by The Book Date.


Good Afternoon, Everyone!


What Am I Currently Reading?

As you can see by the photo, I'm still reading N024A2 by Joe Hill, which I had to rechecked out at my local library just a few days ago. I'm currently on page 477 (a.k.a. 60% read according to Goodreads). I would like to finish the book by Tuesday!! The AMC television series based on the book starts June 2nd!!!

 

  Recent Reviews

Anaconda
(Midnight Horror Review)

  Ghosts of Mars
(Midnight Horror Review)

Book Brush
(Website Review)

In the Mail

Sunday, May 12, 2019

Sunday Post / It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly @  Caffeinated Book Reviewer!

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by The Book Date.


Happy Mother's Day!



What Am I Currently Reading?

I have spent most of this rainy Sunday sleeping. No, I'm not sick again! I had trouble sleeping last night, so I finally watched the movies John Wick and John Wick: Chapter 2, which I had bought at a Black Friday sale two years ago. I didn't go to sleep until late this morning! I know I keep saying this, but I'm finally going to start reading N0S4A2 by Joe Hill as soon as I finish writing this post. There are a few hours to kill until the new episodes of The Spanish Princess and Games of Thrones start, so I'll be spending that time reading.

 

  Recent Reviews

100 Best BIONS
(Spring Reads)

Eyes of Laura Mars
(Midnight Horror Review)

The Adventures of Robin Hood: The Complete Series
(DVD Review)

Between Two Shores
(Spring Reads)

In the Mail

Sunday, May 5, 2019

Sunday Post / It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly @  Caffeinated Book Reviewer!

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by The Book Date.


Good Evening, Everyone!



What Am I Currently Reading?

I'm finally going to begin reading N0S4A2 by Joe Hill that I checked out at the library last weekend. The book is due back on May 25th, but I should have it read way before then. Yesterday, I received 100 Best BIONS (Believe It or Not Stories) by Ripley Publishing. I'm planning on reading it this week.

 

  Recent Reviews


In the Mail