Weekly Recap #49: Week of 4/15 – 4/21
It’s time for another weekly recap post of all things happening on and off the blog. This week I’ll be linking to the Sunday Post, which is hosted by Caffeinated Book Reviewer and to Stacking the Shelves, which is hosted by Tynga’s Reviews.
I guess the big news of the week is obviously that I made it through the tax deadline that has had me working 6 day weeks for so many months! It was exhausting and the IRS experienced an outage on deadline day that made it so we couldn’t check to see if our clients’ returns had actually been accepted, so that didn’t exactly help, but they ended up giving everyone a one-day extension and everything worked out in the end. Woo Hoo! We had our after-tax party on Friday night, which is always a lot of fun, and I’ve spent most of the rest of the week catching up on sleep, reading, and watching TV. I did start getting caught up on my blog visits too, so if I haven’t made it to you yet, I’ll be there soon!
Aside from work, soccer once again dominated my week. After our 0-4 loss last weekend, we bounced back on Monday night was a 1-1 tie against the toughest team in their league. Our team had never won or tied against them before, so the tie this week felt like a victory! We then went on to win our game yesterday 1-0 in another nail biter. The team is looking better and better, and are passing more, so this passionate soccer mom is much more content than she was last weekend, lol.
I didn’t get nearly as much reading done this week as I would have liked, but Girl Made of Stars was the standout of what I did read. I can’t wait to write and post my review for that one. It was a super emotional read that made me shed a few tears on more than one occasion.
I think that’s about it for me. I hope everyone has a wonderful week!
WHAT I POSTED LAST WEEK
- [15 Apr] Weekly Recap #48: Week of 4/8 – 4/14
- [16 Apr] School for Psychics by K.C. Archer ★★★½
- [17 Apr] Top Ten Tuesday – Top 10 Books People Keep Telling Me to Read…But I Still Haven’t (Yet!)
- [18 Apr] Can’t Wait Wednesday – Spotlight on A CURSE SO DARK AND LONELY by Brigid Kemmerer
- [20 Apr] Sky in the Deep by Adrienne Young ★★★★
WHAT I’M READING THIS WEEK
UPCOMING REVIEWS
STACKING THE SHELVES
TOTALLY RANDOM
Hooray for the end of tax season! My sister just finished as well, so now maybe we can start seeing her again! She was so excited to be able to read again.
Haha, I can totally relate to that. I hope you get to hang out with her soon 🙂
Tax season wasn’t easy. We will be dealing with that until the end of the month. Checking postmarks, copying the envelopes. I hate this time of year, and it all comes back in Oct with the Sep contribution deadline. Glad you made it through. Gold star for you! I Stop Somewhere is painful and sad. It was a really good book, but a tough read.
Yeah, this is definitely not my favorite time of the year and we’ll revisit it in September and October as well with all of the business and personal returns that were extended this time around. I’m really hoping to start I Stop Somewhere tonight or tomorrow. I took a couple of accidental naps this afternoon though so it will probably be tomorrow, lol.
Your new books are some really good ones. I am pretty excited to read Lies, it sounds like it will be a good one. Have a great week.
Lies does sound really good, doesn’t it? The synopsis really grabbed my attention when I read it.
Glad you’re finally more free from the tax work 🙂 we are really looking forward to the football championship this summer. Of course, I mean soccer, but I’m from Europe 😀
LOL! I’ll never understand how we Americans named a completely different sport football and then had to come up with our own name for the sport you call football. Oh well, it’s a great sport no matter what it’s called, right? I love it so much 🙂
Yay, I’m glad that your long work days are over. Here’s to many more days reading and doing fun things. 🙂 Congrats to your son’s soccer team – sounds like they are doing really well.
-Lauren
Thank you!
Yay for tax season being over! I hope you get to relax some. I am glad to hear your son’s team bounced back this week. 🙂 I am really curious about Song of Blood and Stone and hope you are enjoying it. Not her Daughter sounds like it will be good! I hope you have a great week, Suzanne!
Thanks, I really hope they’re both good ones. I have to admit the cover is what initially drew me to both books, lol.
Congratulations on your soccer tie! Some interesting books in your haul, have a great week and happy reading!
Angelica @ Paperback Princess
Thank you!
The Crooked Staircase looks good, its been years since I’ve read the author, and I like his work. Yay for being done with tax season. Next year should be interesting. I hope the week ahead is a good one for you.
This will actually be my first Koontz book so I’m pretty excited since my mom is a big fan of his books.
Phew! Glad you have now managed to get to the deadline, though it sounds horribly stressful – I hope you get a chance to wind down and fully relax, now. I’m interested to see that you have Song of Blood and Stone – I’ll be reading this one soon and am looking forward to seeing what you make of it:)
Thanks and oh yes, I’ve taken several long and wonderful naps since we wrapped up our post tax season work. Feeling so much better now 🙂
Yay for the soccer progress! And for tax season being over. 🙂 Looking forward to your thoughts on Girl Made of Stars. And Lies looks like a good thriller!
Have a super week Suzanne!
Thanks, you too!
Congrats on surviving taxes! I’m glad the soccer team is doing well. Have a great week!
Thanks, hope you have a great week too!
Yay for surviving tax season! I hope you are able to relax now. The soccer games sound so intense! The cover of Song of Blood and Stone is so beautiful, I haven’t seen it before so I can’t wait to check it out. I hope you enjoy it when you get to it.
Have a wonderful week!
Thanks, hope you have a great week too!
hahahaha I love that meme! Phew, all that tax stuff sounds wicked stressful! I hope you were able to relax after that was all over!
Oh yes, thanks! I had a few days there where I was taking naps almost every time I sat down to read, but now I’m feeling so much more rested.
Yay for surviving the busy season. Yall all need naps now, I bet. lol
(Oy the books all night. Gotten me more than once lol)
Oh yeah, I’ve taken so many naps since the tax deadline. Feeling much more relaxed and rested now 🙂
Yay for getting the taxes out of the way. It’s always such a pain, but I like that lil bump in my bank account. 😉
Song of Blood & Stone sounds so good. It’s been making its way around the blogosphere. I can’t wait to read your thoughts on it.
I’m hoping to start Song of Blood and Stone this week and really hope it’s as good as it sounds.