Sunday Post (86) / It's Monday, What Are You Reading

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead. It's Monday, What Are You Reading is a fun weekly meme now hosted by Kathryn at Book Date, where we share what we've read and reviewed over the past week and what we plan to read next.

My beloved cat niece and the mascot of my blog (photo taken a couple of years ago)

It's been a sad week that ended on a hopeful note. Kitty, my cat niece (and my sister's oldest fur baby) is very sick. Kitty had lost a lot of weight in recent months so my sister had taken her to their regular vet in February but the vet only put Kitty on some special food. She didn't really gain any weight back and then she quit drinking water and didn't eat last weekend so my sister took her to a new vet this past week. She found out that only 1/3 of Kitty's kidneys are functional and after three days at the vet's on an IV, Kitty is now home. My sister and her husband have to inject Kitty with fluids every other day for the rest of her life. Please keep Kitty and my sister in your thoughts and prayers. It is good news that Kitty responded to treatment but I have a coworker who went through this with her cat so I know what the eventual outcome is likely to be. :(

Not much reading done this week. I have a busy week ahead so that may not change. On Monday, the Peeps Diorama contest judging gets underway at the library so I'll be scrambling to get things ready and finish decorating our display case. I hope more dioramas were turned in over the weekend. Right now it's mostly my coworkers participating. On Tuesday, I have another movie program. This week I'll be trying to finalize my craft for next week. I was at the craft store on Saturday and they do not have enough styrofoam wreath forms in the size that I need. I will have to see if I can get some more elsewhere or come up with yet another wreath craft.

I enjoyed the spring weather and blooming trees even though we did get some snow on Thursday night/early Friday morning. Thankfully it didn't last long and the weather warmed up Saturday and should hit the 70s today. Very happy about that!

Last week on my blog:

Top Ten Fandoms I'm In (post)

Books read:

Alex, Approximately by Jenn Bennett

I loved this contemporary YA take on You've Got Mail. All the movie references made it more fun but I also enjoyed the story and the characters. 

Currently reading:

The Whole Town's Talking by Fannie Flagg

I am about halfway done with this already. I thought it started out well and the characters were quirky and interesting at first. There is a definite feel of Our Town. I wish there was more character development though. It is kind of a quick history of the town instead.

On my TBR pile:

Letters to the Lost by Brigid Kemmerer

The Orphan's Tale by Pam Jenoff

A Twist in Time by Julie McElwain

The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See

Beauty and the Beast: Lost in a Book by Jennifer Donnelly

New books received:

The Girl Who Wrote in Silk by Kelli Estes (library book)

The Wonder of Us by Kim Culbertson (for review)