The Weekend Post #187: Weekly Highlights & More!

Welcome to The Weekend Post #187! The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted at Caffeinated Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news~ A post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received. Share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead. See rules here: Sunday Post Meme. I will also be joining Deb at Readerbuzz for the Sunday Salon.

My Week:

I hope everyone who celebrates is enjoying Christmas week. It’s been another rainy stretch here, and when the sun manages to peek through for even a few hours, it feels especially welcome. It’s been a bit of a strange week overall. My hubby has been experiencing some unusual symptoms, and while our family doctor hasn’t been able to pinpoint the cause just yet, he is thankfully feeling a little better as I write this Friday morning. We’re hopeful he’s on the mend and will be following up with the doctor again after the New Year.

We ended up cancelling our Christmas Eve plans due to his illness, but we were able to make it to my sister’s house on Christmas Day for a big family meal. The food was delicious, and the company was even better — exactly what we all needed.

On a more technical note, my blog post scheduled for December 26 didn’t publish as previewed earlier today and appeared blank except for the title. After doing some research and contacting my host (who had to escalate the issue), I did some troubleshooting of my own and discovered the problem was related to the post categories. Once I removed all but one required category, everything published correctly. If you happen to notice anything amiss on my site, please do let me know. I’ve experienced a few hiccups since updating to the latest WordPress version a few weeks ago, and if the issues persist, I may need to consider changing my theme.

Recent Additions To My Bookshelf:

From Publishers, Netgalley, & Libro.fm:

Artist Eden Fox is poised for success when her life is suddenly upended. After returning from a run, she finds her key no longer works, a stranger who looks just like her living in her home, and her husband insisting the other woman is his real wife. Six months earlier, a solitary Londoner named Birdy inherits the same seaside home, Spyglass, from a grandmother she never knew. But when Birdy visits a mysterious clinic that predicts her date of death, dark secrets begin to surface. As past and present collide, the truth behind Spyglass and its occupants twists into a chilling tale of identity, obsession, and deceit—where nothing, and no one, is what they seem.

From The Library:

Maggie Hodges and her daughter Piper head to a cozy knitting retreat in New Hope, Pennsylvania, only to discover their peaceful getaway collides with a rowdy bushcraft bachelor party. A playful competition between the unlikely groups quickly escalates into rivalry—and unexpected connections—but the real tension lies between Maggie and Piper as long-buried mistakes and resentments threaten their bond. As the weekend spirals, Maggie must confront the tangles of the past and decide whether she can stitch her relationship with her daughter back together before it unravels for good.

What I’m Watching:

I’m looking forward to watching Kate Winslet’s directorial debut film “Goodbye June” on Netflix. It’s the story of a man and his four adult children whose wife’s health takes a turn during Christmastime. I’m sure it will be an emotional story.

On The Blog This Week:

I’ll Be Home for Christmas by Jenny Bayliss – A Festive Book Review

Merry Christmas 2025!

2026 Finishing The Series Challenge

This Post: The Weekend Post #187

Next Week On That Happy Reader:

My Favourite Books of 2025

December 2025 Wrap Up

My 2025 Wrap Up

New Year’s Message

The 2026 Books I’m Most Excited For!

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That’s a wrap on The Weekend Post #187. How was your week?

I wish you a wonderful holiday week ahead!