The Weekend Post #225: Weekly Highlights & More!

Welcome to The Weekend Post #225! 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:

It’s been a lovely, warm week, with plenty of sunshine and temperatures in the low to mid-twenties Celsius. It’s also been a wonderfully social week. I went shopping with my sister and Mom, enjoyed a walk and some time visiting with my son, had dinner at Mom’s, and had a video chat with friends in England. I also enjoyed a long walk and coffee with some friends I used to work with, which was a lovely opportunity to catch up.

To make the week even more special, my hubby and I celebrated our 37th wedding anniversary with a day out together and a lovely meal. It’s been a busy week filled with sunshine, family, friends, and plenty of special moments—and I couldn’t have asked for a better one.

Recent Additions To My Bookshelf:

From Audible:

Falling For Peachtree Bluff by Kristy Woodson Harvey book cover

As autumn settles over Peachtree Bluff, the Murphy women find their lives anything but calm: youngest sister Emerson is planning her dream wedding to Kyle while quietly struggling with challenges that dim her joy; pregnant middle sister Sloane watches her and Adam’s dream home spiral into a costly, stressful mess; and ever-reliable eldest sister Caroline is torn between a swoon-worthy new costar and her not-quite-ex-husband’s plea for another chance. Meanwhile, matriarch Ansley, newly happy with her husband Jack, is rocked by a town-wide scandal that threatens not only Peachtree Bluff’s reputation but her faith in the man she married. Through heartbreak, humour, and unexpected twists, the Murphy family must lean on their unbreakable bonds and the enduring charm of their small-town home.

Future Releases Added to My TBR:

Longtime Listener by B.K. Borison book cover

Maggie Lin has devoted years to running her retired father’s Baltimore radio station, 101.6 LITE FM, putting her personal life on hold while relying on her coworkers and an anonymous online pen pal for friendship. When a Fortune 500 corporation threatens the station’s future, Maggie finds herself battling Cooper West, the charming acquisitions executive determined to secure the merger and earn his next promotion. As Maggie and Cooper clash at every turn, their anonymous online friendship adds an unexpected twist—and sparks feelings neither wants to acknowledge. With their professional rivalry blurring into something more, they must decide whether love can survive when business and personal loyalties collide. Expected Publication: February 23.

After ending a suffocating relationship, Soli is determined to embrace a carefree, commitment-free life—until her runaway teenage nephew arrives on her doorstep seeking refuge, and a flooded apartment leaves them without a home. When her kind-hearted landlord, Ethan, a scarred single father juggling parenthood and his business, offers for them to stay with him and his young daughter while the apartment is repaired, Soli reluctantly accepts. As the unlikely household grows closer, Soli begins to question her fear of putting down roots, while a slow-burn romance blossoms between two people who never expected to find family, healing, and love in each other. Expected Publication: March 16.