The Weekend Post #150: Weekly Highlights & More!

Welcome to The Weekend Post #150! 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 and Marlene of Reading Reality in her meme Stacking The Shelves.

My Week:

It’s been a beautiful week of warm spring weather now that the rain from last weekend has passed. We were supposed to receive our new refrigerator on Tuesday, but the salesperson ordered the door with the handle on the wrong side. It had to be reordered and is supposed to arrive later today. She had assumed there was only one model and that the handle could be switched, but unfortunately, that’s not the case with this manufacturer. Our old fridge is barely hanging on—we’ve had to put large frozen milk jugs inside just to keep the few things in it at a safe temperature. Fingers crossed it arrives today without any issues!

I’ve also stepped up my exercise routine to keep my blood pressure down and hopefully avoid heart surgery. I’m now doing a two-hour mix of biking, walking, strength training, and stretching six days a week. Because of that, I’m shifting my focus more to audiobooks instead of splitting my time between audiobooks and ebooks, since I can listen while doing cardio.

Books I’ve Added to My Shelves This Week:

From Publishers, Netgalley, Edelweiss+ & Libro.fm:

Xavier Rush might be dangerously close to perfect—a stunning veterinarian with Greek god looks and a soft spot for kittens—until he speaks and completely ruins the illusion. Samantha loves nothing more than proving a jerk wrong…unless he can admit his mistakes. After an unexpectedly amazing, never-ending date, she’s forced to face reality: her family is in crisis, and a relationship is impossible. She begs Xavier to let their night remain a perfect memory, but forgetting isn’t so easy. Because sometimes, one perfect moment isn’t enough—especially when there’s a chance to build a love worth remembering. Thanks to Hachette Audio and Libro.fm for the ALC of this audiobook.

Optimistic aspiring writer Alice Scott and grumpy Pulitzer-winning journalist Hayden Anderson both arrive on Little Crescent Island, vying for the chance to write the biography of Margaret Ives—once a tragic heiress and tabloid princess, now an elusive recluse. Margaret grants them a one-month trial period before choosing her biographer, and Alice is determined to win, relying on her people skills, ambition, and the satisfaction of rattling Hayden, who clearly sees her as real competition. But Margaret reveals only fragments of her story to each of them, bound by strict NDAs that prevent them from piecing the truth together. As tension grows—both professional and undeniably romantic—Alice and Hayden realize their own unfolding story, like Margaret’s, could be a mystery, a tragedy, or a love story…depending on how it’s told. Thanks to PRH Audio and Libro.fm for the ALC of this audiobook.

From The Library: None.

What I’m Watching:

I love medical dramas and there is a new one that is now streaming on Netflix. “Pulse” follows medical staff in a busy Miami trauma centre and having watched the first episode there is a lot more going on than just patient care. The show stars Willa Fitzgerald and Colin Woodell.

On The Blog This Week:

March 2025 Wrap Up

Book Review: To Sicily With Love by Jennifer Probst

Can’t Wait Wednesday #132: The California Dreamers by Amy Mason Doan

Book Review: Where Do We Go From Here? by Nick Alexander

Celebrity Book Club Picks for April 2025

This Post: The Weekend Post #150

Next Week On That Happy Reader:

It’s All About Travel for March 2025

Book Review: Summer Light on Nantucket by Nancy Thayer

Can’t Wait Wednesday #133

Book Review: Kate & Frida by Kim Fay

Who Wears it Better in April 2025?

The Weekend Post #151

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That’s a wrap on The Weekend Post #150. How was your week? 

I wish you a wonderful week ahead!