I’m linking this post up to Kimberly at Caffeinated Book Reviewer’s Sunday Blog Share. 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.
This week has been a fab week on my blog. I was thrilled to pass 300 WordPress followers earlier in the week and then just yesterday I noticed that I’d passed 2000 total followers! I’ve only been blogging since the end of August so am feeling quite overwhelmed to find that I have so many people reading my blog. Thank you so much to each and every one of you. I started my blog after a really tough time in my real life as it gave me something positive to focus on every day. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to explain how much this blog and the support I’ve received has meant to me but I am so very, very grateful.
This week I’ve read three books:
The Missing by C. L. Taylor
This was a great read – a very intense, hard to put down novel about a family trying to come to terms with a missing teenager. It’s more of a mystery than a psychological thriller but it’s definitely one not to be missed. I hope to have a review of it up on my blog this week.
Between You and Me by Lisa Hall
There were aspects of this novel that were really well done and others that I feel conflicted about so I’m struggling to review it at the moment. I hope to find the words for a review and to have it up on my blog soon.
The One-in-a-Million Boy by Monica Wood
I just finished reading this novel last night and it had me in tears, I found it to be such a moving novel but ultimately very uplifting. I’m hoping to run a giveaway for a hardback copy of the novel along with my review so I’m intending to have this ready to go in the next week or two, so please keep an eye out for that.
I’ve managed to blog five times this week.
Sunday: Weekly Wrap-Up Post
Monday: Blog Tour – Review of Ghostbird and interview with its author, Carol Lovekin
Wednesday: WWW Wednesday Post
Thursday: Q&A with Caroline James, author of Coffee, Tea, The Caribbean and Me
Saturday: Stacking the Shelves Post
Coming soon on my blog:
I have a busy time ahead this week with medical appointments that I know will take a lot out of me so I’m just going to blog if I’m up to it. I do have an author interview almost written up, and I have a couple of reviews ready for posting so hopefully I’ll manage to get this content on my blog over the course of this week.
Here’s what I’m currently reading:
Dear Dad by Giselle Green
The Swimming Pool by Louise Candlish
The Stylist by Rosie Nixon
Truth, Lies and O-Rings by Allan J. McDonald and James R. Hansen
I had started reading The Day of Second Chances by Julie Cohen but I hadn’t realised that the release date has been put back to July so as I’d only read a few chapters I’ve decided to put this book to one side until nearer the publication date. It is a book I was enjoying and I’ll look forward to reading it in its entirety closer to July.
What have you been reading this week? Please feel free to link to your weekly wrap-up post, or if you don’t have a blog please share in the comments below! I love to hear what you’re all reading. 🙂
RatherTooFondofBooks 
The One In A Million Boy is one I have my eye on, so I’ll be interested to see your thoughts.
Congrats on the followers, that is awesome.
Have a great week. 🙂
My Weekly Wrap-Up
Thanks so much. I loved The One-in-a-Million Boy – I hope to get my review written and posted in the next couple of weeks. Hope you have a great week too. 🙂 I’ll go look at your post now.
Well done on your followers 😀 I’ve got The One in Million Boy to read as well so looking forward to that one (I’ll keep tissues handy).
Hope all goes well with your appointments, have a good week 📚
Thank you 🙂 It’s a lovely novel, I found it a really emotional read and it feels like a novel that will stay with my for a long time to come. I hope you enjoy it when you read it.
The One-In-A-Million Boy is the best book this year for me. Absolutely loved it. X
I loved it too, I think it’ll be one of those novels that stays with me for a long time to come. x
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All the best with your medical appointments this week – I really loved this idea and have been inspired to join in:). This is my link – https://sjhigbee.wordpress.com/2016/03/27/weekly-wrap-up-27th-march-2016/
Thanks so much. And thank you for linking back to me, that’s really kind of you. I’ve just commented on your post, I really enjoyed reading it and am glad you’re going to join in with the meme regularly. 🙂
It is such a lovely way to end a blogging week:). As for the link… it’s what bloggers do for each other, as far as I can see.
Congratulations on hitting those follower milestones 🙂 And good luck with your medical appointments. I hope you can take a rest between them.
Thanks so much. 🙂 I’m not looking forward to more appointments but hopefully they’ll prove helpful.
Congrats on so many followers! You should share some of your secrets!! I think I only have 50 WP followers and maybe 200 other followers. And I have been blogging for a year now!
Good luck with the medical stuff!
Samantha @ The Book Disciple
Thanks so much. I wish I knew what got people interested in reading my blog, I think I must have just got lucky in these first few months. I did blog a lot when I first started – like every single day for about three months and I think it helped that I then had quite a lot of content. Thank you, I’m hoping my hospital appointments will turn out to be useful.
yey! Go you on the follower front, that’s great news 🙂 Happy Easter. Have a great week and happy reading!
Laura @ http://a-reader-lives-a-thousand-lives.blogspot.co.uk
Thanks so much 🙂 I’ll go look at your post now.
The missing and the one in a million boy are both on my tbr! So many books are coming out beginning of April I am struggling to keep up! Looking forward to your reviews!
They’re both really good books, you’ve got a treat in store when you get to read them. I know, there are so many books coming out soon – we need more hours in the day to read! Thank you, I hope to have my review of The Missing up this week.
Happy Easter!
Congrats on all those followers, have great week and happy reading!
Thanks so much. I hope you’ve had a lovely Easter weekend.
Hi. I finished Funeral for an Owl by Jane Davis, which I enjoyed. Some great chgaracterisation. I’ve just started Will Self’s Book of Dave. I find Self a bit overblown usually but I am intrigued, amused and impressed by this one so far
I’ve not heard of Funeral for an Owl but I’ll look out for it. I hope you enjoy Book of Dave this week.
I’ve been blogging for three years and I still get overwhelmed. It is so enjoyable, though. I hope you had a great Easter!
I love blogging, I wish I’d started a long time ago now. It does get overwhelming sometimes but I try to keep reminding myself that it is a hobby and I can take a step back if I need to. I’m in awe of you having been blogging for three years, that’s such an achievement. I hope you had a lovely Easter.
Ah, congrats on the followers! You deserve it ❤
The Missing sounds really interesting. I love a good mystery/thriller. I hope you enjoy all these books 😀
Thank you so much 🙂
We are reading the same books in a different order at the moment – I have read One in a Million Boy and have nearly finished The Swimming Pool (loving it) and reading The Missing soon!
I’m planning to spend this afternoon reading The Swimming Pool, so far I’ve only read about a quarter of it but I am really enjoying it. I hope you enjoy The Missing, it was different to what I was expecting but it was still a great read.
Congratulations on your followers…so good to hear the positive effects blogging has had for you. I want to read The Missing and One in a Million boy. Plus, The Swimming Pool looks good!
Thank you. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to explain how much blogging has done for me, it’s certainly saved my sanity when going through a really awful time. I reviewed The Missing today, it was such a brilliant read and definitely one not to miss. The One in a Million Boy is a gorgeous read, more moving than I was expecting and one that will stay with me. I hope to read more of The Swimming Pool this afternoon if I get a chance but it’s really good so far.
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