Sunday Post (July 20)

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news, a post to recap the past week on your blog, showcase books and things received, and share news about what is coming up on the blog for the week ahead. To get in on the Sunday funday, see the rules here: Sunday Post Meme. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I have been sluggish all week, and a little lax in my reading, to my detriment. I cannot seem to get myself back to my normal sleeping schedule, and am up all night and sleeping in very late in the mornings. I had a house guest this week, my oldest’s cousins daughter, who stayed with me because big brother went to off to camp and she can’t go until next year, so she stayed with me!

I went to see my grandfather at his nursing home/rehabilitation facility. I talked about his fall in this post, and his recent situation in this one. He has had a visit home and I think it made a big difference to motivate him. He will be moved soon to a third facility and actually have a roommate, and the new place will be doing more physical therapy with him on his legs. He has gotten past the pain, and is now eating (hallelujah!!), they supposedly took out the feeding tube (although it didn’t look like it) and he is being more of a funny man and social butterfly and seems more “with it” (now that he is all of a sudden off all the medications I discussed with my uncle (POA) and called an ethics conference about). I’ve never heard him cuss (besides “damn it”), and I heard it the first time last week, and it was hilarious. I’m concerned that he doesn’t want to get out of his bed, but hopefully with this new move (and out of “Comfort Care”) he will be. We will be doing some updates on his house for when he comes back home – because that is what we are working toward. For a long while, we were constantly told he was going to die, and most of our family wanted to bring him home. My oldest brother will be living with him when he comes back home, which we hope is within the next 6 months (me, I’m hoping for 4).

Summer’s drawing to an end and that means, back to school for me!

Last Week on G1000W

Monday – Blast + Giveaway: The Point
Monday – Blast + Giveaway: Jack the Boogey is My Real Name
Tuesday – Review + Giveaway: Keeper
Tuesday – Review + Giveaway: Prince Iggy and the Tower of Decisions
Wednesday: Blast + Giveaway: The Husband Maker
Wednesday – WWW Wednesday
Thursday – Review: Shadows of Asphodel
Friday – Blast + Giveaway: What If…
Friday – Feature Follow

This Week on G1000W

Monday – Author Interview: David Collins (Gaybash)
Monday – Blast + Giveaway: Flight the Mite
Tuesday – Review + Giveaway: The Husband Maker
Wednesday – Review + Giveaway: Becoming Lady Lockwood
Wednesday – WWW Wednesday
Thursday – Blast + Giveaway: Son of War, Daughter of Chaos
Friday – Feature Follow

Other Open Giveaways on G1000W

Becoming Lady Lockwood (Jennifer Moore)
A Different Kind of Safari (Helen Hipp)
The Maisy Files (Elizabeth Woodrum)
Crossing the Ice (Jennifer Comeaux)
Billy and the Monster Who Loves to Fart (David Chuka)
Starchild Series (Vacen Taylor)
The Cat Who Lost His Meow (Angela Muse)
Destiny and Faith Go to Twincentric Academy (Teddy O’Malley)
Mysteries of the Grand Canyon (Marie von Minden)

New Arrivals to Land of 1000 Wonders

I have been trying to reign myself in and be more selective in the books I choose to download onto my Kindle, and I think I can say in the last few weeks I’ve been doing a fairly good job at that, which is why this section has been sparse since then, but here are a few of the more interesting (at least to me) books I nabbed this week:

Around Town in the Spotlight

Lisa needs some tips about keeping blog housekeeping and social media updated
Charlotte speaks out against banning pro-LGBT books
Laura is struggling with DNFing books
The Social Potato’s newest Potato Prints
Katie also has some book printables
Emily’s post about women readers
Bookmammal features this wonderful bookish destination – each room is designed after an author!
Kelley shares insight into how she can go in blind with a book
The Social Potato’s second podcast
Lisa is hosting a weekly blogger interview meme, Blogger of the Week
Rachel is also hosting a weekly Bloggy Love about blogs she follows and lurks
Julie fosters discussion about book piracy
Asti outlines her journey with Instagram – and tips for newbie bookstagrammars
Brittany’s new feature, Pub Date, featuring a book and a beer!
Sign up to be a Secret Sister (July 18-25)