Weekly Wrap Up #15

Hi everyone, with Rachel and I's crazy work schedules, we miss sharing whats going on with us. We used to have a lot of fun with our Showcase Sunday posts, so thought we'd do something regular on the blog, where we share bookish news and life news in general as a weekly recap! We've decided to link our weekly wrap up's with The Sunday Post hosted by Kimberly @ Caffeinated reviewer.

Jasprit 

Hi, so this week was another busy one, but in a good way, we celebrated Diwali this week and ate all the food of course, my friend also baked me some Salted Chocolate tiffins which were to die for! Yeah my diet totally went out of the window this week, but it was so worth it! I also started my Christmas shopping this week, with my birthday coming up too and the Secret Santa I'm taking part in with friends, my sister was on my case about sorting my list out for her, I've still not fully decided what I want on each list, but I shopped around this week, and added a few things. I never normally struggle with this, but this year for some reason, I couldn't think of anything that I wanted except for books! I may have to look around to see if there's any fitness things I can add on there.  

WHAT I READ/REVIEWED 

Jasprit 

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 I did manage to get some reading in this week, although it wasn't as much as I'd hoped and unfortunately these two books didn't leave the best impressions with me :/ Lucas actually started off brilliantly for me, but I felt like everything was wrapped up all prim and proper in the end. 

Rachel:

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I listened to A Million Junes. The writing was beautiful, but the plot was slow going and a little convoluted to me.  I also think the narrator detracted from the story. I didn't like her male voices.  I'm relieved and surprised that I really enjoyed Without Merit! The last book I read by CoHo was like three years ago and I hated it, also the reviews for WM are so mixed I didn't know which end of the spectrum I'd land on. Merit's family situation hit close to home for me, so I could really relate to her feelings and reactions.

BOOKS RECEIVED 
Jasprit 

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Yeah I couldn't resist in requesting some books this week when I saw them up on Netgalley, Hooking Up I'd had my eye on for some time now and with the reading mood I've been in as of late (Adult and New Adult) I think it's the perfect read for me. Lauren Layne has always been my go to author when I need a quick hot pick me up, I'm hoping this book will be a lot of fun. And Love, Hate and Other Filters was a book I knew I couldn't pass on when I saw what it was about. Every year for Christmas my sister-in-law and I gift each other with some books, we used to surprise each other, but now we just ask what we want, this year I knew I wanted a copy of Warcross by Marie Lu, and it arrived already this week! I really can't wait to get started on it! 

Rachel:

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I'm taking a chance on The Wedding Date.  This seems like a romance I'll either hate or love. A long distance romance isn't usually something I'd pick. I guess we'll see. I love Claudia Connor's McKinney Brothers series so I bought a copy of this novella set in the same world. Nick's fab review made The Love Experiment a book I HAD to buy. It sounds like a super cute romance.

NEW TO MY TBR
Jasprit 
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Samira Ahmed's Love, Hate and Other Filters was the book I came across this week and I was lucky enough to get an ARC copy!

Rachel:

The Chalk Man sounds like a great mystery.  Kids stumble on a dismembered dead body and the mystery still haunts them. I read and loved (2xs!) Devil in Spring, but I didn't know Gabriel's parents had their own book detailing their romance. The prologue in Devil in Spring shows them still very much in love.  I saw The Outpost on another blog and the words "can't put this one down" so I'm looking forward to getting a copy once it releases.

  WHAT I'M WATCHING:

Jasprit  

 

I was so behind with the Great British Bake Off, now that I've caught up, I kind of wish that I hadn't, as the last few weeks have been horrible, with some of my favourites leaving. And this week's Riverdale was another good episode, I feel like it's slowly building up the pace to more explosive episodes, but I'm liking it so far. 

Rachel:

Still not watching much.  I did manage to catch a couple of episodes of Modern Family and Saturday Night Live.  Both shows crack me up.

EVENTS OF THE WEEK

Jasprit 

Well I had my second Personal training session and this week I decided to add some core moves into my workout, not the greatest idea when you're pushed to work relentlessly on your arms for the session and then end the session with a 1 minute plank and a medicine ball on your back. My arms were actually trembling by the end, which has never happened to me before and I was absolutely knackered, but again I really enjoyed my session. My trainer is good at pushing me to my limit, I think normally I just did things in my comfort zone. And this week I actually leg pressed more than my own weight!

Rachel:

I've been training for my half-marathon in Healdsburg, California (Sonoma County) set to go next Saturday, but I received an email yesterday saying the event has been canceled due to the recent fires.  Not sure if the course had been damaged or they just canceled out of respect for the terrible losses.  I had called the inn we're staying at last week and they said Healdsburg is one of the places up there that wasn't touched by the flames so I'm not sure of the reason for cancellation.  At any rate, I've been suffering from tendonitis which has been causing a lot of pain and swelling in my right ankle so maybe it's for the best. My husband and I are still going up to wine country on Thursday.  I won't be running, but I just booked us a kayaking excursion on the Russian River and we'll definitely be wine tasting.

How was your week?