Weekly Wrap Up #16

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.


WHAT I READ/REVIEWED 

Jasprit:
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This week was a fantastic reading week for me, as both of my read ended up being five stars for me, I don't want to jinx my good run, but honestly this hasn't happened to me in a long time and you know me, I rarely give books five stars these days. But both An ex for Christmas and Roomies featured such wonderful romances and characters! I for one can't wait to re-read these books again soon! 

Rachel:

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The audio book of The Collapsing Empire was sooo good! I can't wait for the next book which is set to release in 2019! *sobs* Touch of Red was another exciting installment to Laura Griffin's Tracers series. Duke of Desire ended the Maiden Lane series nicely. I'm sorry to say goodbye!  I listened to Besieged narrated by the amazing Luke Daniels.  It was a collection of short stories from the Iron Druid Chronicles, all pretty fantastic and now I can't wait for Scourged which I think is the last book of the series. Where I Belong and Once a Charmer were both sweet romances.

BOOKS RECEIVED 
Jasprit 

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Nothing for me this week, which is good in a way, as it gives me the chance to catch up!

Rachel:

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I really enjoyed Stillhouse Lake, but it left off pretty abruptly so I'm anxious to continue the story. I loved Black-Eyed Susans by Julia Heaberlin last year some I'm excited to pick up Paper Ghosts.  Creepy cover, right?  Keep Her Safe is another book I've been excited to read since I love K.A. Tucker's writing.

NEW TO MY TBR
Jasprit 
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This new book from Paula Stokes sounds fantastic, so many of my friends have been telling me to read her books for a long while and this book sounds just like something I would enjoy, it looks like this book has a November release date, but I can't seem to find it anywhere to pre-order yet! And 99 Days was one of the first books that I really enjoyed by Katie Cotugno, so I was delighted when I found out there was a follow up book coming out next year!

Rachel:

Nothing other than the books received above. :)



  WHAT I'M WATCHING:

Jasprit  

With me being slammed with work lately I haven't had the chance to watch many shows, the only one I've actually been able to keep up with is The Apprentice, I've highly been loving the tasks despite some of the contestants once again being as ridiculous as usual, but I'm slowly starting to get some favourites coming through.

Rachel:

I'm addicted to this show!  We've just finished season one last night. I'll be starting season two next.

EVENTS OF THE WEEK

Jasprit 

 

I've tried to be so good with watching what I eat, especially as I've taking up personal training sessions and my trainer has been kicking my arse all over the place, but when a friend and I heard about a new dessert place opening, we knew we had to check it out and how could I resist a Ferrero rocher waffle? It was of course to die for! 

Rachel:

I was in Wine Country and Cambria last week and even though my half-marathon got cancelled I had a blast! We kayaked down the Russian River, went hiking in the Redwoods, drove down to Bodega Bay (where Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds was set), visited Point Reyes Lighthouse, and did a little wine tasting. It was such a gorgeous and relaxing trip! Here are a few pictures:

Kayaking down the Russian River

Hiking on the San Simeon cliffs above the ocean.

How was your week?