The Sunday Post #56 – Weekly Wrap-up
Welcome to my Sunday Post. Thank you to Kimba over at The Caffeinated Reviewer, who is hosting this weekly event. It is the perfect opportunity to share what happened here on my own blog, as well as some of the happenings elsewhere in the Blogosphere.
This week has been a complete switch, it’s as if the weather waited for us to change the time to start becoming more fall-like! It’s been colder, wetter and the trees both changed colors and promptly started losing leaves. When it’s not raining, it’s gorgeous and crisp, but when it starts pouring, I just want to stay inside with my books. Alas, I have also had a few hours here and there substitute-teaching, and I’m happy it’s the weekend! Next week we have what uni calls our ‘reading’-week, I prefer to call it my writing-week, as I will work on some essays I have to hand in.
This week’s posts:
- [28 Oct] Waiting on Wednesday #69 – Burning Glass
- [29 Oct] Thirsty Thursday and Hungry Hearts #39 – Love Revolution
- [31 Oct] Stacking the Shelves #107 BB&B #57 – Let’s Get Physical!
- [1 Nov] The Sunday Post #56 – They All Fall Down
This week’s reviews:
- [26 Oct] Wrong by Jana Aston ★★★★
- [27 Oct] Walk Through Fire by Kristen Ashley ★★★★★
- [30 Oct] The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende ★★★★★
Elsewhere in the Blogosphere:
Aila @ Happy Indulgence has a great post : Spreading the Wings of Diversity in YA
Brandee @ Bookworm Brandee has a Beyond the Books post on Inspiration.
Blog Ahead 2015
During the month of October, I have participated in the blog ahead challenge, hosted by Kimberly @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer and Anna @ Herding Cats & Burning Soup. This challenge is to schedule as many posts as possible for the months coming after the month of October. I had planned on scheduling 20 posts ahead during the challenge, but I hit that right out of the ballpark! I have 54 posts scheduled and all ready to go for November and December, as well as some reviews for January, and even a few meme posts going all the way up to March next year, and I have to say I’m really happy with all the blogging I’ve been able to prepare in advance! I have several reviews, as well as quite a few meme posts, and it’s so nice to know I have a buffer for later in the year, and a few posts for next year as well. It’s so nice when my editorial calendar looks like this:
What have you been up to this past week? Don’t forget to leave me a link so I can come visit your Sunday Post as well.
Thanks for stopping by, I hope you’ve enjoyed your weekend, and that next week will be filled with awesome!
Beautiful picture! And wow, you did so well with Blog Ahead. I’m going to keep at it even though the challenge is officially over. I got about 15 posts scheduled, which was good for me! I’m hoping to get a lot more scheduled in November for December and beyond. It’s always good to have a buffer, like you said.
Thank you, Lauren. I actually got many, many more pictures like that one last week 🙂
15 posts is really good, Lauren! I’m amazed I got as many done as I did – I think the challenge really motivated me this time 🙂
Congrats on blog ahead!
Your picture is awesome, looks very much like fall! We’ve been the same way this week, and it rained all day today- but now they’re saying we could hit 70’s later this week. So- yeah. Weather all over the place. 🙂
I think fall is the season when the weather is all over the place, like it’s getting settled somehow before winter 😀
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You did fantastic with Blog Ahead Lexxie..knocked it out of the park is right! I almost want to participate in memes to get ahead more..hehe. The fall leaves are lovely, but you are right when it rains I want to stay in my pajamas and read all day! Hope you get those essays done..bleck.
LOL Kim 🙂 Yes, memes are good, even if I have to find the right quotes for my Thirsty Thursday one. However, I also have 23 reviews scheduled, which is something I’ve never had before. I really wish I was better at getting ideas for discussion posts, but these days, that just doesn’t happen.
Yeah, I hope I’ll get those essays done, too 🙁
Hi Lexxie,
I love autumn don’t you? I love the colours, the birds getting berries, everything 🙂 pity about the rain though lol.
I can’t believe how much you’ve managed to do on your blogging ahead challenge! Whaaat?! Good on you! That’s seriously impressive! At least you can relax for a bit now 🙂 May I ask, where did you get the calander? Is it a UBB special? I just like the look of it, it’d be so much easier seeing my posts in calander form after I schedule them… minus the hard work of inputting the data myself on a spreadsheet! Worth asking anyway 🙂 looks awesome.
Have a great week Lexxie! I hope you had a good Halloween.
Amy x
I do love autumn, the colors and all the changes in nature are spectacular! We had a pretty good week here, with most of it sunny and quite warm, and only a couple of rainy days.
The calendar is the WP editorial calendar I think… I find it when I click on posts in my WP dashboard. It’s free – I know the only plugins I have ever paid for are Ashley’s 😀
Thanks for stopping by, Amy 🙂
Lol ditto! Thank you Lexxie I’ll check it out before work tomorrow, I feel like I’ve been missing out! It’ll make scheduling a lot easier to view x
I love your sunday posts, they inspire me so much 🙂 Her nord har vi hatt høststemning lenge nå, og i helga har det vært skikkelig ruskevær. Så de som gikk Halloween i går fikk litt ekstra dyster stemning på kjøpet med stormen som hylte rundt veggene. Jeg kan ikke tro at vi er i november allerede. I dag blir det ekstra moro å være på jobb, for i anledning Movember skal alle de ansatte på Shellstasjonene gå rundt med løsbart. Hohoi, alt for en god sak 🙂
Haha… må damene også ha på løsbart, Anette? Jeg begynner å glede meg til Jul nå, vi skal til Norge for å feire sammen med moren og søsteren min 🙂
Det er veldig få som feirer Halloween her i Geneve, så vi hadde ingen som ringte på her i går.
Ha en flott uke, Anette. Klemmer.
54 posts, wow, that’s impressive ! What beautiful yellow trees you have around you ! We have some beautiful autumn colors too, but bonus, we also have the sun and the warmth (during the day) ^^ I read a book lately with an excerpt that would be perfect for your Thrifty thursdays, but I can’t remember which one… About last night by Aurora Belle, I think, not sure. Anyway, enjoy your autumn week-end, I hope it won’t rain today 😉
We had some very nice sunny days last week, Iza, and the sun still warms us when it’s out, however it’s grey today, but no rain so far.
Thanks for stopping by, Iza *bisous*
That is a beautiful fall pic! it is getting pretty around here as well 🙂
56 posts! that’s great! less blogging relate stress for the holidays 🙂 congrat
Yes, it will definitely help make my holiday season, and in the new year the exam sessions less stressful 😀 Thanks for stopping by, Daniela.
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I love when the trees change color, that picture is gorgeous.
I failed so bad at blog ahead and still not as ahead as I would like. I need to get a bunch of stuff done now so I can get through christmas with no blogging stress only holiday stress 🙂
Have great week, Lexxie! Happy Reading! ox
I love the trees changing color, too, Michelle. Right now, the sun is shining, and it is absolutely gorgeous out there.
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Well done, you have done so amazing on Blog Ahead! I am sure it will make for a stress free blogging time!
It is the same here in Scotland, everything has gone those lovely autumn shades, leaves are everywhere and mostly in the front grille of my car!!
Have a great week!
Yes, I’m very happy about all the posts I was able to schedule in only one month.. if only I could keep it up!
LOL, there are a lot of leaves in the front grille of my car, too, Heather 😀
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Your leaves are so much prettier than mine…lol. Mine are mostly brown with a few red thrown in, I like that pretty yellow! 🙂 You really rocked Blog Ahead! I am hoping to be able to participate next time. 🙂
Stormi
I was afraid all the leaves would just fall down before they changed color, Stormi, but luckily, there are still some on the trees.
I hope you’ll be able to participate in the next Blog Ahead challenge, too, it was a lot of fun 😀
I hope you enjoy your week of writing…and I peeked over at your new books on the Stacking the Shelves post….I think I’m going to have to try Patrick Ness at some point.
Hope you enjoy The Girl on the Train.
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I just had to get that Ness title, it is so intriguing to finally read a story about those characters who aren’t fighting for the survival of human-kind 😀
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Oh, such lovely yellows! I only have a few trees that lose their leaves and they’ve already fallen. No pretty colors either. The rest stay green all year. I was doing so good on blogging ahead but now I’m back to scrambling to catch up. LOL Still don’t know how I let that happen?
Yes, that day was magnificent, Laura! And I was afraid the leaves would just fall off before they changed colors, so I was so happy to get some nice pictures last week 🙂
It’s hard to keep on top of everything on the blog, which is why I’m so happy I managed to keep on scheduling in October. The rest of the year will be fairly busy here.
Here the weather isn’t too cold yet, but it definitely looks like autumn. It’s so pretty! That picture with all the yellow leaves is so beautifull!
You made amazing progress with Blog Ahead and it’s great you did way mroe than your goal. It’s nice to have a buffer like that! I hope you have a great week!
Yes, that whole day was gorgeous, Lola 🙂 I’m very happy to have made that buffer for November and December, because I have a lot of papers to write for Uni in the next two months…
I’m jealous of the scenery you get! The leaves don’t change color here.
We really do get all of the seasons here in Switzerland, and I love that! We are very lucky because the nature here is truly beautiful.
The leaves are so pretty!! They had just started to change in NC when we left for FL too! Congrats on your Blog Ahead posts! That is absolutely AMAZING!! I definitely need to get some posts scheduled… Have a great week! 😀
There won’t be much change in Florida, I’m sure, Tracy! However, you have many other great things there, so I guess it evens out 🙂
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54 posts scheduled, that’s amazing! Way to go!
Those leaves are lovely; our trees are rapidly losing theirs but we’ve been having warm temps (warm for October) and I’m loving it.
Have a good week. 🙂
I know, I’m so happy with myself 🙂 We’ve had very nice temperatures, too, but today was a lot cooler – which is normal, I guess 🙂
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Reading week was always paper writing week for me too – I used to joke that it was the week I got the least reading done! Good luck and happy writing 🙂
I love the fall weather – I just hate that it means winter is coming, I hate the cold and just want to stay home. Have a great week Lexxie 🙂
LOL, I will definitely get less reading done this week, but I also want to try to get on top of my essays and papers so that I won’t have too much to do during the Christmas break before the exam session starts…
Wow, great job with scheduling so many posts. I bet that feels good. Of course, I wouldn’t know. 😀 Ah, your picture makes me miss walking around campus. Have fun with reading/writing week. 😉
LOL, I’ve never known how good it could feel to have this many posts scheduled in advance before now, Christy! I am very happy about it, as the rest of the year will be hectic.
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We’ve been loving the 60’s and the fall colors and suddenly the rain returned after months off hitting other places in the country. So it’s been soggy, windy, and floody (I got carried away there). Good luck on those essays and I hope you get some good reading time. No essays for me, but I am working on a new daily writing schedule. Here’s to us making it work!
Oh, that’s too bad that all the rain came in the same week, Robyn 🙁 I hope you were able to enjoy the fall colors before it became too wet to venture outside 😉
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Yes, the weather has done a one-eighty on us, too. Guess that means we are that much closer to winter! I love the falling leaves. I wish people would leave them to fall and stay on the ground because I love how it makes the ground look. Though I do understand how slippery leaves can get, which makes driving and walking tricky sometimes! 54 posts?! Holy cow go you!!!
I love the falling leaves, and I also love winter, so this is a good period. I guess I actually love all the seasons, it’s nice to have the changes around us in nature for each 🙂 We got rid of all the leaves that were on the ground in our garden this weekend, mostly because we want to be sure they’re gone before any snow arrives, or before it rains too much to make the leaves heavier.
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Oh my god Lexxie – 54 posts! That’s amazing!
We’ve had some mixed weather here in Australia. It’s getting warmer which also means we’ve had more rain and storms. I don’t mind either (though hate the heat) as long as I’m not caught out in them!
I know, I have never had so many posts scheduled before! Hopefully, I’ll manage to keep at least a couple of weeks buffer as the next months pass.
I prefer the cold to the heat.. even if I love summer. I hope you’ll get moderate heat this summer, Deb!
That is a beautiful picture! Our weather changed after the time change and it is strange but a nice welcome. I was getting tired of the hot weather. You did amazing on the blog ahead and I have to check out that editorial calendar. Thanks for the tip and have a great week!
I was getting ready for fall, too, but I’m never ready for the dark – even if winter time is the correct time 🙁
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The weather here has been chilly of awhile, but of course it warmed right up today – the day AFTER Halloween. Oh well, the kiddos still had fun!!
Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction
That’s so typical, Nicole! I’m glad the kiddos had fun even if it was chilly for Halloween 🙂
Way to go on the blog ahead posts! The leaves are falling like crazy here, the windy rain helps them fall. Now we gotta pick ’em up. Hope you find some reading time this week.
I was surprised at how many posts I got ready once I put my mind to it, Nise’! Thanks for stopping by.
Oh, you did so well on the blog ahead challenge. That’s great. I really need to sit down this month and write some posts ahead because I’m all out.
Having all the leaves fall can be so great when you just happen to walk through it.
That’s how I usually am, Annemieke, not many posts scheduled and kind of scrambling to get a full week 🙂
What a gorgeous photo, Lexxie. It’s interesting that your weather and tree changes waited until the time change…our trees didn’t wait. In fact, most of the leaves of the aspens are gone now. Of course, we don’t have that many deciduous trees. And BIG CONGRATS on your Blog Ahead accomplishments! That’s wonderful! I ended up completing 33, rather than 31, and it’s a good feeling. Especially since I’ll be working the first 3 weeks of December – it’ll be a relief knowing my blog posts are pretty much done. Good luck with getting your papers written this week!!
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Your trees didn’t wait? That’s actually very considerate of them, as you’d have longer in the evening to catch the sunset above the trees golden and coppery leaves 😀
You did very well on your Blog ahead, too, Brandee 🙂 I think we can both be very happy with ourselves!
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Whew! You totally killed it! That’s amazing! Congrats on all of your hard work!
Ahhh yeah. The weather is the same here. We’re having a rainy one today. Cold and rainy. Definitely reading weather.
Thank you, Anna! I am actually amazed, I never imagined I would get that many posts scheduled in only one month 🙂 And I’m keeping on with my review-writing! I’m so happy I found the blog ahead challenge.
Today, it’s been gorgeous here, but very cool, and three of my four kids are starting to get sick… oh well. Any weather is reading weather, though, right? 😉
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It’s hard to get used to it getting darker earlier, but that’s the only effect the time change had on me. Since I am retired, I don’t have to worry about the time changes like I did when I worked. I love this time of the year though, since I truly hate hot summer weather. The leaves here are so pretty-like there as well. Beautiful yellow leaves in your picture! Congrats on getting so many blog posts done, I am sure it will make the next couple of months much easier!
I agree with you that it’s a very nice time of the year, with the beautiful leaves and crisper air! The hot we get in the summer kills me, which is why I’m happy I’m able to go to the seaside in the summer 🙂
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I think it’s odd how autumn always seems prettier to me in photographs…but if I were to see that place in person I’d be completely miserable, lol. I’m more of a summer person, where the skies are actually blue and I don’t have to worry about how many layers to put on or if I’ll have to deal with wet pants legs. 😛
Way to go on the Blog Ahead challenge!
LOL in some places, I actually love autumn in person, but I agree, pictures are great 🙂
Congrats on your Blog Ahead challenge! That’s wonderful!
I love the photograph of the leaves. That’s what I miss about living out west – the changing of the leaves. We do have trees that do that, but it’s not the same. Enjoy your week!
I’m happy with my scheduling ahead, I hope I’ll be able to keep it up!
Wow! I love that pic! The leaves look beautiful!
You’ve done well blogging ahead!!
Thank you Naomi 🙂 Fall has colors exploding these days, and it is beautiful!