☕The Sunday Salon: August 16, 2026 🎒🏫

Happy Sunday! Thanks to Deb Nance at Readerbuzz for hosting The Sunday Salon.  

Weekly Reads Round Up: Favorite Read of the Week

Scarecited on the First Day of School by Alliah L. Agostini, Lala Watkins (Illustrator) – A picture book about a young girl who is feeling mixed emotions about her first day of school.This is so creative and spot on! Creating combined words to express combined emotions is perfect and goes way beyond “hangry.” We aren’t all ONE feeling or ONE thing. I just loved this so much.

What I’m Reading & Listening to Now:

Reading: Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl #1) by Matt Dinniman

Listening: Dolly All the Time by Annabel Monaghan (This is DELIGHTFUL!) 

BIG Book Slow But Steady: The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough (page 376 out of 692)

Week in Review: 

A busy week is in the books – we had haircuts, driver’s ed, various doctors’ appointments, tea and art with friends, comic book shopping and Saturday night we are going to Guys & Dolls. Whew! 

Something I’m Looking Forward To:

As much as I love breaks, I am looking forward to getting back to school. I am excited to see the students and my coworkers. I love a break and I love structure and routine. I work three days this week, just 15 hours total, so it’s a nice way to ease back into it. Students start back the 25th. There are open houses this week, and we have tickets to see Something Rotten at the Muny. Hopefully it cools off! 

Posted Recently:

On the blog:

Virtual Book Tour & Book Review & #Giveaway: A Murderer’s Guide to Mardi Gras (Vintage Cookbook Mysteries) by Ellen Byron

A review for a book I read earlier was published on Kings River Life News & Reviews. Check it out here:  

Review/Giveaway: All Shell Breaks Loose: A Haunted Shell Shop Mystery by Molly MacRae

Wishing everyone a happy week, filled with good bookish vibes! 



One response to “☕The Sunday Salon: August 16, 2026 🎒🏫”

  1. I hope it cools off for the Muny! I love the word scarecited — that’s pretty much the perfect word for what I feel about every new venture.

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