Recent Updates and Currently Reading | July 2

Hi, friends! I am having such a lazy Sunday that I almost forgot to post! Having three kids, we are always on the go or up to something, but we've had a pretty relaxing weekend. It's SO HOT OUT.

We started a marathon of Indiana Jones yesterday to prepare the kids for the last movie that just came out. We watched Raiders of the Lost Ark and will continue with Temple of Doom today. 

My husband and I finished the first season of Silo yesterday as well. It's been 7 years since I read Wool so I can't say how much has been changed from the book. Thankfully I've forgotten enough that I was still surprised by a lot in the show.

We started trying to watch From which was a mistake! My husband isn't into horror and I cannot handle kids in peril and that show is extreme. If you want full on horror in your TV, definitely watch From.

Have you watched any great series lately? We need something new to start. It can be any genre.

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What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall - I'm halfway through this and loving it.

Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield - This is the July pick for the Horror Spotlight discord group. I'm only a few chapters in but it has promise.

Added to the TBR

Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield - Mentioned above, this is the July selection for the Horror Spotlight discord group. This was a Goodreads nominee last year for best horror and best debut. It's literary horror that deals with loss so it will probably break my heart, but it checks a lot of boxes for me.

Be Sure by Seanan McGuire - Thank you SO MUCH to the amazing folks at TorDotCom for sending this to me. You guys know how much I love the Wayward Children series by Seanan McGuire. This collects the first three volumes, and it looks absolutely perfect.

The Only One Left by Riley Sager - I picked up the new Riley Sager. I hope to read it before I start seeing too many negative reviews because people tend to bring down the excitement for me when it comes to Riley Sager's books.

The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler - There are so many amazing covers for this book. I have been pulled into wanting this book from many different angles. Firstly - the cover. Then it won the Locus Award and it was a Nebula Award finalist. It's also a debut that falls in both the scifi and fantasy genres... I hope I love it because it just feels like a book that is made for me.

Lovelight Farms by B.K. Borison - I've been eyeing this one as my holiday read for this year. I'd like to read a Christmasy book each year but I don't tend to enjoy the ones I've selected in the past. Hopefully I'll enjoy this one. It was on sale at Target for $10 so I'm OK with risking it. I'm also keeping an eye on Sam's reviews because she has some upcoming Christmas book reviews later in the year that look promising.

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo - The Mountain in the Sea was buy one, get one 50% off at Barnes and Noble so I obviously needed to get another book half off! My youngest son loved Edward Tulane and recommended it to me so I had to grab it when I saw it qualified for the sale.

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