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I feel good. I cannot believe I spent the entire month of July sick. Let’s hope I am good for a few months. For the month of July I managed to read/listen to 27 books. I read the final book in one of my favorite UF series. (The Sentinels of New Orleans) It was so good, and I like that she left the door slightly cracked for spinoffs or revisits. My computer screen is dying. I work from home and blog….so I might be buying a laptop today. It’s like playing Russian Roulette every time I use it! Wish me luck. I hope you have a terrific week. Stay Caffeinated!
Last Week on the Blog
- Cooper’s Charm By Lori Foster (review)
- Pale As Death By Heather Graham (audio review)
- Nonna’s Corner: Quiet Please, Owen McPhee! (review)
- A Merciful Truth By Kendra Elliot (review)
- Iron And Magic By Ilona Andrews (audio review)
- How To Break An Undead Heart By Hailey Edwards (review)
This Week on the Blog
- Down With Love By Kate Meader (review)
- The Simple Wild By K.A. Tucker (review)
- Nonna’s Corner: I Wonder By Regina Sparrow (review)
- A Merciful Secret By Kendra Elliot (review)
- Wild Hunger By Chloe Neill (review)
- The Last Hours by Minette Walters (review)
New Arrivals to the Caffeinated Cafe′
*all images linked to Amazon/Goodreads
- Alaskan Holiday
- All I Want for Christmas is a Cowboy
- I Wonder by Regina Sparrow
- Magic Triumphs (Kate Daniels #10) by Ilona Andrews
A special thank you to Random House, Berkley Romance, Regina Sparrow and ACE/ Penguin Random House
Around the Blogosphere
- “Eight Worst Blogging Fails” by Corner Folds. Can you relate?
- See All the Nominees in the Sultry Listeners Awards
Caffeinated Happenings
SAVE THE DATE: 2018 HoHoHoRAT
November 9th through the 18th. Winter and Holiday reads. Sign-ups will go up in late September.I will also be looking for challenge hosts.
Totally Random
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Stefanie
I can’t believe it either. Was it a month long? I was sick a week and man, it was no fun especially since July was a busy month for us.
Jackie Briere
Kim!! Hi! How are you? Is there a Sunday Post format for free WordPress? I tried hosting my blog with Hostgator once, but it costs too much for me.
Kimberly
No Jackie. What I do is go to last weeks Sunday Post on my dashboard and copy the HTML side, then paste it into a new post (HTML side). Then hit save, I change title, message and update info in each catergory. It keeps it formatted.
Jackie Briere
Gotcha.
Melanie Simmons
I’m so glad that you’re feeling better. It is never fun to be sick, but when it is never ending, it is so much worse. I hate that you might have to get a new computer. I don’t even know if you can write that off as a business expense anymore (thanks to the new Tax Reform rules).
Kimberly
Yes, it is still covered depending on income yada yada.
Lorna
Well I guess my ghost outfit will be some sort of jammies. If I don’t go out, then that’s what I am going to be wearing. So happy to hear you are recovered. You need to load up on vitamin c this fall though! and uh oh-new laptop time. The last one I bought is sitting here not being used since pretty much when I got it a few years ago. I hate Windows 10! But if something happens to this one I guess it’s good I have one. I had this thing that I wanted two laptops-yeah that didn’t work so much!
Kimberly
Oh if only it were that easy. I get shots and take a slew of supplements per docs instructions.
Jackie Briere
It’s Monday and I figure if it isn’t too late I can still link up. I hope you are having a fantastic and relaxing weekend, after all, you’ve been thru. Take care girl
Kimberly
You can link up until Friday of the following week Jackie. Lots of peeps do.
ShootingStarsMag
I’m so glad that you are feeling better. Being sick for basically a month is AWFUL! I hope you are healthy for a long time now. 🙂
-Lauren
Kimberly
It was dreadful!
vvb
Yay! glad to hear your feeling good. Happy laptop hunting 🙂
Kimberly
Ugh, still looking. Hopefully tomorrow.
Katherine @ I Wish I Lived in a Library
So glad to hear you’re feeling better! It’s been a rough time for you. I hope the transition to new laptop isn’t to awful if yours is really going. I laughed at the ghost outfit. I’d be in leggings and a Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires tshirt. There are worse things to be wearing as a ghost I guess though it’s not particularly grand or scary. Hope you have a lovely week.
Kimberly
I know I will haunt the world without a bra. I am home 95% of the time and never put one on unless I am going out..lol Come to think of it, If I happen to expire with one on..i will be pissed. Bwahaha!
Tyler H. Jolley
This might be a dumb question, but why is your screen dying? I’ve never had that happen so it’s all new to me. I hope you are healthy for the rest of year.
Kimberly
Not dumb at all. It is a touch screen laptop and somewhere inside the connection is dying. So my screen rolls, jumps and then goes black. Then I have to move it back and forth, pray to the gods and try to tune it back in.
Tanya @ Rantings of a Reading Addict
So glad you are feeling better. But oh man, a new laptop! I’m dreading doing that due to the time it will take to get everything back the way I want it. I need to, mine’s hanging on by a thread, but I’ll keep my fingers crossed that I get through the rest of the year!
Kimberly
Hopefully tomorrow I will get the new one tomorrow.
S. J. Pajonas
I’m so very glad to hear you’re feeling better! Yay! I was sick for three weeks with the flu and a sinus infection in February and it was the worst. I can only imagine how you felt. Hope your August is sickness free!
Kimberly
It is the worst. Let’s all stay healthy for a while.
ali
Looking forward to the reading challenge!
Kimberly
Me too. It is one of my favorites.
Liz @ Bent Bookworm
Glad you are feeling better! Being sick is the worst. At least you could still read though!
Kimberly
Ha…we must always look to the positive.
Nise;
Glad you are feeling better! Hope August is a healthy month filled with plenty of reading. Can’t wait for Magic Triumphs. A new lap top is needed at our house too!
Kimberly
I just finished listening to Magic Triumphs today. It was all I could have hoped for and more.
MarthaE
I am so glad you are feeling better! You had a good reading week even when you weren’t feeling well.
I’ll have to note the HO HO HO Challenge again this year.
Ha Ha to the Random image! Happy Reading!
Kimberly
Yay. I hope you join in Martha. It is always such good fun.
Aj @ Read All The Things!
I’m glad you’re feeling better. I wish I could read 27 books in a month. My TBR would seem a lot less intimidating that way. Have a great week!
Kimberly
Get sick and I bet you could. LOL
Jennifer
I love my MacBook Pro. I’ve had it for at least 5 years. No problems with it at all. The new HoHoHoRAT button is so cute. I’ve added the dates to my calendar!
Kimberly
I am so not an Apple person. However, that is one I am looking at because I can avoid Windows, still use Word, Excel etc and Chrome. Which I love.
Carole @ Carole's Random Life in Books
I am so glad that you are feeling better, Kimberly! 27 books in a month with being sick is amazing. Enjoy your new books! Magic Triumphs is so so good.
Kimberly
There was nothing to do in the middle of the night while I was having coughing fits..lol
Sophia Rose
Yay for better health! Oh, you and Lola must have the same affect on computer screens. LOL Hope you find a good one that you like.
Nice haul. I got Magic Triumphs, too.
Have a great week, Kimberly!
Kimberly
I got the audiobook and devoured it. Brilliant and all that I hoped it would be!
Jessica @ a GREAT read
Yay!! Glad you’re finally feeling better! That’s got to be a relief!! And yay(?) for a new laptop? I just bought one myself this weekend since it’s tax free weekend for my state. I still had city taxes but still got a good deal. Really liking it too and it’s working so much better than my old one! I wish you luck in finding your new one!
Nice new reads too! Totally new to me ones but I hope you will enjoy them all!
Here’s my STS
Have a GREAT day!
Old Follower 🙂
Kimberly
Thank you Jessica.
Karen
Good luck getting a computer.
I ended up getting the Surface a few years ago. You can use it as a laptop or hook it up to a monitor which works well for me when I need the bigger screen (bad eyes).
And wow! you got a lot of reading in!
Karen @ For What It’s Worth
Kimberly
Those are nice, but I need it or work and I think that one won’t allow Chrome to be installed.
Sophie
I am so happy that you are feeling better now!!! And 27 books that’s huge!
Kimberly
I cannot even begin to tell you how nice is it to be able to breath without coughing.
Tori @InToriLex
I was also sick for most of July, I’m happy your feeling better!!
Kimberly
Oh yuck. I hope you are on the mend Tori. It was awful.
Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction
Glad you’re finally better, and I hope you find the perfect laptop!!
Lola
I am sorry to hear that you spent the whole month of July sick. Let’s hope you’re doing better from now onward. That’s awesome you got so many books read/ listened this month. Finishing the last book in a series you love is always bittersweet.
Good luck with picking out a new laptop. I recently got a new computer and it’s so awesome to have a new one, although picking one out and installing it once it arrived can be a bit of a pain. But if you work from home and blog you really need a computer/ laptop that you can rely on. Have a great week!
Kimberly
Yes. I have been going back and forth between 3 models. Hopefully tomorrow I will have one.
Tânia @MyLovelySecret
I’m glad to hear you are feeling better. Twenty-seven books?! That’s amazing! Hahah, good luck.
Happy readings! 😉
Tânia @MyLovelySecret
Kimberly
It was a good month for reading.
Charlie @ Girl of 1000 Wonders
Glad you are better!! Definitely sounds like it is time to buy a new laptop to keep you up and running.
Kimberly
Agreed. Now to decide which one..lol
Nicci @ Sunny Buzzy Books
Good luck with the laptop hunting!
I hadn’t heard of The Sentinels of New Orleans series but UF is a fav genre of mine so I’m always on the lookout for new series. Complete series are even better for if I like it, I can binge it. 🙂
Kimberly
I love Suzanne Johnson and use to review her books on the blog, but now I work as a PA for her. I love the series. I hope you decide to try them.
Kathy @ My Nook Books & More
Hi Kim! It’s good to hear you’re feeling better. Sorry to hear about your laptop and I understand what you’re going through. That’s how I feel about our internet connection right now. I never know if I’ll lose connection and of course it’s right in the middle of me doing something important (blogging, shopping or paying bills). I hope you find a laptop you like (there are so many to choose from now lol). I want to read more UF so I’ll have to check out that series. I hope you have a great week!
Kimberly
Yes, the choices are overwhelming!
sherry fundin
Glad to hear you are feeling better. I hope your computer hangs on until you get a new one. 🙂
Kimberly
Me too Sherry. I have it backed up though so we should be ok
Northwoman
I’m thrilled you are feeling better. Even tho you can read when you are sick, there’s nothing like feeling well. While I suffer from allergies sometimes, I am a freak of hand-washing nature. I haven’t had a cold for 17 years and no flu for 22 years. I wash when I use the bathroom, of course when I work with food or eat, and if I shop and use a pen or stylus which are used by who knows who.
I updated my laptop this year. The old one was 6 years old and everything worked but it had gotten slow. I bought the new one HP with Windows 10, lots of RAM and couldn’t get myself to move over for SIX months. Now that I did I’m sorry I didn’t do it sooner. BUT backup, backup, backup. I worked in IT for so many years this is a key. I see many books you have which I also hope to enjoy Anne – Books of My Heart
Kimberly
I am a hand washer too, although no antibacterial soap. Doctor;s orders. However, I have an auto-immune disease that welcomes airborne germs. I swear it says come in, let’s party. Typically I take good care of myself and rest like I should, but when we travel or have a major holiday and I push and do too much or get around too many people…bam..i get sick and have a heck of a time getting rid of it.
Kristin (Book Sniffers Anonymous)
I’m glad to hear that you are feeling better! Being sick sucks, but it’s down right awful during the summer months. Good luck finding a laptop. 🙂
Kimberly
Yes, it was easier in January even if I was dreadfully sick for my granddaughter’s birthday.
Samantha
Glad you are feeling better!! Hopefully you don’t have any computer issues. I wouldn’t know what to do without my laptop! Seriously-I’m so attached.
Kimberly
Hehe…its a pain to switch everything over, but I cannot wait until this one goes down.
Mary Kirkland
Good luck on the laptop shopping. It took me forever to decide what kind of laptop to get a few years ago when my other one stopped working.
So glad to hear you’re feeling better.
Kimberly
Right, so many choices!
A Voracious Reader
Yay for feeling better! Woot woot! {{{posivibes}}} that you stay healthy for a very long time.
The kids got new laptops last year. HPs with touch screen. Hubby upgraded his to the same HP but no touch screen and earlier this year I finally got my very own laptop, same HP no touch screen. I’m still trying to figure out Windows 10 (currently using Windows 7 on my desktop) but otherwise I really like it. Good shopping!
Kimberly
I have an ASUS which I love, but its the damn touch screen that is causing the issue, plus this was a Windows 7 and while I got free upgrade to 10 it caused some kind of error and every once in a while I shut down due to a hardware error, so its time. I don’t think I want the touch screen again.
Grace @ Rebel Mommy Book Blog
I am glad you are feeling better and hope it lasts!! Hope your computer has a good day or you find a new one you love. Have a great week!
Kimberly
Thanks Grace. Yes, I think I deserve a break from illness for a while.
Suzanne @ The Bookish Libra
Yay, I’m so glad to hear that you’re finally feeling better. Hopefully that’s the end of sickness for you for a good long while. Thanks for the Save the Date reminder for the HoHoHo Readathon. I really enjoyed that last year and look forward to taking part again this time. 🙂
Kimberly
Glad you will be joining us. I love the thon. It always gets me in the holiday mood.
Darlene
Yay!! Glad you are well. I”m jealous that you have Macomber’s new Christmas book! I want that 🙂 I just finished her Starry Night for Christmas in July and loved it! It’s also set in Alaska. Have a great week!
Kimberly
Hmm, I got that on Edelweiss or Netgalley..cannot remember.
Jolene Wilson
Glad you are feeling better! My son has a cold right not and I am hoping I don’t catch it. Enjoy the rest of your summer! It is flying by. I am busy with The Dog Days of Summer Reading Challenge with La La in the Library. Lots of fun!
Kimberly
I am so not ready for fall. I used to love it, but Winter always follows…lol
Stephanie Jane
So glad you’re well again – that surely must have been your illness quota for the year?!
And 27 books, woo hoo! Go you 🙂
Trisha
That’s a long time to feel crummy! Glad you are better. Have fun buying the new computer; I love getting a nice, new computer, but I hate figuring out which to buy.
Kimberly
Agreed, that and transferring all the stuff over.
Mary @StackingMyBookShelves!
Glad to hear you are feeling better! I am free for a month. Still have many reviews to read and books for that matter. I think I am doing good with it tho. Have a wonderful week!
Mary
Kimberly
Enjoy Mary!
Yvonne
I’m so glad you are feeling better. Good luck shopping for a laptop. You had a great reading month in July. Hope August is a good month for you.
Kimberly
Thank you, it feels so good not to be coughing up my left lung!
Andreea @Cheeky Lines
Glad you are feeling better and hopefully you will get the laptop soon!
Kimberly
Thanks Andreea. I am looking over this years models now.
Angela Adams
Glad to hear your feeling better. Looking forward to your reviews on the “new arrivals” you posted today. Have a great week!
Kimberly
Thanks Angela, enjoy your day
RO
Yay on feeling good Kimberly! I’m thrilled to hear that after all you’ve been through, and yes, I have a FREE frozen frappuccino in hand thanks to Krispy Kreme for my birthday month.(lol) Not bad on the reading front with all you had going on. Sure hope your August is the best ever! Hugs…RO
Kimberly
Oh enjoy that Frap. Thanks Ro 🙂
Tanya @ Girl Plus Books
Hooray for finally feeling healthy! 2018 has sure knocked you around with colds and worse. I really loved The Simple Wild. One of my favorites from Tucker. I look forward to checking out your review. Happy laptop shopping! 🙂
Kimberly
Right. And you want to know the scary part? It waa good year.
Trish Hannon
Yay, can’t wait for HoHoHo Readathon! Glad you are feeling better Kim. And looking forward to your review of K A Tuckers book as I’m thinking that’ll be my next audible purchase.
Kimberly
It will be nice on audio. I am excited about the readathon too 🙂
sjhigbee
Delighted to hear you are feeling so much better – and sorry that July slid past in a blur of being sick… And commiserations on the demise of your computer – I LOATHE it when my tech stuff needs changing – all that uploading and changing over! I suppose the good news is the new shiny machines invariably are faster… Wishing the changeover is a smooth one, Kimberly!
Kimberly
LOL, yes its the moving of stuff from one to the other I loath as well.
Melliane
Yay for Ilona Andrews! I hope it will be better for you now! Happy reading!
Kimberly
Thank you Melliane 🙂
Sam@WLABB
Yeah! I am happy to hear you are finally feeling well. A new laptop is nice.. Right now, I keep my fingers crossed every time I install an update, sometimes I just skip them, because this one is on the older side these days, Good luck with the search!
Kimberly
Ah I feel you, but I work from home on my laptop and going down is not an option 🙁
Evelina @ AvalinahsBooks
Very glad to hear your health is better 🙂 good luck on that laptop!
Kimberly
Thank you Evelina. It feel nice to be able to breath again 🙂
Nick
I’m so glad you’re all better, Kim! I can imagine how relieved you must be!
A new laptop is really exciting and I hope you find the perfect one for you.
I can’t believe the KD series is officially over this month!
Happy reading and take care~
Kimberly
Yes, it makes me sad but the new Hugh series is awesome and I love the Innkeeper Chronicles and hope for more of her other series.
Michelle Gilmore
I’m happy to hear that you are finally feeling better!! And I hope you can find a computer that suits your needs!
Kimberly
Me too. It was awful there for a while
Lexxie @ (un)Conventional Bookviews
I’m SO happy to hear that you’re feeling better, Kim! YAY! and even with not feeling well in July, you did really well book wise!
Have a wonderful week ahead and happy listening 😉
Kimberly
I always do great when I am bedridden!
Lark @ The Bookwyrm's Hoard
I hope your laptop survives long enough to get a new one up and running with all your files on it. And I’m very glad you’re feeling better!
I’m making a note of the HoHoHo RAT. And your random thought made me laugh out loud.
Kimberly
Thankfully I back everything up on Dropbox. Hehe, that random makes me giggle every time! I will probably end up in my pajamas! .
Laura Thomas
So glad you are feeling better! And good luck on finding a new computer. Mine is working out well and I’m finally getting used to it. Have a lovely Sunday:)
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Kimberly
That is awesome. What did you go with?
Laura Thomas
I went with a Dell Inspiron 5000 Series. I’m still not used to how the keyboard is placed but getting there.
Laurel-Rain Snow
I’m glad you’re finally well! As for the laptop, I keep thinking that mine will probably start losing its best self soon, since I’ve had it now for five years! My keyboard has some worn off letters, but so far I’m managing.
Good luck finding another…and enjoy your week.
Kimberly
Mine is almost five. It has a touch screen and there must be some kind of short in it, Right now I have it at 90 degrees and it seems to holding, but one bump and the image starts to roll. Plus this angle isn’t really comfortable on the eyes. Ugh.
Dani @ Perspective of a Writer
Ooooohhhh the HoHoHoRAT readathon looks fun!! I can’t wait to get more details. <3 I'm so glad you are feeling better as well… and YAY! New laptops are the best.
Kimberly
It is a lot of fun. We read holiday and winter book. (any book with a winter setting) have challenges, twitter party and prizes.
Sophia @ Bookwyrming Thoughts
Ooooooo shiny new laptop! I wish I could have gotten a lighter one when I got mine but those are expensive. ?
Kimberly
They all seem to be pretty light now, although in truth 99% of the time it never moves from my desk.
JJ @ This Dark Material
Hooray for feeling better! I hope your laptop shopping adventure, if it happens, is more fun than stressful. It’s amazing how quickly shopping for tech can turn into a pain when most of your daily activities revolve around it.
Kimberly
It is a pain. like shopping for a car. All the features, wants and needs. plus you want something that will last. Mine current one is not quite five years old.
Greg
Aw sorry to hear about the computer, but happy laptop shopping if you do! And glad to hear you’re feeling better. 27 books is pretty fantastic.
Happy Sunday 🙂
Kimberly
Hehe..one of the perks of listening to the doctor and resting is lots of books!
El
Oooh which laptop are you planning on buying?
& I love that ‘totally random’ pic! Got to always be dressed to impress, haha 🙂
Kimberly
I have been researching that this morning. I am not a gamer and use it for work. My current is a Asus, but it has a touch screen which is causing me the issues.