Sunday Post #674

April 6th, 2025 Kimberly Sunday Post 34 Comments

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Hello April. Spent the week watching my retirement funds diminish as we enter a tariff war. In March I read/listened to 21 books. I am at 59/150 Goodreads and 42/150 for the Audiobook Challenge. For the first time in forever, I am not writing reviews on all the books/audios I listen to that aren’t arcs. I may do multiple review short & sweet posts at some point. This is the first year I haven’t reviewed everything. What about you? Stay Caffeinated and spread kindness.

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34 Responses to “Sunday Post #674”

  1. Steph

    I missed this weeks Sunday post… and it became a Wednesday post because I was traveling for work and spaced. After reading your post I went to check my retirement… and ooooof.
    Looks like stock market is coming back up, I really hope my retirement can make the same recovery. fingers crossed for us all

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  2. Rachel @Waves of Fiction

    I missed this weeks Sunday Post because I was at a wedding in Vegas! We also lost A LOT of money in our retirement fund this last week! I hope it comes back up… What a nightmare on top of all the other nightmares! I don’t write reviews for everything I read anymore. Haven’t for a while. If it’s not an ARC I mostly just write a few sentences on Goodreads and list it on my Sunday Post as read with maybe a few sentences on what I thought. I link up my little review on Goodreads.

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  3. Katherine

    I have a few projects that I review what I read but usually if it’s not an ARC I just do mini reviews though if the book is just fine I might skip that all together. The new Emily Henry book looks really good. I really enjoyed Funny Story. Have a great week!

  4. Literary Feline

    It’s so scary seeing the fall of our economy like this–our country really. It’s just horrible what’s happening.

    I am glad you had a good reading month! I fell behind in my reviews this past month. I hope I do better this month. I am really looking forward to reading A Drop of Corruption and Vera Wong’s Guide to Snooping on a Dead Man at some point. I loved the first book in both those series. I hope you have a good week. Take care!

  9. Anne- Books of My Heart

    Same. Although I couldn’t stand to look very much. I did what I could but no strategy seemed like it would work, even though I was sure this was happening after the election. I have always had some free reads. My Thrifty Thursdays work that way a little bit. But I usually do review them. It’s library books I often don’t review unless they are part of a Sunday series or some other feature I am doing.

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  10. Victoria

    I have not been reviewing everything I read either. I focus more on if they are indie authors, to give them a boost. I ended this week with the flu. I am not looking at my retirement savings. I saw an ad for authors to use a company to make special editions with sprayed edges and whatnot. I thought to myself, if we have a recession who is going to be buying those books. I’m going to make sure to up my purchases at my local indie bookstore as the year goes on.

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  11. LORI CASWELL

    I am right there with watching our funds dwindle. The tariffs are truly a mess, headed by incompetence and stupidity.
    I am working hard to get caught up on reviews since my hospital stay but it is so hard. I may have to do some short and sweet ones, and I am not reviewing books I have purchased at this time.

    Deep breaths we are not in this fight alone. The rallies yesterday made that clear. Stay strong.

  13. Lisa @ Boondock Ramblings

    Thank you for hosting this every week. I don’t have a strict book review blog but used to post more reviews than I do now. I’m mainly reading and not worrying about the reviews as much these days. I do go back and review some in bulk when I think about it. Have a great reading week.

  14. Lark @ The Bookwyrm's Hoard

    We’re watching our retirement funds drain away, too. I wish I had known about yesterday’s protests in time to take part.

    I haven’t reviewed every ARC in a long time, but that’s mostly because I’ve been having a hard time making time for review writing, and a certain amount of writer’s block. After a while, I felt like I had nothing new and fresh to say. I am trying to do better this year, though. That said, I think it’s fine to not review occasionally, especially if the book didn’t do much for you.

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  15. Jinjer

    I’ve only read 11 books this entire YEAR so far, and GR says I’m too books behind schedule. AND I see it counted one book twice so I’ve only read 10. Please excuse me why I go figure out why it posted the book once as “on Goodreads Shelf” and once as “in Kindle library”.

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  16. Meezan

    I started out reviewing every cozy I read, but that quickly changed. I just don’t have the time or energy to post reviews on my blog for everything. Wishing you a wonderful week. 🙂

  17. Kitty

    21 books in March is amazing! I’m seriously impressed. I totally get the shift in reviewing too—sometimes it’s just too much to keep up with everything, especially when you’re reading that much. Short & sweet roundups sound like a perfect solution.

    Also—I’m really looking forward to Great Big Beautiful Life at the end of the month! It sounds like such a good one. Hope April treats you kindly. 💜

  18. A Voracious Reader

    Same regarding my retirement accounts, a good portion of which I need for my current renovations. It’s so fucking infuriating! >:o|

    I haven’t reviewed everything yet because I have 30 reviews to write. I’m thinking of just a short review, like what I used to do for the magazine. 250 words (+/-) and make the Nice Sandwich. Nice, criticism (if any) and nice. Done. Short and to the point. Author gets a review and I don’t feel guilty. Supposed to rain tomorrow so no work on the house. Maybe I can knock some out. *fingers crossed*

  19. Becki

    I looked at my retirement accounts this week. I don’t think I need to look again for a while. I’m not in tune enough to make changes, so I’ll just let it ride, as I’ve seen advised by some financial peeps! Hopefully this hell can be corrected soon….

  21. Emma @ Words And Peace

    so sorry for your funds. So so insane!
    I guess am going against the trend here, but so far, I have reviewed all the books I have read this year. The Sunday Post helps me a lot to do short reviews for some books. I have even recently caught up with older books I had notes on but never reviewed

  22. Jodie

    The tariff war is unnecessary and certainly breaks the USMCA that Trump signed in his first term. I also picked up Great Big Beautiful Life and hope that we both enjoy it. Have a great week ahead.

  23. Olivia

    I generally like writing reviews, but I don’t read as many books as you do either. I average about 4 books per month. So I do write reviews on all that I read.

  24. Jessica @ a GREAT read

    Yeah this tariff wars thing is a big headache! Just got smacked with it when the stores I shop from in the UK were talking about suspending US orders for the meantime and I panicked! Saw that Blackwells has it resolved and I think Waterstones might be close, but they didn’t really give concrete thumbs up! All my years of blogging I still find that I review every book I read. In recent years I’ve decided to not bother with my DNF reviews. My last few I either DNF so early on or the book was so confusing that I didn’t even really comprehend what I was reading and didn’t feel like writing one. Occasionally I might write one if I feel compelled to but on the last one where I read 200 pages I just wanted to move onto something else.

    Nice new reads! These are some new to me ones although a few look familiar. I hope you end up enjoy each and every one of them!

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  25. Lorna

    I used to review everything I read back during the olden days on Pure Textuality. I quit doing that several years ago and I wondered how you did it with all you have going on! And you’re moving right along on your GoodReads challenge. Way better than me although it says I’m 2 ahead of where I should be. I’m jealous you have the new Emily Henry book. I’m on the hold list at the library.

  26. Carla

    I won’t even look at my retirement account, I’m terrified that I’m broke. Right now I only have time for ARCs but I intend to slow that down. I don’t read as many books as a lot of people so I write reviews on everything. Have a great week!

  29. Lola

    I always try and review everything I read, but I’ve changed to making my reviews shorter in general compared to a few years ago, but it depends a bit on the book. I’ve also seen some reviewers do very short reviews for some books, which seems helpful too. That tariff war sounds like a pain and I am sorry to hear about the dent it puts in your retirement funds.

  30. vidya

    don’t mention those diminishing funds!! i would rather discover the mystery behind that bakery

  31. Greg

    I always enjoy short and sweet reviews, they’re fun. Hope you’re having a nice weekend. I’m avoiding all news it’s so depressing…

  33. Laurel-Rain Snow

    You always impress me by how many books you read. Not reviewing everything sounds like a good idea, actually.

    Our economic situation is troubling to me, too. I see no hope for our country right now. Reading and viewing does help.