Sunday Post #699 Heat Wave

September 28th, 2025 Kimberly Sunday Post 43 Comments

28th Sep

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Ugh. I had my appointment with the ENT at the Methodist Cancer Center, and it has been decided that the cyst, the track it grew in and part of my Hyoid bone will be removed. My surgery is scheduled for October 23rd. Thankfully, it is outpatient surgery, so barring complications, I get to go home the same day. I will need to have a drain tube that should be removed 3-5 days later. I am working on getting blog posts scheduled prior and will ensure the Sunday Post is scheduled regardless of how I am feeling.

We attended Grandparents’ Day at Hazel’s school and had fun doing planned activities with her. Mr. C had his MRI, and we are waiting for results regarding his back/leg pain. This week I will celebrate my 59th year around the sun on this crazy planet, and the temperatures are summerlike. I treated myself to some audiobook bundles and grabbed the Downside Ghost series by Stacia Kane and Adair Family series by Samantha Young. Stay Caffeinated and spread kindness.

Last Week on the Blog
This Week on the Blog
  • Murder at Somerset House by Andrea Penrose (audiobook review)
  • The Lost Story of Eva Fuentes by Chanel Cleeton (book review)
  • Nonna’s Corner: Jerome’s Magical Home by Felicia Jones (book review)
  • The Earl That Got Away by Diana Quincy (book review)
  • 13th Annual Ho-Ho-Ho Readathon Sign-up (event)
New Arrivals at the Caffeinated Cafe

Special thanks to Ballantine Books, Berkley, PRH Audio, Knopf

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  • Save the Date! Sign-ups for this year’s HoHoHo Rat will post on Friday, October 3rd. As always, hosts for challenges will be needed.
  • Join one of the 450 Read-Ins to Protest Banned Books, October 5-7, 2025. Attendees will receive a free audiobook! 🎧 sponsored by Libro.fm & Silent Book Club. Find an event at a bookstore near you: HERE
  • Make the switch to Libro.fm and support indie bookstores. You’ll get two audiobooks when you sign up.
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43 Responses to “Sunday Post #699 Heat Wave”

  2. Lorna

    I must have missed something. I didn’t know about your cyst. So sorry you have to have throat surgery. I hope it goes as easy as my neck surgery went and that you heal quickly! Happy birthday early.

  3. Katherine

    So glad your surgery is outpatient but ugh! Hopefully this well help with how you’re feeling. You got some wonderful books this week! Happy birthday! I hope you’re having a wonderful week.

  4. Jinjer

    I hope you have a great birthday and I’m so sorry you have to have surgery! Hope everything goes smoothly and that if there’s any pain you get good drugs!

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  9. Kaelie's Reads

    Hey everybody I was looking at other blogs to see what content they were posting to give me New content ideas for my blog and I really liked the Sunday Post idea I decided I am goanna do it monthly and changed the name of it for my blog to better fit the style of my blog

  10. Lydia C. Lee

    I love the concept of the read ins of banned books. Seems weirdly archaic to us in Australia that the govt would ban books (and we are called a Nanny state. Ha! The irony). But having just finished Fahrenheit 451, it sounds like a good thing to do!

  14. Shelleyrae @ Book’d Out

    Wishing you a very happy birthday 🎈 I hope your family spoils you 🎂
    Though it’s not ideal to be having surgery, it must be some comfort to have a solution in sight,

    Wishing you a happy reading week.

  17. Victoria

    I hope the surgery is easy peasy and that you have a quick recovery. Thanks for posting about the banned books sit in. I’m going to share it on my blog too.

  18. Meezan

    Happy Birthday! Sorry to hear about the procedure. Any kind of medical procedure is unsettling. I pray that all goes well for you. It will be over before you know it. Have a great week. 🙂

  19. Lisa Mandina (Lisa Loves Literature)

    Oh no! Sorry you have to have surgery. But maybe that will help? I have decided I definitely want to get a referral to an ENT for my dizziness. While I haven’t really had much since I was in the hospital, I am having to sleep with my bed slightly elevated at the head level. I still wake up in the morning with a quick feeling in my head that makes me think it’s coming back, but so far it goes away right away. But I also feel a little more of a crick in my shoulder/neck from sleeping like that I think. Ugh. Yay for Ho-Ho-Ho-Readathon! It looks like it’s starting a little later this year? But that’s fine with me! Can’t wait to participate again! Hope you have a better week, we’ve had the hot weather here and I’m so done with that! And happy birthday!

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  20. Rachel @Waves of Fiction

    I’m in line for The Impossible Fortune (audiobook) since they rejected my request for the arc on Netgalley. Oh well. I hope all goes well with your surgery and hope you have a wonderful birthday!

  24. Sarah

    I’m so sorry you’re having to go through what sounds like a really unpleasant op:(. Let’s hope it clears up the issues you’ve been having with your sinuses and that you make a quick recovery. And a very Happy Birthday!

  25. Becki

    699 Sunday Posts?? Wut?? Hope your healing from surgery is quick and complete (in a few weeks), and hubs gets some answers and relief!

  26. A Voracious Reader

    Wow. Outpatient surgery? That’s actually pretty awesome. Can’t hate science, right? I’m sorry you have to go through it, but at least you won’t be stuck in the hospital and can rest at home. Sending you {{{posivibes}}}!

  29. Angie

    I will add you to my prayers for a safe and speedy recovery. But also, Happy Birthday. I hope you have a wonderful day surrounded by love and relaxation.

  34. Jessica @ a GREAT read

    Oh wow. That’s scary. Glad it’s a doable operation and outpatient at that, so that’s a plus. Hope you have a safe and speedy recovery! We keep going back and forth with our temperatures. Nice one day, steamy the next and then somewhere in between!

    Nice new reads too! These are all new to me ones. I hope you enjoy each and every one of these!

    Here’s my StS

    Have a GREAT day!

    Old Follower 🙂

  35. Bookworm

    Good luck with the surgery and wishing you a speedy recovery. Hopefully the MRI provides answers soon too.
    Enjoy your audiobooks and I can’t believe HoHoHo readathon is coming up so soon again.
    Happy birthday!

  36. Lin

    I am sorry to hear about this, I will pray that everything goes smoothly and quickly! Hope you have a wonderful birthday and happy reading! Take care <3

  37. Melissa

    Ugh! I too have a cyst in one of my sinuses but it isn’t big enough (right now) to do anything. I have t o get an MRI soon though because I’m experiencing some other symptoms that they want to make sure isn’t ENT related – I also have arthritis in my jaw on both sides so that could be doing it too – all this to say I empathize and I hope that it helps.

  38. Lola

    Good luck with your surgery, that sounds daunting, but good they caught it now and can remove it and that you can go home the same day hopefully. Happy birthday and treating yourself with some new books sounds lovely. Have a great week!