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I turned sixty this week without much fanfare. My husband arranged dinner out with the children and grandchildren. We had a lovely time and there was cake. We have had rain every day but one for the last 20 days and honestly we are all over it. On Wednesday we saw massive flooding throughout the town when we had over 8 inches. Cars were trapped, basements flooded and some schools/shops were closed. Thankfully we are at the top of a hill and didn’t have any damaged. Our daughter made it through flooded roads but ended up with a flat tire. Thankfully she was fine. Mosquitos are out in full force and everyone has been bitten just walking to their cars. For the month of September I read/listened to 17 books. My stats are as follows; Goodreads Challenge 166/150, Audiobook Challenge 103/150 Library Challenge 14/12. Stay caffeinated & spread kindness.
Last Week on the Blog
- Worry Box by Chris Panatier (audiobook review)
- The Vanished Sister by Sherry Thomas (audiobook review)
- (Mostly) Human Resources by Grace Viall (guest post/book review)
- 14th Annual Ho-Ho-Ho Readathon – Sign Up (event)
This Week on the Blog
- Dive Bar at the End of the Road by Kelley Armstrong (audiobook/book review)
- Evie Walters Takes the Wheel by Kathleen Fox (audiobook review)
- Murder at Sunrise Lake by Christine Feehan (book review)
- Godswar by Chris Tullbane (audiobook review)
New Arrivals at the Caffeinated Cafe
- Potions & Prejudice by Tee Harlowe
- The Christmas Yes List by Melissa Ferguson
- The Undercover Bookshop by Katherine Reay
- Other Worlds Than These by Stephen King & Peter Straub
- Tales from the Territory by Travis Baldree
- The Best Christmas Ever by Sarah Morgan
A special thank you to Berkley Romance, Libro.fm, and Macmillan Audio & MIRA books
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About Kimberly
Kimberly is a coffee loving book addict who reads and listens to fictional stories in all genres. Whovian, Ravenclaw, Howler and proud Nonna. She owns and manages Caffeinated PR. The coffee is always on and she is ready to chat. BlueSky | Facebook | Instagram
Carla@CarlaLovesToRead
Happy Belated Birthday, Kimberly. Sometimes a low key celebration is all you want. I’m glad you didn’t have any issues with the flooding at your house. Try and keep dry. I need to decide what to read during the Ho HO HO Readathon.
Katherine
Happy birthday! Sounds like you had a nice celebration. That’s crazy about the flooding. I hope it is calming down around you now. We live on a hill too and it’s nice not to worry about flooding. If my house gets flooded there are way more pressing problems! Enjoy your reading! I’m really curious about the Katherine Reay book. Have a great week!
Olivia
Yikes! I’m sorry about the flooding. Rain for 19 out of 20 days is crazy. Happy birthday!
La La in the Library
Happy birthday! 🎉🎉🎉 I turn seventy on Tuesday. 😯
I will be checking out your Travis Baldree review. I loved Legends & Lattes and really liked Bookstores & Bonedust. 📘📙
Victoria Hamel
Happy Birthday!!!!
We had a bunch of rain on Thursday and Friday –but not that much! Glad everyone is OK
Kristin
Happy birthday! Having dinner with the whole family is such a fun way to spend your birthday. <3
Here's to hoping the rain stops
Jen Twimom
Happy Birthday! Sounds like you enjoyed time with the family. I hope the rain stops soon!
Lydia C. Lee
Happy birthday – I’m waving banners and cheering best wishes from far away! I’m sorry about the floods – that’s distressing. I listened to a talk that said the biggest killer with climate change will not be the floods and fires but the mosquitoes. They’ve predicted some astronomical amount of deaths from them in years to come. So do try hard not to get bitten! I like the sound of Worry Box. Off to google.
sherry fundin
Happy Birthday. We have had a lot of rain too, but the worst of it has gone around us. Have a great week.
Cheryl @ cherylscozycorner
Happy belated birthday and welcome to the 60+ club 🙂 Sorry to hear about all the flooding! Off now to check out The Undercover Bookshop.
Mehsi
Yay, happy birthday!
A Voracious Reader
Happy birthday!!
I wish we could have sucked that rain from you to us. Most of NC is in a severe drought. 🙁
Anne - Books of My Heart
Happy birthday! We still need rain but at least it has cooled down to more normal seasonal temps. 70s-80s.
Bree @ Bibliophilebree
Happy Birthday!
Lark @ The Bookwyrm's Hoard
Happy sixtieth birthday! We’ve been getting a lot of rain, too, but not nearly that much. 8 inches in a day is a LOT! And the mosquitoes sound fierce. It’s rough when you need bug repellant just to get to your car.
Lisa Mandina (Lisa Loves Literature)
We’ve had a lot of rain here, and there were some flash flood warnings, but for the most part not a lot of flooding fortunately around here. We’ve got the fall weather for a few days, but then back up close to 80 for a few days. You got some good books this week! Happy belated birthday! Mine is coming up later this month too.
Samantha The Book Disciple
Happy Birthday!!
Becki
Happy Birthday!! Glad you dodged most of the flood damage. The Moonflower Witches look like a fun series 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
Sophie Eloy
Happy birthday Kimberly! You are just a few years older than me. I hope the rain will stop soon. Here it’s more the draught we are fighting this year.
Tammy @ Books, Bones & Buffy
Happy birthday!
Shelleyrae @ Book’d Out
Happy Birthday Kimberly 🎈🥳🎈
Sarah @ Sarah's Book Solace
That is a lot of rain! I hope y’all get some relief. Flooding is so scary. Happy belated birthday!!
Lover Of Romance
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! And such a milestone there for ya. Glad you got some good family time. Love seeing the books you got added to your library there. The Tee Harlowe looks interesting.
Rachel at Waves of Fiction
Happy Birthday, Kimberly! I think we got that storm over in Texas when I was there and it really caused havoc with my flight home on Thursday, which ended up being Friday. Hope the rain and the mosquitos let up!
Jodie @ That Happy Reader
Happy 60th Birthday! That is a lot of rain and I feel badly for those who had damage from the flooding. Have a great week!
Jessica @ a GREAT read
Glad you had a nice birthday! Bummer about about the rain and flooding. Glad you weren’t effected by the latter. My new house is on top of a hill too, so I am hoping I don’t see any of that kind of weather damage either when I finally get to move in. We haven’t had much rain ourselves. I think it might have rained an inch’s worth one day this week? It might have been less than an inch but summer has been cruel around here, so a nice dousing of rain would be nice!
Nice new reads! Lots of new to me ones here! I hope you enjoy each and every one of them as you get to read them!
Here’s my StS
Have a GREAT day!
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Kat ~ Forever Book Lover
Happy 60th birthday—it sounds like celebrating with your family was the perfect way to mark it! I’m glad you escaped the flooding without damage, and I hope you finally get some drier weather soon. Happy Reading!
Idea-ist @ GetLostinLit
20 days of rain? I thought it was bad that we had 4 days in a row. I’m glad to hear your all safe.
Sarah @ Brainfluff
Urg! It sounds like you’re getting the kind of weather we generally have at this time of year. Whereas we are having warm, dry and sunny weather that is more like early summer – the only drawback is that the days are drawing in. I hope it dries out very soon – maybe it will make it across the Atlantic as we desperately need the rain! Have a good week, a belated Happy Birthday and remember, 60 is the new 40…
Julie
Happy birthday!!! 🎉
Wow that is a lot of flooding. We saw a lot of that when we lived in Houston – people’s cars getting flooded in the streets. Awful.
Jonetta | Blue Mood Café
Happy Birthday 🎉🎉🎉
Bonnie Reads and Writes
Happy Birthday! The floods sound terrible. I hope things are getting back to normal.
Where do I sign up for the Ho-Ho-Ho Readathon?
Kimberly
Bonnie, you can find the sign-up post in the sidebar of my blog. I hope you join us.
Lola
Happy birthday! Sounds like you had a nice birthday celebration without too much fanfare. I hope you get some days without rain soon, as that sounds like a lot of rain in a row.
Deb Nance at Readerbuzz
We haven’t had any appreciable rain in twenty days. Every day the weather folks say it is coming today and it skirts us.
Reinvented Reader
Happy Belated Birthday!!
LORI CASWELL
Happy Belated Birthday!
You have mosquitos and we have bees everywhere. My daughter-in-law is allergic so we all remain vigilent to keep her safe. I am sorry about the flooding, we have been having sunny/cloudy days and rain at night.
I hope you have a wonderful week full of sunny days.
Yvonne @ Socrates Book Reviews
Happy Birthday! Sounds like you had a great celebration. We’ve had rain just about every day too. Hopefully we’ll get a break soon. Have a great week!