Greetings you guys! It’s May – it’s May – the lusty month of May! Whatever that may mean. At least we have some sunshine today, but otherwise it’s nothing by lusty here with us. Daddy has COVID and Mommy is terribly grumpy. She actually only had a two day work week and was looking forward to just reading and relaxing for a couple of days while Daddy takes control of the renovations and the contractors. Alas. Daddy is in isolation and Mommy is still doing the chicken run. Daddy is luckily not too sick and I’m rather more concerned about the grumpy chicken runner.
So let’s rather not expect a lengthy Sunday Post, but just a quick recap of the last week. As you know, we are not very good with monthly wrap-ups, but we are very proud to say that we’ve managed 23 posts in April. Good grief. Not even I know how we’ve accomplished that. Our May calendar is still a bit of a secret code that needs to be solved. We’ll do it tomorrow. I know we have a couple of books in for review, but still need to update that as well.
A book blitz we are really looking forward to, is this one:
We are always up for a good cause and all proceeds of this book will be donated to Roxanne St. Claire’s charity. We’ve received our ARC and can’t wait to start reading all the delightful stories. Thanks for inviting us for this Kimberly!
Scratching the Blog Pole
We had four posts this week of which two were close to my Mommy’s heart. This past week was Infertility Awareness Week and it’s never an easy subject to talk about. Especially if you are part of the statistics. My Mommy has been on this journey for 9 years and hardly ever shares anything about it. But being asked to join the blog tour for Hope Strong by Christina Oberon, inspired her to open up a bit more. From the bottom of my kitten heart, I want to thank you for all the lovely comments and messages on her posts regarding infertility. I think she might be slightly more open to share a bit more when we start with our next treatment. For now, let’s just get this damn renovations done!!!
If you’ve missed our posts for this week:
- Top Ten Tuesday – You know what Bugs me? (Books with Bugs on the cover)
- Blog Tour and Review: Hope Strong and Embaby Elio by Christina Oberon
- Wondrous Words Wednesday – Infertile
- Weekend Book Friends #30 with Never Tell a Lie
The Never Tell a Lie readalong with some of my fellow South African Bloggers and Instagrammers were the highlight of our week for sure. This was so much fun and a welcome distraction.
On the Couch
Throughout all the chaos, we’ve actually managed to get some reading done. We’ve finished two really great books over the last 24 hours and will highly recommend both of these. Keep an eye out for our thoughts and reviews on here or Instagram.
We are currently reading Drawn by the current by Jocelyn Green and we are enjoying it a lot too. Thank goodness for great reads! Our review for Drawn by the Current should be up on Tuesday. But that’s if we say goodbye to you now and go and read.
Wishing you all a wonderful month of May and may it be a month where all your MAYbe’s turn to reality.
Oh and don’t forget to add your links to our hosts’ pages and to pay them a visit too! Debbie @ Readerbuzz with The Sunday Salon, Kimberly @ Caffeinated Reviewer with The Sunday Post and Marlene @ Reading Reality with Stacking the Shelves.
Goodness! Sounds like you had a great April for blogging. Good for you. 🙂 So sorry you’re experiencing some sickness in your family and that you’ve have struggles with infertility. Wishing you all the best in your journey. <3
Aaah, thanks for your lovely message. Life happens to all of us. The secret is just how you are going to handle it.
So sorry for the late reply and thanks for the visit.
So sorry to hear that your husband had Covid. I hope his symptoms are mild and that he feels better quickly!
Time goes by so fast and he is luckily all well again. In fact, I’m the one with the cold now. Luckily not Covid!
I hope your daddy feels better soon and that Mommy doesn’t get sick.
My hubby is back to work today and luckily doing okay! Still a bit tired, but he’ll be okay.
sorry to hear you daddy human is ill and momma human is sooooo busy there is no time to read.
My Mommy did spend yesterday and today reading quite a lot, I think she’s feeling slightly better now!
Have a good week ahead and happy reading!
Wow! You have a lot going on. I hope your husband finds himself on the mend soon. Excited to hear more about Rescued. PUPPIES! And animal shelters deserve our support.
Life is crazy yes! But it will calm down one of these days.
I am looking forward to reading Rescued, I think it’s going to be a nice collection of short stories.
Have a wonderful week ahead.
I’m so sorry you’ve been a grumpy chicken runner. Hope your husband is out of isolation is over soon and that things get back to normal. 🤗
Hi Tessa!
LOL! I am feeling better today and not so grumpy any more. Just a bit tired and wish all the renovations want to be done now. I think it’s about a month away still. it will be okay!
Luckily there are always good books to read.
Have a good week Tessa!
Congrats on reading so much in April. I’m sorry Daddy is sick with COVID and Mommy is grump. Hopefully, things will start to look better soon. {{{hugs}}}
Mummy’s grumpiness is better today and I think she feels a bit better. Daddy will be back at work tomorrow and hopefully life can get back to normal a bit.
Thanks for visiting us Jenni and I hope you will have a good week.
I’m so sorry about your husband’s COVID. I hope he gets better soon and everyone else stays healthy. Enjoy your books and have a great week!
Hi Yvonne! Max is luckily all better and will be back at work tomorrow. Thank God! I
am fine and very grateful for that.
I hope you will have a good week too Yvonne!
Hugs to you and thank you for sharing a little of your journey. I am glad your husband is feeling better and hopefully you will not get sick. I hope the rest of the renovations get done soon, and smoothly! Have a wonderful week.
Hi Cindy,
Thanks for your kind words, I appreciate it so much! My husband will be back at work tomorrow, so all’s well. I think the renovations will be about a month more, but then it will start wrapping up. Excited for the final product indeed!
Have a good week ahead.
So sorry the husband has been down and a bit out but better now. 21 posts in April is amazing. I missed the more personal one but, I hope this is a magical year for you:) Take care both of you and Elza too.
Hi Dearest Diane!
Blogging is apparently like pedaling. If you are in motion, just keep going!! LOL!! Let’s see if I can stay on our bike in May as well.
Thanks for your kind words and blessings! I am definitely taking it.
Have a good week!
Happy first of May! I wish you luck with the house renovations, and I hope everyone in the household feels better soon. I’m sorry your Mommy has struggled so much with infertility; I can only imagine how discouraging and painful that has been. I wish her, and all of you, peace and joy and happiness.
Thank you for your lovely message and encouragement, we appreciate it so much! The renovations are probably about a month from completion and I think it will all be so worth the trouble.
I hope you will have a wonderful week ahead.
Oh no, sorry to hear about the Covid. I hope everything stays mild.
Your books look fab.
Hi there Greg, luckily it was mostly mild yes. Some bad sinus, but no fever or lung problems.
Thanks for the concern and I hope you will have a good week.
I hope your husband gets better soon, and you’re able to get back to normal. I am so glad you enjoyed The Maid, as it was one of my favorites as well.
Max is up and fine again. He’ll be back at work tomorrow! Life’s just slightly crazy lately, but it will calm down again. Very thankful for some great books to read in the meantime!
Thanks Wendy, I hope you will have a wonderful week as well.
Yikes. I’m sorry to read about your husband’s Covid. I hope he gets better soon, and that you’ll be able to relax a bit. Never Tell a Lie looks great.
Have a great week and happy reading.
My hubby was thankfully only sick for about 3 days and then he was much better. He’ll be back at work tomorrow. The strain we currently have here in SA is really nothing but the flue and we are very grateful for that. I actually think our numbers are much higher than currently projected due to the fact that people don’t think they are really sick. We only tested my husband because we have a few home tests that then was positive and confirmed by the doctor.
I hope you will have a good week too Maureen!
I’m interested to know what you think of The Maid? I think I’ve seen a “red/ black” cover of the book and some descriptions of it being horror genre. I hope it ends on a positive note though, would hate to see the main characters being chopped off!
I hope your husband gets better soon — and please take care to stay healthy yourself! It’s a rough period but I’m sure it will get better soon.
Hi Lex! The red and black cover is the default cover as far as I have it. I just used the one that is the one that I have in print. Here in SA we tend to get different covers.
It was a great read and quite funny as well. I won’t slot it as thriller at all though. Closer to a cozy mystery and suspense? Think you might like it!
My hubby is up and on the go again, he luckily wasn’t very ill at all. Had his vaccine and everything.
Yes, things will get better and it’s all going to be so gorgeous! Very excited.
I try to talk to women as much as I can about their birthing stories, because I believe women don’t have enough opportunities to discuss their triumphs or challenges in this area of their lives. Glad you made me aware of fertility week.
Hi there Trin,
That is very considerate of you and I can imagine that most of the women appreciate you giving them a chance to tell their stories.
Keep it up!
I am sorry to hear your husband caught Covid. I hope he feels better soon! I hope next week is a good one for your
Hi there Lola!
He is already up again and working around the house and on my nerves. LOL!! He’ll be back at work on Tuesday. Thanks for the well wishes!
Hope you will have a good week to come too!
Wow! You are close to posting every day in April! I’ve never even come close to that in the almost-fourteen years that I’ve been blogging.
Your post on infertility was very touching. I’ve shared it with a couple of friends who found it very touching, too, Mareli.
I enjoyed The Maid very much. I do like characters like our main character in that story.
I don’t know how I managed so many posts! I think a few blog tours and the kids’ reviews help a bit! Will have to see how May goes…..
Thanks for your kind words Debbie and I’m glad you wanted to share it with others. I appreciate that.
Glad to have you home safe and sound and I for one can’t wait for all those 800 plus photos!!
Have a wonderful week ahead and I hope all your computer problems are sorted out.
You are so so busy lately– I feel for you! First I hope that your husband feels better soon, for both your sakes. It’s never easy to live with home repairmen to be managed.
And I didn’t know of your medical issues but my heart goes out to you about this. My sister-in-law went through the very same. So being part of a book hop for the cause is special. And also the book about the dog and the couple, who rescued who (or is it whom, lol) people say about a human and a dog.
Your South African book read-along book sounds so good to me. Have a wonderful week ahead, and hope you get to relax a bit!
Hi there Mia!
Thanks for your lovely message. It’s always contradicting for me to hear other people’s stories as well. It’s good to know you are not alone, but I hate to know other people are also sad and going through terrible things.
My husband is already up and working around the house again. He’ll go back to work on Tuesday. Very happy to report he was actually just sick for a day or three and I’m fine!
Thanks so much for the visit and I hope you will have a good week ahead.