{"id":13324,"date":"2021-07-04T07:00:35","date_gmt":"2021-07-04T11:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/?p=13324"},"modified":"2021-07-04T14:35:38","modified_gmt":"2021-07-04T18:35:38","slug":"weekly-wrap-up-july-4-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/weekly-wrap-up-july-4-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Wrap Up | July 4, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Sunday and welcome to my Weekly Wrap Up post! I link these posts up with <strong>The Sunday Post<\/strong>, hosted by Kimberly over at <a href=\"https:\/\/caffeinatedbookreviewer.com\/category\/sunday-post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Caffeinated Reviewer;<\/a> <strong>The Sunday Salon,<\/strong> hosted by Deb at <a href=\"https:\/\/readerbuzz.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ReaderBuzz;<\/a>\u00a0<b>It&#8217;s Monday! What Are you Reading?<\/b>\u00a0hosted by Kathryn of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thebookdate.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Book Date<\/a>\u00a0and a children&#8217;s\/middle grade version hosted by Jen Vincent,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.teachmentortexts.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Teach Mentor Texts<\/a>, and Kellee of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.unleashingreaders.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Unleashing Readers;<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mailboxmonday.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Mailbox Monday<\/strong><\/a>, hosted by Serena of\u00a0Savvy Verse &amp; Wit and Martha of Reviews by Martha&#8217;s Bookshelf;\u00a0and <strong>Stacking the Shelves<\/strong>, hosted by\u00a0Marlene at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.readingreality.net\/category\/stacking-the-shelves\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reading Reality.<\/a>\u00a0 For my Weekly Wrap Ups, I&#8217;ll recap what I posted, read, and watched this week, plus I&#8217;ll let you know about any current giveaways I have up. I&#8217;ll also tell you about recent updates on my TBR and new books I received and\/or bought. Okay, time to see what happened this week!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13060\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Weekly-Wrap-Up-Summer-2021.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what happened this week&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Summer-2021-divider.png\" alt=\"Divider\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13059\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/This-Week-On-Summer-2021.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Summer-2021-divider.png\" alt=\"Divider\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>On the Blog<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Here are the links for everything that was published this week on Kait Plus Books:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ubb-wrap-up-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/blog-tour-eat-your-heart-out-by-kelly-devos-reading-journal-top-5-reasons-to-read-giveaway\/\">Blog Tour: Eat Your Heart Out by Kelly deVos (Reading Journal + Top 5 Reasons to Read + Giveaway!)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/top-ten-tuesday-june-29-2021\/\">Top Ten Tuesday | June 29, 2021<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/blog-tour-the-okay-witch-and-the-hungry-shadow-by-emma-steinkellner-interview-giveaway\/\">Blog Tour: The Okay Witch and the Hungry Shadow by Emma Steinkellner (Interview + Giveaway!)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/cant-wait-wednesday-june-30-2021\/\">Can&#8217;t Wait Wednesday | June 30, 2021<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/new-to-the-queue-july-2-2021\/\">New to the Queue! | July 2, 2021<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/blog-tour-blood-like-magic-by-liselle-sambury-reading-journal\/\">Blog Tour: Blood Like Magic by Liselle Sambury (Reading Journal!)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/blog-tour-cold-hearted-by-serena-valentino-excerpt-giveaway\/\">Blog Tour: Cold Hearted by Serena Valentino (Excerpt + Giveaway!)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/weekly-wrap-up-july-4-2021\/\">Weekly Wrap Up | July 4, 2021<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Off the Blog<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>This was a fun week!<\/li>\n<li>My grandparents are visiting from Florida, and it was nice to see them.<\/li>\n<li>I went out to eat for the first time since covid and&#8230; yeah, I don&#8217;t like eating in restaurants.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m in the middle of my five day weekend\/mini-vacation, and I&#8217;ve spent like 80% of it asleep (literally, I slept until 4:30 on Friday and could have gone back to bed almost immediately)<\/li>\n<li>I read, I sleep, I work, I eat, once every few weeks I go to the movies. This is my life. I&#8217;m good with that.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Summer-2021-divider.png\" alt=\"Divider\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13064\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Currently-Reading-Summer-2021.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Currently Reading:<\/strong> I just started <em>The Excalibur Curse<\/em> by Kiersten White! I&#8217;m so excited to finally find out the answers to all my questions about Guinevere!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Currently Listening To:<\/strong> I&#8217;m listening to\u00a0<em>Girls Save the World in This One<\/em> by Ash Parsons. I just started it, but I really like it so far!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13065\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Just-Finished-Summer-2021.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Just Finished Reading and Listening to:<\/strong> I finished <em>The Camelot Betrayal<\/em> by Kiersten White and wow is it interesting how much more I picked up on my second read!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13066\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Whats-Next-Summer-2021.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Books: <\/strong><em>The One True Me and You<\/em> by Remi K. England and then\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/name-a-thon-sign-up-and-tbr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Name-a-Thon!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Audiobooks:<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><em> What We Devour<\/em> will be out on audiobook on Tuesday, and I&#8217;ve got my fingers crossed Hoopla will have it!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Summer-2021-divider.png\" alt=\"Divider\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13067\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Stacking-the-Shelves-Summer-2021.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So technically there was no <strong><em>new<\/em><\/strong> bookmail this week, but I did find a package I ordered forever ago and apparently lost before I opened it! And even though I <strong><em>just<\/em><\/strong> did a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/new-to-the-queue-july-2-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New to the Queue<\/a> post, I added a few more books to my tbr! Here&#8217;s what I&#8217;m looking forward to reading (someday)<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>#bookmail<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Summer-2021-divider.png\" alt=\"Divider\" \/><\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/tarnished-are-the-stars.png\" alt=\"Weekly Wrap Up | July 4, 2021\" title=\"Weekly Wrap Up | July 4, 2021\" class=\"ubb-cover-image alignleft\"><strong>Tarnished Are the Stars<\/strong> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/authors\/rosiee-thor\/\">Rosiee Thor<\/a> <br><strong>Published on<\/strong>  October 15, 2019 by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/publishers\/scholastic-press\/\">Scholastic Press<\/a> <br><strong>Genres:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/fantasy\/\">Fantasy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/queer\/\">Queer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/aspec\/\">Aspec<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/science-fiction\/\">Science Fiction<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/steampunk\/\">Steampunk<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/ya\/\">YA<\/a> <br><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 372 <br><strong>Add to <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/43319680-tarnished-are-the-stars\" target=\"_blank\">Goodreads<\/a> <br><blockquote class=\"ubb-synopsis\"><p>A secret beats inside Anna Thatcher's chest: an illegal clockwork heart. Anna works cog by cog -- donning the moniker Technician -- to supply black market medical technology to the sick and injured, against the Commissioner's tyrannical laws.<br \/>\nNathaniel Fremont, the Commissioner's son, has never had to fear the law. Determined to earn his father's respect, Nathaniel sets out to capture the Technician. But the more he learns about the outlaw, the more he questions whether his father's elusive affection is worth chasing at all.<br \/>\nTheir game of cat and mouse takes an abrupt turn when Eliza, a skilled assassin and spy, arrives. Her mission is to learn the Commissioner's secrets at any cost -- even if it means betraying her own heart.<br \/>\nWhen these uneasy allies discover the most dangerous secret of all, they must work together despite their differences and put an end to a deadly epidemic -- before the Commissioner ends them first.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n\t\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t\"@type\":\"Review\",\n\t\"datePublished\": \"2021-07-04T11:00:35+00:00\",\n\t\"description\": \"Happy Sunday and welcome to my Weekly Wrap Up post! 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By sharing someone else\u2019s memory, you can experience anything and everything with no risk at all: learn any skill instantly, travel the world from home, and safeguard all your most treasured secrets forever. Nova\u2019s parents invented this technology, and it\u2019s slowly taking over their lives. That\u2019s where Nova comes in. She can pick up the slack for them\u2014and she doesn\u2019t mind. She knows Enhanced Memory is a gift, and its value outweighs its costs.<br \/>\nBut Kade says Nova doesn\u2019t even know the costs. Kade runs a secret vlog cataloging real experiences, is always on the move, and he\u2019s strangely afraid of Nova\u2014even though she feels more comfortable with him than she ever has with anyone. Suddenly there are things Nova can\u2019t stop noticing: the way her parents don\u2019t meet her eyes anymore, the questions no one wants her to ask, and the relentless feeling like there\u2019s something she\u2019s forgotten.<br \/>\nBut there\u2019s danger around every corner, and her own home might be the most dangerous place of all.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n\t\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t\"@type\":\"Review\",\n\t\"datePublished\": \"2021-07-04T11:00:35+00:00\",\n\t\"description\": \"Happy Sunday and welcome to my Weekly Wrap Up post! 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In this remarkable symphony of essays adapted and expanded from his groundbreaking podcast, bestselling author John Green reviews different facets of the human-centered planet on a five-star scale\u2014from the QWERTY keyboard and sunsets to Canada geese and <i>Penguins of Madagascar<\/i>.<br \/>\nFunny, complex, and rich with detail, the reviews chart the contradictions of contemporary humanity. As a species, we are both far too powerful and not nearly powerful enough, a paradox that came into sharp focus as we faced a global pandemic that both separated us and bound us together.<br \/>\nJohn Green\u2019s gift for storytelling shines throughout this masterful collection. <i>The Anthropocene Reviewed<\/i> is a open-hearted exploration of the paths we forge and an unironic celebration of falling in love with the world.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n\t\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t\"@type\":\"Review\",\n\t\"datePublished\": \"2021-07-04T11:00:35+00:00\",\n\t\"description\": \"Happy Sunday and welcome to my Weekly Wrap Up post! 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