Living a Joyful Life

What We're Eating This Week... Monday: Salad Tuesday: Fish, ravioli, and veggies Wednesday: Steak, potatoes, veggies Thursday: Chicken quesadillas Friday: Chicken cutlets, pasta salad, veggies Saturday: Chili & corn bread Sunday: Tacos What I'm Reminiscing About... I was thinking this week about the times I went to visit my family when my nieces and nephews were little and we took them trick or treating. It was such a special occasion to be able to go with them. What I'm Loving... Spending time with my mom and my cats, watching the World Series, watching YT, filming for my YT channel. What I've Been Up To... I've been spending time with my mom. I've also been watching lots of sports and Halloween movies. What I'm Dreading... The holiday season going by so fast as it does every year. What I'm Working On... Filming videos for my YT channel and working on my content schedule for November. What I'm Excited About... All of the birthdays. In October, m...

  As always, thank you to Farrah for hosting the link up! Big Little Truths -Liane Moriarty My Rating: 4 stars This is the sequel to Big Little Lies. With so many characters and POV's, sometimes I got confused with the details but other than that, I really enjoyed this novel. I love Liane Moriarty's novels so much. The Academy -Elin Hildenbrand & Sophie Cunningham My Rating: 4.5 stars This is the first novel I've read from Elin Hilderbrand because I really enjoyed the idea of a novel taking place at a boarding school/prep school. I loved this novel so much. The characters, the setting, the plot... I loved it all. The Thoroughbreds -Elin Hildenbrand & Sophie Cunningham My Rating: 4.5 stars The Thoroughbreds is the sequel to The Academy . I loved this one just as much as I loved the first novel. I wish this was going to be a continuing series because I loved everything about these novels. I really want to read other books that take place at a prep school/boarding s...

  At Tee Time -Alana Robin My Rating: 4.5 stars I read Alana Robin's debut novel last year and it was so good and I loved it so much. I was so excited to read this book and it did not disappoint. I love how she writes her characters. She is a really good young adult author! Interleague Play -Megan Cousins My Rating: 4 stars I love sports and I love books, so it's a no brainer that I love a good sports romance. Megan Cousins is the author of the Unwritten Rules series and the Wild Pitches series and I loved both of those series. I also loved her book Designated Hitter. She writes sports romances really well and I enjoy them so much. This is another great novel from her and I just really adore her writing. Helpless -Jessica Knoll My Rating: 4 stars I really love Jessica Knoll's writing. I loved this book a lot but the ending really annoyed me. If it wasn't for the ending, I would have rated this novel 4.5 stars. Our Perfect Storm -Carley Fortune My Rating: 5 stars Nor...

  What We're Eating This Week... Monday: Steak, baked potatoes, carrots Tuesday: Sushi Wednesday: Bacon, egg, & cheese breakfast wraps Thursday: Fish & rice Friday: Pasta & meatballs Saturday: Leftovers Sunday: BLT What I'm Reminiscing About... Nothing that I can think of right now. What I'm Loving... All of the sports! I'm thankful for technology that I can stream my nephew J & nephew N's football games. I also watched a ton of baseball and the MLB playoffs just started yesterday. I am watching lots of NFL and college football and I watched the US Open as well. What I've Been Up To... Like I mentioned above, watching all of the sports and filming videos for my Youtube channel. What I'm Dreading... The start times of these MLB playoff games. I love sports but some of the games start so late and I like to go to bed early but I will stay up later for sports. If I don't have sports on at night, I'm typically in bed between 8:30-9:30. Wha...

  What We're Eating This Week... Monday: Quesadilla Tuesday: Reuben Wednesday: Salmon, rice, veggies Thursday: Leftovers Friday: Pasta & meatballs Saturday: Pork chops, potatoes, veggies Sunday: Leftovers What I'm Reminiscing About... My trips to the lake. Unfortunately, we didn't get a chance to go this summer. What I'm Loving... Spending time with my family, watching baseball. What I've Been Up To... I visited my family for the second time this summer, spending time with my mom, watching lots of baseball. What I'm Dreading... Nothing at the moment. What I'm Working On... My content schedule for Youtube for September. What I'm Excited About... Spending time with my family, bestie date with A & A. What I'm Watching/Reading... Watching: I binge watched the last season of Outer Banks and I loved it but I'm so sad it's over. I also watched Season 2 of Ransom Canyon. And as always, I've been watching lots of baseball. Reading: I'...

 Honestly, We Meant Well -Grant Ginder My Rating: 3 stars I am in the process of reading Grant Ginder's backlist after reading & loving So Young, So Old by him. I didn't love this one. I'm glad I read it but I found two out of the main characters pretty unlikable and I think that's why I didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I would. Triple Play -Ally Wiegand My Rating: 4 stars This is the third and final novel in the Chicago Heartbreakers series. I love sports romances and I really enjoyed this book. Love in 280 Characters or Less -Ravynn K. Stringfield ^I could not find a good photo of the book online.^ My Rating: 3 stars I enjoyed that this book took place in multiple media formats (blog posts, e-mails, and Twitter posts). Other than that, it wasn't my favorite book but I'm glad I read it. It Happened One Murder -Liz Lawson My Rating: 4.5 stars I loved this book so much and I immediately purchased the two books I haven't read of hers on my Kindle...