The Joyful Weekly Edit | September 24th
Where bookish finds and joyful moments meet plus all the fun holidays to bookmark for the week ahead!
Good Morning Joyful Readers!
One of the highlights of this past week was that our kiddo attended a friend’s birthday party for the first time and we all had fun. A result of living out of state away from friends and family is that we haven’t been in town for any of our friend’s kid’s birthday parties which is a bummer.
We recently made some new friends that only live a few minutes away and their little one just turned 2 — they had a two groovy party which was so cute. Making friends as adults is hard and adding kids to the mix can be even more difficult, so it was amazing to make new friends and get introduced to other families with kids of a close age to ours.
What’s on my mind this week:
I placed a HUGE order of seasonal clay earrings from one of my favorite small businesses {Delta Rise Co} and it arrived last week. I’m obsessed with everything! Annnd she included a sneak peak of a new bookish item coming soon - check out this bookshelf TBR sign that fits perfectly on my Ikea Billy bookshelves. Eeeek, perfection! Don’t forget you can use code JOYFUL15 to save 15% off any order. Hot tip when shopping small: buy directly from someone’s website rather than Etsy whenever possible!
We baked sugar cookies at home and brought some to our kiddo’s daycare teachers - it’s a small thing that can bring others so much joy! My go-to sugar cookie cut out recipe is relatively simple and always makes the best cookies; perfect bake and not too sweet. I actually prefer them ‘naked’ with no frosting, though I am thinking about making a seasonal batch half dipped with white chocolate and a little cinnamon sugar dusted on top.
Friday night we watched The Wrong Paris on Netflix and it was a fun one!
Latinx Book Recommendations:
I’ve seen tons of fantastic posts filled with Latinx book recommendations. Sharing a few of my favorites here:
Tomesandtextiles on Instagram
We Need Diverse Books on Instagram
70 Latine-Owned Bookstores via Bookshop.org on Instagram
At no cost to you I may receive a commission for items purchased through links. Note: many of the books featured were received as gifted free copies from publishers.
The Shelves of a Mood Reader: Highlights & Notes
Finished Reading
📖 Servant of Earth by Sarah Hawley✨ Hardback gifted from Berkley Romance ✨Romantasy | Absolutely loved it and am excited to dive right into book 2 - Princess of Blood - which comes out on the 30th and I’m thrilled to have received a free copy of that too. 🗡️ 🔥
Started Reading
If It Makes You Happy by Julie Olivia ✨ Paperback gifted from Berkley Romance
Continued Reading
📱Fall I Want by Lyra Parish ✨ ebook available in Kindle Unlimited ✨ Fall themed romance; billionaire, small town, fake dating romance tropes with some witchy premonition vibes - not labeled as witchy which is weird. Not sure about this one yet, some really crude language.
🎧 A Walk in the Park by Rebekah Weatherspoon ✨ Audiobook novella available in Audible ✨ BIPOC romance + puppies = yes please ☺️
Paused / Saving for Later
📖 The Crescent Tearoom by Stacy Sivinski ✨ Paperback gifted from Atria ✨ Enjoying it but it’s a slow read.
📖 How The Hell Did I Not Know That?: My Midlife Year from Couch to Curiosity by Lucie Frost ✨ Gifted paperback arc ✨ May DNF this one
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