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Sunday Funday! I adore an amuse-bouche.

I’ve abandoned my weekly Sunday posts, but we had a good run. never disappoints and brunch was no exception.

Sunday Scrolls: Week 42 📱A Peek Into My Week ✨

- showing off!
- confirmed I was feeling a little under the weather
- So was this guy 😿
- Marked my 25th new-to-me Chicago restaurant off my list with

Sunday Scrolls: Week 41📱A Peek Into My Week ✨

- My TLOAS inspired room inspired me to practice The Fate of Ophelia choreography all week
- Enjoying the end of Farmers market season
- Marathoners having fun
- is 5/5

Sunday Scrolls: Week 10📱A Peek Into My Week ✨

An adults-only all-inclusive vacation means the biggest decisions you make are what to eat, what to drink, and what to read. Seeing a sleep score of 95 on my confirms my hypothesis.

- Couldn’t be happier walking to the pool with my overpriced float
- Sunset 🌅
- The Japanese restaurant is a new fav
- Floating yoga is harder than it looks
- The Mexican restaurant is always our first dinner
- Juice and fruit every morning
- The popsicle cart should be an everyday thing
- Although not a sand person, I like to set my eyes on the ocean
- Read three books while on vacation and by far my favorite
- My idea of vacation friends
- Drone show
- Apparently the beach is a little more windy than the pool 🤷🏻‍♀️

Sunday Scrolls: Week 9 📱A Peek Into My Week ✨

- Cupcakes, Champagne, and Mahjong (a pretty perfect Tuesday night)
- #4 of trying 25 new recipes in 2025

I swear I did more haha. I’m just really bad at remembering to document! Promise much, much more next week!

Sunday Scrolls: Week 8 📱A Peek Into My Week ✨

- Newly renovated Union Square
- My favorites NYC bagel/cream cheese spot
- Love a fun post dinner cocktail
- Flights are for reading

Sunday Scrolls: Week 7 📱A Peek Into My Week ✨

- If you want a dopamine hit, I highly suggest yoga with the most adorable puppies 🐶
- Rumor has it has the best toast in San Francisco 🍞
- I love a good skyline 🌃
- Checked out new spot 📚
- Finally made my way to which still has their Restaurant Week menu which is a great deal! 🍸
- The breakfast sandwich did not disappoint

Sunday Scrolls: Week 6📱A Peek Into My Week ✨

- Galley wall complete…for now 😏
- Beer making
- Always have been, always Weill be a library kid. Card renewal time for .app
- Classic Italian restaurant calls for a classic Italian dish

Sunday Scrolls: Week 5 📱A Peek Into My Week ✨

- Another week, another trip to O’Hare
- Pre-trip nails (seriously loving being able to do gel while watching tv at home, no appointment needed)
- Sometimes the pre-trip meal is a nice sit down dinner, sometimes it’s grabbing a quick coffee and quiche . The important thing is quality time
- Solo travel requires a little extra attention
- First Mahjong win of the year 🙌
- Have not made it into a class yet, but getting on the mat at home

❄️ Matching January reads with their weather forecast... because these books made the longest month a little more manageable ✨

📚 The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
If this book were winter weather, it would be midnight frost patterns on glass - intricate, magical, disappearing with the dawn

📚 Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
If this book were winter weather, it would be steady snowfall that blankets generations - quiet, relentless, transforming everything it touches

📚 The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
If this book were winter weather, it would be a winter fog that rolls through centuries - haunting, ethereal, refusing to fade away

📚 Onyx Storm by
If this book were winter weather, it would be a lightning-filled thundersnow - rare, electrifying, and absolutely unforgettable

☃️ Which of these winter wonders is calling to you? Let me know in the comments! And stay tuned for February’s reads...

✨ A Very Honest Review ✨
ONYX STORM by

Dragons, romance, and enough plot twists to make your head spin... but does book 3 live up to the hype? 🐉

Rating: Obsessed ☆☆☆☆☆
Goodreads: 4.5/5 ☆

What you’re getting into:
• The squad’s back and the stakes are higher than ever
• New characters joining our beloved crew
• Perfect balance of action, romance, and dragon-riding chaos
• Tears guaranteed (keep tissues handy)

Why I kept coming back for more:
• Faster immersion than Fourth Wing (fellow fantasy newbies, there’s hope!)
• Character development that hits
• The perfect amount of spice sprinkled throughout
• Those jaw dropping moments you secretly love

The tea ☕:
• More addictive than your morning coffee
• Not Pulitzer material and proud of it
• Like comfort food but with dragons
• Strong contender for series favorite (but we’re not making any official statements)

Perfect for you if:
• You’re here for entertainment, not literary criticism
• You don’t mind ugly crying in public
• Fantasy with a side of romance is your jam
• You’ve been counting down the days since Iron Flame

Save this for: A weekend when you can ignore all responsibilities and fully immerse yourself in The Continent

Drop a 🐉 if you’re also counting down to book 4!

Sunday Scrolls: Week 4 📱A Peek Into My Week ✨

- Sometimes Uber is annoying, and then I’m happy I have the option of taking the bus
- Finally trying
- Cute cookie courtesy of .wine.books
- It’s been a long 14 months of anticipation, but Onyx Storm has arrived
- I did want to win Mahjong with dragons, but some days you get chosen and some you don’t